BILL MOYERS IS BACK!-“There’s an audience there that missed the campfire,” he said.

[kpete]

Bill Moyers Returns to Public Television, but Not PBS
By ELIZABETH JENSEN

Bill Moyers says he is returning to public television in January, but he won’t be found on the PBS lineup.

His new hourlong weekly show, called “Moyers & Company,” will focus on one-on-one interviews with people not often heard on television, “thinkers who can help us understand the chaos of this time,” Mr. Moyers said in a telephone interview. “We’re going to be concerned with the state of democracy and the state of affairs, but we will leave the daily and weekly story to others and try to do the back story.”

The program will be based at WNET in New York City and distributed free to public television stations by American Public Television, an alternative distributor to PBS. Stations will be able to broadcast it at whatever time they choose. In a letter to public television executives announcing the new program, Mr. Moyers, who is 77, said that WNET was looking at showing the program on Sundays at 6 p.m.
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Since word went out on Monday afternoon, Mr. Moyers said he had heard from a number of stations that they were interested in broadcasting the program. He said he had also heard from many former viewers in recent months. “There’s an audience there that missed the campfire,” he said.


http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/22/bill-moyers-returns-to-public-television-but-not-pbs/

[lindysalsagal]

1. I sat next to him in a NYC church when John Edwards gave the MLK speech.

What a beautiful, still, deep, compassionate soul.

He was careful not to applaud or react: He is a journalist, so, he has to appear impartial. But his wife was hootin' and hollerin' the entire time, standing and cheering.

It was an honor just to be near him. When it was over, he went up the the front where the dignitaries were. You can hear his mind thinking, just being near him.

He's an unsung US hero, a Mark Twain. How do we get more like him?

[xiamiam]

3. agreed. I recently watched an episode from the late 80's after iran contra

warning of the exact situation we find ourselves in today..with the cia mic mercenaries and secret govt run amok..he warned us then..clearly..what a mind and treasure..glad he will be back

[xxqqqzme]

2. It has been chilly out here since

Mr. Moyers retired.


So PBS just couldn't find an 'appropriate' time slot? Interesting.


'...Anne Bentley, a PBS spokeswoman, said in a statement, “Bill Moyers has been a distinctive voice on public television for decades,” adding that his new project “will build on this legacy.”...'

Ms Bentley may need a PBS history lesson.

[asjr]

4. PBS has become Patent Bull Shit.

[Graybeard]

5. I was always sorry Moyers never made a run for President.

Molly Ivins famously urged a "Draft Bill Moyers" movement and Ralph Nader said he would support him. It will be great having him back.

[SoCalDem]

6. The stations that choose to air it will do so at 2 am on Tuesday

Most will probably decline:(

[Arkansas Granny]

7. I just contacted our PBS station to request that they carry the program.

I've really missed Bill Moyers.

[Reader Rabbit]

8. A true journalist.

Wish there were more like him.

[Major Hogwash]

9. Strange that he would choose that outlet and not another.

Don't know who does that kind of thing anymore.
Just makes a program and then gives them away.

[Scurrilous]

10. Good news.

:thumbsup:

[PufPuf23]

11. Bill Moyers is a good and honest human of integrity. nt

[Arkansas Granny]

12. I got an answer back from my PBS station.

"American Public Television has not
released a formal program offer for the Bill Moyers series that will be
available in January 2012, and we are eager to learn all the details! We
will certainly look for an appropriate time slot for the series when we
start working on the January schedule."

Keeping my fingers crossed.