Tag: PBS
Getler to measure PBS journalism against its goals
For the first time PBS has hired a journalist to critique the programs it distributes.‘Public trust is the rating that matters most to PBS’
Pat Mitchell, then president of PBS, delivered this talk May 24, 2005, at the National Press Club, in the midst of escalating ...Lehrer expects to feel some heat: ‘What we’re doing is kitchen work’
Jim Lehrer, co-founder and host of PBS’s NewsHour, spoke April 12, 2005, at the PBS Showcase meeting in Las Vegas, where he accepted ...Mitchell probes Buster’s detour into controversy
PBS has launched an internal review to find out why the gay mommies episode of Postcards from Buster took so many people by surprise ...Secretary of Education objects to Postcards from Buster ‘two moms’ episode, 2005
Margaret Spellings, secretary of education in George W. Bush’s administration, complained to PBS in 2005 about an episode of the animated Postcards from ...PBS, producers, Comcast wed to create digital kids’ channel
Sesame Workshop President Gary Knell describes plans to create a PBS-branded digital cable service for preschoolers as a “renewed marriage vow” for ...PBS again taps viewer curiosity about old things
A spin-off of Antiques Roadshow, PBS’s most popular series, will visit memorable guests from past installments and guide viewers through the ins and outs ...As cume slips, duo aims to keep PBS ‘relevant’
For the past four years under PBS President Pat Mitchell, the network has had two chief program executives: at headquarters in Alexandria, ...Why public television?: Public TV’s mission statement, 2004
Public TV stations adopted this statement of mission at the PBS Members Meeting, Feb. 23, 2004. For more information. See also Current‘s coverage, ...PBS to develop proposal for public affairs channel
Backed by a $200,000 Knight Foundation grant, PBS will develop a proposal for a public affairs channel — working title, Public Square ...Worlds away from Rukeyser’s Wall Street
Wall Street Week with Fortune, the PBS series that reinvented itself last year after a messy split with original host Louis Rukeyser, is setting ...Network says PBS brand helps stations ‘be more’
Inconsistent branding strategies make it increasingly difficult for viewers to see the connections between PBS, the programs it distributes and the local ...Moyers a flash point in balance talks led by CPB
CPB has revived debate within public TV about balance and fairness in public affairs programs, citing specifically Bill Moyers’ dual roles of host and ...Friday nights, PBS has balance on its mind
PBS has initiated fast-track development of a new 10 p.m. public affairs series to supplement its two-hour Friday night block. The half-hour ...PBS loses biggest underwriter as it considers 30-second credits
ExxonMobil will stop underwriting Masterpiece Theatre after spring 2004, the oil company announced Dec. 13. It has spent more than $250 million on MT and ...
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