''Now on PBS'', shown onscreen as ''NOW'', is a

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which aired between 2002 and 2010, focusing on social and political issues.

History

First airing in January 2002, and originally called ''Now with Bill Moyers'', the program was launched as a collaboration between

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news and

(PBS). The program featured documentary reporting, interviews and commentary on current events.

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served initially as sole host of the program while NPR reporters and commentators produced individual segments for the hour long-program. In the autumn of 2003,

David Brancaccio David A. Brancaccio (; born May 17, 1960) is an American radio and television journalist. He is the host of the public radio business program ''Marketplace (radio program), Marketplace Morning Report'' and the PBS newsmagazine ''Now on PBS, Now' ...

was introduced as a co-host. In 2004,

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, the Chairman of the

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, paid an outside consultant $14,000 to watch ''NOW with Bill Moyers'' and analyze the politics of the show. The study was not approved by the CPB. After the study became public in 2005, the CPB-funded

, among other organizations, criticized the resulting study as being full of errors and a waste of money. In the summer of 2004 the

announced that it would no longer provide funding for ''Now''. Moyers subsequently announced that he would leave the show after the 2004 U.S. elections and appeared for the last time on December 17, 2004. After his departure, the show was reduced to a half hour.

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was credited as a senior correspondent for the show while presenting many investigative pieces. She and Brancaccio became the only two presenters and usually alternated segments. In November 2009 it was announced that the program had been canceled, and its last episode aired on April 30, 2010.

Awards

In 2008 ''Now'' was awarded the Edward R. Murrow Award, Overseas Press Club for a story on child brides. ''NOW on PBS'' was also awarded a National Business EmmyAward in 2007 and a National News Emmy Award for best newsmagazine segment in 2004.

References

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