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Mark Shields Dies: Longtime ‘PBS NewsHour’ Commentator Was 85
Mark Shields, who provided witty, informed and insightful analysis of politics on PBS NewsHour for more than three decades, has died.
Shields was 85. He died of kidney failure at his home in Chevy Chase, Md., on Saturday morning, a spokesperson for NewsHour told Deadline.
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Judy Woodruff Announces Plans To Step Down As Anchor Of ‘PBS NewsHour,’ Will Transition To Reporting And Special Projects
UPDATE: Judy Woodruff announced to PBS NewsHour staffers that she will anchor the newscast through the end of the year and then transition to reporting longer pieces and doing projects and specials for WETA-TV.
In a memo, Woodruff wrote, “I love working at the PBS NewsHour and can't imagine it not being a part of my…
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Fauci: “We Are Certainly Right Now In This Country Out Of The Pandemic Phase”
Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Biden’s chief medical adviser, made a somewhat startling statement to Judy Woodruff on the PBS News Hour yesterday.
Fauci, who has long banged the drum of “we’re not out of this yet,” was asked by Woodruff how close we are to the end of the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr. Fauci said that was “an…
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NATAS Names Lifetime Achievement Honorees; Sets Date For Daytime Emmys
LeVar Burton, Sir David Attenborough and This Old House are among the 2022 Lifetime Achievement honorees selected by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
Days of Our Lives star John Aniston, sports journalist Lesley Visser and PBS News Anchor Judy Woodruff were also named, as was technology…
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By Lynette Rice
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Peabodys Honor Filmmaker Sam Pollard, PBS’ Judy Woodruff With Special Awards
EXCLUSIVE: Peabody on Thursday said that documentary producer-director and film and TV editor Sam Pollard has been awarded the Peabody Career Achievement Award, while longtime PBS and CNN anchor Judy Woodruff has won the Peabody Award for Journalistic Integrity.
The honors come after the organization earlier this week…
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Mark Shields To Step Down As Regular On ‘PBS NewsHour’
Mark Shields, who has been doing a regular segment on PBS NewsHour for more than 33 years, will step down from the broadcast on Dec. 18.
No successor has been named. He will remain at the NewsHour as senior contributor.
Shields, a syndicated columnist, and New York Times columnist David Brooks have been doing the…
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PBS’ Judy Woodruff “Got Lump In My Throat” First Time She Noted On Air That Donald Trump Told UnTruth
Covering President Donald Trump is particularly challenging in that he has no experience in government, PBS NewsHour anchor Judy Woodruff told TV critics at TCA.
“He comes from the world of entertainment and approaches the job with a mindset that fits the world that he came from. He has been brash, aggressive, he…
‘PBS NewsHour’ Co-Anchors Pick Conventions’ Most Powerful Moments – TCA
You can't get away from politics at today's PBS panels at TCA. The pubcaster this afternoon connected reporters and critics with the PBS NewsHour co-anchor/managing editor team of Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff via Skype from Philadelphia, where they are covering the final day of the Democratic National Convention.
An…
‘PBS NewsHour’ Seeks New Owner
MacNeil-Lehrer Prods., owner and co-producer of 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 owned by the production company founded by its original anchors, Jim Lehrer and Robert MacNeil. These…
TCA: Judy Woodruff, Gwen Ifill On Their Historic ‘Newshour’ Pairing
Judy Woodruff, half of PBS' 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…
TCA: Gwen Ifill, Judy Woodruff Named PBS ‘Newshour’ Co-Anchors
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…
PBS Emphasizes In Depth, Impartial Election Coverage, “Not Just A Few Minutes”: TCA
Diane Haithman contributes to Deadline’s TV coverage.
It came as no surprise that panelists at the TCA presentation to discuss PBS' 2012 election coverage were asked whether the Colorado movie theater shooting would affect the debate in the upcoming presidential campaign and election. Panelists included Gwen Ifill of W…
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