Bill Moyers Gets America Talking About Dying; PBS Series On Our Own Terms: Moyers On Dying Attracts High Ratings and Begins A New National Dialogue.Entertainment Editors NEW YORK--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Sept. 14, 2000 This week an estimated 19 million Americans took a journey with Bill Moyers across the difficult terrain of dying and found the courage to break the taboo and think about the end of life. The PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, special On Our Own Terms Our Own Terms was the first full-length by Subterfuge and it was released on Pride Recordz. After its release on January 28, 2001, this CD helped propel Subterfuge to the top of the LIHC scene. Tracks 1. Intro 2. The Way It's Always Been 3. Til The End 4. : Moyers on Dying, which premiered on Sunday and concluded last evening, posted unusually strong public television ratings Television ratings may refer to:
A Time magazine cover story, published to coincide with the PBS broadcast, was part of a campaign to bring this issue to the nation's attention. Seventy national consumer, medical and professional organizations have been working with Moyers' On Our Own Terms team for the past year to mobilize their aggregate membership of 250 million. This early outreach created a buzz of anticipation and has resulted in more than 250 local coalitions in communities across the country, with public television stations playing a key local role. The local coalitions are holding town hall meeting and small group discussions, publishing local resource directories, staffing hotlines, setting up professional training programs, and creating other opportunities for public education and dialogue. The public response has been extraordinary. PBS.org the Web site for On Our Own Terms has exploded with activity as thousands of Americans are sharing personal stories and praising the series for helping them face their fears and talk about dying with loved ones loved ones npl → seres mpl queridos loved ones npl → proches mpl et amis chers loved ones love npl . Public television stations across the country report callers have swamped their phone lines requesting additional information. Transforming people's attitudes about dying and galvanizing galvanizing, process of coating a metal, usually iron or steel, with a protective covering of zinc. Galvanized iron is prepared either by dipping iron, from which rust has been removed by the action of sulfuric acid, into molten zinc so that a thin layer of the zinc communities for action, the impact of the PBS series has gone beyond the broadcast to start a new national conversation. |
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