KBTC Public Television

Programming isn’t as good as it used to be — and the last time I pledged on-​line and paid with my credit card, they sent me reminders to send them the money I’d already given them. That killed my enthusiasm for them.

I am watching River Dance right now and I am absolutely digging it.
But you know what I really love watching on PBS? Antiques Road Show.
My wife came home once and I was watching A.R.S. and she asked if I was watching it. I proudly said yes and added wait until you see what this antique table is worth.

Who doesn’t like PBS? I mean come on! It’s educational, humorous, informative. Great travel shows, cooking shows, British mysteries and comedies. Real news like Frontline, not Faux (Fox 13). And never a mention of Sarah Palin. What more could you ask for?
Shows like Inspector Morse! Red-​Green Show! Nova!
PBS really loves my brain. And my brain loves them back. :o)

This is the ‘other’ public television station that you can tune in to in Seattle. Broadcast out of the south sound, I’ll give it four stars just for being a PBS station, but there’s nothing special about KBTC except for two things:
1. Sometimes they run primetime PBS programming a few days behind KCTS, so if you missed the first half of part one of some «Masterpiece Theatre» show, you can catch up before watching the rest on the «real» PBS station.
2. For a while last year, they aired «One Man’s Wilderness» almost constantly. You know, that show where that guy in flannel shirt and suspenders chopped down trees and built a cabin in Alaska and recorded it all on grainy super-​eight (or something) film? How I love that show!