PBS talks 2009 programming at TCA

July 12, 2008 Paula Kerger, PBS president and CEO, said Saturday it was too early to say whether public television stations will show Sir Ian McKellen in the altogether when he appears in a filmed version of the performance, slated for broadcast in winter or spring of 2009. Others are a 12-hour miniseries on America's national parks from super documentarian Ken Burns in the fall and a four-hour series on Latin music, "Latin Music USA," including interviews and performances by many of the biggest names in the genre, starting Jan. 21. The Burns miniseries, broadcast over six nights, traces the birth of the national park idea through its fruition with archival material and high def cinematography.

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