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...Children's Television Workshop, producer of such acclaimed programs as The Electric Company, 3-2-1 Contact and Square One TV, is down to a single show in first-run production, namely Sesame Street. In February, abc canceled ctw's animated Saturday-morning science program CRO, and its pbs show Ghostwriter is on indefinite hiatus, having lost its funding. In the fiscal year that ended in June 1994, ctw lost $5.8 million, and two weeks ago it had to lay off 47 people -- 12% of its staff...
...While Senate majority leader Robert Dole and Speaker of the House Gingrich bemoan the state of American culture, they oppose government mandates on children's programming and demand that pbs stop relying on federal appropriations. "It's nauseating," says Charren, "that the same guy [Dole] who is attacking what's terrible in entertainment is working very hard to keep the alternatives from getting on the TV screen...
...least some "educational and informational" programming for kids -- are long overdue. FCC chairman Reed Hundt is soliciting comment on several proposals, including one that would require broadcasters to air at least three hours of quality children's fare each week but would allow them to pay other stations -- presumably PBS stations -- to run two of those three hours. Representative Edward Markey, the Massachusetts Democrat who sponsored the 1990 act, has said that the proposal "completely fails children...
...BIRD A new study suggests that kids who watch PBS do better in school...
...Care Center in Edenton, North Carolina, and Dawn Wilson, the center's cook, were granted new trials this month in a sex-abuse case that had landed them lifelong prison sentences. In arguing for the new trial, Kelly's attorney submitted a 1993 Frontline documentary (one of two pbs series aired on the case), which skeptically examined the children's fantastic claims of abuse and uncovered potential juror misconduct...