New eBooklet 'What The World Should Know About Black History in the USA' is Released
by BWW News Desk - May 15, 2013
The author, former TV reporter/talk show host W.G. Buzz Luttrell, says, "I hope to make readers (especially young students) want to learn much more about the subject. This little illustrated booklet, 'What the World Should Know About Black History in the USA,' links early, sometimes little-known, civil rights heroes and martyrs (Black and White) to modern-day Black success stories from Oprah Winfrey and Condoleezza Rice, to Colin Powell and Ice Tea." (more...)
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TED TALKS EDUCATION Airs on PBS Tonight
by TV News Desk - May 07, 2013
TED, the non-profit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading, and WNET, in partnership with PBS and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), will co-produce TED's first-ever original television special this spring, featuring content created and curated exclusively for the show. The TED TALKS EDUCATION one-hour program will feature a mix of teachers and education advocates delivering short, high-impact talks on the theme of teaching and learning. The special was taped before a live audience on April 4, 2013 in the BAM Harvey Lichtenstein Theater of New York's Brooklyn Academy Of Music, and will air nationally on PBS tonight, May 7, 2013 at 10:00 p.m. EST. TED TALKS EDUCATION is part of American Graduate: Let's Make It Happen, a nationwide public media initiative made possible by CPB to help communities identify and implement solutions to the high school dropout crisis. (more...)
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TED & WNET Produce TED TALKS EDUCATION, 5/7
by TV News Desk - Mar 14, 2013
TED, the non-profit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading, and WNET, in partnership with PBS and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), will co-produce TED's first-ever original television special this spring, featuring content created and curated exclusively for the show. (more...)
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Alan Alda Receives 2013 Common Wealth Award for Dramatic Arts
by BWW News Desk - Mar 08, 2013
Four renowned achievers will be honored for their lifetime accomplishments with the 34th Annual Common Wealth Awards of Distinguished Service. The awards recognize individuals who have enriched modern society in a range of human endeavors. The 2013 Common Wealth Award winners are: Alan Alda, celebrated actor, director and screenwriter, for Dramatic Arts; David McCullough, preeminent author and historian, for Literature; Jane Pauley, leading broadcast journalist, Today Show contributor and author, for Mass Communications; Martin Sheen, film legend, social activist and humanitarian, for Public Service. (more...)
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Bounce Celebrates MLK Day With Live Inauguration Coverage & Documentaries
by TV News Desk - Jan 21, 2013
Bounce TV's Martin Luther King Day Celebration today, Jan. 21 will include live coverage of the 57th Presidential Inauguration as President Barack Obama takes his second oath of office, starting at 11:00 a.m. (ET). Bounce TV will also honor MLK Day with two special primetime documentaries (more...)
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Military Channel Honors Late General Norman Schwarzkopf Tonight
by TV News Desk - Jan 08, 2013
The Military Channel has announced that it will dedicate a night of programming today, January 8 starting at 8PM E/P, to commemorate the celebrated career of retired GenerAl Norman Schwarzkopf, who passed away last week. General Schwarzkopf led the allied forces to a routing of Iraq in the 1991 Persian Gulf War, becoming one of the nation's most celebrated military heroes of the era. (more...)
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Military Channel to Honor Late General Norman Schwarzkopf, 1/8
by TV News Desk - Jan 03, 2013
The Military Channel announced today it will dedicate a night of programming on Tuesday, January 8 starting at 8PM E/P, to commemorate the celebrated career of retired General Norman Schwarzkopf, who passed away last week. General Schwarzkopf led the allied forces to a routing of Iraq in the 1991 Persian Gulf War, becoming one of the nation's most celebrated military heroes of the era. (more...)
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PBS and Capital Concerts Present NATIONAL SALUTE TO VETERANS Today, 11/11
by BWW News Desk - Nov 11, 2012
PBS and Capital Concerts announced the broadcast of the NATIONAL SALUTE TO VETERANS, airing on PBS tonight, November 11, 2012, at 8:00 p.m. ET, in honor of the service and sacrifice of our 22 million American veterans. Hosted by acclaimed actors Joe Mantegna ("Criminal Minds") and Gary Sinise ("CSI: New York"), the national television event celebrates the American heroes who have served throughout our country's history. The program will also be broadcast to our troops serving around the world on the American Forces Network. (more...)
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PBS-TV to Present AN EVENING WITH BERRY GORDY
by TV News Desk - Nov 09, 2012
The HistoryMakers will welcome and honor Berry Gordy, Jr., founder of Motown Records, during AN EVENING WITH BERRY GORDY on Saturday, November 17, 2012 at The Art Institute of Chicago. (more...)
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VIDEO: Colin Powell Endorses President Obama on CBS THIS MORNING
by - Oct 25, 2012
Former Secretary of State General Colin Powell endorsed President Barack Obama and further discussed the presidential race in an interview with co-hosts Charlie Rose and Norah O'Donnell that aired live today, Oct. 25, 2012, on CBS THIS MORNING on the CBS Television Network (7:00 AM - 9:00 AM). Check out the interview below! (more...)
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