Programs
Sylvia Davis, 93, Emmy-Award Winning Producer, Creative Director, Leader
“According to Sylvia Davis, the station’s success results from an atmosphere that fosters innovation, combined with an ambitious fund‐rising arm. ‘People are able to shape themselves here.’”
Read MoreWe Were the TV Generation
I got pulled to work on a kids’ TV show called ZOOM and was on the pilot and the first season. The show was a big hit… I quickly aged out of that as if I was in Menudo.
Read MoreCelebrating Michael Ambrosino: Alumni Stories
Stories shared at the celebration of Michael Ambrosino’s career in October 2019
Read MoreJulia Child & Godzilla the Lobster: Early Memories in Studio A
From Bill Charette: My big moment as Assistant Stage Manager came on the day Julia did a show about lobsters.
Read MoreChas Norton receives New England NATAS Gold Circle Award
The esteemed Gold Circle recognizes veteran professionals who for 50 years or more have made significant contributions to their professional community, the television industry, and to individuals training for careers in the TV field.
Read MoreCelebration for NOVA Pioneer Michael Ambrosino
Friends, colleagues, and family gathered to celebrate the pioneering career of Michael Ambrosino, creator of Nova, Odyssey, and producer of many WGBH programs.
Read MoreFrom Julia Child to The Victory Garden: How My Grandparents Changed the World of Cooking and Television
Madeline Cohen: While I’ve known for a while about my grandparents’ many achievements, it wasn’t until this summer when I interviewed them for this blog that I realized just how extraordinary their stories are.
Read MoreRussell Baker, 93, Masterpiece Theater host
To a generation of television watchers, he was also a familiar face as the host of “Masterpiece Theater” on PBS from 1993 to 2004, having succeeded Alistair Cooke.
Read MoreScience journalist Paula Apsell honored with Lifetime Achievement Emmy
Congratulations to Paula Apsell ’69! The long-time senior executive director of the PBS science program “Nova” is the first science journalist to ever receive the Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award.
Read MoreBrian Dowley, 67, director of photography
As a director of photography for over 35 years, Brian shot dozens of documentaries and narrative films for “NOVA,” “American Experience,” “Frontline,” and independent documentaries on subjects close to his heart.
Read More‘Nova’ has its tightest deadline ever with Aug. 21 eclipse
“Nova” has decided to film next Monday’s total solar eclipse and air it hours later. It’ll be the series’ fastest turnaround to date.
Read MoreBarbara Gullahorn Holecek, 74, Nova Producer
Barbara was a member of the small group that gathered in the latter half of 1973 in the less than inviting environment of 475 Western Avenue to start production of the new (as yet unnamed) Nova science series.
Read More‘Nova’ launches a Kickstarter campaign to fund a special
“Nova,” PBS’s science series produced by WGBH, has launched its first crowdfunding campaign to raise money for a sequel to its popular 2012 special “Hunting the Elements.”
Read MoreThe Moment that Julia Child Became an American icon
Though she did not own a TV set, Julia had been bitten by the television bug from the moment she set foot on a studio set.
Read MoreA brand-new house from ‘This Old House’
“Usually, ‘This Old House’ does renovations,” said Richard Trethewey, the program’s plumbing and heating expert. “This is the show’s first brand-new historic reproduction.”
Read MoreThe Making of “The Lathe of Heaven”
Fred Barzyk: It is still amazing to me how many people of a certain age remember watching this TV movie. I mean it was 1979 when it aired!
Read MoreBoston-based ‘Frontline’ names new executive producer
Frontline founder David Fanning has stepped down after three decades as the executive producer of the landmark public television series.
Read MoreJoe Day, 78, tenacious reporter
As a member of Channel 2’s “The Reporters” team, Joe Day refused to take no for an answer.
Read MorePostal Service Releases Julia Child and Joyce Chen Stamps
New USPS ‘Celebrity Chefs Forever’ stamp series features two Cambridge culinary icons: Julia Child and Joyce Chen.
Read MoreOtto Piene, 85, New Television Workshop Video Artist
“The greatest service technology could do for art would be to enable the artist to reach a proliferating audience, perhaps through TV, or to create tools for some new monumental art that would bring art to as many men today as in the middle ages.” — Otto Piene
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