After more than eight years, the weekday and weekend editions of PBS’ signature evening newscast are finally getting together.
Washington’s Weta has long produced the venerable “PBS NewsHour,” the show once known as the “McNeil-Lehrer Report” and now anchored by Judy Woodruff, while New York’s Wnet has since 2013 produced the Saturday and Sunday editions of the program. Starting April 2, all seven days will be under the auspices of Weta, with Geoff Bennett, a former NBC News and MSNBC correspondent and anchor who was named the program’s chief Washington correspondent in November, taking the reins of a re-titled half-hour “PBS News Weekend.”
“I think we are going to build on ‘NewsHour’s’ traditional mix of news and interviews and in-depth features,” says Bennett, in an interview. At the same time, the weekend shows will leave room for figures from the worlds of culture and the arts. “Every week,...
Washington’s Weta has long produced the venerable “PBS NewsHour,” the show once known as the “McNeil-Lehrer Report” and now anchored by Judy Woodruff, while New York’s Wnet has since 2013 produced the Saturday and Sunday editions of the program. Starting April 2, all seven days will be under the auspices of Weta, with Geoff Bennett, a former NBC News and MSNBC correspondent and anchor who was named the program’s chief Washington correspondent in November, taking the reins of a re-titled half-hour “PBS News Weekend.”
“I think we are going to build on ‘NewsHour’s’ traditional mix of news and interviews and in-depth features,” says Bennett, in an interview. At the same time, the weekend shows will leave room for figures from the worlds of culture and the arts. “Every week,...
- 3/31/2022
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Geoff Bennett, a Washington journalism veteran, was named chief Washington correspondent for PBS NewsHour, and he will also take over weekend anchoring duties for the program, which is moving its weekend broadcast from New York to the nation’s capital in April.
Bennett, who had been a White House correspondent for NBC News and a substitute anchor on MSNBC, will start his new role January 3. He will continue as a contributor for those NBCUniversal-owned outlets.
“We are consolidating production of PBS’s nightly news flagship program under Weta and continue to bring new talent to the stellar PBS NewsHour team, building on the strong work of anchor and managing editor Judy Woodruff, executive producer Sara Just and entire NewsHour team,” said Sharon Percy Rockefeller, president and CEO of Weta, the Washington-area PBS station, and president of NewsHour Productions, in a statement. “I have long admired Geoff’s work; and...
Bennett, who had been a White House correspondent for NBC News and a substitute anchor on MSNBC, will start his new role January 3. He will continue as a contributor for those NBCUniversal-owned outlets.
“We are consolidating production of PBS’s nightly news flagship program under Weta and continue to bring new talent to the stellar PBS NewsHour team, building on the strong work of anchor and managing editor Judy Woodruff, executive producer Sara Just and entire NewsHour team,” said Sharon Percy Rockefeller, president and CEO of Weta, the Washington-area PBS station, and president of NewsHour Productions, in a statement. “I have long admired Geoff’s work; and...
- 11/18/2021
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Geoff Bennett is joining PBS NewsHour as chief Washington correspondent early next year, and will anchor the weekend newscast as production moves from New York to Washington, D.C. under the Weta-tv banner.
Bennett recently departed NBC News as White House correspondent and substitute anchor on MSNBC.
Bennett will start his new position on Jan. 3. He’ll begin anchoring PBS NewsHour Weekend in April, when production moves from Wnet in New York. Sharon Percy Rockefeller, president and CEO of Weta and president of NewsHour Productions, said that they are consolidating production under Weta, which is headquartered in Arlington, Va and where the weekday NewsHour is based.
The weekend broadcasts were started in 2013, and have been anchored by Hari Sreenivasan. As a Wnet employee, he will continue with Amanpour & Company and Take on Fake, and plans to remain in New York, a NewsHour spokesperson said. The Wnet Weekend team will...
Bennett recently departed NBC News as White House correspondent and substitute anchor on MSNBC.
Bennett will start his new position on Jan. 3. He’ll begin anchoring PBS NewsHour Weekend in April, when production moves from Wnet in New York. Sharon Percy Rockefeller, president and CEO of Weta and president of NewsHour Productions, said that they are consolidating production under Weta, which is headquartered in Arlington, Va and where the weekday NewsHour is based.
The weekend broadcasts were started in 2013, and have been anchored by Hari Sreenivasan. As a Wnet employee, he will continue with Amanpour & Company and Take on Fake, and plans to remain in New York, a NewsHour spokesperson said. The Wnet Weekend team will...
- 11/18/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Updated, 2:25 Pm: PBS has set October 15 at 10 Pm for the national broadcast of feature documentary God Knows Where I Am, marking the directorial debut of Jedd Wider and Todd Wider and narrated by Lori Singer.
“We are very excited for the broadcast of God Knows Where I Am on PBS,” said the Widers. “Public television allows most people to see the film, thereby enabling the widest audience possible to confront our society’s tragic battle with mental health and homelessness. I hope the film moves people as much as Linda Bishop’s story moved us as filmmakers and human beings.”
The broadcast will be followed by a panel discussion with the Widers and Dr. Carol Bernstein, past President of Apa and current Professor, Psychiatry and Neurology, New York University School of Medicine. Hari Sreenivasan will moderate .
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“We are very excited for the broadcast of God Knows Where I Am on PBS,” said the Widers. “Public television allows most people to see the film, thereby enabling the widest audience possible to confront our society’s tragic battle with mental health and homelessness. I hope the film moves people as much as Linda Bishop’s story moved us as filmmakers and human beings.”
The broadcast will be followed by a panel discussion with the Widers and Dr. Carol Bernstein, past President of Apa and current Professor, Psychiatry and Neurology, New York University School of Medicine. Hari Sreenivasan will moderate .
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- 8/27/2018
- by Anita Busch
- Deadline Film + TV
In the midst of a political and cultural climate that Christine Amanpour calls “an unprecedented state of affairs” and “a moment of extreme existential crisis and threat,” the CNN host will begin Amanpour & Company, set to launch on PBS September 10, with journalists Walter Isaacson, Michel Martin, Alicia Menendez and Hari Sreenivasan as co-contributors.
Announced as PBS’s replacement for Charlie Rose back in May after Rose was accused of sexual harassment, Amanpour said putting a woman in this role made a very important statement. “Now is a really watershed moment,” she told Deadline following her TCA panel discussion, “and so I think it’s really great that a woman takes this role at this particular time.” Asked if she’d heard of Rose’s reported attempts at a comeback, Amanpour said, “I don’t know anything about it to be honest, because I live in London so I’m not on top of everything.
Announced as PBS’s replacement for Charlie Rose back in May after Rose was accused of sexual harassment, Amanpour said putting a woman in this role made a very important statement. “Now is a really watershed moment,” she told Deadline following her TCA panel discussion, “and so I think it’s really great that a woman takes this role at this particular time.” Asked if she’d heard of Rose’s reported attempts at a comeback, Amanpour said, “I don’t know anything about it to be honest, because I live in London so I’m not on top of everything.
- 7/30/2018
- by Antonia Blyth
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s roundup, Netflix released a trailer for the second season of “13 Reasons Why” and Own’s “Love Is __” gets a premiere date.
First Looks
Netflix has released a new trailer for the second season of “13 Reasons Why.” The new season will launch globally on Netflix on May 18. Season two shows Liberty High going to trial in the aftermath of Hannah’s death. “13 Reasons Why” stars Katherine Langford, Dylan Minnette, Kate Walsh, and Derek Luke. Watch the trailer below.
Dates
Own has released the premiere date and key art for its new romantic drama “Love Is __” The series debuts on June 19 at 10 p.m. Et/Pt and was inspired by the real-life relationship of creators and executive producers Mara Brock Akil and Salim Akil. The love story will take place mostly in 1990’s Los Angeles and show the couple following their dreams with perspective from their present-day selves.
First Looks
Netflix has released a new trailer for the second season of “13 Reasons Why.” The new season will launch globally on Netflix on May 18. Season two shows Liberty High going to trial in the aftermath of Hannah’s death. “13 Reasons Why” stars Katherine Langford, Dylan Minnette, Kate Walsh, and Derek Luke. Watch the trailer below.
Dates
Own has released the premiere date and key art for its new romantic drama “Love Is __” The series debuts on June 19 at 10 p.m. Et/Pt and was inspired by the real-life relationship of creators and executive producers Mara Brock Akil and Salim Akil. The love story will take place mostly in 1990’s Los Angeles and show the couple following their dreams with perspective from their present-day selves.
- 5/8/2018
- by Ariana Brockington
- Variety Film + TV
PBS today announced a new late-night public-affairs show hosted by cable news veteran Christiane Amanpour that will launch in July. Amanpour & Company, a collaboration with New York pubcaster Wnet and CNN, with feature the newswoman leading in-depth conversations with global thought leaders and cultural influencers on issues of the day.
Journalists Walter Isaacson, Michel Martin, Alicia Menendez and Hari Sreenivasan will contribute to the one-hour show, whose topics can range from politics, business and technology to arts, science and sports. The new show expands on CNN’s Amanpour.
“I’m delighted to expand my role at PBS from interim to permanent along with this remarkable diversity of voices and views,” Amanpour said. “Never has the time for exploring our world and America’s place in it been so urgent.”...
Journalists Walter Isaacson, Michel Martin, Alicia Menendez and Hari Sreenivasan will contribute to the one-hour show, whose topics can range from politics, business and technology to arts, science and sports. The new show expands on CNN’s Amanpour.
“I’m delighted to expand my role at PBS from interim to permanent along with this remarkable diversity of voices and views,” Amanpour said. “Never has the time for exploring our world and America’s place in it been so urgent.”...
- 5/8/2018
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
PBS dominated the 36th annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards, which were doled out tonight at at Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall in Manhattan. The pubcaster lapped the field with 17 trophies, nearly doubling runner-up CBS’ nine. NBC was third with four. Univision (three) and The New York Times (two) were the only other outlets to score more than a single statuette.
Amid a rocky 2015, NBC Nightly News took home the plum Emmy for Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast for its reporting on Ukraine. The program also won two others. CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley also won a pair of awards.
CNN founder Ted Turner was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award for News & Documentary, which was presented by Larry King.
“The journalists and documentarians we pay tribute to this evening are our eyes and ears across the globe, bringing back the stories...
Amid a rocky 2015, NBC Nightly News took home the plum Emmy for Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast for its reporting on Ukraine. The program also won two others. CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley also won a pair of awards.
CNN founder Ted Turner was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award for News & Documentary, which was presented by Larry King.
“The journalists and documentarians we pay tribute to this evening are our eyes and ears across the globe, bringing back the stories...
- 9/29/2015
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
MacNeil-Lehrer Prods., owner and co-producer of The PBS NewsHour, is in talks with Washington D.C. public TV station Weta about taking it over. The station already is the co-producing partner of the program currently is owned by the production company founded by its original anchors, Jim Lehrer and Robert MacNeil. These days, MacNeil/Lehrer Productions is majority owned by Liberty Media, noted the New York Times. Weta’s maybe best known as the home of Ken Burns. This summer, NewsHour named Judy Woodruff and Gwen Ifill co-anchors of the weekday program — and Hari Sreenivasan would anchor of a new weekend edition produced by New York’s public TV station Wnet — weeks after some NewsHour was laid off staff and domestic bureaus shut.
- 10/9/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
The news hour is about to get longer.
PBS’ long-running program NewsHour is expanding to weekends beginning Sept. 7, PBS has announced. The new program will be anchored by Hari Sreenivasan, a NewsHour correspondent.
“It’s an evolution in NewsHour’s commitment to being a reliable, trusted news source that’s available anywhere, anytime, weekdays, weekends and online,” Sreenivasan said in a release. “I’d like to infuse the public in the content creation and content distribution using different tools to see how we can best engage with smart audiences.” The team “plan to use social media, Google Hangouts, live chats...
PBS’ long-running program NewsHour is expanding to weekends beginning Sept. 7, PBS has announced. The new program will be anchored by Hari Sreenivasan, a NewsHour correspondent.
“It’s an evolution in NewsHour’s commitment to being a reliable, trusted news source that’s available anywhere, anytime, weekdays, weekends and online,” Sreenivasan said in a release. “I’d like to infuse the public in the content creation and content distribution using different tools to see how we can best engage with smart audiences.” The team “plan to use social media, Google Hangouts, live chats...
- 9/4/2013
- by Erin Strecker
- EW - Inside TV
Judy Woodruff, half of PBS’s newly named NewsHour co-host team came to TCA to dispel the notion that her pairing with Gwen Ifill was historic. “We’re not the first,” Woodruff said via Skype. “Amy Poehler and Tina Fey were the first female co-anchors.” Ifill, appearing via satellite said, “here, right now, it’s news. We would like for the day to come when it’s not news any more…but [viewers] don’t see it every day right now.” The start date of their pairing has not yet been set but they’re shooting for mid-September, they said. Hari Sreenivasan, who will anchor a weekend edition of NewsHour, starting September 7, said the first 15 minutes of each half-hour edition will handle breaking news at the top of each broadcast and “more like a magazine” later in the program. The half-hour format works because NewsHour Weekend won’t have to deal...
- 8/7/2013
- by LISA DE MORAES, TV Columnist
- Deadline TV
PBS this morning named Gwin Ifill and Judy Woodruff — the stars of its most recent presidential election coverage – co-anchors and managing editors of Newshour. It marks the first time two women are co-anchoring the evening newscast on a major Us television network, PBS chief Paula Kerger noted at Summer TV Press Tour 2013, then said she “almost” paused in drawing attention to that factoid, because, “we picked the two people that were strongest.” Ifill and Woodruff will anchor the broadcast together Monday through Thursday; Woodruff will solo Fridays while Ifill hosts Washington Week that night. Newshour has had rotating teams of anchors over the past few years; Ifill and Woodruff were in the rotation. PBS will launch a weekend edition of Newshour next month. Hari Sreenivasan will anchor Newshour Weekend, Saturdays and Sundays beginning September 7; he also will serve as senior correspondent for the weekday newscast, reporting several times a week from Wnet in New York.
- 8/6/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
World news followers listen up: PBS will air Jim Lehrer's interview with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday. PBS Newshour Executive Editor Jim Lehrer will interview U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton live onstage Wednesday, December 14, at The Newseum in Washington D.C. for .Innovation and the Global Marketplace: A Discussion on American Innovation, Trade, and the next 10 million jobs.. Lehrer and Clinton will discuss how America will create jobs going forward, and the future of the global economy. The event will also include three panel discussions between leaders in the private and public sectors on the subjects of innovation and economic growth, moderated by Newshour correspondents Jeffrey Brown, Hari Sreenivasan, and Paul Solman.
- 12/14/2011
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
NEW YORK -- CBS News said Monday that CBS Evening News anchor/managing editor Katie Couric will headline its Election 2008 coverage.
Couric will anchor the political coverage not only on the CBS Evening News but also throughout the network in special programming. She also will anchor the Dec. 10 debate in Los Angeles among Democratic presidential candidates, the last sanctioned one before the primaries and caucuses.
Also taking key roles in the campaign coverage will be chief Washington correspondent Bob Schieffer and senior political correspondent Jeff Greenfield. Schieffer will analyze the campaign and do reports for the network including Face the Nation, where he is the weekly moderator. Greenfield will do overall analytic pieces and big-picture stories, said CBS News senior vp Paul Friedman. National political correspondent Gloria Borger is leaving the network to pursue other opportunities.
Other correspondents receiving roles in covering the candidates will be Sharyl Attkisson, Jim Axelrod, Cynthia Bowers, Kelly Cobiella, Nancy Cordes, Byron Pitts, Tracy Smith, Hari Sreenivasan and Bill Whitaker.
Couric will anchor the political coverage not only on the CBS Evening News but also throughout the network in special programming. She also will anchor the Dec. 10 debate in Los Angeles among Democratic presidential candidates, the last sanctioned one before the primaries and caucuses.
Also taking key roles in the campaign coverage will be chief Washington correspondent Bob Schieffer and senior political correspondent Jeff Greenfield. Schieffer will analyze the campaign and do reports for the network including Face the Nation, where he is the weekly moderator. Greenfield will do overall analytic pieces and big-picture stories, said CBS News senior vp Paul Friedman. National political correspondent Gloria Borger is leaving the network to pursue other opportunities.
Other correspondents receiving roles in covering the candidates will be Sharyl Attkisson, Jim Axelrod, Cynthia Bowers, Kelly Cobiella, Nancy Cordes, Byron Pitts, Tracy Smith, Hari Sreenivasan and Bill Whitaker.
- 7/10/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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