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New Television; New Television, Episode 301

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Series
New Television
Program
New Television, Episode 301
Program Number

301

Series Description

"New Television" began as a local pilot production of WNET (New York) in 1986. In 1987, WGBH signed on as co-producer, and the shows were aired in Boston and New York. In 1988 and 1989, KCET (Los Angeles) and WETA (D.C.) became producers in association. In 1991, PBS picked up "New Television," and it was broadcast nationally. The following year, the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio, replaced WNET, WETA, and KCET as co-producer with WGBH. In 1993, WGBH ceased to be a co-producer for the series, and the "home base" moved to Connecticut Public Television (CPTV) in Hartford, CT.

"New Television" commissioned, produced, and acquired programming. In its early years, "New Television" broadcast works commissioned by The Contemporary Art Television (CAT) Fund. Increasingly, experimental films as well as video works were broadcast as a part of this series. Many of the later episodes of "New Television" contain works that play with and deconstruct the documentary genre. Series release date: 1986

Program Description

Includes “Made in Maine” by William Wegman and Betsy Connors, “Vacation II” by Betsy Connors, and “Hall’s Crossing” by Dennis Darmek.

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Topics
Film and Television
Citation
Chicago: “New Television; New Television, Episode 301,” WGBH Media Library & Archives, accessed January 16, 2019, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_3BCB942A0FC642029ED3B0CF0B9CE80C.
MLA: “New Television; New Television, Episode 301.” WGBH Media Library & Archives. Web. January 16, 2019. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_3BCB942A0FC642029ED3B0CF0B9CE80C>.
APA: New Television; New Television, Episode 301. Boston, MA: WGBH Media Library & Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_3BCB942A0FC642029ED3B0CF0B9CE80C
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