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Jan 23, 2020
Jim Lehrer (1934–2020), longtime anchor of “PBS NewsHour”
Jim Lehrer was a broadcast journalist well known for hosting “PBS NewsHour” for more than 30 years. Lehrer joined Robert MacNeil to cohost the program in 1976, when it was titled “The MacNeil/Lehrer Report.” When MacNeil left in 1995, it became “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer,” renamed “PBS NewsHour” in 2009. In the 36 years before his 2011 retirement, Lehrer became a giant of broadcasting known for his directness. He always strove simply to report the news, feeling that opinion and analysis had no place in what he did. Lehrer moderated twelve presidential debates, more than any other moderator in U.S. history, most recently the first presidential general election debate of 2012. He was also a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and an author of plays, novels, memoirs, and screenplays, including the novel “Top Down” about the Kennedy assassination. Lehrer was honored with the National Humanities Medal and the George Foster Peabody Broadcast Award, and he was a member of the Television Hall of Fame.
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Dec 9, 2019
Caroll Spinney (1933–2019), Sesame Street's beloved Big Bird
He played the giant character ever since the show's 1969 premiere — and also played Oscar the Grouch.
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Nov 14, 2017
Nancy Zieman (1953 – 2017), host of Wisconsin Public Television's "Sewing With Nancy"
"Sewing With Nancy" was the longest-running sewing series on TV…
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Sep 1, 2017
Emmy Winners of the Past
We're taking a look back at a few great Emmy winners who are no longer with us.
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Mar 17, 2017
The Kindest Man in the World: Fred Rogers (video)
Fred Rogers ( ) changed the face of children’s educational television as the creator and host of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.” The show, produced for 33 years in Pittsburgh and broadcast to homes across America on PBS, gave preschoolers a daily half hour of imaginative “make-believe” puppetry and gentle talk that encouraged every child’s inner life.
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Feb 28, 2013
A Visit to Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
Anyone who grew up watching Mister Rogers' Neighborhood — that is, almost everyone under the age of 50 or so — probably feels like they know Fred Rogers . As the gentle, friendly host of one of television's longest-running children's programs, Rogers taught, sang toand counseled generations of kids. His frequent, reassuring presence in their lives elevated him to the status of a beloved uncle or grandfather. Many of those viewers already know that Rogers was an ordained Presbyterian minister, or that he wrote all the songs he sang on his show.
