Tag: Television programs
Hoppe brings ‘outward focus’ to new role as PBS’s chief programmer
PASADENA, Calif. — The special package of primetime shows about gun violence that PBS unveiled to television critics Monday offers an example ...Is it fall for Downton Abbey? Scheduling is “complicated,” Kerger says
PBS is weighing whether to schedule the debut of the next season of Downton Abbey for the fall, when it is set to air ...PBS inks deals for on-demand access to local station content
PBS unveiled deals to distribute public TV programs on two additional on-demand video streaming platforms — Roku and Xbox Live. The contracts, unveiled last ...Edwardian-themed screenings provide jolly good show for Downton fans
To whet local viewers’ appetites for the return of the megahit British drama Downton Abbey this Sunday, more than 100 pubcasting stations across the ...Mr. Cao Goes to Washington balances on the bipartisan fence
S. Leo Chiang's latest documentary examines partisanship and race “through the eyes of an idealist centrist who happens to be an Asian-American ...Burns family takes on controversial case, and city of New York, in critically acclaimed documentary
The Central Park Five, written and directed by Ken Burns, his daughter Sarah Burns and her husband, David McMahon, is not one of his ...Nightly Business Report cuts jobs, closes Chicago bureau
A new round of layoffs at Nightly Business Report, initiated last week, pared full-time staff to 22, down by half from two years ago. ...APT cites top series for programming excellence, names Robert Scully ‘Person of the Year’
During last month’s Fall Marketplace conference in Sanibel Harbour, Fla., APT honored Doc Martin, Nightly Business Report, Rick Steves’ Hidden Europe and New Scandinavian Cooking with ...Pledge special builds on Downton’s buzz
Fans of Masterpiece’s hit Downton Abbey await arrival of the British drama’s third season, PBS and some 70 local stations hope to reel them ...Life cycle of a reform: independence of CPB Program Fund
Ron Hull, a former director of the Program Fund, reflects on the value of buffer from partisan politics Jan. 2, 1979 — Robben ...Unleash TV grantmakers and creativity thrives
Ron Hull, a leader in Nebraska public television since the 1950s, recommends that CPB consider reinstating the semi-autonomy of its grantmakers in TV ...The Dust Bowl to explore humans’ role in decimating prairie
Ken Burns’ The Dust Bowl has a clear message: What happened before can happen again.Elmo puppeteer remains on leave; allegations of improper relationship recanted
Following this week’s media scandal over allegations that were aggressively rebutted and later recanted, award-winning Sesame Street puppeteer Kevin Clash remains on a leave ...Debate series launched on pubradio comes to PBS
Intelligence Squared U.S., the nonpartisan public policy debate series airing on public radio and some public TV stations, is coming to PBS Plus in ...KAET: 30 years from The Operation to The Latest Procedure
In February 1983, Phoenix’s PBS station KAET aired the world’s first live telecast of open-heart surgery. The station marks that upcoming 30th ...
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