WXXI's web-first series on sculpture project captures drama of artistic process
Posted: June, 14, 2013
By Dru Sefton
Television programs
Stations fear exclusion from show production as PBS shifts strategy
Posted: June, 13, 2013
By Elizabeth Jensen
Author of Martha Speaks sues WGBH in dispute over ancillary revenues
Posted: June, 12, 2013
By Ben Mook
This Old House follows homeowners still recovering from Superstorm Sandy
Posted: May, 20, 2013
By 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
Wiseman at work in Idaho state legislature
Posted: February 23, 2004The Idaho Legislature is the subject of Frederick Wiseman’s next cinema verite documentary. Starting with his controversial film Titicut Follies in 1967, Wiseman has filmed the day-to-day workings of American places and institutions — public housing developments, high schools and … Continue reading
Worlds away from Rukeyser’s Wall Street
Posted: December 1, 2003Wall Street Week with Fortune, the PBS series that reinvented itself last year after a messy split with original host Louis Rukeyser, is setting itself further apart from its progenitor. The program sharpened its reporting this fall on the scandal-plagued … Continue reading
Following Lou Rukeyser’s act
Posted: June 2, 2003It’s 8:30 p.m. Eastern time on CNBC, and four chimes are sounded. A series of images follow: George Washington in front of the New York Stock Exchange, the Statue of Liberty, the bronze bull in perpetual snarl at the tip … Continue reading
Back to these old houses
Posted: April 21, 2003“As educational as magnetic,” says Los Angeles Times TV critic Howard Rosenberg. “Intimate, eye-opening and completely fascinating,” raves Salon’s Joyce Millman. “Brilliantly disguised as just another reality show . . . the very best TV show of 2002,” gushes Aaron … Continue reading
In master control, Fred Rogers re-enters my life
Posted: March 10, 2003Mister Rogers was one of the first programs that I can remember watching. I was, of course, part of the show’s target demographic back then. I can’t recall much from my preschool years, but I do know that I loved … Continue reading
Fred Rogers: ‘No matter where he was, a lot of love came through’
Posted: March 10, 2003Fred Rogers occupied a quiet corner of the tumultuous television landscape, but his influence was profound and borne of the kindness, love and honesty he inspired in people. Witness the outpouring of tributes and condolences since Rogers’ death Feb. 27 [2003]. The media overflowed with lengthy obituaries and heartfelt tributes. . . . Continue reading
Meeting the HD demand: PBS matching rollout to buyers’ slow uptake
Posted: December 16, 2002With its pockets emptier than usual and few viewers demanding high-definition pictures, PBS is moving to HD more cautiously than the commercial networks. Rather than converting its schedule overnight, as the networks seemed to have done, PBS’s HD planners suggest … Continue reading