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CHILDHOOD (PBS, debuting Oct. 14, 8 p.m. on most stations). This seven-week series takes a broad cross-cultural look at the process of growing up. If the psychological insights don't win you over, the cute babies will...
...PBS, Sept. 30, Oct. 1, 9 p.m. on most stations). Love him or hate him, Lyndon Johnson continues to fascinate biographers. This four-hour PBS documentary provides an evenhanded, engrossing recap of his life, career and contradictions...
...WILL TEACH FOR AMERICA? (PBS, Sept. 3, 9 p.m. on most stations). In late 1989 Wendy Kopp conceived a sort of domestic Peace Corps to bring the best young teaching minds to underserved inner-city and rural schools. This intimate, uplifting account of the program's first year is guaranteed to make you smile...
...News anchor Tom Brokaw on PBS next summer, your TV isn't broken. NBC and the Public Broadcasting Service last week announced an unprecedented partnership for the 1992 presidential conventions. The rivals will jointly produce programming for PBS. Brokaw will appear on PBS with Robert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer, and solo on NBC. The deal provides NBC with a graceful way of covering the conventions without sacrificing lucrative entertainment shows, since its own coverage won't begin until 9:30 p.m. With viewership dwindling, the conventions have become an expensive duty for the networks. Still, they are loath to offend...
...entertainment -- a glass-shattering $34.95. Presenters Cablevision, NBC Cable and Polygram are obviously hoping that the success of pay-per-view pugilism will be duplicated among opera lovers. The gala is described as "the first in a long- term agreement" with the Met, which currently presents free PBS opera broadcasts...