PBS Announces Line-Up of Science and Environmental Programming for Earth Day and Beyond

PBS Announces Line-Up of Science and Environmental Programming for Earth Day and Beyond

New Episodes of Acclaimed Series JOURNEY TO PLANET EARTH, NATURE and NOVA Premiere

ARLINGTON, Va., March 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- PBS will celebrate Earth Day 2007 with new programs about the changing environment, the effects of global warming, vanishing landscapes and creatures from dolphins to dogs airing in late March and April. A new episode of JOURNEY TO PLANET EARTH, the PBS series, hosted by Matt Damon, that explores the fragile relationship between people and their environment, and new episodes of NATURE and NOVA are highlights. From the young to the young at heart, PBS has science and nature programs for spring that celebrate the beauty and diversity of the natural world.

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JOURNEY TO PLANET EARTH "The State of the Ocean's Animals" goes underwater to find out why many of our marine animals are in distress and what can be done about it. NATURE looks at sea monsters, dogs, elephants and sea turtles, while new episodes of NOVA examine the bizarre (cuttlefish), the beautiful (flowers) and the beneficial (the sun, which may offer hope for our energy future).

PBS KIDS helps children celebrate Earth Day with a full week of new IT'S A BIG BIG WORLD episodes from April 16-20, as well as "PBS KIDS Share the Earth Day," a special two-hour programming event airing Friday, April 20 (check local listings). The PBS KIDS preschool destination features a recycling theme -- Miss Lori and Hooper will help kids discover ways to protect the planet through recycling -- while CURIOUS GEORGE, CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG, DRAGON TALES and IT'S A BIG BIG WORLD all help celebrate the environment with Earth Day-themed episodes. Kids and parents will also become savvier about simple ways to share the environment through exclusive Earth Day-themed music videos from the award-winning kids' rock band Milkshake, and online activities at http://www.pbskids.org/ and http://www.pbskidsgo.org/.

In addition to the themed preschool block, PBS KIDS GO! celebrates Earth Day with themed programming from ARTHUR, MAYA & MIGUEL, FETCH! WITH RUFF RUFFMAN and CYBERCHASE. Throughout the block, early elementary school kids will pick up fun ways to do their part to take care of the environment by recycling, cleaning up their neighborhoods and more.

The following is a list of programming airing late March and early April devoted to the changing environment, globalization and the natural world. Full program descriptions, press materials and photos are available on PBS PressRoom at http://pressroom.pbs.org/programs/pbs_earth_day_2007. Additional information is also available on pbs.org at http://www.pbs.org/aboutpbs/news/20070306_science.html.

Broadcast Premieres
AMERICA'S LOST LANDSCAPE: THE TALLGRASS PRAIRIE (New; available in HD)
Sunday, April 1, 10:00-11:00 p.m. ET; repeat Friday, April 6,
9:00-10:00 p.m. ET

COWBOYS, INDIANS, & LAWYERS (New)
April 2007 (check local listings)

THE HORSES OF PROUD SPIRIT (New)
April 2007 (check local listings)

JOURNEY TO PLANET EARTH "The State of the Ocean's Animals" (New)
Wednesday, March 28, 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET
http://www.pbs.org/journeytoplanetearth

NATURE
http://www.pbs.org/nature
"Unforgettable Elephants" (New)
Sunday, April 1, 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET

"Voyage of the Lonely Turtle" (New)
Sunday, April 15, 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET

"Dogs That Changed the World" (New; available in HD)
Sundays, April 22-29, 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET

NOVA
http://www.pbs.org/nova

"Kings of Camouflage" (New)
Tuesday, April 3, 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET

"First Flower" (New; available in HD)
Tuesday, April 17, 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET

"Saved by the Sun" (New; available in HD)
Tuesday, April 24, 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET

Encore presentations

GEORGIA AQUARIUM: KEEPERS OF THE DEEP (Repeat)
Sunday, April 8 10:30-11:00 p.m. ET

THE DEAD SEA: A NAKED PLANET SPECIAL "The Dead Sea" (Repeat)
Friday, April 13, 9:00-10:00 pm ET

NATURE "Encountering Sea Monsters" (Repeat; available in HD)
Sunday, April 8, 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/seamonsters

PBS KIDS Earth Day-themed programming
Friday, April 20, 2007 (check local listings); http://pbskids.org/

CURIOUS GEORGE "The All-Animal Recycled Band/The Times of Sand"

CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG "Doggie Garden/Captain Birdwell's Treasure"

DRAGON TALES "Green Thumbs/Hand In Hand"

IT'S A BIG BIG WORLD "Sleepover/The Disappearing Waterhole"
(New; available in HD)

PBS KIDS GO! Earth Day-themed programming
Friday, April 20, 2007 (check local listings); http://pbskidsgo.org/

CYBERCHASE "EcoHaven Ooze"

ARTHUR "Buster's Green Thumb/My Fair Tommy"

MAYA & MIGUEL "Every Day Is Earth Day"

FETCH! WITH RUFF RUFFMAN "That Doesn't Float My Boat"

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