PBS at the TV Critics Press Tour (Winter 2013) -- Day #2

PBS continued its portion of the TV Critics Press Tour in Pasadena, where all of the broadcast networks and major cable channels preview their biggest upcoming programs. Here are highlights from the second day of PBS's portion of the tour.

  1. Today is the 2nd day we'll be meeting w/ TV critics from around the country to show off new programs. Watch the #TCA13 hashtag today!
  2. Good morning! Today is the 2nd day of @PBS #TCA13 Press Tour & we'll be presenting Mr. Selfridge starring @jeremypiven in less than 2hrs!
  3. Ready for #PBS Day 2: Jeremy Piven & Irons, Gloria Steinem, Marlo Thomas, Alfre Woodard, Call the Midwife & Christine Ebersole! #TCA13
  4. LOVING the new #PBS docu 'Makers: Women Who Make America.' Featuring feminist hero @GloriaSteinem and narrated by Meryl Streep #tca13
  5. The first session of the day is devoted to FRONTLINE & INDEPENDENT LENS' "Kind Hearted Woman," which premieres April 1.

  6. Last day of #TCA13! Up first is new #POV documentary KIND HEARTED WOMAN. Crushing story of a battered woman taking back her life
  7. Kind Hearted Woman from Frontline/Independent Lens is heartbreaking. I couldn't stop thinking about it last night. #tca13 #pbs
  8. "I'm a dinosaur, but I'm also cutting edge," David Sutherland says in spending six years on his latest PBS film, "Kind Hearted Woman" #tca13
  9. Those who think the fake documentary crew in "The Office" take too long in filming don't know David Sutherland. Spends years. #PBS #tca13
  10. "I'm going to give them my good, my bad and everything in between" -Robin Charboneau on being a documentary subject #TCA13
  11. I have concerns that the subject/star of "Kind Hearted Woman" is gonna make this room cry. #PBS #TCA13
  12. Robin, who is featured in Kind Hearted Woman, is making me cry talking about how filmmaker David Sutherland gave her a voice. #pbs #tca13
  13. #PBS' Kind Hearted Woman is a moving film and panel. Divorced mom Robin Charboneau is an amazingly honest speaker against abuse #TCA13
  14. "Kind Hearted Woman," from David Sutherland, the maker of "The Farmer's Wife" and "Country Boys," premieres on PBS April 1-2. #tca13
  15. Wow, just had powerful #TCA13 panel for "Kind Hearted Woman," great new doc from David Sutherland airing on #PBS April 1-2.
  16. The next session was devoted to MASTERPIECE's "Mr. Selfridge," which debuts March 31.

  17. The session started with a number of MASTERPIECE announcements:
  18. Shooting for season 4 DOWNTON starts in a few weeks and PBS will air it in January, 2014 #TCA13

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