Ken Burns’ controversial documentary about the Central Park Jogger case — wherein five juveniles (four black, 1 Hispanic) were arrested and imprisoned for the rape of Trisha Meili in 1989 – airs on PBS for the first time tonight. The film caused even more controversy last year in the weeks before its theatrical release...
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WUCF plans to air a sneak preview of the first 60 minutes of the Season 3 premiere in the park, which is seriously an almost too apropos way to indulge in the return of the award-winning series.
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David Chang, the much-written-about New York chef who spearheaded the insane popularity of ramen, pork belly and crack pie in America, has a 16-episode series on PBS called “The Mind of a Chef,” in which he tools around with Anthony Bourdain through Japan, Norway and Spain, eating noodles and octopus and kimchi and rotten...
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Now this makes sense. Way more sense than that weird deal that almost happened that would have put Channel 24 into the hands of an out-of-state Christian broadcasting company. WMFE announced this evening that WUCF, which took over as the region’s flagship PBS station a year ago, is purchasing the license for Channel 24....
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So, StarzPlay is officially purged from the files of Netflix now. In sheer terms of titles it’s a major blow to Netflix’s catalog (so much Disney and Columbia, over 800 titles apparently), but what did they (and we) really lose? Unless you stream Netflix to an old TV or have terrible eyesight, we’ve really...
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Starting tomorrow night at 9pm, PBS’s American Masters will begin airing the two-part career spanning documentary on Woody Allen, aptly titled Woody Allen: A Documentary. The film runs about 3 1/2 hours, spread over Sunday and Monday nights, both beginning at 9pm. Directed by Robert Weide (Curb Your Enthusiasm), it features interviews from Allen...
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In case you missed it a few weeks ago at the Enzian, or just want to see it again, Cameron Crowe’s in-depth documentary about the legendary Seattle band Pearl Jam will air on PBS on Friday night at 9pm under the American Masters banner. It should be available in HD. You can check the...
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Hal Boedeker at the Sentinel reported yesterday afternoon that WDSC, Daytona’s PBS member station is planning to drop its PBS programming effective July 1, citing financial strain due to Gov. Rick Scott’s veto of funding for public broadcasting last month. In May things were so tight for the station that it told the Daytona...
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You’ve probably heard by now that UCF voted on May 26 to become the region’s flagship PBS-member station, in light of WMFE’s decision to sell its TV license to Christian broadcasting company Daystar Television Networks. WUCF has wasted no time in setting up a web presence to get people acquainted with their new PBS...
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This afternoon, the UCF Board of Trustees voted in favor of taking on the responsibility of becoming Central Florida’s newest flagship PBS station. The school’s WUCF TV would pick up broadcasting PBS programming beginning July 1, immediately after WMFE, the current PBS station in the region, passes its license on to Christian broadcasting company...
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