Word: pbs
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Farfetched? Not when you consider that 1987 has become the year of the Great Debate Spate. The seven Democratic contenders have already traded mild jabs on PBS and C-Span. Two more Democratic events are scheduled for September. On the Republican side, Moderator William Buckley will toss out the first bon mot on Oct. 28, when all six G.O.P. contenders, including an initially reluctant Vice President George Bush, appear on Firing Line...
...world's first consulting detective remains a welcome figure in countless cartoons, advertisements and late-show reruns. He can currently be seen in a fresh, over-the-top interpretation by Jeremy Brett in a new PBS series. The well-stuffed Watson, for all the adventures, scarcely looks a day over 45. Not bad for a chap of 100-plus...
...truth, the PBS broadcast was less a debate than a video dating service for Democrats. This image was enhanced by a format that included 90-second filmed autobiographies of each contender. There was something almost comic in the intense friendliness of seven candidates introducing themselves like this: "Hello there. I'm Congressman Dick Gephardt from Missouri. The Gephardt family is here in front of our home in Great Falls...
Television and radio are putting on even bigger exhibitions, covering the entire country. CBS is presenting Bicentennial minutes that run between programs, while PBS has 90 three-minute reports from Bill Moyers. Moyers is also doing eleven one-hour specials, interviewing such constitutional experts as Supreme Court Justices Harry Blackmun, Sandra Day O'Connor and William Brennan. ABC's entertainment division is preparing a one-hour tribute titled The Splendiferous Wham-Bam Constitution Special that will feature a number of stars, including Michael J. Fox and Barbra Streisand. On a serious note, both the ABC and NBC news divisions will...
Move over PBS. MTV is taking over in at least one Harvard classroom. Students taking Royston Coppenger's course, "Popular Entertainment: From Melodrama to Rock and Roll," will spend classtime watching film and video screenings of popular works...