Ohio Lawmakers Approve Internet Cafe Crackdown
An effective ban on Internet cafes targeted as illegal gambling operations has cleared the Ohio Legislature after more than two years of wrangling.
Chummy and PC Noakes meet with new challenges as they settle back into life in Poplar. Watch Preview.
American Masters profiles Mel Brooks, the comedy giant behind such classics as “Blazing Saddles”, “Young Frankenstein”, and “Spaceballs.” Watch Preview.
If you’re a “Downton Abbey” fan you know season three is wrapping up its run in the UK. WOSU TV will present season three of “Downton Abbey” on the new season on “Masterpiece Classic”, premiering Sunday, January 6 at 9pm. In the meantime we’re giving you an opportunity to get reacquainted with your favorite characters [...]
Jane Austen’s Persuasion was written between August, 1815 and August, 1816. It’s reported this was this time period in which she became ill and eventually died in July of 1817. Persuasion was published a year after her death by her brother, Henry Austen, who was a big fan of his sister’s work.
Tonight we transition from MASTERPIECE MYSTERY to MASTERPIECE CLASSIC. This is a fairly subtle transition that I’m sure most of you wouldn’t really notice unless you’re a huge fan of the mystery genre. Then I’d be willing to bet after a couple of weeks you may start to notice you hadn’t seen a mystery program. [...]
I’ve been waiting for DOWNTON ABBEY since the summer, and I have to tell you it was well worth the wait. If you enjoyed the Jane Austin MASTERPIECE CLASSIC specials a few years ago, you’re going to love this one! Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey starts 9pm, Sunday on WOSU TV. Downton Abbey is an Edwardian [...]
There’s a reason why this novel—and its subsequent movie and television adaptations—have been so popular since Charlotte Bronte first brought to the world’s attention feisty but quiet Jane and the brooding Rochester (you really can’t write about nineteenth-century heroes without using the word “brooding”). This adaptation has pretty much everything: “star-crossed” lovers, mysterious obstacles to [...]