Pioneers of Television



Pioneers of Television is a PBS series featuring "stories of the visionaries who shaped a fledgling medium with their creativity, foresight and wisdom."

The second season premiered in 2011 with an episode dedicated to "Local Kids' TV." Jim Henson's early forays into television are featured as well as Stan Freberg, Willard Scott an others. Other episodes in the series feature the likes of Star Trek, Lost in Space, The Twilight Zone, Columbo and Mission: Impossible, among others.