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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.

The PBS NewsHour is an American daily evening television news program that is broadcast on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), airing seven nights a week on more than 350 of the public broadcaster's member stations.

As the nation's first hour-long nightly news broadcast, the program is known for its in-depth coverage of issues and current events.

The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and television program distributor.

Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, PBS is an independently operated non-profit organization and is the most prominent provider of television programming to public television stations in the United States, distributing series such as Keeping Up Appearances, BBC World News, NOVA scienceNOW, NOVA, Barney and Friends, Arthur, Sesame Street, PBS NewsHour, Walking with Dinosaurs, Masterpiece, Nature, American Masters, Frontline, and Antiques Roadshow.

Nova (stylized NOVΛ) is an American popular science television series produced by WGBH Boston.

It is broadcast on Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the U.S., and in more than 100 other countries.

The series has won many major television awards.

Frontline (styled by the program as FRONTLINE) is a public affairs television program which produces and broadcasts in-depth documentaries about various subjects.

Produced at WGBH-TV in Boston, Massachusetts, and distributed through the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the United States, the program has been critically acclaimed and received numerous awards.

Some programs are made by independent filmmakers and broadcast as part of the Frontline series.