# shows

series_title: Michael Wood's Story of England
mode: pbs
submode: show
url: 374572
TVDB_ID: 191851
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first_aired: 2010-09-22
date: 2010-09-22
actors: |Carenza Lewis|Michael Wood|Paul Blinkhorn|
genres: |Documentary|
network: BBC Four
runtime: 60
status: Ended
plot:
Groundbreaking series in which Michael Wood tells the story of one place throughout the whole of English history. The village is Kibworth in Leicestershire in the heart of England - a place that lived through the Black Death, the Civil War and the Industrial Revolution and was even bombed in World War Two.


series_title: MotorWeek
mode: pbs
submode: show
url: 459
TVDB_ID: 239601
IMDB_ID: tt0244912
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first_aired: 1987-03-13
date: 1987-03-13
actors: |John Davis|Pat Goss|Brian Robinson|Steven Chupnick|Yolanda Vazquez|
genres: |News|
network: PBS
runtime: 20
status: Continuing
plot:
MotorWeek is an American automotive television series. The award-winning program premiered in 1981 and is hosted by auto expert John H. Davis, who is also the series’ creator and executive producer. MotorWeek is produced by Maryland Public Television and is seen nationwide on PBS, Discovery Network, Discovery HD Theater, V-me and globally on the American Forces Network. Full episodes of MotorWeek can be seen on pbs.org. The half-hour program is presented in a magazine-like format, with reviews, comparisons, news, and features. MotorWeek's original slogan was "Television's automotive magazine", later changed to "Television's original automotive magazine". This only applies to American television, however, as the BBC's Top Gear debuted in 1977.


series_title: Nature
mode: pbs
submode: show
url: 462
TVDB_ID: 81157
IMDB_ID: tt0083452
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first_aired: 1982-10-10
date: 1982-10-10
actors: ||
genres: |Documentary|News|
network: PBS
runtime: 60
status: Continuing
plot:
Nature is a wildlife documentary program that has been airing on PBS since 1982. Its longevity is explained partly by its quality; Nature has won numerous Emmy awards. Documentaries have explored a multitude of different animals, plants, and other aspects of the natural world. 


series_title: Need To Know
mode: pbs
submode: show
url: 463
TVDB_ID: 166581
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first_aired: 2010-05-07
date: 2010-05-07
actors: ||
genres: |News|
network: PBS
runtime: 60
Airs_DayOfWeek: Friday
status: Continuing
plot:
Need to Know is the PBS TV- and web- newsmagazine that gives you what you need to know — along with a healthy dose of insight, perspective and wit. Need to Know cuts through the noise of nonstop news to bring you the most compelling stories of the week and of our times.

Less noise. More news. Every Friday night nationwide and all week long on the Web.


series_title: Nightly Business Report
mode: pbs
submode: show
url: 464
TVDB_ID: 260594
IMDB_ID: tt1092504
first_aired: 1979-01-22
date: 1979-01-22
actors: |Susie Gharib|Tom Hudson|
genres: |News|
network: PBS
runtime: 30
Airs_DayOfWeek: Daily
Airs_Time: 6:30PM
status: Continuing
plot:
Nightly Business Report rises above the noise of the marketplace with objective and insightful analysis of the top business, investment, and economic news of the day. NBR knows your money matters, and continues its nightly coverage on nbr.com.


series_title: NOVA
mode: pbs
submode: show
url: 466
TVDB_ID: 76119
IMDB_ID: tt0206501
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first_aired: 1974-03-03
date: 1974-03-03
actors: ||
genres: |Documentary|
network: PBS
runtime: 60
Airs_DayOfWeek: Tuesday
Airs_Time: 8:00 PM
status: Continuing
plot:
Seen in more than 100 countries, NOVA is the most watched science television series in the world and the most watched documentary series on PBS. It is also one of television's most acclaimed series, having won every major television award, most of them many times over.


series_title: NOVA scienceNOW
mode: pbs
submode: show
url: 467
TVDB_ID: 81526
IMDB_ID: tt0449461
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first_aired: 2005-01-25
date: 2005-01-25
actors: |Neil deGrasse Tyson|
genres: |Documentary|News|
network: PBS
runtime: 60
Airs_DayOfWeek: Tuesday
Airs_Time: 8:00 PM
status: Continuing
plot:
NOVA scienceNOW is a news magazine version of the venerable PBS science program NOVA. Premiering on January 25, 2005, the series was originally hosted by Robert Krulwich, who described it as an experiment in coverage of "breaking science, science that's right out of the lab, science that sometimes bumps up against politics, art, culture".  At the beginning of season two, Neil deGrasse Tyson replaced Krulwich as the show's host.


series_title: Postcards from Buster
mode: pbs
submode: show
url: 374564
TVDB_ID: 72830
first_aired: 2004-10-01
date: 2004-10-01
actors: |Cameron Ansell|Daniel Brochu|Elizabeth Diaga|Marcel Jeannin|Norman Groulx|
genres: |Children|
network: PBS
runtime: 30
status: Continuing
plot:
Arthur's best friend Buster, is starring in his own series. Buster will accompany his airline pilot father as he flies the fictional latin rock group Los Viajeros on a concert tour of the United States, with forays into Canada, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. Buster will stay in touch with his friends back at home with a small, hand-held digital video camera.   Characters: Buster Baxter - He's a rabbit who loves to eat! He's a big pig, but he is a loyal friend to his best friend Arthur. Buster loves taking naps, and he isn't very good in school. Arthur Read - Buster's best friend. He is also very loyal to Buster. He wears glasses. He's an aardvark. Theme Song: Hey, Buster! Where you off too?
What you up to?
Buster! Where you off to now? Where you gonna be?
Who you gonna see there?
Let's find out whose hands we'll shake
See the things you've done
We can have some fun there
Let's find out what friends we'll make Buster! Where you off to


series_title: POV
mode: pbs
submode: show
url: 483
TVDB_ID: 102241
IMDB_ID: tt0795174
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first_aired: 1988-07-05
date: 1988-07-05
actors: ||
genres: |Documentary|
network: PBS
runtime: 130
Airs_DayOfWeek: Tuesday
Airs_Time: 10:00
status: Continuing
plot:
POV (a cinema term for "point of view") is television's longest-running showcase for independent non-fiction films. POV premieres 14-16 of the best, boldest and most innovative programs every year on PBS. Since 1988, POV has presented over 300 films to public television audiences across the country. POV films are known for their intimacy, their unforgettable storytelling and their timeliness, putting a human face on contemporary social issues.


series_title: Prohibition
mode: pbs
submode: show
url: 374590
TVDB_ID: 251965
IMDB_ID: tt1950799
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first_aired: 2011-10-02
date: 2011-10-02
genres: |Documentary|
network: PBS
runtime: 120
Airs_DayOfWeek: Daily
Airs_Time: 20:00
status: Ended
actors:
|Adam Arkin|Amy Madigan|Blythe Danner|Campell Scott|Carolyn McCormick|Frances Sternhagen|Jeremy Irons|Joanne Tucker|John Lithgow|Josh Lucas|Kevin Conway|Oliver Platt|Patricia Clarkson|Paul Giamatti|Phillip Bosco|Sam Waterston|Samuel L. Jackson|Tom Hanks|

plot:
PROHIBITION is a three-part, five-and-a-half-hour documentary film series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick that tells the story of the rise, rule, and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the entire era it encompassed.


series_title: Saving the Bay
mode: pbs
submode: show
url: 2039
TVDB_ID: 249438
actors: |Robert Redford|
runtime: 60
status: Ended
plot:
Saving the Bay is four one-hour episodes tracing the Bay from its geologic origins following the last Ice Age 10,000 years ago through years of catastrophic exploitation to the restoration efforts of today.

From the Gold Rush to the Golden Gate Bridge, through World’s Fairs and World Wars; from Alcatraz and Angel Island to fishing fleets, ferry boats, freighters and foghorns, San Francisco Bay has been central to the identity of one of the world’s leading economic, academic, recreational and cultural regions. Widely acclaimed as one of the world’s most beautiful natural harbors, San Francisco Bay is the premier estuary on the Pacific Coast of both North and South America and is the second most important estuary in the United States after Chesapeake Bay. The volume of water per second moving out the Golden Gate to the Pacific Ocean is up to seven times that of the Mississippi River flowing into the Gulf of Mexico.

The Bay is a critical link in the Pacific Flyway for millions of migrating birds. It is home to the first National Bird Sanctuary (Oakland’s Lake Merritt), the last urban fishery (herring) and the largest urban national park in the country (Golden Gate National Recreation Area). San Francisco Bay is also the most invaded aquatic ecosystem in North America.

We meet the people who helped shape the Bay — dreamers and schemers, polluters and preservationists, sailors and soldiers, tugboat captains and captains of industry. And we catch up with others who use the Bay — as their workplace, playground, commute route or valued vista.

Saving the Bay is the first television program to tell the story of the San Francisco Bay-Delta estuary and the people who have shaped and reshaped it; from native inhabitants who lived around the Bay for 3,500 years to those who now seek to restore balance to a fabled estuary in the midst of one of the nation’s largest and most vibrant urban centers.

We recount how the Bay was almost lost to landfill schemes from the daring to the deranged and celebrate the more recent restoration and expansion of this once threatened treasure.


series_title: Scientific American Frontiers
mode: pbs
submode: show
url: 486
TVDB_ID: 74273
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first_aired: 1990-09-01
date: 1990-09-01
actors: |Alan Alda|
network: PBS
runtime: 60
status: Ended
plot:
Scientific American Frontiers is a TV version of the venerable popular science magazine Scientific American.  Host Alan Alda interviews those who are exploring the cutting edge of research in all areas of science.


series_title: Secrets of the Dead
mode: pbs
submode: show
url: 489
TVDB_ID: 73986
IMDB_ID: tt0975412
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first_aired: 2001-05-15
date: 2001-05-15
actors: |Liev Schreiber|
genres: |Documentary|
network: PBS
runtime: 60
Airs_DayOfWeek: Tuesday
Airs_Time: 20:00
status: Continuing
plot:
Sometimes the truth gets carried to the grave. The techniques of modern forensic science are used to investigate a historical mystery to find proof of what really happened.


series_title: Soundstage
mode: pbs
submode: show
url: 493
TVDB_ID: 83641
IMDB_ID: tt0421459
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first_aired: 2002-12-11
date: 2002-12-11
actors: ||
genres: |Special Interest|
network: PBS
runtime: 60
Airs_DayOfWeek: Monday
Airs_Time: 8:00
status: Continuing
plot:
Beginning in 1974, long before music television filled the airwaves, the PBS series Soundstage sparked the nation. The innovative and prestigious program achieved widespread critical acclaim and featured the artists that defined the era.

Soundstage played host to such luminaries as Bob Dylan, Al Green, Janis Ian, ArethaFranklin, Bonnie Raitt, the Doobie Brothers, Arlo Gutherie, Jose Feliciano, Harry Chapin, Benny Goodman, Dionne Warwick, Itzhak Perlman, the Temptations, Kenny Loggins, among others...

The ground-breaking, hour-long concerts were filmed before small studio audiences, giving home viewers the sensation of experiencing the concert firsthand. As a result of the immense popularity of Soundstage, the show enjoyed tremendous longevity, initially running from 1974 to 1985.

For all those who loved the original series, we are proud to announce that Soundstage has been reborn! The production uses state of the art high-definition video equipment, and is digitally recorded and mixed in Dolby 5.1 surround sound. 


series_title: Speaking in Tongues
mode: pbs
submode: show
url: 494
TVDB_ID: 82743
IMDB_ID: tt0492863
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first_aired: 2005-11-07
date: 2005-11-07
actors: ||
genres: |Comedy|Reality|
network: SBS
runtime: 30
Airs_DayOfWeek: Monday
status: Ended
plot:
The program is hosted by John Safran and Father Bob Maguire, who discuss current events from a religious perspective, often in a comedic manner. Maguire, a Catholic priest from South Melbourne, originally appeared on the early show John Safran vs God.

The series was directed by John Safran vs God director Craig Melville.


series_title: Tavis Smiley
mode: pbs
submode: show
url: 495
TVDB_ID: 73799
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first_aired: 2004-01-01
date: 2004-01-01
actors: |Michael Ealy|Tavis Smiley|
network: PBS
runtime: 30
Airs_DayOfWeek: Daily
Airs_Time: 10:30 PM
status: Ended
plot:
Welcome to the  Tavis Smiley guide at TV Tome. Tavis Smiley has interviews with newsmakers, politicians and celebrities.  There is no editor for this show. If you would like to be the editor look here for details.


series_title: The Arts
mode: pbs
submode: show
url: 496
TVDB_ID: 143641
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first_aired: 2008-09-28
date: 2008-09-28
actors: ||
genres: |Documentary|Special Interest|
network: BBC Four
runtime: 60
Airs_DayOfWeek: Sunday
Airs_Time: 10:00pm
status: Ended
plot:
For the past half century, arts programming has been one of the cornerstones of British public service television. This three-part series sees an illustrious line-up of luminaries, including David Attenborough, Joan Bakewell, Melvyn Bragg, Jonathan Miller, Jonathan Meades, Ken Russell, Brian Sewell and Alan Yentob, reflect on the contribution that arts programmes have made to our national broadcasting culture.


series_title: The Ascent of Money
mode: pbs
submode: show
url: 497
TVDB_ID: 107661
IMDB_ID: tt1358383
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first_aired: 2009-07-08
date: 2009-07-08
actors: ||
genres: |Documentary|
network: PBS
runtime: 50
status: Ended
plot:
As the world continues to struggle to find its footing amid rising unemployment, constricted credit and crumbling banks and industries — raising questions about how the economic system collapsed — PBS presents Niall Ferguson’s ASCENT OF MONEY. This groundbreaking four-part series examines the creation of the economic system by taking viewers on a global trek through the history of money. This documentary delves deeper into how our complex system of global finance evolved over the centuries, how money has shaped the course of human affairs and how the mechanics of this economic system work to create seemingly unlimited wealth — or catastrophic loss.


series_title: The Buddha
mode: pbs
submode: show
url: 498
TVDB_ID: 157061
IMDB_ID: tt1478841
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first_aired: 2010-07-04
date: 2010-07-04
actors: ||
network: PBS
runtime: 120
status: Ended
plot:
Two and a half millennia ago, a new religion was born in India, generated from the ideas of the Buddha, a mysterious Indian sage who gained enlightenment while he sat under a large, shapely fig tree. The Buddha never claimed to be God or his emissary on earth, only that he was a human being who had found a kind of serenity that others could find, too. This documentary tells the story of his life, a journey especially relevant in our own times.


series_title: The Civil War
mode: pbs
submode: show
url: 374582
TVDB_ID: 78973
IMDB_ID: tt0098769
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first_aired: 1990-09-23
date: 1990-09-23
genres: |Documentary|
network: PBS
runtime: 140
status: Ended
actors:
|Morgan Freeman|Jason Robards|Sam Waterson|David McCullough|Garrison Keillor|George Black|Julie Harris|Paul Roebling|

plot:
Between 1861 and 1865, Americans made war on each other and killed each other in great numbers - if only to become the kind of country that could no longer conceive of how that was possible. What began as a bitter dispute over Union and States' Rights, ended as a struggle over the meaning of freedom in America. At Gettysburg in 1863, Abraham Lincoln said perhaps more than he knew. The war was about a "new birth of freedom." The most successful public-television miniseries in American history, the 11-hour Civil War didn't just captivate a nation, reteaching to us our history in narrative terms; it actually also invented a new film language taken from its creator. When people describe documentaries using the "Ken Burns approach," its style is understood: voice-over narrators reading letters and documents dramatically and stating the writer's name at their conclusion, fresh live footage of places juxtaposed with still images (photographs, paintings, maps, prints), anecdotal interviews


series_title: The Electric Company
mode: pbs
submode: show
url: 1935
TVDB_ID: 73666
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first_aired: 1971-10-01
date: 1971-10-01
genres: |Children|
network: PBS
runtime: 30
status: Ended
actors:
|Bayn Johnson|Danny Seagren|Gregg Burge|Hattie Winston|Irene Cara|Janina Mathews|Jimmy Boyd|Joan Rivers|Judy Graubart|June Angela|Lee Chamberlin|Lu|Mel Blanc|Mel Brooks|Melanie Henderson|Rejane Magloie|Rodney Lewis|Stephen Gustafson|Todd Graff|Zero Mostel|

plot:
On the heels of its fabulously successful Sesame Street, the Children's Television Workshop (CTW) created The Electric Company.  With its roots in Motown Sound, Broadway and Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, The Electric Company drew attention for six years as the most popular instructional television show.  It would win an Emmy for Outstanding Children's Series, and its soundtrack album earned a Grammy. Targeting children ages 6 through 10, The Electric Company aimed to teach basic reading and grammar skills to the young viewers. The show's cast of skit players helped teach these concepts through the use of skits, songs, cartoon and blackout segments and regular features; all of them revolved around sound clusters (e.g., sh-, -ly, -oo-), contractions, punctuation marks, etc.  The series provided material for elementary schools, as CTW published a biweekly TEC Teacher's Guide detailing program contents. Quickly, the cast members began to establish themselves with various personas:


series_title: The Human Spark
mode: pbs
submode: show
url: 499
TVDB_ID: 134471
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first_aired: 2010-01-06
date: 2010-01-06
actors: |Alan Alda|
genres: |Documentary|
network: PBS
runtime: 55
plot:
After some three and a half billion years of life’s evolution on this planet – and after almost two million years since people recognizable as human first walked its surface – a new human burst upon the scene, apparently unannounced. It was us.


series_title: The National Parks
mode: pbs
submode: show
url: 500
TVDB_ID: 116171
IMDB_ID: tt1464482
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first_aired: 2009-09-27
date: 2009-09-27
actors: ||
genres: |Documentary|
network: PBS
runtime: 120
Airs_DayOfWeek: Sunday
Airs_Time: 20:00
status: Ended
plot:
The National Parks: America's Best Idea is a six-episode series directed by Ken Burns and written and co-produced by Dayton Duncan. Filmed over the course of more than six years at some of nature's most spectacular locales – from Acadia to Yosemite, Yellowstone to the Grand Canyon, the Everglades of Florida to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska - The National Parks: America's Best Idea is nonetheless a story of people: people from every conceivable background – rich and poor; famous and unknown; soldiers and scientists; natives and newcomers; idealists, artists and entrepreneurs; people who were willing to devote themselves to saving some precious portion of the land they loved, and in doing so reminded their fellow citizens of the full meaning of democracy.


series_title: The Tenth Inning
mode: pbs
submode: show
url: 374594
TVDB_ID: 193661
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first_aired: 2010-09-28
date: 2010-09-28
actors: ||
genres: |Documentary|Mini-Series|Sport|
network: PBS
runtime: 120
status: Continuing
plot:
Baseball: This stirring history of the sport first aired, conveniently, during a baseball strike, and it was the perfect antidote to the first World Series-less year since 1904. The miniseries, like many from Ken Burns, made deft use of still photos, interviews and archival footage to give the past a wonderfully nostalgic air of years truly gone by, and it effectively documented racism's toll on the national pastime in the first half of the 20th century.


series_title: The Victory Garden
mode: pbs
submode: show
url: 505
TVDB_ID: 260772
IMDB_ID: tt1065739
first_aired: 1975-04-16
date: 1975-04-16
actors: |Jamie Durie|Michel Nischan|
genres: |Home and Garden|
network: PBS
runtime: 25
status: Ended
plot:
With so many Americans aspiring to care for the environment and create their own outdoor living spaces, The Victory Garden's unique fusion of garden design, earth-to-table cooking, and eco-conscious how-to tips is of greater interest today than ever before in its more than 30-year history. The newest season of The Victory Garden takes viewers on a coast-to-coast journey—from a Napa Valley garden of fruits, vegetables, and herbs modeled after the 16th-century Jardins du Villandry in France, to a Massachusetts farm that provides pristine produce to some of the finest restaurants in Boston.

Source: PBS.org


series_title: The War
mode: pbs
submode: show
url: 9096
TVDB_ID: 80620
IMDB_ID: tt0996994
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first_aired: 2007-09-23
date: 2007-09-23
actors: |Adam Arkin|Eli Wallach|Josh Lucas|Keith David|Robert Wahlberg|Samuel L. Jackson|Tom Hanks|
genres: |Documentary|
network: PBS
runtime: 150
Airs_Time: 8:00pm
status: Ended
plot:
The War is the story of the Second World War through the personal accounts of a handful of men and women from four American towns. The war touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America and demonstrated that in extraordinary times, there are no ordinary lives. A seven-part series by Ken Burns which includes interviews and archive footage.


series_title: The War of 1812
mode: pbs
submode: show
url: 29758
TVDB_ID: 237211
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actors: ||
genres: |Documentary|Drama|
runtime: 45
status: Ended
plot:
This absorbing series compiles an impressive roster of documentaries that illuminate the history-making 1812 battle between the United States and Great Britain, a war that at first appeared to be a lost cause. But with Andrew Jackson as America's leader, the country emerged victorious. Programs include "First Invasion: The War of 1812"; "The Battle of New Orleans"; and "The Ironclads." Also contains a detailed biography of Jackson.


series_title: The Woodwrights Shop
mode: pbs
submode: show
url: 507
TVDB_ID: 93871
IMDB_ID: tt0455291
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first_aired: 1979-05-10
date: 1979-05-10
actors: |Roy Underhill|
genres: |Special Interest|
network: PBS
runtime: 30
Airs_DayOfWeek: Saturday
Airs_Time: 4:00 PM
status: Continuing
plot:
Embarking on his 29th season on PBS, Roy Underhill notches another year of amazing longevity as host of The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill, one of the longest-running continuing productions on PBS and dubbed “the best how-to program since Julia Child started rattling pots and pans.”


series_title: This Emotional Life
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submode: show
url: 508
TVDB_ID: 134781
IMDB_ID: tt1565777
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first_aired: 2010-01-04
date: 2010-01-04
actors: ||
network: PBS
runtime: 115
status: Ended
plot:
Psychologist Daniel Gilbert ("Stumbling on Happiness") hosts this three-part look at the emotional side of life.


series_title: This Old House
mode: pbs
submode: show
url: 9100
TVDB_ID: 77444
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first_aired: 1980-10-01
date: 1980-10-01
actors: |Roger Cook|Tom Silva|Richard Trethewey|Norm Abram|Kevin O'Connor|Bob Vila|Steve Thomas|
genres: |Home and Garden|Reality|
network: PBS
runtime: 30
status: Continuing
plot:
This Old House celebrates the fusion on old world craftsmanship and modern technology. Each season features two renovation projects. Project One traditionally consists of eighteen or more so episodes and is filmed in Massachusetts. Project Two is taped in a different region of the country to highlight the variety of American architectural styles and renovation issues.


series_title: Time Team America
mode: pbs
submode: show
url: 510
TVDB_ID: 104691
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first_aired: 2009-07-08
date: 2009-07-08
actors: ||
genres: |Documentary|
network: Channel 4
runtime: 60
Airs_DayOfWeek: Wednesday
Airs_Time: 7:00 PM
status: Ended
plot:
TIME TEAM AMERICA is a new science-reality series from PBS that sends archaeologists on a race against time to excavate historic sites around the nation. The team has 72 hours to uncover the buried secrets of their assigned digs using the latest technology, decades of expertise and their own sharp wits. Host Colin Campbell guides each expedition as viewers peer over the shoulders of diggers, scientists and historians at work. You never know what they'll dig up next!


series_title: Way of the Warrior
mode: pbs
submode: show
url: 1985
TVDB_ID: 88681
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first_aired: 1983-04-10
date: 1983-04-10
actors: ||
genres: |Documentary|
network: BBC
runtime: 40
status: Ended
plot:
Eight-part series on the spread of martial arts throughout the world. 

(GB. TX BBC 11/5 - 29/6/1983)


series_title: Wide Angle
mode: pbs
submode: show
url: 516
TVDB_ID: 108031
IMDB_ID: tt0396392
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first_aired: 2002-07-11
date: 2002-07-11
actors: ||
genres: |Documentary|
network: PBS
runtime: 50
plot:
Dedicated to international current affairs documentaries, each episode of ``Wide Angle'' features producers and journalists from around the world reporting on an event, issue or trend through the eyes of the people who are living it. Former CNN and ABC newsman Aaron Brown is the series' anchor, introducing the featured documentary before closing each broadcast with a one-on-one interview with a high-profile guest who lends perspective on how global concerns affect Americans and U.S. foreign policy.


series_title: Wired Science
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submode: show
url: 517
TVDB_ID: 80708
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first_aired: 2007-10-03
date: 2007-10-03
actors: ||
genres: |Documentary|News|
network: PBS
runtime: 60
Airs_DayOfWeek: Wednesday
Airs_Time: 8:00 pm
status: Ended
plot:
“Wired Science” brings the cutting-edge technology stories from Wired Magazine to life. This one-hour primetime program features stories on recent discoveries, the latest innovations, and breakout ideas. Hosted by Ziya Tong, Brian Unger, and Aomawa Shields. 


series_title: WordGirl
mode: pbs
submode: show
url: 1940
TVDB_ID: 83660
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first_aired: 2007-09-03
date: 2007-09-03
actors: ||
genres: |Animation|Children|
network: PBS
runtime: 30
Airs_DayOfWeek: Daily
Airs_Time: 3:00pm
status: Continuing
plot:
Learn new words and expand your vocabulary with the help of a different kind of superhero known as WordGirl. WordGirl and friends make learning fun.


series_title: Yellowstone: Land to Life
mode: pbs
submode: show
url: 1988
TVDB_ID: 146371
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first_aired: 2010-03-16
date: 2010-03-16
actors: ||
genres: |Documentary|
runtime: 1
Airs_DayOfWeek: Tuesday
Airs_Time: 2:30 am
status: Ended
plot:
People come to Yellowstone primarily because of the unusual thermal features and the opportunities to view wildlife, often not realizing they are standing on one of the largest active volcanoes in the world.

In Yellowstone: Land to Life, filmmaker John Grabowska (Ribbon of Sand, Remembered Earth) presents a lyrical interpretation of the sweeping geological story of Yellowstone, from glaciation to mountain-building to the gigantic caldera of a supervolcano. Featuring breathtaking cinematography of this complex and charismatic landscape, Land to Life was filmed over two years in all seasons and delves deeply into the significance behind the scenery.

Key to the story is illuminating the intimate bonds between geology and biology -- how Yellowstone's geology influences where life exists and how it evolves. Land to Life contemplates our connection as well: humankind’s relationship to Yellowstone, the world's first and most famous national park.


series_title: ZOOM
mode: pbs
submode: show
url: 1942
TVDB_ID: 78367
first_aired: 1999-01-01
date: 1999-01-01
network: PBS
runtime: 30
Airs_DayOfWeek: Daily
Airs_Time: 3:00 PM
status: Ended
actors:
|Caroline Botelho|Claudio J|David Toropov|Eric Rollins|Estuardo|Franc|Garrett DiBona|Jared Britnage|Jared Nathan|Kaleigh Cronin|Keiko Yoshida|Kenny Yates|Kevin Buzz Barret|Kortney|Lynese Browder|Mike Hansen|Pablo Velez|Rachel Redd|Ray M|Shing Ying Shieh|

plot:
Welcome to the Zoom guide at TV Tome. Originally shown in the 70s the Emmy award winning show is back!! ZOOM is a show targeted at ages 6-11 but many people older than that watch it too! The show makes ZOOM-dos, CafeZooms, Znacks, ZOOMsci's, and more that you can do at home! They are time friendly and kid friendly! Many people watch the show because it is made by kids and for kids. Being shown on PBS (Public Broadcasting Service), the show is nonviolent and is played without commercial interruption.  ZOOM is nominated every year for Daytime Emmy Awards, but, unfortunately, they haven't brought any Emmy's back home. The show encourages kids everyday to turn off the t.v. and do the things they do on ZOOM. ZOOM also has a segment called "ZOOM Into Action" where everyday kids volunteer to help the needy, elderly, and their community. this season, Zoom will venture ou the studio and do more "outdoor activities" ZOOM gets thousands of letters for the show each week. ZOOM


series_title: FRONTLINE
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submode: show
url: 429
TVDB_ID: 80646
IMDB_ID: tt0133302
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first_aired: 1983-01-17
date: 1983-01-17
actors: ||
genres: |Documentary|
network: PBS
runtime: 60
status: Continuing
plot:
Since it began in 1983, Frontline has been airing public-affairs documentaries that explore a wide scope of the complex human experience. Frontline's goal is to extend the impact of the documentary beyond its initial broadcast by serving as a catalyst for change.


series_title: FRONTLINE/World
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url: 430
TVDB_ID: 85237
IMDB_ID: tt0396321
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first_aired: 2002-05-23
date: 2002-05-23
actors: ||
network: PBS
runtime: 60
plot:
A series within the PBS documentary series focusing on international stories (three per episode). Produced in collaboration with the University of California-Berkeley's School of Journalism.


series_title: Bachelor Pad
mode: abc
submode: seasons
url: http://abc.go.com/watch/bachelor-pad/SH5573770?rfr=rss
TVDB_ID: 181591
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first_aired: 2010-08-09
date: 2010-08-09
actors: ||
genres: |Reality|
network: ABC
runtime: 120
Airs_DayOfWeek: Monday
Airs_Time: 20:00
status: Continuing
plot:
Unforgettable contestants from "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette"' come together and live in a house to get a second chance at finding love. Each episode will feature the contestants competing in a challenge and conclude with evictions from the house. One person will eventually emerge as the victor and win a cash prize, and possibly true love.


series_title: Avatar
mode: nicktoons
submode: episodes
url: avatar/
TVDB_ID: 74852
IMDB_ID: tt0417299
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first_aired: 2005-02-21
date: 2005-02-21
genres: |Action and Adventure|Animation|Children|Fantasy|
network: Nickelodeon
runtime: 30
Airs_DayOfWeek: Saturday
Airs_Time: 11:00AM
status: Ended
actors:
|Zach Tyler Eisen|Mae Whitman|Jack DeSena|Jennie Kwan|Melendy Britt|Dee Bradley Baker|Mitchel Musso|Mako|Dante Basco|

plot:
In a world where the four elements can be controlled by people known as Benders, the Fire Nation is waging a ruthless, oppressive war to control the other great nations. The only hope for stopping the brutal war led by the Firebenders rests on the shoulders of a reluctant young boy named Aang . The last known survivor of the peaceful Air Nomads and the Airbenders, Aang is the Avatar. The Avatar is the physical re-incarnation of the world spirit, with the power to manipulate all four elements and draw upon the power, knowledge, and experiences of the Avatar's previous incarnations. The Avatar is responsible for maintaining balance between the four nations of the world and the spirit world, hence keeping the balance of the world. Aided by a protective teenage Waterbender named Katara and her bull-headed brother Sokka, Aang begins a perilous journey to restore balance to their war-torn world.


