Create’s summer schedule features public television favorites,
including Julia Child, Steven Raichlen, Rudy Maxa and more

Boston (May 20, 2008) – Create™ TV brings America’s favorite how-to, gardening, lifestyle and cooking shows to viewers nationwide this summer. The channel, a unique destination for many of television’s highest-rated lifestyle series, will present a new summer schedule that features some of public television’s favorite personalities, including the iconic chef Julia Child, grill-master Steven Raichlen and the renowned world traveler Rudy Maxa.

Julia Child, the “queen of cooking television,” continues to enthrall enthusiasts with her timeless kitchen counsel. One of her most memorable series, Baking with Julia, makes its Create TV premiere in June. This classic series features indispensable techniques, time-honored tips and meticulously tested recipes from Julia and the country’s best pastry chefs, bakers, teachers and cookbook authors.

Grab some burgers and hot dogs and don’t skimp on the lighter fluid for Primal Grill with Steven Raichlen. Raichlen, author of Barbecue Bible and How to Grill and host of the popular public television series Barbecue University, returns to Create TV with this new series that teaches viewers how to boost their barbecue to new levels.

Viewers will depart on armchair globe-trotting adventures with world traveler Rudy Maxa in Rudy Maxa's World. After five highly successful seasons of travel shows featuring the best destinations of Europe and the Pacific Rim, Rudy broadens his horizons in this new series, venturing to Russia, Estonia, Turkey, India, Japan, Argentina and Thailand. Rudy offers up his sophisticated take on each destination’s history, culture, architecture, politics and cuisine, while also turning a journalistic eye to the people and lifestyles that make up these unique cultures.

New food experts join Create TV as Martha Stewart’s award-winning magazine comes to life with Everyday Food, premiering on the channel in June. This absorbing series—hosted by an ensemble cast of the magazine’s talented food editors, cooks and recipe developers—showcases delicious, easy-to-make dishes perfect for the busy home cook.

Joining Create TV’s well-known gardening programs this summer is GardenStory with host Rebecca Frischkorn. Teamed with leading garden designers, horticulturists and environmentalists, this series will present compelling and informative stories about gardens and their creators. Each of the episodes focuses on the diversity of gardens, the power of gardens to prompt positive social change and the need for stewardship of the natural world.

Nearly 180 public television stations – representing 71% of U.S. TV households – carry Create TV nationwide. Create is produced and distributed by American Public Television (APT), Thirteen/WNET and WGBH Boston in association with NETA and PBS. Viewers can watch Create TV via digital broadcast and/or basic digital cable.

Research studies show that viewers praise Create TV’s quality of programs, depth of knowledge of the hosts, and variety of how-to topics. They also appreciate that its programs are shown as complete half hours – uninterrupted by mid-program commercials or breaks.

Visit www.CreateTV.com for more information, TV schedules, program descriptions, recipes, news, shopping, tips, DIY instructions and more.

About Create™
Create™ is the dynamic TV channel that spotlights many of television's most popular how-to, cooking, arts and crafts and travel series. Create is produced and distributed by APT, Thirteen/WNET and WGBH Boston in association with National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA) and PBS.

About the Entities That Make Create TV Possible:
American Public Television
For 47 years, American Public Television (APT) has been a prime source of programming for the nation’s public television stations. APT distributes more than 300 new program titles per year and has 10,000 hours of programming in its library. It is responsible for many public television milestones including the first HD series and the 2006 launch of the Create channel featuring the best of public television’s lifestyle programming. APT is known for its leadership in identifying innovative, worthwhile and viewer-friendly programming. It has established a tradition of providing public television stations with program choices that strengthen and customize their schedules such as Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti in Concert, Battlefield Britain, Globe Trekker, Rick Steves’ Europe, Great Museums, Jacques Pépin: Fast Food My Way, America's Test Kitchen From Cook’s Illustrated, Broadway: The Golden Age, Lidia's Family Table, California Dreamin’ – The Songs of The Mamas & the Papas, Rosemary and Thyme, P. Allen Smith's Garden Home, The Big Comfy Couch, Monarchy With David Starkey, and other prominent documentaries, dramatic series, how-to programs and classic movies. For more information about APT’s programs and services, visit APTonline.org.

Thirteen/WNET
Thirteen/WNET New York is one of the key program providers for PBS, bringing such acclaimed series as Nature, Great Performances, American Masters, Charlie Rose, Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, Wide Angle, Secrets of the Dead, and Cyberchase — as well as the work of Bill Moyers — to audiences nationwide. As the flagship public broadcaster in the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut metro area, Thirteen reaches millions of viewers, airing the best of public television along with its own local productions. And, through its Web site and educational outreach projects, Thirteen extends the power of its work beyond the television screen. In 2003, Thirteen merged with sister station WLIW21 New York, America’s fourth most-watched public television station. WLIW distributes live daily broadcasts of BBC World News and produces PBS programming celebrating the diversity and ethnic character in America. More information about Thirteen and WLIW can be found at www.thirteen.org and www.wliw.org.

WGBH
WGBH Boston is America’s preeminent public broadcasting producer, the source of one-third of PBS’s prime-time lineup, along with some of public television’s best-known lifestyle shows and children’s programs and many public radio favorites. WGBH is the number one producer of Web sites on pbs.org, the most-visited dot-org on the Internet. WGBH is a pioneer in educational multimedia and in technologies and services that make media accessible to the 36 million Americans who rely on captioning or video descriptions. WGBH has been recognized with hundreds of honors: Emmys, Peabodys, duPont-Columbia Awards…even two Oscars. In 2002, WGBH was honored with a special institutional Peabody Award for 50 years of excellence. For more information, visit www.wgbh.org.

National Educational Telecommunications Association
The National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA) is a professional association that serves public television licensees and educational entities in all 50 states, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. NETA serves by connecting people and ideas, by providing quality programming, educational resources, professional development, management support and national representation. For more information, visit www.NETAonline.org.

Public Broadcasting Service
PBS is a media enterprise that serves 355 public noncommercial television stations and reaches nearly 73 million people each week through on-air and online content. Bringing diverse viewpoints to television and the Internet, PBS provides high-quality documentary and dramatic entertainment, and consistently dominates the most prestigious award competitions. More information about PBS is available at www.pbs.org, one of the leading dot-org Web sites on the Internet.
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