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2 New Public Affairs Series
the country. After the debate, the protagonists will face questions from members of the studio audience, to include experts on the subject being discussed. "America’s Future" will be seen from 9:30-10:30 p.m. New York time.
Each of the new programs, Mr. Kintner said, has been created and developed by Irving Gitlin, recently appointed Executive Producer, Creative Projects, NBC News and Public Affairs. Mr. Gitlin will serve as Executive Producer of the two series, under the supervision of William R. McAndrew, Vice President, NBC News.
Mr. Kintner described "America’s Future" as "an application of the traditional American town hall system to 180,000,000 people.
Our concept in this series is to awaken all Americans to their own personal stakes in the future of our nation. We hope that the offand-after broadcast activities of ’America’s Future’ will be equal to the impact of the program itself. "
To that end, he said, NBC will suggest to its television affiliates the idea of opening their studios each Saturday night for viewing the program, with local leaders invited to participate in follow-up debate. In addition, every third program on the series will be limited to a 30-minute network segment, with the remaining halfhour available to the NBC-TV affiliates for local programming carrying forward the concept of the series.
"We hope that thinking Americans everywhere will join us in debating the issues simultaneously in studios, schools, colleges and universities, meeting halls and living rooms," Mr. Kintner said. "To help stimulate mass participation, study and discussion guides for each program will be made available to the public."
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