Tag Archives: American Masters

A Look Ahead with WPT’s Director of Programming: Fall 2015

Posted on August 18, 2015 by Kait

“There are only 21 hours of prime time in the week. We can’t expand time.” - Garry Denny, Director of Programming The summer is growing short, and as kids get excited about fresh crayon sets, adults anticipate a new broadcast … Continue reading →

Posted in Show Previews | Tagged Althea Gibson, American Experience, American Masters, fall season, Frontline, Garry Denny, Gorongosa Park, I'll Have What Phil Is Having, Indian Summers, Masterpiece Theater, Nature, PBS, Walt Disney, WPT

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A Look Ahead with WPT’s Director of Programming: Spring 2015

Posted on December 4, 2014 by Kait

“My job is not to put great programming on television; My job is to keep really bad programming off television. There’s far more bad television than there is good television to consider.” - Garry Denny, Director of Programming Each year, … Continue reading →

Posted in Behind the Scenes, Show Previews | Tagged American Masters, Frontline, Ken Burns, Masterpiece Classic, Masterpiece Contemporary, Masterpiece Mystery!, Mr. Selfridge, Poldark, The Story of Cancer

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Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning

Posted on August 30, 2014 by Jonna

“Sometimes you annihilate yourself. That is something one needs to be able to do” – Dorothea Lange Dorothea Lange was no stranger to losing herself in the lives of others. Her photographs capture intimate moments that would otherwise have gone … Continue reading →

Posted in Show Previews | Tagged American Masters, Documentary, Dorothea Lange, Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning, Great Depression, History, Wisconsin Public Television

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Remembering Pete Seeger in Song

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Erik

We are all sad to hear of the passing of folk legend Pete Seeger Monday at his home in New York at 94. To celebrate his life and music, we went back and found this 1976 performance of “This Land … Continue reading →

Posted in Resources | Tagged 1976, American Masters, Arlo Guthrie, Banjo, Folk music, Fred Hellerman, In Memory, Judy Collins, PBS, Pete Seeger, Program, public television, Remembering, Soundstage, Studs Terkel, This Land is Your Land, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Public Television, Woody Guthrie, WPT, youtube

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How The War of the Worlds Changed Our World

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Erik

It seems odd to think that a fictional radio broadcast could change the world, but 75 years ago this week - Oct. 30, 1938 to be exact - The Mercury Theatre on the Air’s War of the Worlds did just that. And … Continue reading →