TVO kicks off its 40th anniversary season with a stellar new programming lineup
Highlights include retrospective specials, a focus on science, more docs and a new host for Saturday Night at the Movies
July 29, 2010 @ 09:15AM
Toronto - September 2010 ushers in the start of TVO’s 40th anniversary season. To mark this major milestone, TVO presents a fresh slate of fall programming that builds on a long-standing tradition of informing, inspiring and engaging Ontarians in the important issues and questions that affect us all.
Beginning Saturday September 25, TVO celebrates 40 years with a special week showcasing the best of past – and future – programming on TVO. In 36 Years of Conversation (September 25 at 8 pm), Saturday Night at the Movies’ new host Thom Ernst digs deep into our rich interview archive to bring you some of the best interview moments from the film series’ history.
Fast forward to Tuesday night, when TVO’s 9 pm Tuesday science strand launches with the Canadian premiere of the five-part How the Earth Changed History (September 28 at 9 pm), looking at how geography and climate have shaped the story of our planet. In fact, Tuesday nights on TVO will anchor a new season-long programming focus on science, math and technology called World of Wonder, aimed at examining the role of science and innovation in our present and future. Other TVO properties including our flagship current affairs show, The Agenda with Steve Paikin, and tvo.org, will support the science and innovation focus throughout the year.
Closing out the special 40th anniversary week is the one-hour Allan Gregg in Conversation Special (Friday October 1 at 10 pm), in which host Allan Gregg revisits his most memorable conversations with key thinkers in the worlds of politics, culture, science and spirituality. Highlights include Conrad Black, Jimmy Carter and scientist Richard Dawkins, to name a few.
Anniversaries are as much about looking forward as they are about looking back. Also ahead this season on TVO are more opportunities for documentary viewing. Viewers can find science, point-of-view and arts docs in a new 9 pm midweek timeslot running Tuesdays to Thursdays, in addition to TVO’s usual 7 and 10 pm weeknight doc offerings. The world broadcast premiere of Corpus (Wednesday October 6, 2010 at 9 pm) opens TVO’s Wednesday point-of-view (POV) nights and chronicles a young woman’s humourous quest to find out what to do with her body when she dies. The film marks the 17th season of Canadian POV docs commissioned by TVO. Watch also for the North American premiere of the three-part Gandhi (Mondays October 25 – November 8 at 10 pm), exploring the controversial, lesser-known side of the revered spiritual leader.
The Agenda with Steve Paikin also has reason to celebrate this fall as it begins its fifth season. Ontario’s premier current affairs show will welcome three guest essayists on Thursday nights, who offer different perspectives on critical issues of the day. Online at tvo.org/theagenda, look for new content to support and extend the broadcast. And the immensely successful Agenda with Steve Paikin: On the Road tour will head back out to cities and towns across the province in 2011, to hear directly from Ontarians about what matters to them.
Since 1970, TVO has been an integral part of the fabric of Ontario, reaching into people’s lives in a multitude of ways. "People today are connecting with TVO like never before: on air, online and right in their communities," says Lisa de Wilde, Chief Executive Officer, TVO. “That’s because, 40 years on, we keep pushing the boundaries of educational media. We’re a proud reflection of the people, issues and ideas that are shaping life in 21st-century Ontario.”
For a complete look at TVO’s new fall season, please visit the links below:
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"People today are connecting with TVO like never before: on air, online and right in their communities. That’s because, 40 years on, we keep pushing the boundaries of educational media. We’re a proud reflection of the people, issues and ideas that are shaping life in 21st-century Ontario."
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About TVO
TVO is Ontario's public educational media organization and a trusted source of interactive educational content that informs, inspires and stimulates curiosity and thought. TVO's vision is to empower people to be engaged citizens of Ontario through educational media. For more information, visit tvo.org.
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