My local PBS is having a pledge week, and, once again, I am reminded just how good PBS is. Today, I have seen and listened to Bob Dylan (a Martin Scorsese-directed film), the Glenn Miller Orchestra, Judy Collins, the Kingston Trio, Roger McGuinn, Barry McGuire, and the Limeliters. Send some money to your local PBS; it's worth it. (Send some to AnswerPool as well. It's worth it, too!)

Glen Yarborough just came on.
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03-08-06, 09:02 AM
Rakuchild
PBS used to be on from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. in my house (Sesame Street, Mr. Rodgers, Reading Rainbow, etc.) but now it seems there isn't much on there until pledge week. Then they roll out the great concert footage! They've got several slots here on our cable package but seem to show the same talking heads over and over the rest of the time. Confused

BTW- If you like Dylan, have you ever seen "Masked and Anonymous"? It came out in 2003 and is on dvd. Bob Dylan stars with a host of actors. Giovanni Ribisi does a monologue that blows me away every time I see it.
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03-08-06, 09:33 AM
juanruiz
I used to watch PBS much more years ago before I got cable. Anyone remember when it was called NET? My station also has the habit of bringing out the real prime stuff for pledge week, then it's back to the same old same old.
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03-08-06, 10:26 AM
DorianGreyed
I didn't mean to imply that the St. Louis PBS only showed these programs during pledge week. The regular weekly schedule has several concerts, along with some really great documentaries. Daytime programing is usually almost all children's shows, with cooking shows in the afternoon for a short while. News is on at the start of the evening, concerts and docs in prime time, and a couple of really good talk shows late. Overnight scheduling is usually educational, with telecourses and GED classes shown.

I am very happy with KETC, St. Louis' PBS. While I can't afford cable, I can honestly say that if I had it, my PBS viewing wouldn't change a great deal. (I just wish I got better reception. What I get now is comparable to 50s TV in a thunderstorm. Frown)
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03-08-06, 11:56 AM
Rakuchild
St. Louis PBS runs educational overnight! Bravo! To get that kind of programming here, one must have cable or be able to come to the community college and pick up the tapes. It's great that your PBS makes it available to a wider audience!

PBS here is run by Ohio State University and they have 3 versions (two are cable only). One is devoted to children's programs until evening when they start the Tavis Smiley marathon and the other shows the same 5 or so shows in a loop until the next programming day starts. The original shows the standard children's programming, news and documentaries. They must be doing pledge drive week again because I noticed on the guide the Rock and Roll Show is on tonight...the same show they featured during their last drive.

If they offered a 24//7 Teletubbies channel so at any time I could tune in for mindless, surreal comfort programming, then maybe I'd pledge. Big Grin When my kids were young and we watched all day, I pledged $5 and they refused me (seems there was a $20 minimum) so I figured they weren't hurting for money.
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03-08-06, 12:43 PM
DorianGreyed
KETC/Channel 9 Programs A-Z

This Week's Schedule

Explore by topic what's coming up this month in prime time. (Remember that this is pledge week, so some programs are much longer than usual. I could definitely do with less Wayne Dyer. Like maybe none.)
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03-08-06, 12:51 PM
VelvetVoice
I remember NET, and the children's shows when I had my tonsils out. Back then, it was the best of the 8 channels that aired programming. Remember Electric Company?

I saw Celtic Women and someone new, Sissel, the other night. Actually, Saturdays, when I get home from my mother's house, I always tune in to an old movie. You can't get them anywhere else.
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03-08-06, 06:35 PM
Kelleygirl
I have watched and loved so many programs on PBS: Nova, Charlie Rose, Antiques Roadside, the wonderful Ken Burns' series about The Civil War, jazz, and baseball, Masterpiece Theatre with stories such as I,Cladius and The Wives of Henry VIII --- all of them gems.

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03-08-06, 06:43 PM
juanruiz
In comparing the programming on my PBS station with that of my sister, it's clear the shows vary greatly, even during Pledge Week. They do have some excellent stuff. But I tend now to watch History Channel, Animal Planet, and Discovery Channel. And VV, based on your picture, you have to be much too young to remember NET.
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03-08-06, 08:53 PM
Sherasi
My primary channels to watch are also History channel, Discovery Channel and those sorts of things.

Of course, since I watch television about 5 hours a month, that doesn't add up much profit to the cable company. Roll Eyes LOL

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