I really liked the pilot episode on Tchaikovsky's Fourth (I purchased the DVD). I can see where they were a bit ambitious but I thought that MTT did a nice job with it - and I appreciated that the musicians in the orchestra were stars of the show just as much as Tilson Thomas.
Unfortunately, and inexplicably for a program that is geared towards young people, my local PBS affiliate is broadcasting the episodes Saturday morning at 1AM!
I mean, I'll certainly TiVO it, but wouldn't you put such a program on in early primetime or perhaps a weekend afternoon when school-age kids could watch??? Our local PBS station here in southern Colorado is pathetic when it comes to music programming anyway - I moved here from the San Francisco area and KQED was exceptional in that regard (not to mention braodcasting everything in beautiful high-definition).
I will have to write and let Rocky Mountain PBS know why they aren't getting my pledge this year
