The Sherlock Special has a title, a trailer and a premiere date. Sherlock: The Abominable Bride will premiere on January 1, 2016 (PBS, 9/8C) and encore on January 10, 2016 (10/9C). Check out the trailer following the jump.
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Happy Halloween! PBS Presents Danny Elfman’s Music for the Films of Tim Burton!
If you’re looking for the perfect Halloween soundtrack, you couldn’t do much better than Danny Elfman’s scores for Tim Burton films like Batman, Beetlejuice and The Nightmare Before Christmas. On Friday, October 30th (9/8C), The PBS Fall Arts Festival presents Live From Lincoln Center, “Danny Elfman’s Music from the Films of Tim Burton.” How’s that […]
19th Century Sociopathic Man Trailer: The Sherlock Special!
Take Benedict Cumberbatch’s Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman’s Watson and stick them back in the 19th Century and what do you get? Ghosts, by Jove! Ghosts! The new trailer for The Sherlock Special is dark and creepy and very, very Victorian. It features Holmes in the famous deerstalker (that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle never once […]
PBS Honors Mary Tyler Moore October 13th!
On the eve of the 45th anniversary of the premiere of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” PBS has announced a new documentary about the TV legend. From The Dick Van Dyke Show to Robert Redford’s Ordinary People and beyond, Mary Tyler Moore has shown herself to be a gifted and versatile actor. But it was […]
PBS Summer 2015 – A Wealth of Cool Programming!
A new take on the Poldark Saga; a look at The Bomb and its effects on the world; an unprecedented look at sea life; a minute-by-minute breakdown of what happened at Fukushima; season three of Last Tango in Halifax, and an update on the value of some of the unexpected finds of Antiques Roadshow from […]
PBS Announces Civil Series, Co-Production Partnership With BBC!
PBS is scheduling a civil war series, title to be determined, set in Virginia, for a winter 2016 debut. The series would be part hospital story, part family saga. Ridley Scott (Gladiator and Thelma & Louise), David W. Zucker (“The Good Wife”) and Lisa Q. Wolfinger (“Desperate Crossing, The untold story of the Mayflower”) will executive […]
Downton Abbey Returns In January; Get Caught Up Beginning Monday!
Downton Abbey returns to PBS on January 4, 2015. If you need to get caught up, Season 4 will be available on multiple PBS platforms beginning on December 7th. As well, a special “Downton Abbey, Season 5” preview and panel discussion with cast members will be live streamed from New York City on December 9 on the PBS […]
First Look: Sherlock Special!
The BBC has released the first photo from the one-off Sherlock special starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman. Check it out after the jump.
Shocking Oscar®-Nominated The Act of Killing Premieres on October 6th!
The Act of Killing features Indonesian death squad leaders like Anwar Congo (above, center), dramatizing their acts – from slaughtering whole villages to offering a victim a last cigarette before killing him. One of the most shocking documentaries ever made, The Act of Killing, will premiere as part of PBS’ POV series on Monday, October 6th (check local listings for times). For […]
PBS Lands Unique DCTV DocuSeries By Young New Yorkers!
PBS has acquired a new documentary series from DCTV – Our Cameras, Our Stories: a six-week series of autobiographical short films by a group of talented high school filmmakers in the New York area. In all, twenty-one films by twenty-one youths – ranging from a girl who was homeless through three years of high school and a young man who last […]
PBS Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month!
From September 15th to October 15th, BS will be celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with a selection of programming ranging from America By The Numbers with Maria Hinojosa (above) to Sesame Street. On Monday, September 29th, PBS will air the Hispanic Heritage Awards – the first time the network has done so. Honorees include artists/performers, scientists, educators, innovators, public […]