A 'Ken Burns guilt trip' at PBS?

The controversy over Ken Burns' The War may be fueling a sudden spike in Latino-skewing programs (including Brown is the New Green: George Lopez and the American Dream) on PBS. Read all about it here.

The looming war over 'The War'

Evidently, it's never too early for some folks to be outraged. Six months before his latest mega-documentary airs on PBS, filmmaker Ken Burns already is catching flak for The War.

Job security for Ken Burns

From the Associated Press: "PBS essentially has given a lifetime contract to documentarian Ken Burns, whose upcoming 14-hour series on World War II was described by network chief Paula Kerger Saturday as his greatest work. Burns, essentially the nation's highest-profile documentarian since his series The Civil War created a sensation, has agreed to air his work exclusively on PBS until 2022, the network said. Burns is 53 now."