Tag: Television programs
Upcoming Genealogy Roadshow spotlights family histories of average Americans
A new reality series tracing the ancestral roots of Americans is coming to PBS directly from Ireland. The format for Genealogy Roadshow was created ...PBS Kids Go! goes bye-bye as colorful branding revamp rolls out to stations
PBS is dropping its PBS Kids Go! graphics and interstitial materials, as part of a revamp of the on-air branding materials surrounding ...NewsHour promotes Ifill and Woodruff to helm show, as TV’s first female co-anchor team
The PBS NewsHour is reassigning its senior journalists to new roles by tapping Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff as co-anchors and managing editors of ...Grant to Frontline will create its first desk, to oversee news collaborations
Frontline is spending $1.5 million to bolster its ability to manage its news collaborations, which are growing in number as well as importance. ...KQED Newsroom to relaunch Oct. 18
Northern California’s KQED-TV is revamping its Friday evening public affairs show by reviving a title from its distant past.Revived Foyle’s War mysteries bring 1940’s Cold War intrigue to PBS
In a new three-part Foyle's War series on Masterpiece Mystery!, Chief Detective Superintendent Christopher Foyle comes out of retirement to work in the intelligence community, not ...PBS NewsHour website redesign to integrate upcoming weekend program
In addition to launching a weekend edition of the PBS NewsHour, New York’s WNET has secured a contract to create an integrated website for ...PBS to mark anniversary of historic civil rights March on Washington
PBS is planning a weeklong commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the historic civil rights March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. ...Court rejects broadcasters’ appeal to block Aereo
Aereo, the startup service that allows subscribers to view and record television broadcast programs via the Internet, won another legal victory on ...KPBS soliciting pitches for local TV shows
KPBS in San Diego is again inviting viewers to recommend ideas for its expanding lineup of local programs, after backing two shows ...History Detectives promoted to investigators in series revamp
For 2014, History Detectives: Special Investigation will introduce a new host, a pared-down team of detectives and a streamlined format of gripping mysteries from ...AFI Docs festival screens diverse pubTV films
Public TV was less visible at this year's American Film Institute documentary festival. Yet several of the 10 films that had received ...PBS expands NewsHour and Charlie Rose
PBS is reconfiguring its lineup of weekend news programs, backing an expansion of the NewsHour and giving late-night interviewer Charlie Rose a ...Sesame Workshop trims 10 percent of workforce as financial losses mount
Sesame Workshop, production home to the iconic pubTV children’s program Sesame Street, announced Tuesday that it is laying off 10 percent of its workforce, ...Public TV shows garner 14 Daytime Emmys; Sesame Street scores six
Programs on public television received 13 creative arts honors and one broadcast statuette in Daytime Emmy Award ceremonies Friday and Sunday in ...
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