For fantasy fans, this is a time of plenty. Most movie theaters may be closed, but our TV sets and computers have big stories, big ideas and, especially, big budgets...

2020

Aug

IN A BATTLE OF MYSTERIES BETWEEN PBS AND CW, THE WINNER MIGHT SURPRISE YOU By Mike Hughes

Two mystery shows are arriving now, just when we really need some fresh, scripted shows...

2020

Aug

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR THEIR CHANNELS By Mike Hughes

Storm chasing, it seems, just isn't fair. The storm never obeys borders; the chasers have to...

2020

Aug

STORIES OF AFRICAN WOMEN: FROM CBS TO PBS By Mike Hughes

Stories of African immigrants are getting a rare spurt of TV attention...

2020

Jul

STORYTELLING ON PBS WITH TECH, COVID, AND 'AMERICAN PORTRAIT' By Mike Hughes

As the year began, PBS launched a sort of national diary. People could simply send in their stories via video (usually), photos, prose, or, well, whatever...

2020

Jul

PBS KICKS OFF TCA'S SUMMER PRESS TOUR – ONLINE By Mike Hughes

The world may be in a slow-down, shutdown mode, but you can't prove it by PBS. The network – now in a three-day stretch of Zoom press conferences with the Television Critics Association (TCA) – somehow seems busier than ever...

2020

Jul

'FRONTLINE' ASKS IF WE'VE BECOME A 'UNITED STATES OF CONSPIRACY' By Mike Hughes

Conspiracy theories have long been lurking out there, stirring our emotions...

2020

Jul

ON 'POV: ADVOCATE,' LEA TSEMEL, A REBEL WITH A CAUSE By Mike Hughes

For Michel Warschawski, the impression was instant...

2020

Jul

PBS IS LETTING US BRING BROADWAY HOME By Mike Hughes

In a theater-less season – no Broadway, no summer-stock musicals, nothing – we need a break. Fortunately, PBS is trying...

2020

Jul

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC WADES INTO SHARKFEST WATERS By Mike Hughes

Sharks are ready to gobble up our TV time again. It will be three weeks of SHARKFEST on National Geographic, starting Sunday, July 19...

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Mike Hughes remembers watching a TV show in which a man simply played records. He thinks TV is much better now. With Gannett News Service, his television stories went to 100 newspapers; with TV America, they go to considerably fewer, but he still seems happy. Read more at www.mikehughes.tv

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