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PBS to Air Ken Burns's 'The National Parks: America's Best Idea,' a New Six-Part Series About the History of the National Parks, i
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PBS coy about nude 'King Lear'
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Latin Music USA - A Multi-Media Event Premieres January 21, 2009 on PBS
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Roush Dispatch - New (and Some Old) Faces on Mystery!
This summer, PBS’s rechristened Masterpiece Mystery! series is saying farewell to some favorite ...
TVGuide.com  –  Jul 13, 2008 6:23 PM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
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PBS to air Burns' national parks series next year
The latest topic to fall under the lens of acclaimed documentarian Ken Burns? America's national parks. A PBS series will showcase them next year.
MSNBC.com  –  Jul 13, 2008 5:58 PM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
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6,000 bring old stuff to 'Roadshow'
Appraiser Leslie Keno said it was one of the most incredible "Antiques Roadshow" stories he'd ever heard.A young Swiss woman was about to sail from Europe to the United States in 1912, heading for a new life and marriage to an American. Before she left, a man who was going to buy a desk and attached bookcase from her was killed on his way to making the purchase, leaving her to arrange its packing and shipping. It caused her to miss her voyage.On the Titanic.The woman's daughter, 92-year-old Marguerite Lawrence of Wichita, submitted the furniture for inclusion in the Wichita stop of PBS' "Antiques Roadshow," and she and her desk were filmed Saturday at Century II."It's incredible how these pieces are intertwined in our lives, this one especially," said Leslie Keno, one of the better-known appraisers on the show, along with his twin brother, Leigh.
Kansas.com  –  Jul 13, 2008 06:39 AM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
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Bertram discusses schools
EDITOR'S NOTE: In his first year on the job, the new superintendent of the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp. developed a strategic agenda that calls for new investments in early childhood education, instructional technology and school facilities, including construction of a new high school in northern Vanderburgh County. Vincent Bertram appears this week on "Newsmakers," a new weekly interview program produced by WNIN-PBS and the Courier & Press. The following is an edited transcript of that interview with Courier & Press Editor Mizell Stewart III. The full program can be seen today at 11:30 a.m. on WNIN-PBS9.
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PBS keeps 'King Lear' nude decision under wraps but it may not be aired
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Ian McKellen's acclaimed performance in "King Lear" is coming to PBS, but a public TV executive is remaining coy about whether his on-stage nude scene will be exposed on air.
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PBS keeps 'King Lear' nude decision under wraps
AP - Ian McKellen's acclaimed performance in "King Lear" is coming to PBS, but a public TV executive was coy Saturday about whether his on-stage nude scene will be exposed on air.
Yahoo!  –  Jul 12, 2008 10:41 PM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
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PBS says that it will air Ken Burns' national parks series next year
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns' new series celebrating America's national parks and detailing their history will air in fall 2009, PBS said Saturday.
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