Antiques Roadshow (U.S. TV series)
| 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 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows |
Antiques Roadshow FYI Market Warriors |
| External links | |
| www |
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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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