Although the 28th season of PBS' "Antiques Roadshow" is underway, viewers will have to wait until Feb. 19, March 11 and March 25 to see the three Louisiana episodes.
The film crew from show producer GBH converged on the LSU Rural Life Museum in Baton Rouge on May 2, 2023, as did hundreds of fans around the region carrying or hauling their treasures to seek monetary appraisals from "Roadshow" experts and possible inclusion on one of the episodes.
The longtime series, PBS’s most-watched with around 5 million viewers weekly, is described as "part adventure, part history lesson, part treasure hunt." The show is a 21-time Emmy award nominee.
"Roadshow" has revealed that one of the surprises brought to the Baton Rouge filming was "a collection of important letters written by noted abolitionists, including Frederick Douglass and Harriet Beecher Stowe, in response to an invitation to attend the 100th anniversary of the Freewill Baptist Church."
At each location, the most interesting and sometimes record-breaking appraisals are filmed to possibly become segments on that city's episodes.
“We have a big season ahead for fans, which includes locations rich in history alongside items and guests that reveal hidden stories, first-person experiences and some whopping values,” said "Antiques Roadshow" executive producer Marsha Bemko in a news release. “And I was touched to see items from PBS icons Fred Rogers and Bob Ross make their way to the show.”
In addition to Baton Rouge, the series this season visits Anchorage, Alaska (for the first time); Sturbridge, Massachusetts; Raleigh, North Carolina; and Akron, Ohio.
The show airs at 7 p.m. Mondays.
More 'Golden' in the works
How will ABC follow up "The Golden Bachelor"? "The Golden Bachelorette," of course.
A casting call has gone out for senior men of all ethnicities looking for love who will attempt to win the affections of the first-ever Golden Bachelorette. The men must be legal residents of the U.S. or Canada (excluding Quebec).
The casting process begins by completing a 94-question application available at GoldenBacheloretteCasting.com.
No official word yet on the identity of the woman who'll be in the spotlight for this latest in the "Bachelor" franchise, but traditionally it's been one of the eliminated contestants from the previous season of the companion spinoff. Among those being suggested from "Golden Bachelor" Gerry Turner's castoffs are runner-up Leslie Fhima and finalists Faith Martin and Ellen Goltzer. Stay tuned.
Fisherman Donald Dardar sorts his crab catch in a scene from 'The Precipice.'
An Emmy for LPB
The Louisiana Public Broadcasting project "The Precipice" has won a Suncoast Regional Emmy Award for best documentary-topical.
"The Precipice" "takes viewers to the Pointe au Chien community, exploring their fight to become a federally recognized tribe, their battle to preserve their unique tribal culture, and their struggle against land loss," the synopsis states.
Ben Johnson, LPB’s senior producer, shot and wrote the program, which was led by Linda Midgett, the network's executive producer. Grammy and Emmy award-winning composer Michael Esneault also was nominated for his original score of the production.
Two other LPB productions also received Suncoast Emmy nods: the docuseries "Why Louisiana Ain’t Mississippi … or Any Place Else!" and "Ritual: Exploring the Revolutionary Legacy of Black River Baptisms."
Visit theprecipice.lpb.org to learn more about the winning film.