
MetroFocus: January 4, 2016
Special | 26m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
WLIW at 5:00 p.m. | NJTV at 5:30 p.m. | Thirteen at 6:00 p.m.
In the first of a two-part interview, outgoing New York Board of Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch discusses the controversial Common Core standards. And as the final season of Downton Abbey gets underway, we chat with some of the show's biggest fans at a special Manhattan event. Plus, in our on-going “Listening In” series, we tune in to singer and songwriter Patti Smith at The New Yorker Festival.
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MetroFocus is a local public television program presented by THIRTEEN PBS

MetroFocus: January 4, 2016
Special | 26m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
In the first of a two-part interview, outgoing New York Board of Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch discusses the controversial Common Core standards. And as the final season of Downton Abbey gets underway, we chat with some of the show's biggest fans at a special Manhattan event. Plus, in our on-going “Listening In” series, we tune in to singer and songwriter Patti Smith at The New Yorker Festival.
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