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Posted Friday 7/17/20 at 1:35PM EDT
Grantchester renewed for Season 6
The ITV and PBS British detective drama will return to Masterpiece for a sixth season, stars Robson Green and Tom...
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Posted Wednesday 7/15/20 at 9:17PM EDT
The Magic School Bus book series author Joanna Cole dies at 75
In 1986, Cole teamed with illustrator Bruce Degen on the book series following the antics of elementary school teacher Ms.
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Posted Wednesday 7/15/20 at 2:22PM EDT
Beloved PBS series Wishbone to become a feature film
The 1996-2001 live-action series that followed a daydreaming Jack Russell terrier is being adapted as a live-action film for Universal...
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Posted Monday 7/06/20 at 9:49PM EDT
American Experience tells how women fought for the right to vote
The two-part PBS documentary The Vote, airing Monday and Tuesday, tells the story of the journey of the 19th Amendment's...
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Posted Tuesday 6/30/20 at 9:53AM EDT
Lester Crystal, who was responsible for making PBS' NewsHour one hour, dies at 85
In 1983, former NBC News president Lester joined became executive producer of The MacNeil/Lehrer Report and expanded it into The...
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Posted Tuesday 6/23/20 at 1:25PM EDT
Kennedy Center Honors and Mark Twain Prize postponed until 2021 due to the coronavirus
The 43rd annual Kennedy Center Honors on CBS and the 23rd Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on PBS will...
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Posted Monday 6/22/20 at 9:40AM EDT
PBS' A Capitol Fourth is going virtual
The annual Fourth of July event, hosted by John Stamos and Vanessa Williams, will feature pre-taped performances from around the...
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Posted Wednesday 6/17/20 at 12:02AM EDT
Mae West's American Masters documentary is not half as scandalous as the actress' 1959 biography
The PBS documentary film Mae West: Dirty Blonde, produced by Bette Midler, looks at how the iconic and groundbreaking classic...
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In Praise of TV Sign-Language Interpreters
I’m not going to miss COVID-19 or handmade sneeze guards or face-mask etiquette, but I am going to miss watching...
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Posted Thursday 5/28/20 at 6:37PM EDT
Hollywood icon Mae West, a pioneer for on-screen sexuality, is getting the American Masters treatment
West became the highest-paid actress in America in the 1930s, leaving an indelible mark on Hollywood with her unapologetic embrace...
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Posted Wednesday 5/13/20 at 1:53PM EDT
Pioneering African-American opera singer Marian Anderson is getting the PBS American Masters treatment
American Masters – Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands will capture the life of the pioneering opera singer,...
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Posted Tuesday 5/12/20 at 1:48AM EDT
PBS celebrates an unsung history in documentary series Asian Americans
The five-part documentary series that premieres Monday, narrated by Daniel Dae Kim and Tamlyn Tomita, spans 150 years.
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Posted Wednesday 5/06/20 at 1:32PM EDT
2020 Peabody nominees include Ramy, Fleabag, Watchmen, Succession, Dickinson and When They See Us
PBS leads the Peabody nominations with 11, followed by HBO's seven, Netflix's five and Amazon's three.
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PBS’s George W. Bush Tracks the Death of a Dynasty
Way back in 2004, Kevin Phillips wrote a huge bestseller called American Dynasty, outlining the threat of having two men...
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Posted Wednesday 4/15/20 at 2:56AM EDT
PBS to show Andrea Bocelli’s uplifting Easter solo concert from Italy’s deserted Duomo di Milano
Andrea Bocelli: Music for Hope, A Great Performances Special began airing on local stations on Tuesday.