Lacy coaxes creative talents to share stories of their lives
Posted: May, 20, 2013
By Barry Garron
Television programs
This Old House follows homeowners still recovering from Superstorm Sandy
Posted: May, 20, 2013
By Dru Sefton
Facing financial woes, KCETLink to focus on ‘transmedia’
Posted: May, 01, 2013
By Dru Sefton and Ben Mook
“If you can’t make it important, it’s probably not worth doing”
Posted: May, 17, 2013
Interview by Karen Everhart and Dru Sefton
PBS acquires new British drama to anchor Sunday nights
Posted: May, 15, 2013
By Dru Sefton
Pipeline 2013
Posted: October, 09, 2012
Compiled by Theodore Fischer
Video description today: For their audience, words are worth a thousand pictures
Posted: July 3, 2000A visually impaired person watching CBS’s Survivor cannot see the ousted member’s torch extinguished, doesn’t know what Bart writes on the blackboard in The Simpsons‘ opening sequence, and can’t laugh at the antics of Eddie the terrier on Frasier. But … Continue reading
PBS President Pat Mitchell: ‘I think I’ll be learning every day of the year’
Posted: June 5, 2000Since she was hired as PBS president early in February [2000], Pat Mitchell has met with 60 or 70 of public TV’s managers, and station board leaders as well, in trips to stations and at the APTS Annual Meeting. To … Continue reading
Fans’ demand prompts revival of sci-fi classic
Posted: May 1, 2000WNET, dastardly villain in a two-decade scheme to deprive science-fiction buffs of the coolest public TV program of all time, this summer will redeem its reputation among fans. “The Lathe of Heaven,” digitally remastered and repackaged with additional material, will … Continue reading
Did WGBH do enough to guard veracity of its antiques hit?
Posted: April 17, 2000WGBH acknowledged that one of the most compelling segments on Antiques Roadshow — the so-called “watermelon sword” appraisal — was faked without its knowledge. The station severed ties late last month with Russ Pritchard III and George Juno, former partners in an antique weaponry dealership who frequently appeared on the series. Continue reading
Idaho bans public TV programs that ‘support’ law-breaking
Posted: April 3, 2000Idaho’s state legislature has imposed extraordinary restrictions on the state public TV network, in delayed reaction to its broadcast last September of the gay-friendly documentary “It’s Elementary: Talking About Gay Issues in School.” The state House of Representatives passed the … Continue reading
Saudek’s Omnibus: ambitious forerunner of public TV
Posted: December 13, 1999When producer Robert Saudek died in 1998, his New York Times obituary called him “the alchemist-in-chief of what is often called the golden age of television.” From 1952 to 1961, the product of Saudek’s alchemy was Omnibus, a weekly that … Continue reading
Even streamlined history of New York won’t fit in a week
Posted: November 15, 1999Not every American will buy what Ric Burns and Lisa Ades are selling, but in the 10 hours airing this week on many public TV stations they make the strongest possible case for the greatness of New York City. Diehard … Continue reading