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August 27th, 2008 at 10:54 am

With the goal of improving vocabulary for kids 4 to 7, the new animated program ‘Martha Speaks’ debuts Sept. 1, 3:30 pm with a special run of 3 programs. Martha is a talking dog (alphabet soup mishap origin!) from the books by Susan Meddaugh. Read more here. Official site here.

August 25th, 2008 at 9:10 am

Produced by The Jim Henson Co., ‘Sid’ is a animated series that encourages preschoolers to explore the science in the everyday, such as melting popsicles and sneezing. Thirteen will air 2 hours of ‘Sid’ on Sept. 1 at 10:00 am. Kids’ site here. Parents read more here.

August 13th, 2008 at 3:24 pm

Enter to win an autographed copy of Moyers on Democracy. Enter here; Winners will be selected at random on August 22 and contacted by email or phone.

August 11th, 2008 at 12:54 pm

The Best Buy website has 3 songs from the Police ‘Last Concert’ encore from August 7 at Madison Square Garden, watchable online. They do “King of Pain”, “So Lonely” and “Every Breath You Take” here.

July 25th, 2008 at 11:09 am

We’re excited to announce the launch of The Human Spark web site. A three-part series to be broadcast on PBS in 2009, The Human Spark will follow Alan Alda …

July 23rd, 2008 at 12:07 pm

For the benefit concert taking place on August 7 at Madison Square Garden, front-row seats and meet-and-greet packages were made available through ebay’s benefit auctions. See the list of all ticket packages up for bid; the auctions end on July 24.

July 21st, 2008 at 9:03 am

In order to help with the nation’s conversion from analog signals to digital TV signals, a government program offering more than 33.3 million coupons for a free digital converter box …

July 16th, 2008 at 8:13 am

Want to ask Kim about recent stories? Eager to know how she feels about the media’s coverage of religion? Curious about what it’s like to ask public figures about a topic as personal as their faith? Should religion be off-limits in politics? Go to PBS’ ‘5 Good Questions’ feature before July 18.

July 14th, 2008 at 12:12 pm

Enter to win a free Family-Pack of 4 tickets to Moore in America: Monumental Sculpture at The New York Botanical Garden: the largest outdoor exhibition of Henry Moore’s sculpture ever presented in a single venue in the US. Enter by July 17, tickets will be given away on the 18th.

July 10th, 2008 at 5:07 pm

The spring 2008 CINE international Golden Eagle award winners were announced this week. Among them, many productions from WNET/Thirteen and PBS. Watch the winners online.

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