A collage of Julia Child tasting soup on the left and Chef Marcus Samuelsson speaking on the right

"High School Quiz Show," WGBH’s televised battle of the brains, has been on the air for more than a decade. In addition to serving as a showcase for high school students from across the Commonwealth, "High School Quiz Show" has been delighting contestants and fans with celebrity questions since the first episode aired in 2010. That’s more than 200 household names, including athletes, actors, politicians and scientists, who volunteered their time to surprise contestants and viewers with a video question during an episode of the show.

In NOVA'S Polar Extremes, paleontologist Kirk Johnson travels to the polar extremes of our planet—and back in time—to show viewers potential parallels to our present and future climate story.

WGBH’s Media Access Group (MAG) played a crucial role in making 10 of this year’s Oscar-nominated films more accessible to people with hearing or visual impairments. It’s a service the group has provided for more than 45 years, since closed captioning was invented at WGBH. But this year was particularly rewarding as one of the Oscar-nominated films — FRONTLINE’s "For Sama," in the Best Documentary Feature category — was also produced at WGBH. Tim Alves, Manager for Media Access Technical Services at MAG, shares about the team’s efforts to caption the work of their FRONTLINE colleagues and other filmmakers across the country for this year’s Academy Awards.

Deuxave's Chris Coombs and Adrienne Wright talk about their passion for cooking and Julia’s legacy as a trailblazer.

Susan Bellows, Senior Producer of WGBH's American Experience, reflects on the key role historical documentaries play in our modern democracy ahead of the premiere of the series' new film, 'McCarthy.'

Jackie Bruleigh and Andrea Wolanin, Digital Marketing Manager and Senior Producer for WGBH Digital, respectively, serve up carefully researched tidbits, irreverent banter and quirky observations on each week's episode of "Drama After Dark," immediately following MASTERPIECE's "Sanditon." Special guests — from MASTERPIECE producers to the TV critic for The Boston Globe, for example — are a frequent bonus. The show is broadcast live on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

WGBH will open a Worcester news bureau in the spring of 2020, furthering our commitment to covering stories and listening to voices from communities across Massachusetts. With an on-the-ground presence there, we will be able to broaden our reach and engagement with the community and expand on our existing coverage, shining a spotlight on stories from the city of Worcester and the surrounding region.

The iconic GBH sting, the glowing electronic fanfare that accompanies the GBH logo during programs’ closing credits, has been updated to reflect GBH’s vibrant purple brand refresh in September 2020. With its synthesizer crescendo, the sting has changed very little since it sizzled across the airwaves for the first time almost 50 years ago. The flair was created by legendary composer Gershon Kingsley, who died in 2019 at the age of 97. An up-and-coming musician who elevated the Moog synthesizer to almost cult status during the 1970s, Kingsley developed the sting in conjunction with two GBH employees: WGBH’s director of creative services and the general manager. It happened in secret, and the story of its development was almost lost to history.

With NCAM’s help, along with colleagues in WGBH Digital Services and WGBH News, WGBH Director of Photography Meredith Nierman developed an all-new digital story format that pairs each photo with descriptive audio and a transcript of that description for people who are blind or have low vision, or who are deaf or hard of hearing.