Posted: February, 04, 2013
By Dru Sefton
The storyline of a Canadian film coming to public TV stations this month has all the trappings of a gripping yarn: intrigue, spies, an exotic locale, terrified hostages, Hollywood glamour. Continue reading →
Posted: January, 31, 2013
By Dru Sefton
The Library of Congress has asked New Mexico PBS to contribute unedited interview footage from its Bataan: A 70th Anniversary Commemoration. Continue reading →
Posted: January, 18, 2013
By Karen Everhart
As the executive producer who acquired and managed co-productions of British dramas for Masterpiece and its predecessor titles for more than 26 years, Eaton has brought high-profile miniseries such as Prime Suspect, Bleak House and recent hits Sherlock and Downton Abbey to PBS. Continue reading →
Posted: January, 15, 2013
By Barry Garron
PBS is weighing whether to schedule the debut of the next season of Downton Abbey for the fall, when it is set to air in the United Kingdom, or continue its practice of delaying the premiere until January. Continue reading →
Posted: December, 19, 2012
By Andrew Lapin
The Central Park Five, written and directed by Ken Burns, his daughter Sarah Burns and her husband, David McMahon, is not one of his production company’s typical stately paced works. Continue reading →
Posted: January, 18, 2013
By Ben Mook
PBS is jumping into the “over-the-top” video-streaming space with a pair of deals to distribute public TV programs through apps on Roku boxes and Xbox Live. Continue reading →
Posted: October, 09, 2012
Compiled by Theodore Fischer
This year's Pipeline survey lists 120 television projects planned, underway, or completed for future seasons on public TV, beginning with Winter 2013. Continue reading →Current’s Pledge Pipeline previews 17 shows heading to public TV on-air membership drives in December 2012 and March 2013. Continue reading
LOS ANGELES — It’s unlikely that PBS will reinstate Fred Willard as announcer of Market Warriors, its new antiquing reality show, if Los Angeles prosecutors decline to press charges for his July 17 arrest for lewd conduct in a Los … Continue reading
Decades ago, a teenaged Raquel Bitton locked herself in her San Francisco bedroom, suffering miserably from her first broken heart. Her only comfort was an album by Edith Piaf, the diminutive French chanteuse known as “the Little Sparrow.” “It is … Continue reading
Halfway through its three-year transition from one of PBS’ leading outlets to an independent public TV station in the world capital of film and television production, the new KCET is still very much a work in progress. Continue reading
See also more complete story from print edition of June 25, 2012. Two top managers at Alabama Public Television were fired from their jobs June 12 with no explanation of the cause for the immediate dismissals. The Alabama Educational Television … Continue reading
During pledge drives, public television stations routinely ignore one of their biggest audience draws — the daytime PBS Kids block — deeming the meager returns not worth the effort of disrupting the viewing habits of children who watch each day. But ongoing financial challenges at many stations have prompted some to test new approaches for tapping into the strong affinity for the shows. Continue reading
In an article in the Deseret News, PBS President Paula Kerger advises viewers to reach out to the National Endowment for the Arts to voice their support for PBS arts programming. “I’ve not tried to encourage any large, grassroots efforts,” … Continue reading