WNET - Original Productions

Original Productions

WNET has produced, created and/or presented a number of PBS shows. This includes, but is not limited to:

  • Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks (2003–Present)
  • AFRICA (2001)
  • The Africa American Journey (2002–2005)
  • Aging Out (2005)
  • Amato: A Love Affair with Opera (2001)
  • American Masters (1983–present)
  • The American President (2000)
  • Angelina Ballerina (originally presented by Connecticut Public Television, with HIT Entertainment)
  • Australia: Beyond the Fatal Shore (2000)
  • Bill Moyers Reports: Earth On Edge (2001)
  • Big Comfy Couch (2005–present)
  • Center of the Storm (2002)
  • Changing Stages (2001)
  • Colonial House (2004)
  • Cucina Amore (1999–2002)
  • Cyberchase (2002–2010, produced by Nelvana)
  • Dickens (2003)
  • DNA (2003)
  • Echoes From the White House (2001)
  • EGG, the Arts Show (2000–2003)
  • Extreme Oil (2004)
  • Freedom: A History of US (2003)
  • Frontier House (2002)
  • The Great American Dream Machine (1971–1972)
  • Great Food (2001)
  • Great Performances (1972–present)
  • Heroes of Ground Zero (2002)
  • Innovation: Life, Inspired (2004)
  • In Search of Ancient Ireland (2002)
  • Justice and the Generals (2002)
  • Live from Lincoln Center (1976–present)
  • Lord of the Universe
  • Local News (2001)
  • MasterChef USA (1999–2001)
  • The Mind
  • Monarchy
  • Moyers on Addiction: Close to Home (1998)
  • Nature (1982–present)
  • New York: A Documentary Film (1999–2003); co-produced with WGBH-TV)
  • NOW
  • NYC-ARTS(2012)
  • On Our Own Terms: Moyers on Dying (2000)
  • The Open Mind
  • Our Genes Our Choices (2003)
  • Red Gold: The Epic Story of Blood (2002)
  • Religion and Ethics Newsweekly (1997–present)
  • Reel New York
  • The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow (2002)
  • Savage Earth (1998)
  • Savage Seas (1999, co-produced with Granada Television
  • The Secret Life of the Brain (2002)
  • Secrets of the Dead (2000–present)
  • Shining Time Station (1989–1993)
  • Simon Schama's Power of Art
  • The Six Wives of Henry VIII (2003)
  • Slavery and the Making of America (2004)
  • Sound and Fury (2000)
  • Soul! (1967–1973)
  • Srebrenica: A Cry from the Grave (1999)
  • Stage on Screen (2001)
  • The Story of English
  • Sunday Arts
  • Tavis Smiley (2004–present)
  • Taxi Dreams (2001)
  • That Money Show (2000–2001)
  • Thomas and Friends (Originally produced by Connecticut Public Television, with HIT Entertainment)
  • Thomas Hampson: I Hear America Singing (1997)
  • The A Walk Through... series of historical walking tours of New York City: A Walk Through Central Park, A Walk Through Greenwich Village, A Walk Through the Bronx, A Walk Through Brooklyn, A Walk Through Queens, and A Walk Through Staten Island
  • Warrior Challenge (2003)
  • Who Cares: Chronic Illness in America (2001)
  • Who's Dancin' Now? (2001)
  • Worldfocus A program that Looks At International News Hosted By Martin Savidge and Daljit Dhaliwal
  • Wide Angle (2002–Present)
  • Wild TV (2002) PBS
  • Verna: U.S.O. Girl

WNET has also produced programming for public televisions stations distributed outside of the PBS system, including:

  • Planet H2O
  • In the Mix: The New Normal, a co-production with In the Mix
  • What's Up in Factories
  • What's Up in Technology
  • What's Up in Finance

WNET is also the co-producing entity of PBS NewsHour, along with Washington, D.C. PBS station WETA-TV and MacNeil-Lehrer Productions. The show started in 1975 as a local news-analysis program, The Robert MacNeil Report. Jim Lehrer, a frequent guest on MacNeil's show, became co-host the following year, when the show was picked up by the other PBS outlets.

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