Big Night for ‘The Irishman’ and the Sandman at Movies for Grownups Awards
Tony Danza came out of the gate right away with a promise. A promise that he was the anti-Ricky Gervais as he took the hosting reins of AARP’s 19th Annual Movies for Grownups Awards. The ceremonies were held Jan. 11 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel and will be broadcast Sunday night on PBS’ “Great Performances.” Eschewing Gervais-type jokes aimed at the entertainment industry or specific people in it, which included a starry contingent...
PBS Spotlights Ken Burns’ ‘Country Music’ and new Jane Austen Drama Series ‘Sanditon’
While other networks are undergoing the aftereffects of consolidations and management changes, PBS remains under the steady hand of Paula Kerger, whose contract as president and CEO has been renewed for five years. Kerger kicked off the public broadcaster’s Television Critics Assn. summer press tour Monday in Beverly Hills by announcing her new deal, which runs through 2024. “I believe so strongly in the purpose and power of...
PBS Unveils Diverse Programming Slate in TCA Presentations
The breadth and depth of PBS’s upcoming programming was vividly demonstrated during its two-day portion of the Television Critics Association summer press tour last week at the Beverly Hilton hotel. Public television viewers can expect to see everything from explorations of some of the most divisive and controversial issues of our times on “Frontline,” “POV” and “Nova” including the misappropriation of data generated by social...
GI Jews: World War II Stories of Battling Bigotry Uncovered in New PBS Documentary
GI Jews. Unlike GI Joes, it’s not a term commonly used when speaking about members of the military. But it is the attention-grabbing title of a new feature-length documentary focusing on the more than 550,000 American Jews – men and women – who served their country during World War II. Among those veterans are prominent citizens including comedy legends Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks, authors Norman Mailer and J.D. Salinger and former...
Foo Fighters Rock an Ancient Amphitheater in PBS’ ‘Landmarks Live in Concert’
The 11-time Grammy award-winning Foo Fighters have performed all over the world, but never in Greece, until this past July when they gave an historic concert at the Acropolis in Athens. “We’ve done some crazy things over the last 20 years, but I think this might be the craziest thing the Foo Fighters have ever done,” says frontman Dave Grohl at the beginning of “Foo Fighters – Landmarks Live in Concert: A Great Performances Special,”...
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