What is American Public Television?
'''American Public Television''' ('''APT''') is the largest [[television syndication|syndicator]] of programming for [[Public broadcasting|public television]] stations in the United States. APT continues to show a many public television programs nationally, as well as administering the [[Create (TV network)|Create]] and [[PBS World|World]] channels on public TV. APT began in 1961.<ref name=thr>{{cite news|last1=Block|first1=Alex Ben|title=American Public Television Sheds Its 'Mister Rogers' Past|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/american-public-television-sheds-mister-745729|access-date=December 12, 2014|work=The Hollywood Reporter|issue=November 2014|date=November 9, 2014}}</ref> At first, it was called '''Eastern Educational Television Network''' (EEN). EEN was a regional cooperative that began to show programs between a couple of its member stations.<ref name=rs>{{cite news|last1=Androich|first1=Alicia|title=Growing up in public|url=http://realscreen.com/2011/01/01/growing-up-in-public/|access-date=December 15, 2014|work=Real Screen|publisher=Brunico Communications Ltd|date=January 1, 2011}}</ref> EEN was one of the first distributors of shows such as ''[[The French Chef]]'' (with [[Julia Child]]) in 1963,<ref name=rs/> ''[[Mister Rogers' Neighborhood]]'',<ref name=thr/> and ''[[Washington Week in Review]]'' on a national basis. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:1961 establishments in the United States]] [[Category:American television]] [[Category:Organizations based in Massachusetts]] {{Multistub|US|TV}}