What's New? (American TV series) explained

What's New? is a half-hour American daily science and entertainment television program for children,^{[1] [2]} that was broadcast on the National Educational Television (NET) network and its 1970 successor, the Public Broadcasting System (PBS), from 1962 to 1973.^[3] The program aired in black-and-white and, then as of October 1967, in color.^{[4] [5]}

The show began with a marching theme, with the narrator saying: "In, Out, and Round About. Here, There, and Everywhere. What's New?"

The target audience was upper elementary school and junior high school grades. The show was hosted by Al Binford,^[3] with daily segments presented by science teacher George Fischbeck,^{[6] [7] [4]} naturalist Murl Deusing and others, including deaf mime actor Bernard Bragg whose silent semi-comical educational adventure sketches were based on the artistry of his teacher, Marcel Marceau.^[8] Ron Finley created the opening credits. Each program would deal with three different topics, such as baseball or space science.^{[4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1963/08/25/page/132/article/whats-new-show-called-whats-new Wolters, Larry. "What's New? Show Called What's New" (Chicago Tribune, August 25, 1963, TV Section 5, p.14)
2. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19670219&id=YgorAAAAIBAJ&sjid=95kFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4719,1873297&hl=en What's New? programming schedule for Monday, February 20 through Friday, February 24, 1967 on Pennsylvania educational station WITF, channel 33 in Reading (Reading Eagle, February 19, 1967, TV section, p.4)
3. https://www.foxvalleyartshalloffame.org/inductees/j-allison-al-binford-jr "J. Allison (Al) Binford Jr." (Fox Valley Arts Hall of Fame)
4. Web site: How well do you remember August 1967? . Wqln.org . . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20100205043322/http://www.wqln.org/main/About%20WQLN/WQLN%20History%20Project/default.aspx . 2010-02-05 . 2016-04-06 .
5. Mary Ann Watson,"The expanding vista: American television in the Kennedy years," Durham, NC, Duke University Press, 1994, p. 186
6. https://books.google.com/books?id=FrCkc8_mLz4C&dq=George+Fischbeck+National+Educational+Television&pg=PT46 Fischbeck, George. Dr. George: My Life in Weather UNM Press, 2013
7. http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-dr-george-fischbeck-20150325-story.html "'Dr. George' Fischbeck dies at 92; popular weatherman at KABC–TV (Los Angeles Times, March 25, 2015)
8. https://books.google.com/books?id=PrPMTDdlm1AC&dq=Deaf+mime+Bernard+Bragg+on+What%27s+New+National+Educational+Television&pg=PA107 Bragg, Bernard as signed to Bergman, Eugene. Lessons in Laughter / The Autobiography of a Deaf Actor. Gallaudet University Press, 2002