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In the past year, PBS has moved NOVA from Tuesday and NATURE from Sunday and put both on Wednesday nights. These moves were based on research and so far, the moves have proven very successful in garnering more viewers. So while a move back doesn't look promising, you have other options.
Keep in mind that we often repeat Wednesday's NATURE the following Sunday afternoon on ThinkTV16.
If your family receives the 16Again channel (16.2 over the air or on Time Warner 983), you can catch NATURE repeats Saturdays at 1pm.
And if your family has cable, it may receive ThinkTV14, and both NOVA and NATURE air Saturdays 4-6pm.
Hope that helps.
We were named after Christopher Columbus for some of his accomplishments, not his failures, which every one of us has. I can understand the "Private Networks" criticizing everything that's good about this great American history, but I've yet to understand the purpose behind Public Broadcasting doing the same UNLESS, this is the WPTD 16 Programmer's way of using the airwaves to exert his beliefs.
Here's the documentary's description:
"COLUMBUS DAY LEGACY explores the tensions and contradictions between Native and Italian-American participants in the ongoing Columbus Day parade controversy in Denver, CO. This very personal and public conflict is visualized through hard questions about the freedom of speech, the interpretation of history, and what it means to be an American. "
It's probably not news to many that not all Americans celebrate Columbus Day. Some feel that Columbus and arrival in the New World ushered in the beginning of the end for Native Americans and their culture. Whether you believe this was the case or not, it has become part of the national conversation.
It is one of public television's core missions: to be a "marketplace of ideas." That is what we strive for with public affairs series and independent documentaries. One can agree or disagree with viewpoints expressed. But expressed viewpoints are an essential part of what we do.
Thank you for your generosity. As my father used to say, "You sir, are a gentleman and a scholar!" Of course that was back in the day when an education carried a greater measure of respect. Now you'd just get branded as being "elitist."
Since you're a DOC MARTIN fan, let me ask you and other fans a question. By the time the fifth season of DOC is released, we'll be in the middle of the second season. Now if we continue the storyline uninterrupted, that means we won't reach the new 5th season until July.
So do you prefer we stay the course and run episodes in order... or simply assume that DOC MARTIN fans have seen all the old ones, and simply break in with the 5th season the month they become available?
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