Tv Programs via Cablevision in Blue Pointny

CUNY TV has a new, expanded free digital broadcast signal on Channel 25.3, which nearly quadruples household availability in the metro-area, into Long Island, Westchester County, New Jersey and Connecticut. (For information about how to receive this channel on your TV, see the link at the bottom of this article.) To celebrate the new channel, the station has launched new, original primetime series chronicling Asian American life, Irish writers, and Arts in the City.

The new broadcast channel is made possible by a merger of technical operations between NYC Media's WNYE/Ch. 25 and CUNY TV.  CUNY TV will continue to be offered on cable within the five boroughs on Channel 75 (Time Warner Cable and Cablevision/Optimum), Ch. 77 (RCN) and Ch. 30 (Verizon).

Ernabel Demillo and Charlie Lai of the Chinatown History Project

The new series include Asian American Life hosted by Ernabel Demillo and Arts in the City hosted by Magalie Laguerre-Wilkinson. A special preview of a major series nearing completion (the 13-part Irish Writers in America ) features "Breslin on Breslin" with legendary newspaper columnist Jimmy Breslin, followed by a short sample of a few of the 24 writers featured in the upcoming series, including Tony Award-nominated playwright and author Colm Tóibín.

CUNY TV also premiered several specials: Baby Boomers hosted by Donna Hanover; Remembering Ed Koch featuring members of the former mayor's lunch club; Incredible Indies hosted by Pat Collins and Surviving the Recession hosted by Mike Gilliam. The station's ongoing City Cinematheque premiered a special, "Jonas Mekas: An American Master at 90," featuring a new interview with the master of the avant-garde movement, and a rare screening of his 1972 film, "Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania."

Continuing signature and Emmy Award-winning series include BrianLehrer.TV , the weekly talk show featuring the popular WNYC Radio host, now adding timely segments about issues in the metro area newly covered by CUNY TV; Nueva York , the Emmy-winning Spanish-language magazine about Latino culture in New York; Study with the Best , CUNY TV's Emmy-winning magazine about CUNY; and Science & U! , the monthly magazine that popularizes science.

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Look for these series via the program-theme menus on our website's Home page:

Asian American Life

(Monthly Series)
Ernabel Demillo is the host of this new monthly series about the fastest-growing immigrant group in the country, focusing on Asian Americans in the tri-state area from over 40 countries who speak more than 150 different languages and dialects. Featured in the premiere is a history of Chinatown, the oldest Asian immigrant enclave in the U.S.; an interview with photographer Corky Lee by correspondent Kyung Yoon about his four-decade chronicling of the Asian-American experience; a talk with physicist and futurist Michio Kaku, son of Japanese immigrant parents interned in California during World War II; a community roundtable about issues facing Asian Americans in the tri-state; and lighter features that include an art exhibition at the Met and a visit to the Red Egg Dim Sum restaurant.

"Arts in the City" host Magalie Laguerre-Wilkinson interviews director Jeff Calhoun

Arts in the City (Monthly Series)
Magalie Laguerre-Wilkinson hosts this monthly look at the lively arts scene – film, theatre, art, dance, music and events – in the New York metropolitan area. The premiere episode features a profile of Jeff Calhoun, Tony Award-nominated director of Newsies; a profile of the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts in Astoria, Queens, founded by singer Tony Bennett and his wife, Susan Benedetto; a visit to the exhibit Photography and the American Civil War at the Metropolitan Museum with Jeff L. Rosenheim, Curator in Charge of the Department of Photographs; a summer blockbuster movie preview from Pat Collins; plus notable events coming up around town.

Jonas Mekas: An American Master at 90

City Cinematheque –
Jonas Mekas – An American Master at 90 (Special)
A rare screening of Jonas Mekas' classic 1972 documentary, "Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania," about his and his brother Adolfas' first trip back to their home country since leaving at the end of World War II, was followed by a new interview with the 90-year-old avant-garde filmmaker by series host Jerry Carlson. Although the film is not available for online viewing, the interview can be seen online.

Look for the following programs by clicking on the Specials tab at the top of our Home page:

Jimmy Breslin on Jimmy Breslin in "Irish Writers in America" preview

Irish Writers in America – Breslin on Breslin
(Series Preview) Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and novelist Jimmy Breslin speaks about his life and career in his own words, interviewing himself in this advance preview of CUNY TV's upcoming 13-part series featuring 23 Irish and Irish American writers, to premiere in the 2013-14 season. A short preview of the series is included.

Surviving the Recession (Special)
Mike Gilliam is host for reports on the massive impact the recession has had on middle-class families in Manhattan and the Bronx; how small businesses received financial assistance during the financial crunch from CDFIs (Community Development Financial Institutions); long-term unemployment and debt; and interviews with job seekers. Andrew Falzon, Donna Hanover and Carol Anne Riddell are the correspondents.

The Saturday Lunch Club and Sam Roberts remember Ed Koch

Remembering Ed Koch (Special)
This hour-long special edition of City Talk features a rare "insider" look at the late New York City Mayor Edward I. Koch. Sam Roberts, Urban Affairs reporter for the New York Times, interviews the members of the "Ed Koch Luncheon Club" – George Arzt, a political consultant who was Mr. Koch's former press secretary; Peter Ashkenazy, a retired city commissioner and one of the group's founding members; John LoCicero, a Koch friend and political advisor; and Peter A. Piscitelli, a former city lobbyist. All regularly dined with the late mayor on Saturday afternoons; they dine instead on-camera at CUNY TV, where they reminisce and swap fascinating stories about Koch's strengths and foibles.

Baby Boomers (Special)
Donna Hanover hosts this half-hour special, a look at the generation born between the years of 1946 to 1964, now more than 76 million Americans. Segments include a survey of the major events of this generation and how changes in the 1960s became a foundation for U.S. freedoms and civil rights, with journalists Tom Brokaw (Boom! Voices of the Sixties) and Tony Hiss (New York Times), historian K. Kevyn Baar (New York University), author Todd Gitlin (The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage), and -- about the impact of one of the first satirical kids' publications, MAD Magazine -- Dick DeBartolo of MAD. Plus a profile of the baby-boomer brain, with Yaacov Stern, Ph.D., Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology at Columbia University School of Physicians & Medicine, and Charles Mobbs, Ph.D., Professor of Neuroscience and Geriatrics at Mount Sinai School of Medicine; and a look at how boomers decide how and where they will live as many decide to stay right where they are – a phenomenon known as "aging in place." Andrew Falzon, Mike Gilliam, and Tinabeth Piña are the correspondents.

Pat Collins is host of "Incredible Indies"

Incredible Indies (Special)
Pat Collins is host of this series of occasional specials that profiles independent films, filmmakers, and the industry itself. The premiere episode features an interview with Xan Cassevetes, daughter of American independent auteur John Cassevetes and actress Gena Rowlands, and director/writer of A Kiss of the Damned (2012); an interview with Dustin Hoffman about directing his first film, Quartet, starring Maggie Smith; a look at the success of Silver Linings Playbook with actress Jacki Weaver and writer/director David O. Russell; and a panel discussion with Kyle Smith, film critic for the New York Post, Julia Bacha, Creative Director of Just Vision, Jonathan Marc Lipp, Founder of the Big Apple Film Festival, and Barbara Rick, Founder of Out of The Blue Films, Inc., on the role film festivals play for indie producers and commercial productions, and the struggle for financing, marketing and publicity for indie films; plus a look at upcoming indies out this summer.

The new programming joins the rich array of community, cultural, public affairs and educational programming available 24 hours a day that also includes the public affairs series City Talk, Eldridge & Co. , and Independent Sources ; the French-language Canape and Le Grande Librairie ; great musical and dance performances on Classic Arts Showcase ; theater coverage on Theater Talk and ATW's Working in the Theatre ; business on The Stoler Report – New York's Business Report ; profiles of newsmakers and New Yorkers on BuildingNY: New York Stories, One to One , and African American Legends ; and many other genres. To date, CUNY TV has won 11 New York Emmys® and a total of 44 New York Emmy® nominations. Executive in Charge of Production is Gail Yancosek. Executive Director is Robert Isaacson.

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