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PBS Announces Programming Line-Up for 2012 'Black History Month'
by Caryn Robbins - December 08, 2011 PBS announced today an expansive slate of programs profiling the rich history, culture and contributions of African-Americans. The programs air as part of PBS' celebration of Black History Month, February 2012....
Glee, Modern Family, Among Winners Of Peabody Awards
by Gabrielle Sierra - March 31, 2010 The George Foster Peabody Awards are created to recognize distinguished achievement and meritorious public service by TV and radio stations, networks, producing organizations, individuals and the World Wide Web....
PBS Announces Black History Month Special Programming
by Caryn Robbins - January 28, 2013 In celebration of Black History Month and as part of its year-round commitment to diverse programming, PBS today announced an on-air lineup commemorating the contributions of African Americans in music, dance, television and civil rights, providing an in-depth look at key figures and events that sh...
Independent Lens to Present Black History Month Programming on PBS
by Tyler Peterson - February 06, 2013 In celebration of Black History Month, Independent Lens, the Emmy Award-winning PBS documentary series, today announced programming available during the month of February that highlights the African American experience. The films feature unsung heroes of the civil rights era, African Americans who h...
THIRTEEN to Premiere REAL MAD MEN & WOMEN OF MADISON AVENUE, 7/1
by Caryn Robbins - June 21, 2013 Inspired by AMC's Mad Men, The Real Mad Men and Women of Madison Avenue chronicles the growth of the advertising industry from the 1950s through today, looking at the real men and women who created some of the most ground-breaking advertising campaigns and slogans and whose work changed the landscap...
THE GOOD WIFE, TEMPLE GRANDIN et al. Win 2011 Peabody Awards
by Jessica Lewis - March 31, 2011 A record 39 recipients of the 70th Annual Peabody Awards were announced today by the University of Georgia Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. The winners, chosen by the Peabody board as the best in electronic media for the year 2010, were named in a ceremony in the Peabody Gallery o...
PBS Offers 2nd Annual Online Film Festival, Beginning Today
by TV News Desk - March 04, 2013 Today at the Television Critics Association meeting, PBS reaffirmed its commitment to independent film by announcing that it will offer its second annual Online Film Festival, featuring short form films beginning today, March 4, and will offer a multi-platform Independent Film Showcase this fall. Bo...
2012 Primetime Emmy Award Nomination Summary
by Caryn Robbins - July 19, 2012 Nominations for this year's Primetime Emmy Awards were announced today, Thursday, July 19, from the Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre at Television Academy headquarters in the NoHo Arts District of Los Angeles. Below is the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences 2012 Primetime Emmy Awards Nomination Summa...
FOUR PLACES Makes West Coast Debut At Rogue Machine, Opens 5/14
by Charlie Piane - April 26, 2010 What starts as an innocent lunch between a septuagenarian Mom and her two adult children degenerates into a fierce game of cat and mouse which leads to a confession that will radically upset the lives of the entire family. In Joel Drake Johnson's darkly humorous play, a weekly family outing takes so...
Broadway's Seth Numrich Joins Kim Cattrall in the Old Vic's SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH, Beg. Tonight
by BWW News Desk - June 12, 2013 Seth Numrich, star of Broadway's War Horse and Golden Boy, will join Kim Cattrall in the Old Vic's production of Tennessee Williams' Sweet Bird of Youth, directed by Marianne Elliott (War Horse). The production is set to begin tonight, June 12....
PBS Airs THE REVISIONAIRIES Tonight
by TV News Desk - January 28, 2013 Premiering tonight, January 28, 2013, The Revisionaries goes inside the Texas State Board of Education -- where tumultuous battles are fought over how science, history and other core subjects are taught....
PBS Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month Beginning Today, 9/15
by TV News Desk - September 15, 2012 PBS celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month 2012 with a lineup of programming that entertains, informs and explores the culture of Hispanic and Latino Americans....
PBS to Air THE REVISIONAIRIES, 1/28
by Caryn Robbins - January 07, 2013 Premiering on January 28, 2013, The Revisionaries goes inside the Texas State Board of Education -- where tumultuous battles are fought over how science, history and other core subjects are taught....
DOWNTON ABBEY Season 3 Among PBS's Winter/Spring 2013 Lineup
by Caryn Robbins - December 06, 2012 The Crawley family's fate hangs in the balance when MASTERPIECE CLASSIC "Downton Abbey, Season 3" returns in January....
BUTTE, AMERICA Screens At Victoria Theatre 11/6
by Gabrielle Sierra - October 15, 2010 Former San Francisco based (now in Montana) Emmy-nominated, (ISHI: THE LAST YAHI) Producer/Director Pamela Roberts' new film BUTTE, AMERICA tells the epic tale of Butte, Montana, once the world's largest producer of copper, and known as the town that "plumbed and electrified America," 'the Gibraltar...
Terrence Howard Hosts PBS 'Grey Gardens: From East Hampton to Broadway' Documentary 12/23
by BWW News Desk - December 23, 2008 Grey Gardens: From East Hampton to Broadway, the new documentary film produced by East of Doheny with Albert Maysles that has already reached cult status during its rollout of limited screenings, will air nationwide on PBS on the Emmy Award-winning Independent Lens, hosted by Terrence Howard, on Tue...
PBS Announces Premiere Dates for DOWNTON ABBEY, SHERLOCK & More
by Caryn Robbins - October 23, 2013 PBS announced today its slate of Winter/Spring 2014 programs, including the long-awaited return of MASTERPIECE 'Sherlock, Season 3'...
70th Annual Peabody Awards Winners Announced
by Gabrielle Sierra - March 31, 2011 A record 39 recipients of the 70th Annual Peabody Awards were announced today by the University of Georgia Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. ...
Documentary A SISTER'S CALL Brings Mental Illness Into Spotlight
by Caryn Robbins - January 08, 2013 A SISTER'S CALL, the award-winning documentary brilliantly directed by Rebecca Schaper and Kyle Tekiela , continues garnering prizes at film festivals around the country....
Film Festival Highlights Social, Economic Needs of Haiti One Year after Earthquake 1.23
by Gabrielle Sierra - January 05, 2011 A new film festival that focuses on the ongoing social and economic needs of people in Haiti is scheduled for 1-7:30 p.m. on Jan. 23 ,at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater....
Coney Artland Prod Presents A CONEY ISLAND OF THE BEHIND 12/3
by Gabrielle Sierra - November 14, 2011 Coney Artland Productions presents A Coney Island Of The Behind, an evening of poetry, storytelling, comedy, dance, burlesque, music and mayhem about Coney Island, starring Coney Artland founder Michael Schwartz, joined by his very special guests, some of the finest artists in New York, for the inau...
PBS to Offer 2nd Annual Online Film Festival, Beginning 3/4
by Caryn Robbins - January 14, 2013 Today at the Television Critics Association meeting,PBS reaffirmed its commitment to independent film by announcing that it will offer its second annual Online Film Festival,featuring short form films beginning Monday, March 4, and will offer a multi-platform Independent Film Showcase this fall....
BEAUTY IS EMBARRASSING to Showcase Artist Wayne White on PBS, 1/21
by Tyler Peterson - December 20, 2012 Part biography, part live performance, Beauty Is Embarrassing is a funny, irreverent, joyful and inspiring portrait of Wayne White, a one-of-a-kind visual artist. As a designer, painter, puppeteer, sculptor, and musician, he has created some of the most arresting and iconic images in pop culture.The...
Broadway's Seth Numrich Joins Kim Cattrall in the Old Vic's SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH, June 2013
by BWW News Desk - April 11, 2013 According to the Daily Mail, Seth Numrich, star of Broadway's War Horse and Golden Boy, will join Kim Cattrall in the Old Vic's production of Tennessee Williams' Sweet Bird of Youth, directed by Marianne Elliott (War Horse). The production is set to begin June 12....
PBS Unveils Diverse Summer Line-Up of Programming
by Caryn Robbins - May 02, 2013 PBS today unveiled a summer line-up that features a diverse array of new programming. A summer of intrigue presents new episodes of MASTERPIECE MYSTERY! productions.... |
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