DanaK December 20, 2022 Share December 20, 2022 Highlights/Premieres for January 2023: Independent Lens: "Children of Las Brisas" (Venezuelan youth orchestra), Jan 2; "The Big Payback" (debate about reparations to Black Americans in Illinois), Jan 16; "No Straight Lines" (queer comics artists), Jan 23; "The Picture Taker" (civil rights photographer Ernest Withers), Jan 30 American Experience: "The Lie Detector" (history of polygraph), Jan 3; "Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space" (about acclaimed author), Jan 17 Frontline: "Global Spyware Scandal: Exposing Pegasus" (Israeli hacking tool used by governments to spy on citizens), 2 parts, Jan 3 & 10; "Putin and the Presidents" (how various US presidents misjudged Putin), Jan 31 "First Contact: An Alien Encounter" (scripted drama with faux-documentary elements), Jan 4 Masterpiece (scripted): "Miss Scarlet and the Duke, Season 3", premieres Jan 8; "All Creatures Great and Small, Season 3", premieres Jan 8 "Codeswitching: Race and Identity in the Suburban Schoolhouse", Jan 9 POV: "I Didn't See You There" (history of invisibility of disabled), Jan 9 "Water of Life" (Scotland's revived whiskey industry), Jan 14 Nature: "Wildheart" (Scotland's Scots Pine Tree), Jan 18; "Soul of the Ocean", Jan 25 American Masters: "Roberta Flack", Jan 24 Next at the Kennedy Center: "Episode 3: The Roots Residency" (about legendary hip hop group), Jan 27 "Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed America", 4 episode doc series, premieres Jan 31 Be sure to check your local listings 1 Link to comment
DanaK December 25, 2022 Share December 25, 2022 Note: Scripted series Vienna Blood, Season 3 also premieres on January 8, at 10pm ET 1 Link to comment
DanaK December 28, 2022 Share December 28, 2022 Press release on PBS's new and returning dramas in early 2023 https://www.pbs.org/about/about-pbs/blogs/news/ring-in-the-new-year-with-new-dramas-on-pbs/ 1 Link to comment
DanaK January 5 Share January 5 Tom Jones will premiere April 30 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/05/arts/television/winter-tv-shows-premieres.html Link to comment
DanaK January 11 Share January 11 FYI, The TV Critics Association is having their annual Winter press tour this week and next and PBS will be presenting their upcoming new shows next Monday and Tuesday. I'll post a schedule and associated stuff when PBS does 1 1 Link to comment
DanaK January 14 Share January 14 Black History Month programming in February https://www.pbs.org/about/about-pbs/blogs/news/pbs-honors-the-black-experience-with-new-science-history-civics-and-arts-programming/ 1 Link to comment
DanaK January 16 Share January 16 (edited) PBS’ 2023 Winter Press Tour schedule for today and tomorrow https://pressroom.pbs.org/-/media/images/tca/winter-2023/digital---embargoed-winter-pbs-tca-press-tour-as-of-01-15-23.pdf It’s being held in Pasadena California, so the schedule is Pacific Time. If you have Twitter, you can see journalist/other comments on the panels and press releases using #TCA23 Edited January 16 by DanaK Link to comment
DanaK January 16 Share January 16 PBS just made a bunch of announcements as their executive session started at the TCA Winter Press tour 2 new PBS Kids series https://www.pbs.org/about/about-pbs/blogs/news/pbs-kids-announces-new-animated-series-lyla-in-the-loop-premiering-early-2024/ https://www.pbs.org/about/about-pbs/blogs/news/pbs-kids-announces-weather-hunters-new-animated-stem-series-from-al-roker-entertainment/ New Ken Burns doc on the American Buffalo https://www.pbs.org/about/about-pbs/blogs/news/new-ken-burns-film-explores-history-of-the-american-buffalo/ PBS announces multi-year commitment to environmental and climate programming https://www.pbs.org/about/about-pbs/blogs/news/pbs-announces-unprecedented-multiyear-commitment-to-environmental-and-climate-programming/ New American Experience docs https://www.pbs.org/about/about-pbs/blogs/news/pbs-and-american-experience-announce-two-documentaries/ Nova launches "Climate Across America" campaign https://www.pbs.org/about/about-pbs/blogs/news/nova-launches-climate-across-america-campaign/ "American Historia" doc series https://www.pbs.org/about/about-pbs/blogs/news/american-historia-with-john-leguizamo/ 1 Link to comment
DanaK January 16 Share January 16 The Great American Recipe Season 2 premieres Monday June 19 at 9pm https://www.pbs.org/about/about-pbs/blogs/news/the-great-american-recipe-returns-with-a-new-season-of-creative-home-cooks-from-across-the-country/ Link to comment
DanaK January 17 Share January 17 3 new digital series in Jan and Feb https://www.pbs.org/about/about-pbs/blogs/news/three-new-series-coming-to-pbs-voices-in-january-february/ 1 Link to comment
DanaK January 18 Share January 18 Press release on what’s coming up on Masterpiece in 2023 and beyond, including Russell T. Davies’ 3 part limited series “Nolly” starring Helena Bonham Carter https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/specialfeatures/shows-coming-to-masterpiece-in-2023-and-beyond/ 1 Link to comment
DanaK January 24 Share January 24 Highlights for February: Note that the State of the Union is February 7, so some things have been moved around or compressed and other things might have been preempted for the month Nova: "London Super Tunnel", Feb 1; "Star Chasers of Senegal" (the country's history of astronomy), Feb 8; "Ancient Builders of the Amazon", Feb 15; "New Eye on the Universe" (abt the James Webb telescope's findings), Feb 22 Independent Lens: "Outta the Muck" (resilience of Black Florida town), Feb 6; "Love in the Time of Fentanyl" (about safe injection site in Canada), Feb 13 Nature: "Dogs in the Wild", 3 parts, Feb 8, 15, 22 "Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed America", Part 2 Feb 14, Parts 3 & 4, Feb 21 Frontline: "Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack", Feb 14 American Experience: "Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History" (about the board game), Feb 20 Great Performances: "The Magic of Spirituals" (abt famous 1990 concert), Feb 24 "Black Broadway: A Proud History, A Limitless Future" (concert special celebrating Black artists), Feb 28 Sunday scripted: "Miss Scarlet and the Duke", Season 3; "All Creatures Great and Small", Season 3; "Vienna Blood", Season 3. All with their last few episodes of their present seasons Check your local listings of course 1 Link to comment
DanaK January 27 Share January 27 On 1/24/2023 at 1:14 PM, DanaK said: "Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed America", Part 2 Feb 14, Parts 3 & 4, Feb 21 Correction, this should be "Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World" Link to comment
proserpina65 February 7 Share February 7 I'm really annoyed that my local PBS organization is only running Jamaica Inn on MPT2. Not everybody gets it - I certainly don't. Hopefully they'll run it on the regular MPT station after February is over. Link to comment
chessiegal February 7 Share February 7 7 minutes ago, proserpina65 said: I'm really annoyed that my local PBS organization is only running Jamaica Inn on MPT2. Not everybody gets it - I certainly don't. Hopefully they'll run it on the regular MPT station after February is over. Can you get it on Passport? Who is your tv provider? Mine is Verizon Fios - I get MPT2. Link to comment
proserpina65 February 8 Share February 8 20 hours ago, chessiegal said: Can you get it on Passport? Who is your tv provider? Mine is Verizon Fios - I get MPT2. I've never used Passport, but I'm an MPT member so I think I have access. I'll try that. Unfortunately my level of Directv service does not include MPT2. 1 Link to comment
DanaK February 27 Share February 27 (edited) Highlights for March 2023. Note that it seems to be pledge month at 2 of my PBS stations (WETA and MPT) so the month is fairly light for original programming. Definitely check your local listings Great Performances: "Remember This" (starring David Strathairn as a WWII Polish resistance fighter), March 13 Frontline: "Age of Easy Money" (the role of the Federal Reserve's "easy money" policies from the "Great Recession" to the current rise in inflation), March 14 "T-Rex: An Evolutionary Journey", March 15 Scripted Sundays: "Call the Midwife" (Season 12), "Masterpiece: Sanditon" (Season 3), "Marie Antoinette" (Season 1), all premiering March 19 Independent Lens: "Storming Caesar's Palace" (abt Las Vegas activist Ruby Duncan who challenged the notion of "welfare queen"), March 20; "Hidden Letters" (Chinese women keep secret language that's just for women alive), March 27 American Masters: "Dr. Tony Fauci", March 21; "In the Making" (spotlights 2 performers breaking down barriers in country and opera), March 24 American Experience: "The Movement and the Madman" (how antiwar protestors accidentally derailed Nixon's plans for massive escalation of the Vietnam War in 1969), March 28 The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song: Joni Mitchell, March 31 Edited February 27 by DanaK 1 Link to comment
DanaK March 23 Share March 23 Highlights for April (check your local listings): "La Frontera with Pati Jinich, Season 2" (food and culture in the border states at the Southern border), 3 episodes, premieres April 3 American Experience: "The Sun Queen" (forgotten female solar energy pioneer), premieres April 4 Frontline: "America and the Taliban" (missteps and consequences of America's 20 year war in Afghanistan), 3 parts, premieres April 4 Great Performances: "Now Hear This, Season 4", 4 episodes, premieres April 7 "My Grandparents' War, Season 2"; 4 episodes, premieres April 11 Nature: "The Hummingbird Effect" (Costa Rica's hummingbirds), April 12; "Treasure of the Caribbean" (about 2013 discovery of uncharted coral reef), April 26 Nova: "Weathering the Future" (dramatic ways in which our weather is changing), April 12; "Chasing Carbon Zero", April 26 Next at the Kennedy Center: "Ballet Hispanico's Dona Peron", April 14; "Jason Moran and Christine McBride", April 21 Independent Lens: "Free Chol Soo Lee", April 24 "Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories with David Rubenstein", 8 episodes, premiering April 26 Scripted: Masterpiece: "Tom Jones"; 4 episodes, premiering April 30 2 Link to comment
DanaK April 28 Share April 28 Highlights for May (check your local listings): Independent Lens: "Matter of Mind/My ALS" (3 people with ALS confront complex choices), May 1; "Sam Now" (about man whose mother abandoned family), May 8; "Silent Beauty" (woman healing from sexual abuse), May 15 Nature: "Attenborough's Wonder of Song" (most remarkable animal songs), May 3 Nova: "Saving the Right Whale" (saving critically endangered whale species), May 3; "Hidden Volcano Abyss" (investigates 2022 Tonga eruption), May 10; "Your Brain" (2 parts, understanding how your brain shapes reality), May 17 & 24 Frontline: "Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power and the Supreme Court", May 9; "America's Dangerous Trucks", May 30 "Wild Scandinavia" (3 episodes), starting May 10 American Masters: "Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV" (about famous contemporary artist), May 16 "Fanny: The Right to Rock" (about first all-women band to release an album on a major record label in 1970), May 22 "National Memorial Day Concert", May 28 Scripted: Great Performances: "Richard III" (free Shakespeare in the Park production, with actress Danai Gurira in the lead role), May 19 Also, one streaming program to note: Sometime in May, PBS will stream "Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland" a 5-part documentary series from BBC2 in the UK about various people who lived through the decades-long conflict known as "The Troubles". It will be shown on PBS.org and the PBS app. No information at this time if it will be shown on linear PBS. More info https://pressroom.pbs.org/programs/o/once-upon-a-time-in-northern-ireland 1 Link to comment
DanaK May 4 Share May 4 (edited) On 4/28/2023 at 1:49 PM, DanaK said: Frontline: "Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power and the Supreme Court", May 9; "America's Dangerous Trucks", May 30 Update: It looks like the Trucks doc has been moved to June and the doc "After Uvalde: Guns, Grief & Texas Politics" will be shown on the 30th. Also, Frontline doc "Once Upon a Time in Fallujah" will be shown on the 23rd Regarding the streaming 5 part doc series "Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland", it looks like that will drop on May 22 Edited May 4 by DanaK Link to comment
DanaK May 4 Share May 4 The lineup for POV's 36th season https://deadline.com/2023/05/pbs-pov-36-season-lineup-announcement-1235356270/ Link to comment
DanaK May 12 Share May 12 (edited) On 5/4/2023 at 2:19 PM, DanaK said: Regarding the streaming 5 part doc series "Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland", it looks like that will drop on May 22 Good news, this will also be broadcast on linear PBS in late August https://www.pbs.org/about/about-pbs/blogs/news/once-upon-a-time-in-northern-ireland-streaming-launch/ The topic has been set up here https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/138852-once-upon-a-time-in-northern-ireland/ Edited May 12 by DanaK Link to comment
shok May 20 Share May 20 On 4/28/2023 at 10:49 AM, DanaK said: Independent Lens: "Matter of Mind/My ALS" (3 people with ALS confront complex choices), May 1; "Sam Now" (about man whose mother abandoned family), May 8; "Silent Beauty" (woman healing from sexual abuse), May 15 Thank you for your posting of upcoming PBS shows. Because of your mentions I follow up and set my recorder to tape shows that sound interesting. Otherwise I might have missed a show like "Sam Now" which was so heart wrenching and touching. I would highly recommend it to anyone to catch on a replay or a stream if possible. There are other shows that I've watched and enjoyed only because your informative posts have given me a heads up, so thank you. 3 Link to comment
DanaK May 20 Share May 20 2 hours ago, shok said: Thank you for your posting of upcoming PBS shows. Because of your mentions I follow up and set my recorder to tape shows that sound interesting. Otherwise I might have missed a show like "Sam Now" which was so heart wrenching and touching. I would highly recommend it to anyone to catch on a replay or a stream if possible. There are other shows that I've watched and enjoyed only because your informative posts have given me a heads up, so thank you. Thank you very much, I really appreciate that Link to comment
DanaK 19 hours ago Share 19 hours ago Highlights for June: American Masters: "Little Richard: King and Queen of Rock 'n' Roll", June 2 "Buffalo Soldiers: Fighting on Two Fronts" (the often contradictory role played by Black soldiers throughout American history), June 12 Frontline: "America's Dangerous Trucks", June 13; "Inside the Iranian Uprising" (about the recent protests), June 27 "The Great American Recipe, Season 2", 8 episodes, premieres June 19 Independent Lens: "Mama Bears" (Evangelical mothers protecting their LGBTQ+ kids), June 20 "Below the Belt: The Last Health Taboo" (through the lens of endometriosis, looks at widespread problems in the US healthcare system that disproportionately affect women), June 21 POV: "After Sherman" (how systemic racism has affected generations in the South), June 26 American Experience: "Casa Susanna" (refuge for transgender women and cross-dressing men in the 50s and 60s), June 27 Scripted: "Masterpiece: Ridley", 8 episodes, Sundays, premieres June 18 As always, check your local listings 1 Link to comment
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