First $1 million find for ‘Antiques Roadshow’

Woman inherited carved jade from her father, who was stationed in China

NEW YORK - A woman who inherited some Chinese carved jade from her father has scored the first $1 million appraisal from experts on the U.S. television program "Antiques Roadshow," the producers said on Monday.

In a record for the show, four pieces of Chinese carved jade and celadon from the Chien Lung Dynasty (1736-1795), including a large bowl crafted for the Emperor, were given a conservative auction estimate of up to $1.07 million. "For 13 years, we've been hoping to feature a million-dollar appraisal on 'Antiques Roadshow;' it's been our 'Great White Whale,'" executive producer Marsha Bemko said.

Read the full story from MSNBC.com HERE.

New Shows and Seasons from Create!

Create is hotter than ever this July, with new series and new episodes of your favorites! Tune in for these fresh offerings:

Cooking
Food Trip with Todd English – Season 2 (July)
Joanne Weir’s Cooking Class – Season 2 (July)

Arts & Crafts
Lap Quilting with Georgia Bonesteel (July) - returning
Gary Spetz’s Painting Wild Places (July) - returning
Passport and Palette (July) **NEW SERIES**

Also, congratulations to the following Daytime EMMY nominees, found right now on Create:

Simply Ming (2 nominations)
- Outstanding Culinary Program
- Outstanding Lifestyle/Culinary Host (Ming Tsai)

Gourmet's Diary of a Foodie (2 nominations)
- Outstanding Culinary Program
- Outstanding Achievement in Single Camera Editing

Equitrekking (2 nominations)
- Outstanding Special Class Series
- Outstanding Achievement in Single Camera Photography (Film or Electronic)

This Old House (3 nominations)
- Outstanding Lifestyle Program
- Outstanding Directing in a Lifestyle/Culinary Program
- Outstanding Achievement in Single Camera Photography (Film or Electronic)

Landscapes Through Time with David Dunlop (2 nominations)
- Outstanding Special Class Directing
- Outstanding Special Class Writing

The 36th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will air on August 30.

Tune in to Create on Charter Cable channel 136 or Comcast Cable channel 287 (all others, check your listings).

My Cyberchase Summer

It's all Cyberchase all summer long!

Monday, June 22 - Friday, August 14, take Cyberchase with you with eight weeks of super secret podcasts! Visit http://www.pbs.org/cyberchase and enter the secret code - WGVU. Each podcast will feature either Digit telling jokes or Hacker reading poetry from his diary and will be available for ONE WEEK only!

Special summer episodes will air each week, and starting in July, episodes will be available for download on iTunes!

DTV Conversion Celebrated at WGVU

by Sue Merrell | The Grand Rapids Press

GRAND RAPIDS -- We have lift off!

Friday's national switch from analog to digital television was celebrated with all the pomp of a rocket launch at the Meijer Public Broadcast Center in downtown Grand Rapids.

Dignitaries, photographers and reporters jammed into the WGVU-TV control room for a live broadcast counting down the final seven minutes of the station's analog signal. At 10 a.m., retail magnate Fred Meijer, a major supporter of public broadcasting, pushed the button to shut off power to analog Channel 52. Grand Valley State University President Emeritus Arend D. Lubbers, who welcomed viewers when the station started broadcasting in 1972, turned off the power to Channel 35.

"I thought it would hurt, but it didn't," Lubbers quipped. As the analog monitors in the room went gray, applause could be heard outside the door.

Read the full article HERE.

President Obama: “The world is a better place” with Sesame Street

The stars were out Wednesday night, May 27, at a special benefit gala to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the most beloved street in the world — Sesame Street — and President Barack Obama sent hearty congratulations via a surprise video message.

“I'm pleased to join all of you in supporting and celebrating this program, as someone who remembers fondly watching Sesame Street with my younger sister and as a parent of two girls who learned a great deal while spending time with Elmo and Big Bird and all of their pals,” President Obama said.

“There are many adults who could stand to learn again the lessons that Sesame Street offers: lessons of compassion, and kindness and respect for our differences. The world is a better place for the world you create on Sesame Street — a world that enriches our children's minds and hearts each and every day,” he continued.

Read the full article HERE.