Time Team America
Encyclopedia
Time Team America is an American television series
that airs on PBS
. It premiered on July 8, 2009. It is an Oregon Public Broadcasting
adaptation of the British show Time Team
, produced in collaboration with Channel 4
which commissioned the original show, in which a team of archeologists and other experts are given 72 hours to excavate an historic site.
The U.S. version features "freelance and university-affiliated experts [who] mostly join existing excavations...[and] arrive with resources that the archaeologists already on the case usually can’t afford and specific questions that, if answered, will advance the understanding of the site."
review said "Time Team America at moments, employs [an] approach much in favor at PBS, which worries — needlessly, I think — that the only way to make serious subjects appealing to the attention-deficit-disordered youth of our TV nation is to throw in plenty of zing, zest and zip.... But don't hold any of this against the show, because it's engaging, thoughtful, smart, nicely produced and really, really interesting."
Television program
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that airs on PBS
Public Broadcasting Service
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. It premiered on July 8, 2009. It is an Oregon Public Broadcasting
Oregon Public Broadcasting
Oregon Public Broadcasting is the primary television and radio public broadcasting network for most of Oregon as well as southern Washington. With its headquarters and television studios in Portland, OPB consists of five full-power television stations, dozens of VHF or UHF translators, and over...
adaptation of the British show Time Team
Time Team
Time Team is a British television series which has been aired on Channel 4 since 1994. Created by television producer Tim Taylor and presented by actor Tony Robinson, each episode features a team of specialists carrying out an archaeological dig over a period of three days, with Robinson explaining...
, produced in collaboration with Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
which commissioned the original show, in which a team of archeologists and other experts are given 72 hours to excavate an historic site.
The U.S. version features "freelance and university-affiliated experts [who] mostly join existing excavations...[and] arrive with resources that the archaeologists already on the case usually can’t afford and specific questions that, if answered, will advance the understanding of the site."
Episodes
When PBS introduced a video player on its website in mid-April 2009, an episode of Time Team America became the most viewed. Original air dates are as announced by PBS, but may vary by PBS station.| # | Episode | Location | Original airdate |
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Reviews
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review said "Time Team America at moments, employs [an] approach much in favor at PBS, which worries — needlessly, I think — that the only way to make serious subjects appealing to the attention-deficit-disordered youth of our TV nation is to throw in plenty of zing, zest and zip.... But don't hold any of this against the show, because it's engaging, thoughtful, smart, nicely produced and really, really interesting."
See also
- List of Time Team episodes
- Time Team Specials
- Time Team OthersTime Team (Others)This is a list of Time Team other episodes. These are more documentaries and not really a regular type of episode.-Other:Episode # refer to the number in air date order which includes the specials episode which broadcast in between regular episodes-See also:...