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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.
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Posted Tuesday 4/14/20 at 5:11PM EDT
Craig Gilbert, creator of PBS' 1973 groundbreaking docuseries An American Family, dies at 94
Gilbert's An American Family was a national phenomenon in 1973, and is credited as being a forerunner to reality TV...
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Posted Saturday 4/11/20 at 3:56AM EDT
Arthur once spoofed South Park and Beavis and Butt-Head
The PBS animated kids show released its weirdest episode in 1999, featuring homages to the WWE, Dr.
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Posted Saturday 4/04/20 at 5:32AM EDT
PBS World War II miniseries World on Fire feels relevant in the coronavirus era
"There are stretches — such as right now — when you’re acutely aware of living in historic times.
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Posted Friday 4/03/20 at 9:49AM EDT
Antiques Roadshow features Kanye West's high school art
West's art portfolio from Polaris High School in 1995 was displayed on a recent episode of the PBS series.
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Posted Saturday 3/28/20 at 4:47AM EDT
PBS' East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story chronicles the fall of an Atlanta housing project through its former residents
Sarah Burns and David McMahon directed the PBS documentary released this week that Burns' famous father Ken Burns produced.