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WHEN the real-life Mr. Hooper from Sesame Street died, millions tuned in to PBS to see how the show would deal with the loss. Parents knew that Big Bird would somehow be able to offer children more reassurance and security in the face of death than any spiritual advisor, developmental psychiatrist or cartoon character...
SKYSCRAPER (PBS, debuting May 7, 8 p.m. on most stations). The building of Manhattan's 47-story Worldwide Plaza is chronicled in five weekly episodes...
PROFIT THE EARTH (PBS, April 16, 8 p.m. on most stations). Public TV launches a yearlong campaign of environmental programming with this hour-long special that examines free-enterprise solutions to the pollution problem...
CRISIS: URBAN EDUCATION (PBS, April 10 and 17, 10 p.m. on most stations). The ills of big-city schools -- and some of their successes -- are explored in four half-hour documentaries, spread over two weeks...
Patterson called Social Studies "Channel 2 sociology," saying it provides a curriculum much like sociology departments in Great Britain. Channel 2 refers to Boston's PBS-TV station, which often broadcasts programs produced in Britain, the acting chair said...