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 JEAN-MICHEL COUSTEAU: OCEAN ADVENTURES, FRONTLINE and NOVA Focus on the Environment

ARLINGTON, Va., Feb. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- PBS will celebrate Earth Day 2008 with a slate of new programs about global warming, environmental change and green technology, airing in late March and April. Highlights are a new two-part episode of JEAN-MICHEL COUSTEAU: OCEAN ADVENTURES that explores the Amazon River and the rapidly disappearing rainforest that surrounds it and a FRONTLINE documentary that takes a look at what big business is doing to solve the world's climate problem.

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Jean-Michel Cousteau, son of the legendary Jacques Cousteau, travels the Amazon River basin with his children Fabien and Celine in JEAN-MICHEL COUSTEAU: OCEAN ADVENTURES "Return to the Amazon." His discoveries are both inspiring and shocking. Edward Norton hosts NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC'S STRANGE DAYS ON PLANET EARTH, which examines how over-fishing is affecting life far beyond the shoreline and other environmental mysteries. Other highlights include the investigation of green technology by Tom and Ray Magliozzi, of NPR's "Car Talk," in NOVA "Car of the Future," and NATURE "What Females Want and What Males Will Do," which takes a look at the animal dating game.

PBS KIDS is celebrating the earth with "PBS KIDS Share the Earth Day," a special programming and online event on Tuesday, April 22 (check local listings).

On the PBS KIDS preschool block, Miss Lori and Hooper teach children how to recycle their trash at home, and new stories from Dot's Story Factory show how kids at home can celebrate the planet. Earth Day-themed episodes from CURIOUS GEORGE, CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG and IT'S A BIG BIG WORLD will air alongside themed music videos from the award-winning kids' rock band Milkshake.

PBS KIDS GO!(sm), for elementary school kids, celebrates Earth Day with themed programming from ARTHUR, MAYA & MIGUEL and CYBERCHASE. Throughout the late afternoon programming block, PBS KIDS GO! presents creative ideas for kids 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 April devoted to the changing environment and the natural world. Full program descriptions, press materials and photos are available on PBS PressRoom at http://pressroom.pbs.org/programs/pbs_environmental_and_science_programming__a pril_2008 . Additional information is also available on pbs.org at http://www.pbs.org/aboutpbs/news/20080225_earthday.html .

Broadcast Premieres
-- JEAN-MICHEL COUSTEAU: OCEAN ADVENTURES "Return to the Amazon"
-- FRONTLINE "Heat"
-- NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC'S STRANGE DAYS ON PLANET EARTH
-- NATURE "What Females Want and Males Will Do"
-- NATURE "The Gorilla King"
-- NOVA "Cracking the Maya Code"
-- NOVA "Car of the Future"
-- INDEPENDENT LENS "King Corn"
-- THE RETURN OF THE CUYAHOGA

PBS KIDS Episodes for Tuesday, April 22 (check local listings):
-- CURIOUS GEORGE #220 "The Times of Sand"

-- CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG #131 "Doggie Garden/Captain Birdwell's Treasure"

-- IT'S A BIG BIG WORLD #124 "Fish Out of Water/Burdette's Nest"

PBS KIDS GO! Episodes for Tuesday, April 22 (check local listings):
-- ARTHUR #1004 "Feeling Flush"
-- CYBERCHASE #504 "EcoHaven Ooze"
-- MAYA & MIGUEL #163 "Every Day Is Earth Day"

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