{{No footnotes|date=September 2021}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox television | image = | image_upright = | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = | alt_name = | native_name = <!-- {{Infobox name module|language|title}} or {{Infobox name module|title}} --> | genre = News | creator = | based_on = <!-- {{based on|work|author}} --> | developer = | writer = | screenplay = | story = | director = | creative_director = | presenter = David Brancaccio<br>Lisa McRee | starring = <!-- Organized by broadcast credit order, with new main cast added to the end of the list --> | judges = <!-- Organized by broadcast credit order, with new main cast added to the end of the list --> | voices = <!-- Organized by broadcast credit order, with new main cast added to the end of the list --> | narrator = | theme_music_composer = Christopher Cross and Stephen Bray | open_theme = | end_theme = | composer = | country = United States | language = English | num_seasons = 5 | num_episodes = <!-- Value is incremented when new episodes air. See template documentation for more info. --> | list_episodes = | executive_producer = | producer = | news_editor = <!-- Content editor or editors of a current affairs/political show such as Newsnight. --> | location = <!-- Nation the series was filmed in, if different from the nation of origin. --> | cinematography = | animator = | editor = <!-- Film editors --> | camera = <!-- Either Single-camera or Multi-camera --> | runtime = <!-- Reliable source required --> | company = KCET, KQED, KVIE, and KPBS | budget = | network = | released = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | first_aired = {{Start date|2002}} | last_aired = {{End date|2007}} | related = <!-- To be used only for remakes, spin-offs, and adaptations --> }}
'''''California Connected''''' was a television newsmagazine that broadcast stories about the state of California to "increase civic engagement." The show was created by Marley Klaus and aired on twelve PBS member stations throughout California. In 2006, former NBC producer Bret Marcus took over as executive producer. The program was cancelled in 2007 due to a lack of funding.
The program debuted in 2002 with host David Brancaccio; he anchored the show from the Los Angeles studios of PBS station KCET. Lisa McRee replaced Brancaccio in 2004. Rather than anchor from a television studio, McRee hosted the show from a different Californian location each week. A total of 154 episodes were taped. "California Connected" won more than 65 regional and national awards and, in 2007, the program won its first Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism for a story titled, ''War Stories From Ward 7-D.''
''California Connected'' was co-produced by the following four PBS stations: KCET in Los Angeles, KQED in San Francisco, KVIE in Sacramento, and KPBS in San Diego. The theme music was written by Christopher Cross and Stephen Bray. Major funding came from: the James Irvine Foundation, the Hewlett Foundation, The California Endowment, and the Annenberg Foundation.
''California Connected'' will continue to provide access to its website, audio files, videos, blog, and RSS feed.
==External links== * {{official website|http://www.californiaconnected.org}} * [https://www.kqed.org/tv/programs/index.jsp?pgmid=10905 ''California Connected''] at KQED * {{cite news |first=Karen |last=Everhart |title=Brancaccio will anchor high-energy weekly for California citizens |url=http://www.current.org/news/news0207calif.html |publisher=Current |date=April 8, 2002 |accessdate=August 2, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060823225847/http://www.current.org/news/news0207calif.html |archive-date=2006-08-23 |url-status=dead }} * {{cite news|first=Preston |last=Turegano |title=KPBS to play an expanded role in 'California Connected' program |url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20040216-9999-mz1c16kpbs.html |work=The San Diego Union-Tribune |date=February 16, 2004 |accessdate=August 2, 2006}}
Category:Mass media in California Category:Local television news programming in the United States Category:2002 American television series debuts Category:2007 American television series endings Category:2000s American television news shows
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