Mar 29 Are millennials missing out by scrapping cable TV subscriptions? By Hannah Yi Over the past five years, 3.8 million American homes have opted to cancel their cable subscription or not sign up at all. Continue reading
Mar 28 Watch 8:50 Cutting the cable cord: Will the online media boom mean the death of TV? By PBS News Hour Over the past five years, more than three million American homes have canceled their cable subscriptions while plenty more have signed up for online streaming services to control when, where and how they watch their favorite shows. Now, some of… Continue watching
Nov 21 Internet TV startup Aereo files for Chapter 11 banktuptcy By Joshua Barajas Following an unfavorable U.S. Supreme Court ruling that sided with TV networks, startup Internet company Aereo said Friday it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Continue reading
Jul 16 Poll: What are your Emmy predictions? By Victoria Fleischer, Frank Bi There’s less than six weeks to binge watch all your favorite television shows before the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences decides which ones take home an Emmy statue. The nominations were announced last week and the ceremony is… Continue reading
Apr 03 Watch What does a medieval literature scholar see in ‘Game of Thrones?’ By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 08 Watch Conversation: Filming “The Weight of the Nation” John Hoffman, executive producer of HBO's "Weight of the Nation" series, talks obesity. Continue watching
Sep 03 Conversation: From Book to Stage to Screen, Lawrence Wright’s ‘My Trip to Al-Qaeda’ By Tom LeGro Lawrence Wright is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book, "The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11." His documentary on the subject, "My Trip to al-Qaeda," premieres on HBO next week. Continue reading
Mar 12 Watch HBO’s ‘John Adams’ Takes Fresh Look at Founding Father A new HBO miniseries based on a Pulitzer-Prize winning biography by David McCullough aims to present an authentic portrayal of the life and times of America's second president, John Adams. McCullough and actor Paul Giamatti, who plays Adams in the… Continue watching
Jan 02 Watch HBO’s ‘The Wire’ Explores Troubled Side of Baltimore Jeffrey Brown reports on the HBO series "The Wire," which looks at the troubled streets of Baltimore through an unusual lens, and talks to creator David Simon about his attempt to break the traditional "cop show" genre. Continue watching