Showing 331 - 345 of 393 articles tagged "PBS"

• Posted Tuesday 1/16/18 at 6:10PM EST

  PBS boss addresses the Charlie Rose and Tavis Smiley sexual harassment scandals

  PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger explained at the TV press tour that “we” first “learned of the issue with...

• Posted Tuesday 1/16/18 at 6:10PM EST

  PBS’ Native America will explore how ancient indigenous cultures are connected across North and South America

  The four-part series, narrated by The Band’s Robbie Robertson, hopes to offer a “new perspective” on North and South America...

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  Posted Tuesday 1/16/18 at 1:35PM EST

  PBS will delve into sexual harassment with a #MeToo series

  Hosted by Zainab Salbi, founder of the humanitarian organization Women for Women International, each episode of #MeToo, Now What? will...

• Posted Tuesday 1/16/18 at 1:35PM EST

  CBS This Morning lands Ann Curry’s first TV interview since the Matt Lauer sexual harassment scandal

  The former Today co-anchor, who is promoting her new PBS docuseries We’ll Meet Again, will talk about the #MeToo movement...

• Posted Saturday 1/13/18 at 12:37AM EST

  Why Victoria is preferable to The Crown

  Netflix’s Queen Elizabeth II series has received more buzz and critical acclaim than the Masterpiece drama based on Queen Victoria,...

• Posted Tuesday 1/09/18 at 6:45PM EST

  BBC and Masterpiece team for Les Miserables, starring Lily Collins, David Oyelowo and Dominic West

  Collins will play Fantine in the new six-part production based on the classic novel, which starts filming next month.

• Posted Monday 1/08/18 at 5:52PM EST

  Tavis Smiley announces a new inspirational TV series: The Upside with Tavis Smiley

  One month after his PBS talk show was removed over his sexual harassment scandal, Smiley says he’s coming back with...

• Posted Thursday 12/21/17 at 2:06PM EST

  Sesame Street awarded a $100 million grant to serve refugee children

  The MacArthur Foundation grant is aimed at building an early-childhood education program for kids dealing with "toxic stress" in Jordan,...

• Posted Wednesday 12/20/17 at 10:03PM EST

  Why City University of New York’s journalism school waited a month to revoke Charlie Rose's Lifetime Achievement Award

  "We wanted to give it careful thought and not react in a knee-jerk way," says Dean Sarah Bartlett.

• Posted Tuesday 12/19/17 at 2:48PM EST

  BBC’s Katty Kay will join Christiane Ampanpour in fillling the Charlie Rose timeslot

  BBC News Washington correspondent Kay’s Beyond 100 Days, focusing on the Trump administration, will be paired with Amanpour’s CNN International...

• Posted Tuesday 12/19/17 at 2:48PM EST

  Tavis Smiley on Fox News defends dating subordinates in the workplace: “Where else are you going to meet people in this business?”

  “Let’s face it, nobody’s working 40 hour weeks anymore,” the PBS host said to Tucker Carlson in responding to PBS’...

• Posted Monday 12/18/17 at 5:56PM EST

  PBS: “Tavis Smiley needs to get his story straight”

  PBS responded to Smiley’s Good Morning America interview, saying: “Mr.

• Posted Monday 12/18/17 at 11:28AM EST

  Tavis Smiley: “PBS made a huge mistake here, they need to fix this, they need to correct it”

  Smiley, whose PBS show was suspended amid a sexual harassment investigation, said on Good Morning America Monday that he did...

• Posted Friday 12/15/17 at 5:32PM EST

  PBS teases Little Women

  The three-part Masterpiece take on the Louisa May Alcott classic is from Call the Midwife creator Heidi Thomas.

• Posted Thursday 12/14/17 at 5:10PM EST

  Walmart pulls sponsorship of Tavis Smiley’s shows in response to his alleged sexual harassment

  The retail giant, a sponsor of Smiley’s PBS show and an upcoming touring theatrical show said it is "troubled by...