East Tennessee Public Television

The Adirondacks
Wednesday, May 14 at 9:00 p.m.
The Dr. Bob Show
Thursdays at 8:00 pm &
Saturdays at 5:00 pm.
Germans in America
Fridays, May 2, 9, 16 & 23, at 10:00 p.m.

Clifford's Reading Marathon
Join the fun and get reading! You’ll have a tail-waggin’ good time with – Clifford the Big Red Dog!

ETPtv is trying to encourage children and their families to spend quality time reading together when they sponsor Clifford’s Reading Marathon, which takes place May 11 - May 30, 2008.

It’s simple to participate in Clifford’s Reading Marathon-just print the registration form found here, and get reading! Children are encouraged to read at least four hours over the 20-day marathon. Participants may read alone, read to someone else, or be read to by another person.

Click here for more info.

More Highlights

National Memorial Day Concert
Putting the Memory Back in Memorial Day
Sunday, May 25, 2008 @ 8:00 p.m.
The National Memorial Day Concert, the nation's premier Memorial event, will be broadcast live on PBS from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol,
before an audience of more than 300,000 on Sunday, May 25, 2008 from 8 to 9:30 p.m. ET. It can also be heard in stereo over National Public Radio
and can be seen overseas by U.S. military personnel in more than 135 countries on American Forces Radio and Television Network.
This unique program, featuring uplifting musical performances, documentary footage, and dramatic readings, honors all Americans who have served or made the ultimate sacrifice for our country and provides an outlet for loved ones to remember, grieve, and begin to heal.

Sandwiches That You Will Like
Thursday, May 15 @ 10:00 p.m.
Sandwiches are just one of the great American foods. From peanut-butter-and-jelly to roast beef to Italian hoagies and Texas barbecue on a bun, these simple, tasty stacks of assorted breads and
fillings are one of the main fuels of Americans across the country. And in an age of ever-expanding national franchises, there are still many unusual little restaurants and stands that serve unique, locally famous sandwiches that help preserve some of our country's regional charms.

Frontline Growing Up Online
Tuesday, May 20 @ 9:00 p.m.
In Growing Up Online, FRONTLINE takes viewers inside the very public private worlds that kids are creating online, raising important questions about how the Internet is transforming childhood. "The Internet and the digital world was something that belonged to adults, and now it's something that really is the province of teenagers, " says C.J. Pascoe, a postdoctoral scholar with the University of California, Berkeley's Digital Youth Research project.
"You have a generation faced with a society with fundamentally different properties, thanks to the Internet," says Danah Boyd, a fellow at Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet & Society. "It's a question for us of how we teach ourselves and our children to live in a society where these properties are fundamentally a way of life. This is public life today."


 

 


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