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25 Great TV Shows You May Have Missed in 2020
“What a great year 2020 was for …” is one of those rare statements that leaves the Internet nearly silent.
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Frederick Wiseman’s City Hall Is the Feel-Good Political Film We Need
The purpose of this review is to convince you to spend five hours of your life watching the new Frederick...
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Posted Saturday 12/19/20 at 6:00AM EST
PBS' Frontline still delivers compelling TV in a sea of documentaries, docuseries and podcasts
"Somewhere between a 60 Minutes-style news segment and a protracted docuseries, PBS’s Frontline remains a master of the concise, deeply...
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Posted Monday 12/14/20 at 9:12PM EST
PBS NewsHour political analyst Mark Shields is stepping down after 33 years
The 83-year-old Shields, known for his weekly "Brooks & Shields" segment with David Brooks, will still appear on NewsHour occasionally.
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Posted Tuesday 12/08/20 at 7:05PM EST
HBO Max orders a documentary on the history of Sesame Street
Street Gang: How We Got To Sesame Street, from director Marilyn Agrelo, will cover the first two “experimental and groundbreaking”...
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Apple agrees to share Peanuts holiday specials with PBS, ensuring they stay on broadcast TV
Apple TV+ sparked an outcry last month with its announcement that it would become the exclusive home to It's the...
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Ranking Hugh Laurie's Post-House TV Bastards
While many Americans were first introduced to Hugh Laurie as as the titular star of House, the Fox drama which...
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Posted Saturday 10/31/20 at 3:20AM EDT
Hugh Laurie is the only reason to watch Roadkill from PBS' Masterpiece
The four-part Masterpiece miniseries from writer David Hare is a quick-moving but often ridiculously convoluted drama, says Hank Stuever.
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Roadkill: Who's Who in the New Hugh Laurie Political Thriller
In Roadkill, the latest drama from PBS and Masterpiece, Hugh Laurie plays Peter Laurence, a Conservative British politician whose domineering public...
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Posted Saturday 10/17/20 at 3:41AM EDT
For many PBS stations, the pledge drive has become a brand-identity paradox
PBS' first coordinated pledge drive premiered in 1975, though the fundraising events previously existed on member stations.
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Posted Thursday 10/15/20 at 6:19PM EDT
PBS' Masterpiece announces its 50th-anniversary lineup
Martin Freeman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Kyle MacLachlan and Tom Hollander are among the big names coming to Masterpiece in 2021.
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Posted Saturday 10/10/20 at 4:24AM EDT
Richard Nixon hated PBS, but his Watergate hearings was a game-changer for public television
When PBS launched 50 years ago this week, the then-president "did not want another national news outlet criticizing his presidency,...
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Posted Monday 10/05/20 at 11:22AM EDT
Happy 50th anniversary, PBS!
The Public Broadcasting Service, which launched 50 years ago Sunday, is one of the rare things in America that is...
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Posted Friday 9/18/20 at 3:58AM EDT
Austin City Limits announces a Season 46 lineup that kicks off with a retrospective of John Prine
The Americana singer-songwriter, who died of coronavirus complications in April at age 73, was virtually a flagship artists for Austin...
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Posted Wednesday 9/16/20 at 2:38AM EDT
This year's Grammy Salute to Music Legends will be filmed remotely
The annual special, airing Oct.