Tag: Finding Your Roots
OPB drops ‘Finding Your Roots’ episode featuring presidential candidate
“At the beginning of a presidential candidacy, to be doing a valentine to one candidate, I just don’t think it’s a very ...PBS removes Keillor segment from upcoming ‘Finding Your Roots’
A segment with actress Maya Rudolph will replace Keillor.PBS president expresses concern about auction’s impact on coverage
Paula Kerger spoke with TV critics Monday about the FCC spectrum auction, the success of Downton Abbey and the future of Mercy Street.Kerger on end of ‘Downton’: “Great television begets great television”
”We really have an abundance of programs that have been pitched to us.“Upcoming seasons of ‘Finding Your Roots’ at risk after PBS investigation
After an investigation, PBS is delaying Season 3 of Finding Your Roots and pulling from distribution an episode featuring Ben Affleck.The Pub #15: Did Skip Gates cave to Ben Affleck?; CBC releases Ghomeshi investigation; Why local radio ...
Did one of public TV’s most revered figures really cede editorial control to a celebrity? It certainly looks that way to PBS ...Gates apologizes to production partners over Finding Your Roots controversy
“We apologize for putting PBS and its member stations in the position of having to defend the integrity of their programming,” said ...Hacked emails imply possible Finding Your Roots censorship by Gates
No mention was made of Ben Affleck's family’s slave-owning past when his segment aired in October.Fibs, Yiddish and Crosbys: tidbits from PBS’s press tour
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — They don’t make the front page, but the comments and observations of panelists during PBS’s portion of the Television ...
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