WFUM, FLINT, MI
Quarterly Program Topic Report
April 1- June 30, 2008
This quarter, Michigan Television continued its arts and humanities
programming with the continuation of the PLAY> and Matrix series. The station
also began airing the new season of High School Challenge, a program
highlighting the academic achievements of high school students throughout Mid
and Southeast Michigan. This year the program was expanded to included
students from Oakland, Genesee, and Western Wayne counties. Through national
programming the station highlighted the Democratic and Republican
presidential candidacy races. Additionally, national programming looked at
the changing environment and its global impact.
Interstitials
MATRIX
Interstitial series focusing on the Arts and Humanities across the state of
Michigan.
MATRIX: Songwriter’s Retreat TRT: 3:00 33 airings
MATRIX: Grand Rapids Ballet TRT: 3:00 2 airing
PLAY>
Experimental shorts from the University of Michigan School of Art & Design
community in partnership with Michigan Television.
Liquid Percussion TRT: 1:50 22 airings
Impedimental TRT: 3:00 7 airings
In the Box TRT: 1:55 4 airings
Jump TRT: 1:20 1 airings
Barbara TRT: 3:00 3 airings
Aging
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Series Title: Caring for Your Parents
Version: SD-Base
Length: 120
Airdate: 4/2/2008 9:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Documentary
Segment Length: 00:00:00
As the population ages, many adult children are grappling with an
unprecedented social, cultural, economic, and personal revolution as they
transition into the primary caregiver role for their aging parents. Caring
for Your Parents is a moving film that draws much-needed attention to this
universal reality, underscoring today's struggle to keep parents at home,
tensions between siblings, and the complexity of shifting caregiver roles
through an intimate look at five American families. In the end, the
documentary contends successful caregiving requires one primary ingredient--
love.
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Series Title: Retirement Revolution
Episode Title: On Our Own
Version: SD-Base
Length: 60
Airdate: 4/7/2008 10:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Other
Segment Length: 00:00:00
This episode continues exploring the challenges baby boomers face today and
teaches viewers to assume personal responsibility - so they'll be able to
plan for retirement on their own terms.
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Series Title: NewsHour with Jim Lehrer; The
Version: SD-Short
Length: 60
Airdate: 6/2/2008 7:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Interview/Discussion/Review
Segment Length: 00:09:59
Researchers Examine Impact of Exercise on Aging: Scientists have coined a new
term -- geroscience -- to describe research that aims to slow down aging and
delay the onset of age-related diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
Researchers are studying the underlying genetic causes of aging and effects
of exercise.
Agriculture
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Series Title: Independent Lens
Episode Title: King Corn
Version: SD-Base
Length: 90
Airdate: 4/20/2008 11:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Documentary
Segment Length: 00:00:01
KING CORN examines the corn-growing industry and the various products that
are made with corn as filmmakers Curt Ellis and Ian Cheney raise corn on an
acre of land in Iowa.
NOLA: MLNH 009155
Series Title: NewsHour with Jim Lehrer; The
Version: SD-Base
Length: 60
Airdate: 6/20/2008 7:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Interview/Discussion/Review
Segment Length: 00:08:27
Iowa Floods Wreak Havoc on Farming Communities: After heavy rains triggered
massive flooding in Iowa, some farms were completely submerged, causing heavy
crop and livestock losses. Elizabeth Brackett reports on how one Iowa farmer
is coping with the damage.
American History/Biography
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Series Title: American Experience
Episode Title: Walt Whitman
Version: SD-Embedded Promo
Length: 120
Airdate: 4/14/2008 9:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Documentary
Segment Length: 00:00:00
To family and friends, Walter Whitman Jr. may have been just an old bachelor
but with his book, Leaves of Grass, he offered up his poetry and his persona
as a reflection of the America he saw; daring, noble, naive, brutish, sexual,
frightening and flawed. This film tells Whitman's life story, from his
working-class childhood, to his years as a newspaper reporter in Brooklyn, to
his reckless pursuit of the attention he craved for his work.
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Series Title: American Experience | George H.W. Bush
Version: SD-Embedded Promo
Length: 120
Airdate: 5/5/2008 9:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Documentary
Segment Length: 00:00:00
The latest in a series of critically-acclaimed presidential portraits, this
biography examines the life and career of our 41st president, from his
service in World War II and early career in Texas to his days in the Oval
Office. Drawing upon personal diaries and interviews with his advisors and
critics, the film will also explore Bush's role as the patriarch of a
political family whose influence is unequaled in modern American life. Part 1
of 2.
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Series Title: Independent Lens
Episode Title: The Cool School
Version: SD-Base
Length: 60
Airdate: 6/15/2008 11:30:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Documentary
Segment Length: 00:00:00
For a decade - 1956 to 1966 - the Ferus Gallery was the catalyst of a nascent
modern art scene, grooming idealistic beatniks into competitive, often-
brilliant artists. It also helped to solidify the careers of many of New
York's shining stars including: Lichtenstein, Warhol and Johns. What was lost
and gained is a complex web of egos, passions, money and art.
Arts
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Series Title: American Masters
Episode Title: Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun
Version: SD-Embedded Promo
Length: 90
Airdate: 4/9/2008 9:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Documentary
Segment Length: 00:00:00
A profile of Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960), author of such acclaimed works
as "Their Eyes Were Watching God" and "Dust Tracks on a Road."
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Series Title: Independent Lens
Episode Title: Water Flowing Together
Version: SD-Base
Length: 60
Airdate: 4/13/2008 11:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Documentary
Segment Length: 00:00:00
WATER FLOWING TOGETHER offers an intimate portrait of a remarkable dancer,
Jock Soto, who retired from the New York City Ballet at age 40, after a 24-
year career. Soto's journey as an openly gay man of Navajo Indian and Puerto
Rican descent provides a rare glimpse into the life of a dancer and the
disparate worlds which have shaped this important artist.
Series Title: Acts of Art: The Prison Arts Project
Version: SD-Base
Length: 30
Airdate: 5/26/2008 22:30:00 PM
Service: Michigan Television
Format: Documentary
Every year, U-M professors, Janie Paul and Buzz Alexander, along with various
student and community volunteers, travel across Michigan to visit prisons and
collect art for an annual exhibit of prison art at the University of
Michigan. Now in its 13th year, the show has become the largest exhibit of
prison art in the country, with hundreds of prisoners participating each
year. While art-making has always been part of prison life, this exhibition
in the 'outside' world, no less at a prestigious university, has generated
work unlike that of any other state. This half hour documentary tells the
story of how these two activist/artists began working inside Michigan prisons
and introduces us to former prisoners, now released, whom they met along the
way. The story features art from inside Michigan prisons and is a powerful
window into the often invisible experience of the thousands of men and women
behind bars in this state.
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Series Title: Cleveland Orchestra in Performance: Bruckner Symphony No. 5;
The
Version: SD-Base
Length: 90
Airdate: 6/11/2008 9:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Performance
Segment Length: 00:00:00
In September 2006, the Cleveland Orchestra, as part of its 12-concert
European tour, appeared in the magnificent baroque cathedral in St. Florian,
Austria, where the orchestra performed Anton Bruckner's towering Symphony No.
5 under the direction of music director Franz Welser-Möst. The sold-out
performances in the cathedral, which serves as Bruckner's final resting
place, were recorded for broadcast.
Business/Industry
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Series Title: Illicit: The Dark Trade
Version: SD-Base
Length: 60
Airdate: 4/16/2008 8:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Documentary
Segment Length: 00:00:00
National Geographic explores the dark side of globalization and the
underground economy. Based on the book, "Illicit," by Dr. Moises Naim, highly
acclaimed editor of Foreign Policy Magazine, this TV special explores the
onslaught of illicit activities exploding worldwide and the consequences of
globalization spurring arms trafficking and human smuggling to money
laundering and music bootlegging.
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Series Title: NOW on PBS
Version: SD-Base
Length: 30
Airdate: 5/9/2008 8:30:00 PM/501
Service: PBS
Format:
Segment Length: 00:00:00
America passed a grim milestone this year: One in every 100 Americans is now
behind bars. This week, NOW on PBS investigates the government's trend to
outsource prisons and prisoners to the private sector, and examines the
controversy it's causing. We travel to Colorado, where the debate over prison
privatization is boiling over. Should incarceration be incorporated?
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Series Title: Bill Moyers Journal
Version: SD-Base
Length: 60
Airdate: 6/13/2008 10:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Interview/Discussion/Review
Segment Length: 00:00:00
Holly Sklar on Work and Wages: Holly Sklar, co-author of "Raise the Floor:
Wages and Policies that Work for All of Us," discusses what current economic
conditions say about the state of the American dream; LA Labor: BILL MOYERS
JOURNAL analyzes the growing inequality gap on the ground in Los Angeles
where recently union workers marched to bring attention to how they are
getting squeezed out of the shrinking middle class; Steve Fraser on Gilded
Ages: Steve Fraser, historian and author of "Wall Street: America's Dream
Palace," discusses the modern parallels and differences to the first Gilded
Age, the big disparity between the rich and poor, and the increasing strain
on working Americans.
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Series Title: Frontline
Episode Title: Young and Restless in China
Version: SD-Base
Length: 120
Airdate: 6/17/2008 9:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Documentary
Segment Length: 00:00:00
A riveting journey, "Young & Restless in China" tracks the lives of nine
ambitious young Chinese struggling to make it in this tumultuous and rapidly
changing society. Whether defying Eastern traditions in pursuit of Western
values, struggling through government protocols to start a new business, or
fighting to preserve the environment, this new generation is caught between
the bonds of their nation's history and their own quest for a future.
Community Politics, Government
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Series Title: NOW on PBS
Version: SD-Base
Length: 30
Airdate: 4/11/2008 8:30:00 PM/501
Service: PBS
Format:
Segment Length: 00:00:00
Millions of Americans are filing their taxes and hoping for the best, but are
rich people actually paying a smaller percentage of their total income than
the poor? This week, NOW looks at how state policies to generate revenue by
raising sales taxes and lowering property taxes come at a bigger price for
low-income households than for wealthier ones.
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Series Title: Return of the Cuyahoga; The
Version: SD-Base
Length: 60
Airdate: 4/22/2008 9:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Demonstration/Instructional
Segment Length: 00:00:00
On June 22, 1969, the polluted Cuyahoga River caught fire. The river didn’t
burn just in Cleveland -- it burned in the nation’s imagination. The country
was beginning to pay attention to what was happening to its natural
resources. The fire started a chain of events that hasn’t stopped yet. These
include the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, Earth Day, the creation of
environmental protection agencies at the federal and state levels and a
rapidly growing consciousness in America about the environment. The Cuyahoga
is America’s best example yet of a watery success story. The dead river came
clean -- and back to life again.
NOLA: MLNH 009152
Series Title: NewsHour with Jim Lehrer; The
Version: SD-Base
Length: 60
Airdate: 6/17/2008 7:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Interview/Discussion/Review
Segment Length: 00:06:09
Same-Sex Couples Begin Marrying in California: Hundreds of gay and lesbian
couples filled county clerk offices across California Tuesday and exchanged
marriage vows on the state's first full day of legal same-sex nuptials.
Spencer Michels reports on the day and the legal battles ahead.
Consumerism
NOLA: MLNH 009118
Series Title: NewsHour with Jim Lehrer; The
Version: SD-Base
Length: 60
Airdate: 4/30/2008 7:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Interview/Discussion/Review
Segment Length: 00:16:18
Fed Cuts Rate Again in Latest Bid to Shore Up Economy: The Federal Reserve
cut a key interest rate by a quarter point Wednesday, bringing the federal
funds rate down to its lowest level since late 2004. The move is intended to
help address the ongoing housing slump and credit crunch. Analysts discuss
the Fed's action and the economic strain on the American public.
NOLA: MLNH 009147
Series Title: NewsHour with Jim Lehrer; The
Version: SD-Base
Length: 60
Airdate: 6/10/2008 7:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Interview/Discussion/Review
Segment Length: 00:08:58
Salmonella Concerns Prompt Widespread Tomato Recalls: Concerns over
salmonella contamination have led the FDA to issue nationwide health warnings
for tomatoes. This in turn has led to many vendors recalling or prohibiting
the use of tomatoes in their products. A food safety journalist discusses the
tomato health scare.
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Series Title: NOW on PBS
Version: SD-Base
Length: 30
Airdate: 6/20/2008 8:30:00 PM/501
Service: PBS
Format: Documentary
Segment Length: 00:00:00
The global middle class is expected to swell by more than 1 billion people
over the next decade, with the biggest increases in China and India. While
millions are being lifted out of poverty as a result, the booming middle
class is also consuming more global resources. As a result, prices for
everything from steel to gasoline to food are soaring. This week NOW reports
from Pune, India, where college graduates are getting tech jobs, traditional
families are flocking to the new mall, and professionals are hoping their
new-found economic might will make their country an even bigger global
player. But can America's middle-class - and the rest of the world - afford
this unprecedented shift in the global economy?
Crime/Legal Issues/Law Enforcement
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Series Title: Washington Week
Version: SD-Base
Length: 30
Airdate: 4/18/2008 8:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format:
Segment Length: 00:00:00
Pennsylvania, the pope, and the death penalty, this week on "Washington
Week." Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) said, "During the course of the last few
days, she's said I'm elitist, out of touch, condescending." Sen. Hillary
Clinton (D-NY) said, "What we have to do as Democrats is make sure we get
enough votes to win in November." The fur is flying. Sen. Obama said, "You
just got to kind of let it - you know." The Pennsylvania primary is days away
and the stakes are crystal clear. What does each candidate have to do? And
will Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) benefit from Democratic infighting? He said,
"They're going to raise your taxes by thousands of dollars a year and they
have the audacity to hope you don't mind." A man who knows a thing or two
about hope did make it to the White House this week - Pope Benedict XVI. He
said to the crowd, "God bless America." He's praying for U.S. Catholics, plus
the Supreme Court weighs in on a critical death penalty case. Covering these
stories, John Harwood of CNBC and the New York Times, David Shribman of the
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Michael Duffy of Time magazine, and Joan Biskupic of
USA Today.
NOLA: MLNH 009155
Series Title: NewsHour with Jim Lehrer; The
Version: SD-Base
Length: 60
Airdate: 6/20/2008 7:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Interview/Discussion/Review
Segment Length: 00:13:22
Wiretapping Bill Heads to Senate After Telecoms Debate: The House approved a
wide-ranging terror surveillance overhaul Friday. Caroline Fredrickson of the
ACLU and George Terwilliger, a former deputy attorney general for the first
President Bush, examine the measure.
Culture
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Series Title: Independent Lens
Episode Title: Na Kamalei: The Men of Hula
Version: SD-Base
Length: 60
Airdate: 5/11/2008 11:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Documentary
Segment Length: 00:00:00
Follow the journey of legendary teacher Robert Cazimero and the only all-male
hula school in Hawaii as they celebrate their 30th anniversary and prepare to
compete at the world’s largest hula festival. "Na Kamalei: The Men of Hula"
goes beyond deep-rooted stereotypes of "grass skirt girls" and reveals a
story of Hawaiian pride - past and present.
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Series Title: NewsHour with Jim Lehrer; The
Version: SD-Base
Length: 60
Airdate: 6/13/2008 7:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Interview/Discussion/Review
Segment Length: 00:12:34
New Generation of Brazilian Musicians Tries to Go Global: Young musicians in
Brazil confront major challenges to bringing their musical sound abroad.
Simon Marks caps a series of reports from Brazil by looking at the
linguistic, political and economic barriers between Brazils most popular acts
and global recognition.
Economy
NOLA: MLNH 009097
Series Title: NewsHour with Jim Lehrer; The
Version: SD-Base
Length: 60
Airdate: 4/1/2008 7:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Interview/Discussion/Review
Segment Length: 00:12:44
Campaigns Push to Connect With Voters on Economic Reform Plans: The Bush
administration announced plans to overhaul U.S. financial regulatory
structure Monday, the latest in a stream of stories on economic woes.
Representatives from the Clinton, McCain and Obama campaigns discuss their
candidates' views on the ailing economy.
NOLA: MLNH 009127
Series Title: NewsHour with Jim Lehrer; The
Version: SD-Base
Length: 60
Airdate: 5/13/2008 7:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Interview/Discussion/Review
Segment Length: 00:08:58
Financial World Shifts Gears Amid Economic Tumult: As the U.S. grapples with
an economic slowdown and a housing slump, financial leaders are rethinking
their strategies. Financier and author George Soros reflects on the changing
business trends and details his new book, which examines the "credit crash"
of 2008.
Education
NOLA: MLNH 009109
Series Title: NewsHour with Jim Lehrer; The
Version: SD-Base
Length: 60
Airdate: 4/17/2008 7:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Interview/Discussion/Review
Segment Length: 00:10:48
High-tech School Prepares Students for Shifting Economy: Paul Solman reports
on a high school in California that pushes its students to focus on the
future by preparing for jobs in the world of high technology -- while also
helping the U.S. stay competitive in a global marketplace.
NOLA: MLNH 009145
Series Title: NewsHour with Jim Lehrer; The
Version: SD-Short
Length: 60
Airdate: 6/6/2008 7:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Interview/Discussion/Review
Segment Length: 00:08:46
College Grads to Face Toughest Job Market in Years: Amid worsening economic
prospects, marked by Friday's Labor Department report announcing new
unemployment highs, the class of 2008 faces a tough job markets for new
college graduates. Two career-development experts discuss the challenges
ahead for new job-seekers.
Environment/Nature/Geography
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Series Title: Jean-Michel Cousteau: Ocean Adventures
Episode Title: Return to the Amazon, Part 1
Version: SD-Embedded Promo
Length: 60
Airdate: 4/2/2008 8:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Documentary
Segment Length: 00:00:01
Twenty-five years ago, Jean-Michel Cousteau traveled to the Amazon with his
father to study this exotic ecosystem. In a time of accelerating
environmental change, he returns to this rushing heartbeat of our planet,
down the river whose waters circulate through all oceans. The Cousteau family
and the Ocean Adventures team make discoveries both inspiring and shocking in
this region of urgency and conflict, as well as of hope for biodiversity and
sustainability. Part 1 of 2.
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Series Title: National Geographic's Strange Days on Planet Earth
Episode Title: Dangerous Catch
Version: SD-Base
Length: 60
Airdate: 4/23/2008 9:00:00 AM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Documentary
Segment Length: 00:00:00
A series of strange, seemingly unrelated events is unfolding across the
globe. In the West African nation of Ghana, olive baboons are ransacking
crops and terrorizing villagers. Further down the coast in Namibia, a once-
rich fishing ground is struggling to recover while putrid fumes are exploding
from the ocean depths, spewing greenhouse gases into the air. Half a world
away in Puerto Rico, space-age aqua pods filled with fish are floating far
out at sea while off the coast of New Brunswick, Canada, migratory salmon are
settling into coastal life astride kelp and mussels in a radical new farming
experiment. All these events are linked to one activity -- over-fishing.
Recent reports state that 90 percent of our most important commercial fish
are gone and fisheries all over the world are in dire straits. It's become
increasingly clear that our massive demands on the ocean are affecting life
far beyond the shoreline, including Earth's own life support systems. Can we
reduce fishing pressures, restore fish stocks and protect ocean habitats in
time to safeguard the health of life in the sea and on land and ultimately
our own?
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Series Title: Adirondacks; The
Version: SD-Embedded Promo
Length: 120
Airdate: 5/14/2008 9:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Documentary
Segment Length: 00:00:00
On six million acres in upstate New York, the Adirondack Park is by far the
largest park in the lower 48 states. Its land is divided almost evenly
between protected wilderness and privately owned tracts creating a pattern of
ownership that maintains a delicate relationship between progress and
preservation. Through the perspectives of several characters, this program
explores the history, seasonal landscape and current state of the
Adirondacks.
Family/Marriage
NOLA: MLNH 009106
Series Title: NewsHour with Jim Lehrer; The
Version: SD-Base
Length: 60
Airdate: 4/14/2008 7:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Interview/Discussion/Review
Segment Length: 00:09:59
Programs Seek to Aid Low-Paid, Working Women: Millions of women in the United
States work long hours at jobs that do not pay enough to support their
families. Elizabeth Brackett reports on several programs set up to help these
working women.
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Series Title: Oh, Saigon
Version: SD-Base
Length: 60
Airdate: 5/4/2008 11:00:00 AM/502
Service: PBS-PLUS
Format: Documentary
Segment Length: 00:00:00
Airlifted out of Vietnam on April 30, 1975, Doan Hoang’s family was on the
last civilian helicopter out of the country at the end of the war. Twenty-
five years later, she sets out to uncover their story. The film follows her
family as they return to Vietnam after decades of exile, where her father, a
former South Vietnamese major, meets his brothers again to confront their
political differences: one was a Communist, the other a pacifist. Meanwhile,
Hoang tries to reconcile her own difficult past with her half sister, who was
mistakenly separated from the family during the escape.
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Series Title: Another Day in Paradise
Version: SD-Base
Length: 90
Airdate: 6/18/2008 8:30:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Documentary
Segment Length: 00:00:00
Five thousand people live onboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier
Nimitz; they all share the same mission: maintain, arm and fly jets to
deliver bombs to the big game - the war in Iraq. ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE
follows a fighter pilot described by his fellow Black Aces as "more of a
lover than a warrior;" an ordnance seaman who discovered right before he
departed that his new girlfriend was pregnant; and a tough-talking Marine who
loves to salsa dance. The film offers a rare glimpse into the thoughts and
lives of the people who are fighting America's wars.
Health/Health Care
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Series Title: Frontline
Episode Title: Sick Around the World
Version: SD-Base
Length: 60
Airdate: 4/15/2008 10:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Magazine
Segment Length: 00:00:01
Four in five Americans say the U.S. health-care system needs "fundamental"
change. Can the U.S. learn anything from the rest of the world about how to
run a health-care system, or are these nations so culturally different from
us that their solutions would simply not be acceptable to Americans?
FRONTLINE correspondent T.R. Reid examines first-hand the health-care systems
of other advanced capitalist democracies -- UK, France, Germany, Switzerland,
Japan, and Taiwan -- to see what tried and tested ideas might help us reform
our broken health-care system.
NOLA: UNCA 000103
Series Title: Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?
Episode Title: Bad Sugar/Place Matters
Version: SD-Base
Length: 60
Airdate: 4/10/2008 10:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Documentary
Segment Length: 00:00:00
The high rate of Type 2 diabetes on Tohono O'odham Indian reservations in
Southern Arizona is examined, including the role hopelessness may play in the
disease. Also: how neighborhood environments may affect health.
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Series Title: Truth About Cancer; The
Version: SD-Base
Length: 120
Airdate: 4/16/2008 9:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Documentary
Segment Length: 00:00:00
An eye opening special that seeks to answer the provocative question, why
does anyone still die of cancer? Told in the first person by award winning
filmmaker Linda Garmon, The Truth About Cancer shares the personal story of
her own husband's battle with cancer. Part science, part character-driven
storytelling, this powerful documentary will uncover the truth about cancer
and tell us where we stand in fighting this decades-old war
NOLA: MLNH 009147
Series Title: NewsHour with Jim Lehrer; The
Version: SD-Base
Length: 60
Airdate: 6/10/2008 7:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Interview/Discussion/Review
Segment Length: 00:07:44
More Than 25 Million Americans Underinsured, Study Finds: More than 25
million Americans with health insurance did not have sufficient coverage for
their medical expenses in 2007, according to a study released Tuesday in the
journal Health Affairs.
Immigration/Refugees
NOLA: MLNH 009101
Series Title: NewsHour with Jim Lehrer; The
Version: SD-Base
Length: 60
Airdate: 4/7/2008 7:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Interview/Discussion/Review
Segment Length: 00:11:51
In Tuition Aid Rules, Immigration Debate Meets Reality: As the immigration
debate continues to evolve, some states are denying children of undocumented
immigrants government grants and tuition loans offered to low-income students
to help pay for college. Lee Hochberg reports on how undocumented students
are coping.
NOLA: UNCA 000102
Series Title: Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?
Episode Title: When the Bough Breaks/Becoming American
Version: SD-Base
Length: 60
Airdate: 4/3/2008 10:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Documentary
Segment Length: 00:00:00
Black and white infant-mortality rates are explored. Also: the health of
Mexican immigrants, some of whom arrive in the U.S. in better health than
Americans, but whose health declines over time.
NOLA: MLNH 009148
Series Title: NewsHour with Jim Lehrer; The
Version: SD-Base
Length: 60
Airdate: 6/11/2008 7:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Interview/Discussion/Review
Segment Length: 00:10:41
Arizona's Illegal Immigration Laws Put to the Test: Last year, Arizona passed
15 bills and resolutions giving police more tools to go after illegal
immigrants, one of several states tightening immigration laws. Jeffrey Kaye
of KCET-Los Angeles examines the impact of the new regulations.
Media
NOLA: MLNH 009123
Series Title: NewsHour with Jim Lehrer; The
Version: SD-Base
Length: 60
Airdate: 5/7/2008 7:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Interview/Discussion/Review
Segment Length: 00:12:50
Media Tackles Sensitive Race Issue in 2008 Election: This year, media
analysts have viewed much of the 2008 primary season through the prism of
race. A panel of experts discusses the way the media have covered the issue
of race so far this election season.
NOLA: BMJL 001209
Series Title: Bill Moyers Journal
Version: SD-Short
Length: 60
Airdate: 6/6/2008 10:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Interview/Discussion/Review
Segment Length: 00:00:00
There’s nothing new in Scott McClellan’s book about the propaganda campaign
or the role of the press in selling the war, so why is it such big news?
Journalists Jonathan Landay and John Walcott of McClatchy newspapers and Greg
Mitchell of EDITOR & PUBLISHER examine the performance of the press in the
lead up to the war, the reaction of the administration and the media to
McClellan’s book, and how the press is handling other important stories
today. Also, as the contest between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for the
Democratic nomination comes to an end, Bill Moyers sits down with Kathleen
Hall Jamieson and Ron Walters to discuss how race and gender have played out
in the presidential campaigns. A media analyst and recurring JOURNAL guest,
Kathleen Hall Jamieson is director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at
the University of Pennsylvania. Ron Walters is director of the African
American Leadership Center at the University of Maryland.
Minorities/Civil Rights
NOLA: INLE 000919
Series Title: Independent Lens
Episode Title: Water Flowing Together
Version: SD-Base
Length: 60
Airdate: 4/13/2008 11:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Documentary
Segment Length: 00:00:00
WATER FLOWING TOGETHER offers an intimate portrait of a remarkable dancer,
Jock Soto, who retired from the New York City Ballet at age 40, after a 24-
year career. Soto's journey as an openly gay man of Navajo Indian and Puerto
Rican descent provides a rare glimpse into the life of a dancer and the
disparate worlds which have shaped this important artist.
NOLA: INLE 000924
Series Title: Independent Lens
Episode Title: Writ Writer
Version: SD-Base
Length: 60
Airdate: 6/8/2008 11:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Documentary
Segment Length: 00:00:00
WRIT WRITER reveals a little-known battle of the Civil Rights Movement, led
by an indigent, under-educated prisoner. Texas-born, Mexican American Fred
Cruz came of age and found his life's calling in prison, where the sanctioned
cruelty and brutality among inmates and guards moved him to fight the state
prison system in the court of law.
National Politics/Government
NOLA: BMJL 001201
Series Title: Bill Moyers Journal
Version: SD-Base
Length: 60
Airdate: 4/11/2008 10:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Interview/Discussion/Review
Segment Length: 00:00:00
David Beckmann - Bread for the World: Bill Moyers talks with the president of
Bread for the World about the challenges of combatting hunger; EXPOSÉ - Cash
Cows and Starter Cowboy Kits: BILL MOYERS JOURNAL teams up with the PBS
series EXPOSÉ: AMERICA'S INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS to follow the trail of
Washington Post reporters who uncovered more than $15 billion in "wasteful,
unnecessary, or redundant expenditures" that have flowed from Washington to
America's farmers; Hunger in America: Why are America's food banks suffering
shortages? Find out what you can do to help.
NOLA: GLOW 000000
Series Title: Global Watch
Version: SD-Base
Length: 30
Airdate: 4/9/2008 10:30:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Event Coverage
Segment Length: 00:00:00
Global Watch focuses on how the world sees the United States and its policies
abroad, and how world opinion towards us continues to evolve -- often in ways
that Americans do not understand.
NOLA: BMJL 001204
Series Title: Bill Moyers Journal
Version: SD-Base
Length: 60
Airdate: 5/2/2008 10:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Interview/Discussion/Review
Segment Length: 00:00:00
Bill Moyers on Reverend Jeremiah Wright: Bill Moyers reflects on his
interview with Reverend Jeremiah Wright; Christopher Cerf and Victor Navasky:
Victor Navasky and Christopher Cerf's new book MISSION ACCOMPLISHED looks
back at what the experts told us would happen in Iraq; Kathleen Hall
Jamieson: Our political analyst returns to take stock of the never-ending
primary season.
Poverty/Hunger
NOLA: BMJL 001152
Series Title: Bill Moyers Journal
Version: SD-Base
Length: 60
Airdate: 4/4/2008 10:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Interview/Discussion/Review
Segment Length: 00:00:00
David Beckmann - Bread for the World: Bill Moyers talks with the president of
Bread for the World about the challenges of combatting hunger; Hope in the
Congo?: THE JOURNAL takes viewers on the ground in the Democratic Republic of
Congo to follow aid workers and local relief efforts that are bringing hope
to a forgotten land. "The aid agencies are almost substituting for a social
welfare system that hasn't operated in these areas for decades," says Dominic
MacSorley, Emergency Director for Concern Worldwide, an international aid
organization.
NOLA: NOWD 000414
Series Title: NOW on PBS
Version: SD-Base
Length: 30
Airdate: 4/4/2008 8:30:00 PM/501
Service: PBS
Format:
Segment Length: 00:00:00
Unable to make ends meet, many families in western Nepal have been forced to
sell their daughters, some as young as six, to work far from home as bonded
servants in private homes. This week NOW travels to Nepal where we meet the
Nepalese Youth Opportunity Foundation, which is trying to break the cycle of
poverty and pain with an "Enterprising Idea." They're providing desperate
families with an incentive to keep their daughters: a piglet or a goat that
can ultimately be sold for a sum equivalent to that of their child's labor.
The organization says it has brought thousands of girls home to live with
their families, but many cultural and political challenges still stand in
their way. This is part of NOW's continuing series on innovative and
sustainable solutions to world problems. What we call "Enterprising Ideas."
NOLA: MLNH 009120
Series Title: NewsHour with Jim Lehrer; The
Version: SD-Base
Length: 60
Airdate: 5/2/2008 7:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Interview/Discussion/Review
Segment Length: 00:08:37
Growing Hunger in Malawi Stirs Food Aid Debate: Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on
the debate over the benefits of providing cash or crops to recipient nations.
He also looks into the growing effects of domestic farm law on world food
markets.
Recreation/Leisure/Sports
NOLA: AMEX 002007
Series Title: American Experience
Episode Title: Roberto Clemente
Version: SD-Base
Length: 60
Airdate: 4/21/2008 9:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Documentary
Segment Length: 00:00:00
Baseball great Roberto Clemente's talent and inimitable style drew legions of
fans, but as this AMERICAN EXPERIENCE production reveals, he was more than an
exceptional baseball player. He was also a committed humanitarian who
challenged racial discrimination and worked for social justice.
NOLA: SEDE 000801
Series Title: Secrets of the Dead
Episode Title: Doping for Gold
Version: SD-Embedded Promo
Length: 60
Airdate: 5/7/2008 8:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Documentary
Segment Length: 00:00:00
In the 1970s, female East German athletes came out of nowhere to dominate
international sport. But behind their success lay a secret, state-sponsored
doping program that distributed untested steroids and male hormones to
athletes as young as 12. Many of these girls had no knowledge that they were
being doped, and now, as grown women (and men), their broken bodies and
damaged psyches bear witness to the cruelty of a government that pursued
international glory and gold at the expense of its most acclaimed citizens.
"Doping for Gold" digs deep into the secretive Cold War world of East German
athletes, examining what drugs were used, how they were distributed and what
damage they did to many of the athletes who were forced to take them. The
result creates a timely perspective on today's many doping scandals and
reveals the truth behind the biggest and most horrifying state-sponsored
doping program the world has ever known.
NOLA: INLE 000926
Series Title: Independent Lens
Episode Title: Deep Water
Version: SD-Base
Length: 90
Airdate: 6/15/2008 9:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Documentary
Segment Length: 00:00:00
In 1968, The Sunday Times of London announced the first solo, non-stop,
around-the-world sailing race. A prize of £5,000 was offered for the fastest
voyage. Competitors were required to set sail before October 31 to avoid the
fury of a winter at sea. DEEP WATER follows Donald Crowhurst, a 36-year-old
father of four and owner of an ailing marine electronics business, as he
attempted to win the fastest voyage prize. His original 16mm films and tape
recordings are used to re-construct his extraordinary journey. Through re-
enactments and interviews with family and friends, the film reveals his
maritime inexperience and the eventual ending that shocked a nation. Terrence
Howard hosts.
Religion/Ethics
NOLA: MLNH 009107
Series Title: NewsHour with Jim Lehrer; The
Version: SD-Base
Length: 60
Airdate: 4/15/2008 7:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Interview/Discussion/Review
Segment Length: 00:18:41
Papal Visit Prompts Reflection on U.S. Catholic Identity: Pope Benedict XVI
arrived in the U.S. Tuesday for his first official visit -- a trip aimed
partly at rallying Catholics still struggling with the aftermath of a clergy
sex abuse scandal. Experts on religion examine U.S. Catholicism and how
Americans view the pope.
Series Title: Carrier
Episode Title: True Believers
Version: SD-Base
Length: 60
Airdate: 4/30/2008 10:00:00 PM/503
Service: PBS
Format: Documentary
Segment Length: 00:00:00
This episode explores the many expressions of faith onboard the USS Nimitz:
faith in self, faith in one’s shipmates, faith in the mission of the ship and
the President’s call to arms. The major religious groups on board are
Catholic and Protestant, but there also is a coven of Wiccans, as well as a
Pentecostal group whose newest member is challenged by the duality of his
beliefs and the temptations of liberty as the ship drops anchor in Perth,
Australia.
Transportation
NOLA: MLNH 009099
Series Title: NewsHour with Jim Lehrer; The
Version: SD-Base
Length: 60
Airdate: 4/3/2008 7:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Interview/Discussion/Review
Segment Length: 00:14:43
FAA Inspectors Claim Agency Was Lax on Safety Enforcement: Veteran Federal
Aviation Administration inspectors told a House committee Thursday that
safety violations by Southwest Airlines were ignored by their supervisors due
to the "cozy" relationship between FAA officials and the airline. An analyst
examines federal oversight of commercial airlines.
NOLA: NOVA 003509
Series Title: NOVA
Episode Title: Car of the Future
Version: SD-Base
Length: 60
Airdate: 4/22/2008 8:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Other
Segment Length: 00:00:00
Tom Magliozzi has a problem. The wacky co-host of NPR's Car Talk needs to
replace his beloved 1952 MG roadster. But where do you turn to in today's car
market? Is new technology about to transform the way we drive? Join Tom and
Brother Ray, Click and Clack, as they take a light-hearted but shrewd look at
America's four-wheeled future.
NOLA: MLNH 009155
Series Title: NewsHour with Jim Lehrer; The
Version: SD-Base
Length: 60
Airdate: 6/20/2008 7:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Interview/Discussion/Review
Segment Length: 00:05:39
Denver Battles Fuel Prices with New Mass Transit Plan: In response to soaring
fuel costs, Denver city planners are taking steps toward expanding the city's
public transportation system.
War/Veterans/National Security
NOLA: FRON 002610
Series Title: Frontline
Episode Title: Bad Voodoo's War
Version: SD-Base
Length: 60
Airdate: 4/1/2008 10:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Documentary
Segment Length: 00:00:00
In June 2007, as the American military surge reached its peak, a band of
National Guard infantrymen who call themselves "The Bad Voodoo Platoon" was
deployed to Iraq. To capture a vivid, first-person account of the new
realities of war in Iraq for FRONTLINE and ITVS, director Deborah Scranton
("The War Tapes") created "a virtual embed" with the platoon, supplying
cameras to the soldiers so they could record and tell the story of their war.
The film intimately tracks the veteran soldiers of "Bad Voodoo" through the
daily grind of their perilous mission, dodging deadly IEDs, grappling with
the political complexities of dealing with Iraqi security forces, and
battling their fatigue and their fears.
NOLA: WWIR 004741
Series Title: Washington Week
Version: SD-Base
Length: 30
Airdate: 4/11/2008 8:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Interview/Discussion/Review
Segment Length: 00:00:00
The war in Iraq, rhetoric and reality, plus new help for homeowners, and the
week in presidential politics, this week on "Washington Week." The
administration says the news in Iraq is good. Gen. David Petraeus said,
"There has been significant but uneven security progress in Iraq." But not
good enough to pull out anytime soon. The generals want to freeze troop
levels. Pres. George Bush said, "General Petraeus says he'll need time to
consolidate his forces and assess how this reduced American presence will
affect conditions on the ground. And I've told him he'll have all the time he
needs." The response on Capitol Hill, not so good. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-
CA) said, "He is just dragging this out so he can put it at the doorstep of
the new president of the United States." But Congress has at least one other
immediate concern: how to signal to strapped American taxpayers that they're
serious about fixing the economy. Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) said, "If we could
put up as much as $30 billion of your money on this kind of a deal, can't we
get the same kind of commitment when it comes to 8,000 people every day
losing their homes?" Meanwhile out on the campaign trail, Hillary Clinton's
rough week from Mark Penn to Bill Clinton. We explain why. Covering the week,
Peter Baker of the Washington Post, James Kitfield of National Journal,
Michael Viqueira of NBC News, and Karen Tumulty of Time magazine.
Title: WWII: Through the Lens of Duane Zemper (LOCAL)
Length: 18:20
Airdate: 4/19/2008 7:30:00 PM
Format: Documentary
Service: Local
Duane Zemper was a WWII Airforce photographer. His archive of photographs
from the war and home fronts tells the story of one man’s experience of WWII.
It also gives a glimpse of Howell, Michigan’s efforts to support the war.
NOLA: PRFR 000000
Series Title: Price of Freedom; The
Version: SD-Base
Length: 30
Airdate: 5/6/2008 10:30:00 PM/502
Service: PBS-PLUS
Format: Documentary
Segment Length: 00:00:00
Despite the brutal ordeal of being a prisoner, many POWs saw their capture as
a personal failure and carried their silent burden for decades. THE PRICE OF
FREEDOM is an award-winning film that tells the tale of seven WWII veterans
and how they have come together to restore their self-esteem. Intelligent and
heartfelt, this is an inspiring film sure to resonate with viewers across
America, especially soldiers and veterans of all conflicts.
NOLA: MLNH 009150
Series Title: NewsHour with Jim Lehrer; The
Version: SD-Base
Length: 60
Airdate: 6/13/2008 7:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Interview/Discussion/Review
Segment Length: 00:06:47
Iraq, U.S. Deadlocked Over Long-term Security Deal: Iraq and the United
States are negotiating terms for a continued U.S. presence there once a U.N.
mandate expires at the end of 2008, but quarrels over troop levels have led
to an impasse. A reporter outlines the ongoing negotiations, which have
become contentious.
NOLA: NOWD 000424
Series Title: NOW on PBS
Version: SD-Base
Length: 30
Airdate: 6/13/2008 7:00:00 PM/501
Service: PBS
Format:
Segment Length: 00:00:00
Of the thousands of U.S. troops getting discharged from the Army each year,
many who are suffering from post traumatic stress disorder and brain injuries
aren't getting the vital care they need. The Army claims these soldiers have
pre-existing mental illnesses or are guilty of misconduct. But advocates say
this is a way for the Army to get rid of "problem" soldiers quickly, without
giving them the treatment and benefits to which they're entitled. This week,
NOW travels to Fort Hood in Texas to meet traumatized soldiers fighting a new
battle, this one against the army they served. Are soldiers being wrongfully
discharged for honorable service?
Women
NOLA: INLE 000918
Series Title: Independent Lens
Episode Title: Companeras
Version: SD-Base
Length: 60
Airdate: 4/6/2008 11:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Documentary
Segment Length: 00:00:00
COMPAÑERAS profiles America’s first all-female mariachi band, Mariachi Reyna
de Los Angeles. Founded in 1994, the band members shatter age-old stereotypes
while expanding the popularity of mariachi music. In a culture and a musical
tradition that has always been male-dominated, these women are true pioneers.
NOLA: NOVA 003506
Series Title: NOVA
Episode Title: A Walk to Beautiful
Version: SD-Embedded Promo
Length: 60
Airdate: 5/13/2008 8:00:00 PM/502
Service: PBS
Format: Documentary
Segment Length: 00:00:00
A difficult journey that begins in loneliness and shame for thousands of
Ethiopian women ends in a productive new life and hope for the future in this
award-winning film. Shot against a starkly beautiful landscape, "A Walk to
Beautiful" shares the inspiring stories of three women, rejected by their
husbands and ostracized by their communities, who leave home in search of
treatment for obstetric fistula, a life-shattering complication of
childbirth.
Youth
Title: Where Do the Children Play? (LOCAL)
Version: SD-Base
Length: 60
Airdate: 04/15/2008 09:00:00 PM
Service: WFUM
Format:
Segment Length: 00:00:00
Through a rich mix of storytelling and interviews with experts—health
officials, planners, educators, psychologists, parents and children
themselves—this program paints a portrait of contemporary outdoor play.
Where do children play outdoors? What are a community’s play assets (green
spaces, playgrounds, parks, level of safety, available adult supervision,
etc.)? What are the barriers to play (violence, fear of violence, sprawl,
traffic congestion, lack of sidewalks, inaccessible play spaces, inaccessible
play structures, etc.)? This one-hour documentary also reveals solutions. It
examines communities that have maximized access to unstructured, outdoor play
and the steps policymakers and community members can take to enhance access
to unstructured, outdoor play for all our children.
Title: Childhood Places, Secret Spaces (LOCAL)
Version: SD-Base
Length: 60
Airdate: 4/20/2008 9:00:00 PM
Service: WFUM
Format:
Segment Length: 00:00:00
Hosted by children’s author, Christopher Paul Curtis, this program was
produced to give Flint specific perspective to the issue of play. It created
the opportunity to engage in a conversation examining how children relate to
nature and ways that the community can facilitate that relationship. During
the first half hour Christopher Paul Curtis re-examined the city of his
childhood and discussed how his relationship with the outdoors influenced his
creative development. The second portion of the program featured a panel
discussion about local issues of play and play accessibility.
Title: High School Challenge (LOCAL)
Episodes: #2501-#2533
Version: SD-Base
Length: 30
Airdate: 04/14/2005-05/29/2008 05:30:00 PM
Service: WFUM
Format:
Segment Length: 00:00:00
High school students from across Mid and Southeast Michigan test their
knowledge of literature, science, math and culture in a quiz bowl format
show. This elimination competition results in one area champion.