D&D on TV [PBS]

[Joshua Randall]

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/welcome

[This is the lead blurb on the D&D home page at the moment.]

D&D on TV

The popular PBS television show Between the Lines is running a feature show on D&D! "Dungeons, Dragons, & Darwin" will be running on various PBS stations throughout the country over the next couple of months. The program features an interview with Vice President of Publishing Mary Kirchoff and an extensive discussion of D&D in the past and present. We've listed the stations and times we know of below, but check your local listing to see when it's running in your area.

Confirmed show times for "Dungeons, Dragons, & Darwin"
- KLCS-TV/Los Angeles - Saturday, 8/9 at 12:00 pm/noon & Sunday, 8/10 @ 11 pm

Stations that run Between the Lines
- WYCC-TV/Chicago - Sunday evenings at 11:30 p.m.
- KRCB-TV/Rohnert Park, CA - Sunday mornings at 10:30 a.m.

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If you use this link...

http://www.pbs.org/inav/popup/popup-sitesa2z.html?smalllist=1&tempset=1

...you can check if your PBS station carries Between the Lines.

 

[Beelzebub]

NOOOOO!!!
My local pbs station doesn't carry Between the Lines. The closest thing we have is "Between the Lions." No joke.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Yep, ditto.

And there isn't a "Between the Lions" episode listed with that content (at least in the next two weeks).

Methinks there be a mistake in the WOTC press release ...

Edit: Odd show for D&D content, if true -- the target market looks to be a bit too young. But I guess no press is bad press.

 

[Neowolf]

Yeah, the station in my area has that listed too. My guess is it's a typo or one of those things where Bob said "Lines" and Jimmy heard "Lions".

 

[Enceladus]

"What did he say?"

"I think he said blessed are the cheese makers?"

 

[Wippit Guud]

Between the Lions is an actual show, it's a kid's educational thing like Sesame Street

- said the father of a 3 year old


... and I don't think D&D would be a subject on it.

 

[Joshua Randall]

I don't think there's a mistake. If you go to the PBS web site and put in the appropriate states from the press release (California and Illinois), you can then search for the stations listed in the press release. If you click on the appropriate station you'll see a listing of all programs carried on that station. Between the Lines is indeed carried on each one (as well as Between the Lions which appears to be a children's show).

So, tough luck for most of us, I guess.

 

[Beelzebub]

If sombody finds a link for streaming video from one of the stations that does carry it, let us know please.

 

[mythusmage]

I don't think there's a mistake. If you go to the PBS web site and put in the appropriate states from the press release (California and Illinois), you can then search for the stations listed in the press release. If you click on the appropriate station you'll see a listing of all programs carried on that station. Between the Lines is indeed carried on each one (as well as Between the Lions which appears to be a children's show).

So, tough luck for most of us, I guess.

Not on my station. As a matter of fact I couldn't find Between the Lines listed on PBS.org. Could it be on NPR or PRI instead?

Edit: Nope, actually. It's a local production of KLCS in Los Angeles

 

[Doppleganger]

Cool, this should be interesting. I'll be watching it tomorrow for sure. (Though pbs' website currently lists it as an Arabic language broadcast )