List of American public-access television programs

This is a list of American public-access television programs.

List

Series	Location (Home station)	Duration	No. of episodes	Host(s)	Ref.
The Atheist Experience	Austin, TX (ACTV)	1997–	908+	Matt Dillahunty Russell Glasser Don Baker Jeff Dee Tracie Harris John Iacoletti Jen Peeples Martin Wagner	[1]
The Average Guys TV Show	Duluth, MN (PACT-TV)	1998–2013	576	Kenny Kalligher Jon Donahue	[2]
The Basement Sublet of Horror	Lawrence, Kansas (LCAT)	2006–	230	Joel Sanderson	[3]
Bob's Big Adventures	Providence, RI (PEG-RI)	1993–		Bob Venturini	[4]
Boston Latino TV	Boston, MA (BNN)	2003–		Evelyn Reyes Gil Matos Clairemese Montero	[5]
Cast Iron TV	Manhattan, NY (Channel D)	1979–1992			[6]
Caught in the Act	Charlottesville, VA (CPA-TV)	1999–2004	100	David Dillehunt	[7]
Chic-a-Go-Go	Chicago, IL (CAN-TV)	1996–	1,000+	Jake Austen Mia Park	[8]
The Chris Gethard Show	Manhattan, NY (MNN)	2011–2015 [note 1]	155	Chris Gethard	[10] [11] [12]
Concrete TV	Manhattan, NY (MNN)	1994–			[13]
Cool Clown Ground	Chicago, IL (CAN-TV)	1994–	469+	Shelley Mobil Thymme Jones Cheer-Accident	[14]
Cool In Your Code	New York City, NY (NYC Media)	2004–		Christopher Kromer R. Brandon Johnson Shirley Rumierk	[15]
Disco Step-by-Step	Buffalo, NY	1975–1980		Marty Angelo	[16]
The Dr. Susan Block Show	Berkeley, CA (BTV-25)	1990–		Susan Block	[17]
Fantasy Bedtime Hour	San Francisco, CA (Access SF)	2001–2009	40	Heatherly Stankey Julie Breithaupt	[18]
The Folklorist	Newton, MA (NewTV)	2012–	13	John Horrigan	[19]
JBTV	Chicago, IL (Tuff TV)	1984–		Jerry Bryant Greg Corner Lauren O'Neill	[20]
The Jerry Jer Show	Bridgeport, CT (WFAC-TV)	-1996		Jerry “Jerry Jer” McClellan	[21]
Junktape	Manhattan, NY (MNN)	1998	7	Sean S. Baker Spencer Chinoy Dan Milano	[22]
INN World Report	Tribeca, NY (Free Speech TV)	2004–		Mizan Kirby Nunes	[23]
The Kid America Club	Manhattan, NY (MNN)	2002–			[24]
Late Night with Shaver The Terrestrial	San Francisco, CA	2024–		Ryan Shaver	[25]
Lavender Lounge	San Francisco, CA	1991–1995	60	Mark Kliem	[26]
Let's Paint TV	Los Angeles, CA (Eagle Rock Public Access)	2002–2008	600+	John Kilduff	[27]
Live from Midtown	Bronx, NY (Colours TV)	2007–2009		Hashim "Trends" Smith	[28]
Live from the Artists Den	Garden City, NY (WLIW)	2009–			[29]
The Lone Shark	Bridgeport, CT (WFAC-TV)	1991–2001		Jim Sharky Sean Haffner	[30]
Midnight Blue	Manhattan, NY (Channel J)	1975–2003		Al Goldstein	[31]
The Mr. Science Show	Melbourne, FL	1993–1995		Tim Perkins	[32]
New York Noise	New York City, NY (NYC Media)	2003–2009	89		[33]
Pancake Mountain	Washington, D.C. (DCTV)	2003–2011 2014–			[34]
Quiz Kids	San Francisco, CA (PEN-TV)	1999		Brad Friedman	[35]
Rox	Bloomington, IN (BCAT)	1992–	99	Joe Nickell Bart Everson	[36]
The Show with No Name	Austin, TX (ACTV)	1995–2005		Charlie Sotelo	[37]
The Spud Goodman Show	Seattle, WA	1985–1992		Spud Goodman Chick Hunter	[38]
Squirt TV	Manhattan, NY	1994–1996		Jake Fogelnest	[39]
Stairway to Stardom	Staten Island, NY	1979–1992		Frank Masi	[40]
State of the State	Providence, RI (PEG-RI)	1992–		John Carlevale	[41]
Static Television	New Orleans, LA (Cox 10)	2006–		Pami P	[42]
Stateside Footy	North Andover, MA (NACAM)	2010-	96	Bill Robert	[43]
Talkin' Funny	Chicago, IL (CAN-TV)	2005–	53	Steve Gadlin Paul Luikart	[44]
Tech Throwback	North Andover, MA (NACAM)	2015-	9	Bill Robert	[45]
Thee Mr. Duran Show	La Verne, CA (LVTV)	2000–	93	Richard Duran	[46]
Video Game Slams	San Francisco, CA (TCI 53)	1994–2003		Greg Fleming Brian Raffi Michael Baldwin Mat McKnight Emily Albertson Richard Allard Tricia Gray Veronica Jet Sharp Michael Jones Matt Allard Xavier Hagwood-Harris Lisa Williams Paige Fleming Shawn Flannery	[47] [48]
The Writer's Block with John J. Ronan	Gloucester, MA (1623 Studios)	1990–	438+	John J. Ronan	[49]
Your Daily Hour With Me	Olympia, WA (TCTV)	2010-	5000+	Rick Ward	[50]

Notes

1. Following its departure from MNN in January 2015, The Chris Gethard Show moved to Fusion in May 2015, before moving on to truTV in July 2017. ^[9]

References

Citations

1. "Best of Austin 2012: Best Public Access TV Show: The Atheist Experience". The Austin Chronicle . November 9, 2012.
2. Lubbers, Rick (August 2, 2013). "'Average Guy' shares exceptional story of recovery". Duluth News Tribune .
3. Niccum, Jon (September 1, 2006). "Corn on the macabre". Lawrence Journal-World.
4. Underwood, Meg (January 18, 2001). "BIG adventure never far away for Bob". Cranston Herald.
5. Diaz, Johnny (June 30, 2008). "Covering all the bases". Boston Globe .
6. Schneider, Steve (April 14, 1985). "Cable TV Notes – Experimentation Shapes 'Cast Iron TV'". The New York Times .
7. Provence, Lisa (February 7, 2008). "Cued up: Local show goes viral". The Hook . Archived from the original on January 30, 2019.
8. Borrelli, Christopher (January 19, 2015). "'Chic-a-Go-Go' keeps the party going for 1,000th episode". Chicago Tribune .
9. Petski, Denise (May 4, 2017). "'The Chris Gethard Show' Lands At TruTV; Will Be Broadcast Live". Deadline.
10. Sims, David. "Chris Gethard's Journey From Public Access to Late Night". The Atlantic. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
11. Holloway, Daniel (May 4, 2017). "'The Chris Gethard Show' Moves to TruTV". Variety.
12. McClear, Sheila. "'Chris Gethard Show' making comedy waves". New York Daily News.
13. Pearis, Bill (January 24, 2013). "cable access show 'Concrete TV' is 20 years old, celebrating with screening tonight in NYC". BrooklynVegan .
14. Jackson, Carol (April 2001). "Cool Clown Ground". frieze (58).
15. "NY Emmy Award Winners". New York Emmys. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
16. Ortiz, Lori (2011). Disco Dance. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. p. 42. ISBN   978-0-313-37746-4.
17. Luck, Jamie (April 30, 2002). "Cable TV sex expert comes to Berkeley to champion frank exploration of sexuality". Berkeley Daily Planet .
18. Chonin, Neva (June 23, 2005). "What's on TV? Oh, the usual sci-fi fantasy, read by women in bed". San Francisco Chronicle .
19. Ishkanian, Ellen (September 14, 2014). "Newton cable show wins Emmy Award". The Boston Globe.
20. Johnson, Steve (January 25, 2012). "'JBTV' rocks on". Chicago Tribune .
21. https://www.rcfp.org/court-allows-controversial-cable-access-host-%7Cback-air/
22. Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (2009). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present (9 ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. p. 562. ISBN   978-0-307-48320-1.
23. "What Happened to INN?". Media Alliance . Archived from the original on December 29, 2009.
24. "Best of NYC 2008". Village Voice .
25. "SF Commons Public Access Television". broadcast.bavc.org. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
26. "Gay and Lesbian TV: Tuned In". Out. September 1994.
27. Ledwith, Sara (November 2, 2006). "Multitasking artist shows how to do it all". Reuters .
28. "Feb. 20 casting call for TV talent show". The Reel Chicago. February 16, 2010.
29. Brandle, Lars (December 16, 2013). "Phoenix Go Back to School For 'Live From the Artists Den' (Exclusive)". Billboard .
30. "The People". Community Media Review. 18 (2): 13. 1995.
31. Svetkey, Benjamin (October 26, 1990). "Entertainment Weekly". Ew.com. Retrieved November 2, 2010.
32. Sonnenberg, Maria (January 18, 2005). "Mr. Science makes learning a no-brainer". Florida Today .
33. Winnie, Hu (May 22, 2006). "Hour After Hour, One Station Is Devoted to Pulse of New York". The New York Times .
34. Lloyd, Robert (June 24, 2014). "Talking with Scott Stuckey, the man behind 'Pancake Mountain'". Los Angeles Times .
35. Knight, Heather (June 11, 1999). "Peninsula TV Gives Talent New Channel". San Francisco Chronicle .
36. Quittner, Joshua (June 24, 2001). "RADIO FREE CYBERSPACE". Time . Archived from the original on January 18, 2016. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
37. "Best of Austin, 1999". September 24, 1999. Retrieved April 5, 2007. The show is about the sublime and the ridiculous, an hour-long package of nifty treats and oddball amazements
38. "Spud's World -- Half-Baked? Hot Potatoes? Spud Goodman Has A Show With A Peculiar Sense Of Humor". Seattle Times . February 11, 1990.
39. Strauss, Neil (September 9, 1997). "At 18, the 'Squirt TV' Guy Resumes His Pop-Scene Assault". The New York Times .
40. "Stairway To Stardom". The A.V. Club . September 21, 2010.
41. Heyden, Rhys (May 29, 2012). "Alliance with pubTV boosts Rhode Island PEG". Current .
42. Pais, Noah Bonaparte (October 14, 2008). "Must-See TV; Two local, independent arts programs are reinventing prime-time television in New Orleans". Gambit Weekly .
43. Kennedy-Cox, Lisa. "Gone, but certainly not forgotten: Robert leaves WCTV after 10 years". Homenewshere.com. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
44. Zoen, Eric (April 26, 2006). "Wait, wait for this, Peter Sagal". Chicago Tribune.
45. KennedyCox, Lisa. "Gone, but certainly not forgotten: Robert leaves WCTV after 10 years". Homenewshere.com. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
46. Hernandez, Daniel (February 19, 2006). "He Keeps the Eastside Rock Scene Rolling". Los Angeles Times .
47. "Video Game Slams Credits". Alliance Media Productions. Archived from the original on April 27, 1999. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
48. "Gaming On the Air". Electronic Gaming Monthly . No. 112. Ziff Davis. November 1998. p. 40.
49. "The Writer's Block Celebrates 30th Anniversary at 1623 Studios, Gloucester MA". Alliance for Community Media Northeast. May 22, 2019.
50. "YDHWM". Your Daily Hour With Me.

Sources

• Linder, Laura R. (1999). Public Access Television: America's Electronic Soapbox. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN   978-0-275-96487-0.
• Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Tunes Into TV. Ashland, Oregon: Bathroom Readers' Press. 2011. ISBN   978-1-60710-181-9.
• "The Absolute Worst (or Best?) in Public Access Television". CBS's Mancave Daily. October 15, 2012. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
• Kennedy-Cox, Lisa (April 23, 2016). "Gone, but certainly not forgotten: Robert leaves WCTV after 10 years". Wilmington Town Crier. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
• Kennedy-Cox, Lisa. "Gone, but certainly not forgotten: Robert leaves WCTV after 10 years". Homenewshere.com. Retrieved September 5, 2017.

External links

• Subject to Change: Guerilla Television Revisited by Deidre Boyle (Oxford University Press, 1997)
• Television and the Crisis of Democracy by Douglas Kellner (Westview Press, 1990)
• The U.S. Power Structure and the Mass Media by Frank Morrow (Ph.D dissertation, The University of Texas, 1984)