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National Productions

For more than four decades, WETA has been a major producing station for PBS, creating exceptional television programs for audiences nationwide.

WETA is especially noted for its more than 20-year partnership with Ken Burns that has resulted in landmark television series such as The National Parks: America's Best Idea. In addition, our acclaimed news and public affairs series such as The PBS NewsHour and Washington Week with Gwen Ifill and National Journal are staples of the national public television schedule. More information about these and other WETA productions and co-productions are on the Ongoing Productions page.

Below are just a few examples of national television productions currently in WETA's pipeline. Look for them to be broadcast on public television stations nationwide in the months and years ahead!

Currently in production

Hellen Keller (seated, middle), with Charlie Chaplin, Polly Thompson and Anne Sullivan, Hollywood, CA, 1918.

Becoming Helen Keller

Coming in 2012

For the first time, Helen Keller’s full life and legacy is placed in historical context. This American Masters program examines her fame and influence throughout the world, and explores 20th-century social change for people with disabilities.

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MAKERS: Women Who Make America

Coming in 2013

MAKERS: Women Who Make America is an extraordinary multi-platform PBS project — co-produced by WETA — that tells the compelling story of women’s advancement in America over the past 50 years. MAKERS is the first major media project to reveal the dramatic story of how women transformed America, from the perspectives of courageous groundbreakers continuing to shape the world today. The landmark initiative showcases at pbs.org/MAKERS and MAKERS.com the compelling stories of more than 100 women of today and tomorrow — from CEOs, Secretaries of State and Supreme Court Justices to athletes, activists and entertainers — and follows with the broadcast premiere of a 3-hour documentary on PBS.

Visit MAKERS today to explore the stories of Linda Alvarado, Brenda Berkman, Judy Blume, Carol Burnett, Ursula Burns, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Katie Couric, Ellen DeGeneres, Geraldine Ferraro, Theresa Kane, Billie Jean King, Maya Lin, Susan Love, Marissa Mayer, Robin Morgan, Sandra Day O’Connor, Maria Pepe, Michelle Rhee, Condoleezza Rice, Faith Ringgold, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Zainab Salbi, Sheryl Sandberg, Phyllis Schlafly, Barbara Smith, Gloria Steinem, Martha Stewart, Kathrine Switzer, Diane Von Furstenberg, and Barbara Walters.

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