The West Wing
Many successful TV dramas resort to one of the three basic food groups-cops, doctors and lawyers. NBC’s The West Wing, created and written by Aaron Sorkin, dares to put high-powered…
FRONTLINE: Washington’s Other Scandal
Among the thousands (if not millions) of hours devoted to political scandal in 1998, this report may ultimately prove to be the most significant. In this special FRONTLINE report, correspondent…
Shot Through the Heart
Based on the dramatic and tragic true-life story of two men living in Bosnia at the start of that country’s civil war, Shot Through the Heart is a television film…
The Baby Dance
Showtime’s The Baby Dance is an extraordinarily powerful and haunting television film written and directed by Jane Anderson and based on her play. The emotions are raw, the dialogue crackling…
The Human Body
The Human Body takes viewers on a voyage through the seven ages of existence using state-of-the-art photography and specially devised medical imaging to reveal how our bodies really work. Two…
George Wallace
The skillful and accomplished direction of John Frankenheimer has never been more apparent than in this masterful miniseries, the Faustian saga of the rise, fall, and ultimate redemption of one…
Hello Mr. President
This international production provides a unique inside account of Lyndon Baines Johnson’s early days as president, which is informed by exceptional dramatic recreations and the use of never-before-heard tapes of…
Homicide: Life on the Street
With three citations in the past five years, Homicide: Life on the Street has the distinction of being the most recognized dramatic series in the history of the Peabody Awards….
In the Land of the Deaf
One principal benefit the proliferation of television distribution channels allows is the ability to bring outstanding programming from diverse sources to wider audiences. Such is the case with this remarkable…
Wishbone
Classic literature comes to life in this delightful public television series through an adventurous Jack Russell terrier named Wishbone. Our diminutive protagonist assumes characters ranging from Shakespeare’s King Hal to…