Cyberchase, WNET & Make-A-Wish Debut Grants 10-Year-Old's Wish
by Caryn Robbins - November 09, 2015 Earlier this year, WNET teamed up with Make-A-Wish® to grant the wish of 10-year old Trisha from Cincinnati, Ohio....
Eyre's Puccini's Manon Lescaut Coming to PBS's GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET
by Caryn Robbins - July 18, 2016 Puccini's lush classic Manon Lescaut airs on THIRTEEN'S Great Performances at the Met Saturday, August 13 at 11 p.m. on PBS (check local listings). (In New York, THIRTEEN will air the opera on Friday, August 26 at 9 p.m.)...
PBS Announces News, Documentary and Digital Programming for ELECTION 2016
by Caryn Robbins - January 18, 2016 PBS announced at the Television Critics Association Press Tour today its plans for PBS Election 2016, a comprehensive schedule of news, public affairs, documentary and corresponding digital programming....
Bill Murray & Kermit Ruffins Sing A Duet, Jazzfest Performances & More
by Caryn Robbins - April 18, 2016 ...
JOAN RIVERS: EXIT LAUGHING Documentary to Premiere on Thirteen Today
by BWW News Desk - April 01, 2016 ...
Morgan Freeman to Narrate THIRTEEN's American Masters B.B. King Documentary, 2/12
by Caryn Robbins - January 12, 2016 King's story of struggle and triumph is chronicled in American Masters: B.B. King: The Life of Riley, premiering nationwide during Black History Month on Friday, February 12 at 9 p.m. (ET) on PBS...
WNET Launches First Theatrical Imprint, AMERICAN MASTERS Pictures
by Caryn Robbins - January 23, 2016 Today at the Sundance Film Festival, WNET, parent company of New York's public television stations THIRTEEN and WLIW21 and operator of NJTV, announced the launch of its first theatrical imprint, AMERICAN MASTERS Pictures...
WNET's MetroFocus to Launch New Daily Format, Starting 10/19
by TV News Desk - October 09, 2015 On Monday, October 19, 2015, WNET, the flagship PBS station based in New York, will launch a new daily format -- airing weeknights at 5 p.m. on WLIW21, 5:30 p.m. on NJTV and 6 p.m. on THIRTEEN -- for its award-winning news and public affairs series MetroFocus. Viewers can expect to see more stories ...
PBS to Present Special 'Spotlight Education' Programming This September
by Caryn Robbins - July 29, 2016 As a leader in educational media for children and students and a key partner with parents and educators across America, PBS today announced SPOTLIGHT EDUCATION, a special week of primetime programming examining the challenges facing today's students and America's education system....
Joan Baez to Celebrate 75th Birthday at Beacon Theatre; New Tour Confirmed
by Tyler Peterson - November 17, 2015 Joan Baez will celebrate her 75th birthday on Saturday, January 27 at the Beacon Theatre. The special event will honor her legendary 50 plus years in music in an intimate career spanning live performance. Baez will perform alongside fellow artists and friends, including: Jackson Browne, Indigo Girls...
Theater Close-Up and REPAIRING A NATION 2/18 at 9 p.m. on THIRTEEN
by Marina Kennedy - February 10, 2016 Theater Close-Up -- the unique collaboration between THIRTEEN and the large community of New York City area non-profit Off-Broadway theaters -- will present its first regional production, Nikkole Salter's Repairing a Nation, from Crossroads Theatre Company in New Brunswick, New Jersey, captured live...
NJTV & Chasing The Dream Initiative Present VOICES FROM ATLANTIC CITY Digital Series
by Caryn Robbins - August 24, 2016 Atlantic City, New Jersey, the iconic seaside resort and home to a legendary boardwalk along the Jersey Shore, became the first city outside of Nevada to legalize casinos in 1976. But by 2014, four of Atlantic City's 12 casinos had closed, with the economic future of the remaining casinos, those sti...
New Documentary THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY to Premiere on THIRTEEN, 9/12
by Caryn Robbins - August 31, 2016 Glenfield Middle School in Montclair, New Jersey, is the anchor school for the south end in Montclair. The school is divided into houses, each of whose students keep the same core teachers from sixth through eighth grade....
THIRTEEN's American Masters to Air U.S. Broadcast Premiere of Janis Joplin Documentary, 5/3
by Caryn Robbins - April 04, 2016 American Masters Janis: Little Girl Blue premieres nationwide Tuesday, May 3 at 8:00 p.m. ET on PBS (check local listings) as part of the 30 th anniversary season of THIRTEEN's American Masters series....
Reporting In The Digital Age on Tonight's 'MetroFocus' on THIRTEEN
by Caryn Robbins - February 29, 2016 The award-winning series MetroFocus premieres new episodes in the New York and tri-state region weeknights at 5 p.m. on WLIW21, 5:30 p.m. on NJTV and 6 p.m. on THIRTEEN....
Donizetti's ROBERTO DEVEREUX Coming to THIRTEEN's Great Performances at the Met, 8/28
by Caryn Robbins - August 16, 2016 Roberto Devereux comes to THIRTEEN'S Great Performances at the Met Sunday, August 28 at 12 p.m. on PBS (check local listings). (In New York, THIRTEEN will air the opera on Sunday, September 4 at 12:30 p.m.)...
Fifteen Startups to Compete at AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2016
by Robert Diamond - April 05, 2016 ARLINGTON, Va., April 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ Fifteen entrepreneurs and innovators in unmanned systems and robotics have been selected as semi-finalists in AUVSI's Startup Showdown at XPONENTIAL 2016, the industry's largest trade show, taking place at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orlea...
'Joan Rivers: Exit Laughing' to Air on THIRTEEN on April Fool's Day; Featuring Lily Tomlin, Kathy Griffin and More!
by BWW News Desk - April 01, 2016 Joan Rivers: Exit Laughing, the first documentary about legendary comedian Joan Rivers since her passing, will air on THIRTEEN onToday, April 1 at 10 p.m. Featuring Sarah Silverman, Whitney Cummings, Kathy Griffin, Dick Cavett, Don Rickles, Lily Tomlin, Marlo Thomas and many more, the film was produ...
Off-Broadway's THE WOODSMAN to Continue 'Theater Close-Up' on THIRTEEN
by BWW News Desk - August 23, 2016 Theater Close-Up -- the unique collaboration between THIRTEEN and the large community of New York City area Off-Broadway theaters -- will present The Woodsman, captured live on-stage in partnership with streaming service BroadwayHD, in THIRTEEN's trademark 'up-close' style....
STAGE TUBE: Watch NOW! CHITA RIVERA: A LOT OF LIVIN' TO DO Available to Stream in its Entirety
by Sally Henry Fuller - November 07, 2015 Chita Rivera: A Lot of Livin' to Do, a retrospective of her extraordinary life and career -featuring interviews, archival performance footage, and newly filmed numbers from Rivera's concert including such numbers as 'A Boy Like That,' 'America,' 'A Lot of Livin' to Do,' 'All That Jazz,' and 'Nowaday...
THIRTEEN's 'The Secrets of Saint John Paul' to Premire on PBS Today
by BWW News Desk - April 05, 2016 Pope John Paul II, born Karol Jzef Wojtyla, was ordained in 1946, and in 1978 became the first Polish Pope and first non-Italian Pope in more than 400 years. He served as Pope until his passing in 2005....
THIRTEEN to Toast the End of an Era with DOWNTON ABBEY FAREWELL
by Caryn Robbins - March 03, 2016 DOWNTON ABBEY, the top-rated PBS drama of all time, will conclude its sixth and final season on Sunday, March 6 at 9 p.m....
Off-Broadway's THE WOODSMAN to Continue 'Theater Close-Up' on THIRTEEN
by BWW News Desk - August 23, 2016 Theater Close-Up -- the unique collaboration between THIRTEEN and the large community of New York City area Off-Broadway theaters -- will present The Woodsman, captured live on-stage in partnership with streaming service BroadwayHD, in THIRTEEN's trademark 'up-close' style....
Morgan Freeman to Narrate THIRTEEN's American Masters B.B. King Documentary, Today
by BWW News Desk - February 12, 2016 King's story of struggle and triumph is chronicled in American Masters: B.B. King: The Life of Riley, premiering nationwide during Black History Month today, February 12 at 9 p.m. (ET) on PBS...
Oscar Winning Film WEST SIDE STORY to Air on THIRTEEN This Weekend
by Caryn Robbins - November 06, 2015 After Friday evening's presentation of Great Performances: Chita Rivera: A Lot of Livin' to Do on PBS, Reel 13's November schedule kicks off the following night with Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins' Academy Award-winning film adaptation of West Side Story.... |