Late-breaking PR:
America lost a national treasure this past Friday when Julia Child passed away. In immediate response, PBS will be airing the nationwide premiere of the definitive biography of Julia, Julia! America’s Favorite Chef ,this Wednesday night, August 18, at 8 p.m. in most markets. (The program was originally scheduled to air in early 2005.) Check local listings for your area’s air date and time.
The core of this film is a never-before seen interview with Julia, filmed in her kitchen in November 2001, right before it was moved to the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institute. Also featured are previously unseen photographs from the archive of Julia’s late husband, Paul Child.
In addition, many culinary luminaries appear in the program, including Ruth Reichl, editor in chief, Gourmet; Laura Shapiro, author of Something from the Oven; Judith Jones, Julia’s close friend and editor at Knopf; Jacques Pépin, Julia’s co-host in more recent years; and Boston chefs Gordon Hamersley, Jasper White, and Jody Adams.
Julia! America’s Favorite Chef will be offered to all PBS stations nationwide, but it is the decision of each individual station to interrupt their usual schedule and air the program or not. Please contact your local PBS station to confirm their decision to broadcast the film. Some confirmed markets thus far are Atlanta, Ga., Boston, Mass., Chicago, Ill., Hartford and New Haven, Conn., Honolulu, Hawaii, Houston, Texas, Los Angeles, Calif., Minneapolis St. Paul, Minn., New York, N.Y., Philadelphia, Pa., Phoenix, Ariz., Portland, Ore., San Antonio, Texas, Tampa St. Petersburg Sarasota, Fla., and Washington, D.C.
We would sincerely appreciate your help in spreading the word about this unexpected broadcast as widely as possible over the next few days. We hope that millions of viewers will honor her memory this week by watching the story of her remarkable life. A brief press release follows.
Best,
Robin Hessman
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THIRTEEN/WNET NEW YORK’S AMERICAN MASTERS PAYS HOMAGE TO JULIA CHILD IN JULIA! AMERICA’S FAVORITE CHEF AIRING WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, AT 8 P.M. ON PBS
(New York, N.Y….August 16, 2004) “My point of view was if I can do it, you can do it – and here’s how to do it!” So says Julia Child, who single-handedly changed the way Americans cook, eat and think about food. In January 1963, Boston public television station WGBH began airing half-hour episodes of The French Chef. Literally peppering her recipes with humor, Child received rave reviews for her homey style, her no-nonsense attitude and the theatrics that came naturally. Her television series and her best-selling cookbooks revolutionized America’s relationship with food.
Produced and written by Marilyn Mellowes, narrated by Michael Murphy, co-produced by Robin Hessman, and edited by Bernie Schneider, Julia! America’s Favorite Chef premieres Wednesday, August 18, 2004, at 8 p.m. (ET) on PBS (check local listings). The one-hour documentary airs as part of AMERICAN MASTERS, the Peabody Award-winning series that was recently nominated for the 2004 Emmy for “Outstanding Primetime Non-Fiction Series,” a category the series has won four times in the past five years.
Julia! America’s Favorite Chef tells two completely intertwined love stories – Julia’s love for her husband, Paul Child, and her love for the food to which he introduced her. Beginning with Julia McWilliams’s birth in 1912 and her upbringing in Pasadena, California, this documentary examines how a woman who had no natural talent for cooking became America’s favorite chef.
Susan Lacy is the creator and executive producer of AMERICAN MASTERS . Jac Venza is director of cultural and arts programs at Thirteen/WNET New York. Funding for AMERICAN MASTERS is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Rosalind P. Walter, the Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, Jack Rudin, the André and Elizabeth Kertész Foundation, and public television viewers.
America lost a national treasure this past Friday when Julia Child passed away. In immediate response, PBS will be airing the nationwide premiere of the definitive biography of Julia, Julia! America’s Favorite Chef ,this Wednesday night, August 18, at 8 p.m. in most markets. (The program was originally scheduled to air in early 2005.) Check local listings for your area’s air date and time.
The core of this film is a never-before seen interview with Julia, filmed in her kitchen in November 2001, right before it was moved to the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institute. Also featured are previously unseen photographs from the archive of Julia’s late husband, Paul Child.
In addition, many culinary luminaries appear in the program, including Ruth Reichl, editor in chief, Gourmet; Laura Shapiro, author of Something from the Oven; Judith Jones, Julia’s close friend and editor at Knopf; Jacques Pépin, Julia’s co-host in more recent years; and Boston chefs Gordon Hamersley, Jasper White, and Jody Adams.
Julia! America’s Favorite Chef will be offered to all PBS stations nationwide, but it is the decision of each individual station to interrupt their usual schedule and air the program or not. Please contact your local PBS station to confirm their decision to broadcast the film. Some confirmed markets thus far are Atlanta, Ga., Boston, Mass., Chicago, Ill., Hartford and New Haven, Conn., Honolulu, Hawaii, Houston, Texas, Los Angeles, Calif., Minneapolis St. Paul, Minn., New York, N.Y., Philadelphia, Pa., Phoenix, Ariz., Portland, Ore., San Antonio, Texas, Tampa St. Petersburg Sarasota, Fla., and Washington, D.C.
We would sincerely appreciate your help in spreading the word about this unexpected broadcast as widely as possible over the next few days. We hope that millions of viewers will honor her memory this week by watching the story of her remarkable life. A brief press release follows.
Best,
Robin Hessman
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THIRTEEN/WNET NEW YORK’S AMERICAN MASTERS PAYS HOMAGE TO JULIA CHILD IN JULIA! AMERICA’S FAVORITE CHEF AIRING WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, AT 8 P.M. ON PBS
(New York, N.Y….August 16, 2004) “My point of view was if I can do it, you can do it – and here’s how to do it!” So says Julia Child, who single-handedly changed the way Americans cook, eat and think about food. In January 1963, Boston public television station WGBH began airing half-hour episodes of The French Chef. Literally peppering her recipes with humor, Child received rave reviews for her homey style, her no-nonsense attitude and the theatrics that came naturally. Her television series and her best-selling cookbooks revolutionized America’s relationship with food.
Produced and written by Marilyn Mellowes, narrated by Michael Murphy, co-produced by Robin Hessman, and edited by Bernie Schneider, Julia! America’s Favorite Chef premieres Wednesday, August 18, 2004, at 8 p.m. (ET) on PBS (check local listings). The one-hour documentary airs as part of AMERICAN MASTERS, the Peabody Award-winning series that was recently nominated for the 2004 Emmy for “Outstanding Primetime Non-Fiction Series,” a category the series has won four times in the past five years.
Julia! America’s Favorite Chef tells two completely intertwined love stories – Julia’s love for her husband, Paul Child, and her love for the food to which he introduced her. Beginning with Julia McWilliams’s birth in 1912 and her upbringing in Pasadena, California, this documentary examines how a woman who had no natural talent for cooking became America’s favorite chef.
Susan Lacy is the creator and executive producer of AMERICAN MASTERS . Jac Venza is director of cultural and arts programs at Thirteen/WNET New York. Funding for AMERICAN MASTERS is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Rosalind P. Walter, the Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, Jack Rudin, the André and Elizabeth Kertész Foundation, and public television viewers.
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