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Antiques Roadshow (U.S.)

Antiques Roadshow
Created by BBC Television
Developed by WGBH, Boston
Directed by John Boyle III (current)
Bill Francis (current)
Susan Conover
Phillip Gay
Presented by Mark L. Walberg
Theme music composer Tom Phillips
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 20
Production
Executive producer(s) Marsha Bemko
Alda Moreno (1996–2001)
Peter Cook (2001–2003)
Producer(s) Sam Farrell
Sarah Elliott
Location(s) List of locations
Cinematography Chas Norton
Editor(s) Jeff Cronenberg
Kelsey Bresnahan
Sharon Singer
Shady Hartshorne
Camera setup Multiple
Running time 60 minutes
Production company(s) WGBH-TV
Distributor PBS
Release
Original network PBS
Original release January 9, 1997 (1997-01-09)
Chronology
Related shows Antiques Roadshow FYI
Market Warriors
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Antiques Roadshow

Antiques Roadshow is an American television program broadcast on Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Public television stations. The series features local antiques owners who bring in items to be appraised by experts. Provenance, history, and value of the items are discussed. Based on the original British Antiques Roadshow – which premiered in 1979 – the American version first aired in 1997. When taping locations are decided, they are announced on the series website raising the profile of various small to mid-size cities, such as Billings, Montana; Biloxi, Mississippi; Bismarck, North Dakota; Chattanooga, Tennessee; Hot Springs, Arkansas; and Rapid City, South Dakota. Antiques Roadshow has been nominated 14 times for a Primetime Emmy.

During 2005, the American version of Antiques Roadshow produced its own spinoff called Antiques Roadshow FYI, a half-hour program that followed the fate of items appraised in the main series and provided additional information on antiques and collecting.

Each episode begins with an introduction by the host (currently Mark L. Walberg) followed by an announcement of the taping location. Each city taping is split into three hours, i.e. Boise Hour 1, Chattanooga Hour 2, or Raleigh Hour 3. Various three- to four-minute-long segments of selected people talking about their item(s) and their appraisers talking about the provenance, history, and value of the item(s) follow, interspersed with several brief informal appraisals, lasting about a minute or so and called over-the-shoulder appraisals. The episode concludes with the host wrapping things up; in more recent seasons, the Feedback Booth, a series of clips of people talking about their experience at Antiques Roadshow rolls with the credits.


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