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Article: 'History' lesson at PBS.(Public Broadcasting Service)(Unnatural History)(Brief article)
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- Daily Variety
- Article date:
- August 2, 2006
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Director-producer Jonas McCord and former Pixar animator Seth Piezas are looking to line up about $27 million in financing for "Unnatural History," a proposed 65-episode animated children's series.
PBS flagship station WNET New York has agreed to co-produce the series, which will follow four kids who travel through time, hell-bent on stopping an anti-technologist from destroying new inventions at their source.
Sandra Sheppard, director of children's programming for WNET, said she was eager to make the station a partner in "Unnatural History" because of its similarity to another PBS kids show, "Cyberchase," which mixes adventure with info about ...