NOW (PBS)

Infobox Television
show_name = NOW


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genre = News/Documentary
creator = John Siceloff
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presenter = Bill Moyers
(January 18, 2002 - December 17, 2004)
David Brancaccio
"Host"
(January 7, 2005 - Present, previously co-host 2003-2005)
Maria Hinojosa
"Senior Correspondent"
theme_music_composer = Douglas J. Cuomo
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country = USA
language = English
num_seasons = 6
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executive_producer = John Siceloff
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runtime = ~ 52 minutes (2002-2004)
23 minutes
(2005-present)
network = PBS
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first_aired = January 18 2002
last_aired = Present
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website = http://www.pbs.org/now/
imdb_id = 0396352
tv_com_id = 13041

"NOW" is a Public Broadcasting Service newsmagazine that focuses on social and political issues.

History

First airing in January 2002, and originally called "NOW with Bill Moyers", the program was launched as a collaboration between NPR news and PBS. the program featured documentary reporting, interviews and commentary on current events. Bill Moyers served initially as sole host of the program while NPR reporters and commentators produced individual segments for the hour long-program.

In the autumn of 2003, David Brancaccio was introduced as a co-host. In 2004, the Chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting Kenneth Tomlinson paid an outside consultant $14,000 to watch "NOW with Bill Moyers" and analyze the politics of the show. The study was not approved by the CPB. after the study became public in 2005, many including the CPB-funded NPR, criticized the resulting study as being full of errors and a waste of money. [cite web|url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4724317 |title=CPB Memos Indicate Level of Monitoring |accessdate=2008-01-08 |author=David Folkenflik |date=2005-06-30 |publisher=NPR] [cite web |url=http://www.democracynow.org/2005/5/16/bill_moyers_responds_to_cpbs_tomlinson |title=Bill Moyers Responds to CPB’s Tomlinson Charges of Liberal Bias: “We Were Getting it Right, But Not Right Wing” |accessdate=2008-01-08 |date=2005-05-15 |publisher=Democracy Now]

In the summer of 2004 the Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced that it would no longer provide funding for "NOW". Moyers subsequently announced that he would leave the show after the US 2004 elections and appeared for the last time on 17 December 2004. After his departure, the show was reduced to a half hour.

Maria Hinojosa is credited as a senior sorrespondent for the show while presenting many investigative pieces. She and Brancaccio are the only two presenters and usually alternate segments.

Awards

In 2008 "NOW" was awarded the Edward R. Murrow Award, Overseas Press Club for a story on child brides. "NOW on PBS" was also awarded a National Business EmmyAward in 2007 and a National News Emmy Award for best newsmagazine segment in 2004.

References

External links

* [http://www.pbs.org/now/ Official website]
* [http://www.pbs.org/now/NOW2005.html "NOW" 2005]
* [http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/moyers/203492 "NOW"] at TV Guide