
Her work has been awarded 37 Emmys and five Peabodys, and received two Academy Award nominations. Mitchell's career includes work at NBC, CBS, ABC and CNN as a news reporter, anchor, talk show host, producer and executive.

Mitchell, who joined PBS in 2000, is the first producer and first woman to lead the $2 billion public service broadcasting enterprise. Moyers recently retired from the show as host, replaced by David Brancaccio. The pilot for Postcards from Buster was the Arthur episode 'Postcards from Buster.' It aired on December 22, 2003.
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Mitchell also brought shows featuring diversity to the air, including "American Family," an Emmy-nominated hour dramatic series featuring a Latino family "American Mystery," a special featuring Indians in the Southwest and "Independent Lens," a showcase for independent films.Īnd she launched a series of public affairs shows, including "Now with Bill Moyers." Postcards from Buster has aired 55 episodes in 3 seasons. "It's a really tough job," she said.ĭuring her tenure at the helm of the organization, which produces such award-winning fare as "Frontline" and "Nova," Mitchell has launched a new block of shows for early school-age children, boosting their time-slot ratings by more than 50 percent, Sloan said.

None of the four other CEOs in PBS history has stayed for more than two terms, Sloan said. "That this has anything to do with her decision not to air the 'Postcards from Buster' episode is incorrect, and to think that her deciding to leave has anything to do with it is blatantly incorrect," Sloan said. Sloan said Mitchell, 62, told the PBS board when she accepted a second term more than a year ago that she would not serve a third. Home > Postcards From Buster > Season 1 > Episode 2. Lea Sloan, vice president of media relations for the network, said there is no link between the "Buster" controversy and Mitchell's decision to leave the nonprofit network and its 349 locally owned and operated stations. Postcards From Buster: Season 1, Episode 2 - Rotten Tomatoes. "I have a big agenda and am happy to be in the midst of spearheading some of PBS' greatest successes." The series premiered on October 11, 2004, during the new PBS KIDS GO block on PBS. Inspired by a 2003 Arthur episode called 'Postcards from Buster', it was produced by Canada-based Cinar for Season 1 (then Cookie Jar Entertainment, now WildBrain), 9 Story Media Group for Season 2 and Season 3, and Marc Brown Studios. "We have a lot to do in the next 15 months," she said. Postcards from Buster is a spin-off of Arthur. Mitchell told the station managers her priorities for the remainder of her term include fund raising, broadening public television's reach and resources in the area of educational services and improving children's programming. Mitchell, who opted not to air the controversial episode, told public television station managers she will leave her job when her contract expires in June 2006. Mitchell has been criticized for the production of a combined cartoon/live action series that included an animated rabbit named Buster who, in one episode, visited a lesbian couple.


Ratburn's class, Jenna, Maria and Alex are miscolored.(CNN) - Pat Mitchell, the embattled president and chief executive of the Public Broadcasting Service, will not seek a third three-year term.
