Tag: Television programs
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Few docs as substantial as The Principal Story, which airs on P.O.V. Sept. 15, are funded in full by a single angel, but this one ...In Pittsburgh, members come first in credits
Viewers like you — by name — have literally moved to the front of the line in underwriting credits at WQED in ...World multicast channel: an incubator for diversity?
WGBH and WNET are “re-imaging and re-engineering” the PBS World documentary-oriented multicast channel, which has been picked up by only about 40 ...Clash at Crossroads
Could CPB have avoided the public collision of wills over one of the America at a Crossroads documentaries that tainted its $20 million project ...Timeline: Crossroads and context
The America at a Crossroads series and the 2007 standoff and furor over one of its documentaries, Islam vs. Islamists;, had its roots in the period ...Prenups: precautions for prudent producers
Too many couples were splitting up before the offspring came along. Or they lived together grumpily, keenly aware they shouldn’t have had ...Austin City Limits rides its brand downtown
Austin City Limits is a hot commodity based on a cool brand built over 33 years on PBS. In two years it moves its ...We get Keillor’s take on Keillor, but who’s complaining?
The series title means something, says arts documentarian Peter Rosen. If your film runs under the American Masters umbrella, it’s about an artist worth ...Finding Explorer
The kinds of people who like new experiences, enjoy scanning expanded horizons, want to see things from varied perspectives are the people ...Julia: Borrowing Hollywood buzz for the real thing on PBS
The late French Chef Julia Child is getting a burst of extra attention with the Aug. 7 release of Julie & Julia starring Meryl Streep as ...No show in Escondido for Mister Rogers’ ‘successor’
Michael Kinsell imagined that his Michael’s Enchanted Neighborhood show would replace Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood on public television. Instead, Kinsell and his dream ended up on The ...Young promoter cancels his debut as Fred Rogers’ successor
Michael Kinsell, who planned to present himself as the next Mister Rogers at a controversial gala on Sunday in San Diego, told Current ...PBS objects to fundraiser by ‘successor’ to Mister Rogers
PBS is accusing a San Diego teenager of “falsely claiming association” with the network and Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. He is selling tickets for a ...When the producer’s take diverges from the reporter’s
Following a very public dustup, Frontline and correspondent T.R. Reid have parted ways. The split leaves series producers and freelance on-air correspondents examining ...It’s all been good for whatshisname since he was rejected by the dump
A wayward, 6-foot stuffed gorilla arrived at WDSE-TV in Duluth, Minn. in time for the annual Kids Club Circus last week. Its ...
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