First episode date 1982 Program creator Bill Einreinhofer Executive producer Bill Einreinhofer | Final episode date 2004 Writers Elissa Leonard | |
Awards News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft in News and Documentary Programing: Title Sequences Nominations News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Coverage of a Continuing News Story - Programs | ||
Innovation (1984–2004) is an American television series that aired on PBS. It covered topics on science, health and technology. It was produced at New York City public TV station WNET.
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Overview
Innovation was conceived by Executive Producer Bill Einreinhofer and hosted by broadcast journalist Jim Hartz.
Initially a local magazine-style series, each half-hour program was dedicated to a single topic. Among the subjects explored were flight, the impact of stress on personal health, animal intelligence and diabetes, along with how technology was transforming the ways people live and work.
By the early 1990s, as PBS moved away from half-hour prime time programming, Innovation evolved into a continuing series of documentary specials and mini-series. The final episodes of Innovation aired on PBS in 2004.
People in Motion
One of the Innovation mini-series was called People in Motion. People in Motion looked at technology as a method of personal empowerment for people with disabilities. Three programs, hosted by the musician Itzhak Perlman, aired in 1995. Three additional programs, broadcast in 1996, were hosted by actress Marlee Matlin.
Awards and honors
The series garnered numerous honors and awards from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NY Emmy Awards). Programs from the series are included in the permanent collections of hundreds of libraries worldwide.