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In Word World, words actually become the objects they represent in an innovative, educational and entertaining adventure for your kids.

A group of kids produce and star in their own music video show.

This PBS news/talk-show presents several journalists involved in spirited discussions of topics in current events. The group is led in round-table discussions by John McLaughlin.

Music concert series produced in Chicago.

Two critics review films both old and new.

"The Team that Changed the World," investigates the Globetrotters' impact socially and culturally, as well as their lasting effect on the NBA. Featuring interviews with basketball players, celebrities, politicians, and more, the documentary also shows how the Globetrotters continue to serve as "Ambassadors of Goodwill" and touch audiences around the world today.

Soundstage features live performances by a diverse roster of legendary and up-and-coming artists. The majority of the concerts are filmed before intimate studio audiences at WTTW's Grainger Studio, but occasionally Soundstage also hits the road.

In February 2002, families living in the Robert Taylor Homes public housing development were given a 180 day notice of eviction. In six months, the community that had been their home for generations would be demolished. DISLOCATION chronicles the lives of tenants in one building as they move through the six-month relocation process. The filmmakers follow three families as they prepare for their own move and as they help others around them. DISLOCATION is a story of a community coping with its own impending demise. It is a tale of courage, hope, and survival.

"Image Union" presents works collected by Tom Weinberg who, since 1978, restores and distributes documentary films, experimental or home videos and television programs created by artists, activists and community groups.

Classic songs are showcased with performances and comments by Ann Hampton Callaway and Liza Minnelli in this series pilot.

A retrospect of Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald. Their careers are highlighted through film clips with emphasis on song. Includes a brief interview with Jeanette's husband Gene Raymond.

Faith Hill and her Christmas concert at XM Artist Confidential, with over 40 minutes of exclusive performance and interviews.

Geoffrey Baer visits places across the city and suburbs that Chicagoland residents - and Baer himself - find most beautiful, including Tribune Tower, the Rookery Building, the South Shore Cultural Center, the Elks National Memorial in Lincoln Park, the Tiffany mosaic ceiling in Macy's State Street store, Ping Tom Park in Chinatown, Palmisano Park in Bridgeport, Frank Lloyd Wright's Unity Temple in Oak Park, and other notable churches, synagogues, mosques, and a Hindu house of worship.

Emmy Award winning 60 minute PBS documentary chronicling the rise and fall of Chicago's nationally influential rock scene of the 1960's. Featuring The Buckinghams, The Cryan Shames, The New Colony Six, The Ides of March, The Shadows of Knight, The Mauds, The Flock, and Chicago

The Hunger Heroes focuses on the insidious and surprising problem of hunger in America during otherwise august economic times.

A two-part documentary that explores the challenges and opportunities of the 78 million Baby Boomers who are heading into retirement. As the first wave turns 65 next year, they're changing America's ideas about what it means to grow old and what it means to retire. Sixty-five is the new "middle age." Retirement may mean a new career instead of the golf course.

Fortune 500 CEOs are brought before audiences of live business school students in a highly interactive forum.

The Joffrey Ballet creates a new version of "The Nutcracker" set in Chicago at the time of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.

The story of conservation firebrand and visionary landscape architect, Jens Jensen.

For the first time in more than 40 years, jazz returns to national network television with LEGENDS OF JAZZ, a new weekly series featuring host Ramsey Lewis. Each show has a theme ("The Altos," "Latin Jazz," "Piano Masters," "The American Songbook" and features conversation and performances by the world's top jazz artists, including Tony Bennett, Pat Metheny, Jim Hall, Dave Brubeck, Chick Corea, Phil Woods, David Sanborn, Eddie Palmieri, Ivan Lins, Ray Barretto, Dr. Billy Taylor, and many more...