Antiques Roadshow (U.S. TV series)

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Antiques Roadshow
Created by BBC Television
Developed by WGBH, Boston
Directed by John Boyle III (current)
Bill Francis (current)
Susan Conover
Phillip Gay
Presented by Mark L. Walberg
Theme music composer <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 20
Production
Executive producer(s) Marsha Bemko
Alda Moreno (1996–2001)
Peter Cook (2001–2003)
Producer(s) Sam Farrell
Sarah Elliott
Production location(s) List of locations
Cinematography Chas Norton
Editor(s) Jeff Cronenberg
Kelsey Bresnahan
Sharon Singer
Shady Hartshorne
Camera setup Multiple
Running time 60 minutes
Production company(s) WGBH-TV
Distributor PBS
Release
Original network PBS
Original release January 9, 1997 (1997-01-09)
Chronology
Related shows Antiques Roadshow FYI
Market Warriors
External links
Antiques Roadshow
Antiques Roadshow appraises thousands of items in any given taping, with the public ticketed for time slots between 8 am and 5 pm local time; this image shows a portion of the public entering a July 2009 roadshow in Madison, Wisconsin at noon.

Antiques Roadshow is an American television program broadcast on Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Public television stations. The series features local antiques owners who bring in items to be appraised by experts. Provenance, history, and value of the items are discussed. Based on the original British Antiques Roadshow – which premiered in 1979 – the American version launched in 1997. When PBS decides on the taping locations for each year, it publicizes the chosen cities and airs the city and items to be appraised nationwide on PBS stations the next year, therefore raising the profile of various small to mid-size cities, such as Billings, Montana; Biloxi, Mississippi; Bismarck, North Dakota; Chattanooga, Tennessee; Hot Springs, Arkansas; and Rapid City, South Dakota. Antiques Roadshow has been nominated 13 times for a Primetime Emmy.

During 2005, the American version of Antiques Roadshow produced its own spinoff called Antiques Roadshow FYI, a half-hour program that followed the fate of items appraised in the main series and provided additional information on antiques and collecting.

Format

Each episode begins with a self-introduction by the host (currently Mark L. Walberg) followed by an announcement of the taping location. Each city taping is split into three hours, i.e. Boise Hour 1, Chattanooga Hour 2, or Raleigh Hour 3. Various three- to four-minute-long segments of selected people talking about their item(s) and their appraisers talking about the provenance, history, and value of the item(s) follow, interspersed with several brief informal appraisals, lasting about a minute or so and called single-camera appraisals. Another segment, lasting about three minutes long and called a field segment, shows a selected site in the event city and the host talking with an appraiser about selected items.[1] The segment concludes with the host wrapping things up; in more recent seasons, the Feedback Booth, a series of clips of people talking about their experience at Antiques Roadshow rolls with the credits.

History

Before people enter the main appraisal/recording area, general appraisers quickly categorize and give tickets to specific appraisers (e.g. "Asian Art", "Metal Work", etc.).

The series was created in 1996 by WGBH-TV, based on the BBC's series of the same name that had been airing in the United Kingdom since 1979. The first US episodes were broadcast on PBS in 1997. (PBS also airs the original BBC series, though it is called Antiques Roadshow UK to differentiate it from its own version.) The American version of Antiques Roadshow is produced by WGBH-TV, the public television station in Boston, Massachusetts. The American version has been hosted by Chris Jussel (1997–2000), Dan Elias (2001–03), Lara Spencer (2004–05), and Mark L. Walberg (2005–present). Marsha Bemko is executive producer. Notable appraisers include Leigh and Leslie Keno, Nicholas Lowry, Noel Barrett, David Rago, Arlie Sulka, J. Christopher Mitchell, Ken Farmer, Wes Cowan, Timothy Gordon and Kathy Bailey who appraise furniture, posters, toys, pottery, glass, arms and militaria, and folk art. Auction houses Christie's, Sotheby's, Heritage Auctions, Skinner, Inc., Doyle New York, Freeman's Auctioneers & Appraisers, and Swann Galleries provide expert appraisers for venues across America.

Antiques Roadshow FYI

During 2005, PBS broadcast Antiques Roadshow FYI, a sister series to Antiques Roadshow. The weekly half-hour show, hosted by then-Antiques Roadshow host Lara Spencer with correspondent Clay Reynolds, provided information on items shown on previous episodes of Antiques Roadshow, as well as additional information on antiques and collecting.

Notable appraisals

Eleven items are recognized as the most valuable items featured on the American Antiques Roadshow:

Antiques Roadshow taping locations

The following is a list of the seasons, hosts, broadcast/taping years, and taping locations of Antiques Roadshow from 1996 to the present:[9][nb 1]

Season Host Broadcast Year Taped Year Location (City and State/Province) Miscellaneous
1 Chris Jussel 1997 1996 Albuquerque, New Mexico
Chicago
College Park, Maryland
Concord, Massachusetts
Denver, Colorado
Durham, North Carolina
Greenwich, Connecticut
Kansas City, Missouri
Minneapolis
Philadelphia
San Antonio, Texas
Seattle
Southfield, Michigan
The first season and Jussel's first year as host; the only season until 2013 to tape in more than eight cities, excluding specials.
2 Chris Jussel 1998 1997 Atlanta
Cincinnati
Dallas
Nashville, Tennessee
Phoenix, Arizona
Pittsburgh
San Francisco
Secaucus, New Jersey
The second season; the first one to tape in eight cities.
3 Chris Jussel 1999 1998 Hartford, Connecticut
Houston, Texas
Los Angeles
Louisville, Kentucky
Milwaukee
Portland, Oregon
Richmond, Virginia
Rochester, New York
4 Chris Jussel 2000 1999 Baltimore, Maryland
Birmingham, Alabama
Columbus, Ohio
Des Moines, Iowa
Providence, Rhode Island
Salt Lake City
Tampa, Florida
Toronto
Jussel's last year as host; the first and, so far, only season taped outside of the United States (Canada).
5 Dan Elias 2001 2000 Austin, Texas
Charleston, South Carolina
Denver
Las Vegas
Madison, Wisconsin
Sacramento, California
St. Louis, Missouri
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Elias' first year as host.
6 Dan Elias 2002 2001 Boston
Indianapolis
Miami
New Orleans
New York City
San Diego
Tucson, Arizona
The Boston segment was taped in the summer of 2000.
7 Dan Elias 2003 2002 Albuquerque
Charlotte, North Carolina
Cleveland, Ohio
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Kansas City
Seattle
Elias' last year as host.
8 Lara Spencer 2004 2003 Chicago
Oklahoma City
San Francisco
Savannah, Georgia
Spencer's first year as hostess; the least cities taped in the show's history; the first season to have specials. This season's specials include Roadshow Favorites and Greatest Finds.
9 Lara Spencer 2005 2004 Memphis, Tennessee
Omaha, Nebraska
Portland
Reno, Nevada
St. Paul, Minnesota
Spencer's last year as hostess. This season's specials include Tomorrow's Antiques and Wild Things!
10 Mark Walberg 2006 2005 Bismarck, North Dakota
Houston
Los Angeles
Providence
Tampa
Walberg's first year as host. This season's specials include Fame and Fortune and Roadshow Remembers.
11 Mark Walberg 2007 2006 Honolulu, Hawaii
Milwaukee
Mobile, Alabama
Salt Lake City
Tucson
First season to tape out of the continental United States while still remaining in the United States (Hawaii). This season's specials include Jackpot! and Unique Antiques.
12 Mark Walberg 2008 2007 Baltimore
Las Vegas
Louisville
Orlando, Florida
San Antonio
Spokane, Washington
This season's specials include Politically Collect and Trash to Treasure.
13 Mark Walberg 2009 2008 Chattanooga, Tennessee
Dallas
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Hartford
Palm Springs, California
Wichita, Kansas
This season's specials include Big and Little and Relative Riches.
14 Mark Walberg 2010 2009 Atlantic City, New Jersey
Denver
Madison
Phoenix
Raleigh, North Carolina
San Jose, California
This season's specials include Naughty or Nice and Simply the Best.
15 Mark Walberg 2011 2010 Billings, Montana
Biloxi, Mississippi
Des Moines
Miami Beach, Florida
San Diego
Washington, D.C.
First season to tape in the nation's capital (Washington, D.C.). This season is the first to have more than two specials. This season's specials include Forever Young, Junk in the Trunk, and Tasty Treasures.
16 Mark Walberg 2012 2011 Atlanta
El Paso, Texas
Eugene, Oregon
Minneapolis
Pittsburgh
Tulsa
First season to have Vintage specials, specials that cover a previously taped location and its appraisals. This season's specials include Cats & Dogs, Greatest Gifts, Junk in the Trunk 2, Vintage Atlanta, Vintage Houston, Vintage Phoenix, Vintage Pittsburgh, Vintage San Francisco, and Vintage Secaucus.
17 Mark Walberg 2013 2012 Boston
Cincinnati
Corpus Christi, Texas
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Rapid City, South Dakota
Seattle
This season's specials include Vintage Hartford, Vintage Los Angeles, Vintage Louisville, Vintage Milwaukee, Vintage Richmond, and Vintage Rochester.
18 Mark Walberg 2014 2013 Anaheim, California
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Boise, Idaho
Detroit, Michigan
Jacksonville, Florida
Kansas City
Knoxville, Tennessee
Richmond
First season since 2001 to tape in more than eight cities. This season's specials include Vintage Providence.
19 Mark Walberg 2015 2014 New York City
Austin, Texas
Bismarck, North Dakota
Birmingham, Alabama
Santa Clara, California
Charleston, West Virginia
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Chicago
This season's specials include Celebrating Black Americana, Vintage St. Louis, Vintage Sacramento, Vintage Denver, Vintage Tulsa, Vintage Las Vegas, Vintage Madison and Vintage Charleston.
20 Mark Walberg 2016 2015 Spokane
Little Rock
Charleston, South Carolina
Tucson
Omaha
Cleveland
The show used new graphics this season, as well as a new format in which Wahlberg provided voiceovers but did not appear on camera. The weekly segment in which Wahlberg met one of the appraisers at a local venue to discuss antiques was eliminated, and brief highlights of appraisals of items of lesser value were televised in between conventional appraisals.
  1. According to the On Tour FAQ section on the Antiques Roadshow website, a city is selected for taping based on several factors, including the requirement of a minimum of 80,000 square feet (7,400 m2) of space, i.e. a large hotel ballroom, local/regional convention center, or something similar.

States or province (Ontario) where tapings have taken place are listed below:[9]

State/Province Broadcast Season (Tapings are one year prior to given year)
Alabama 3 (2000, 2007, 2015)
Alaska 0
Arizona 5 (1998, 2002, 2007, 2010, 2016)
Arkansas 2 (2003, 2016)
California 11 (1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015)
Colorado 3 (1997, 2001, 2010)
Connecticut 3 (1997, 1999, 2009)
Delaware 0
District of Columbia 1 (2011)
Florida 6 (2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2014)
Georgia 3 (1998, 2004, 2012)
Hawaii 1 (2007)
Idaho 1 (2014)
Illinois 3 (1997, 2004, 2015)
Indiana 1 (2002)
Iowa 2 (2000, 2011)
Kansas 1 (2009)
Kentucky 2 (1999, 2008)
Louisiana 2 (2002, 2014)
Maine 0
Massachusetts 3 (1997, 2002, 2013)
Maryland 3 (1997, 2000, 2008)
Michigan 3 (1997, 2009, 2014)
Minnesota 3 (1997, 2005, 2012)
Mississippi 1 (2011)
Missouri 4 (1997, 2001, 2003, 2014)
Montana 1 (2011)
Nebraska 2 (2005, 2016)
Nevada 3 (2001, 2005, 2008)
New Hampshire 0
New Jersey 2 (1997, 2010)
New Mexico 3 (1997, 2003, 2015)
New York 3 (1999, 2002, 2015)
North Carolina 3 (1997, 2003, 2010)
North Dakota 2 (2006, 2015)
Ohio 5 (1998, 2000, 2003, 2013, 2016)
Oklahoma 3 (2001, 2004, 2012)
Oregon 3 (1999, 2005, 2012)
Pennsylvania 4 (1997, 1998, 2007, 2012)
Rhode Island 2 (2000, 2006)
South Carolina 3 (2001, 2013, 2016)
South Dakota 1 (2013)
Tennessee 4 (1998, 2005, 2009, 2014)
Texas 9 (1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013)
Utah 2 (2000, 2007)
Vermont 0
Virginia 2 (1999, 2014)
Washington 4 (1997, 2003, 2008, 2013)
West Virginia 1 (2015)
Wisconsin 4 (1999, 2001, 2007, 2010)
Wyoming 0
Ontario (Canada) 1 (2000)

Tickets

Tickets are free, but are only provided to preselected people on a random basis. To request tickets, prospective appraisees must fill out a form on the official website.

Pop culture references

Antiques Roadshow had a notable role in the 2006 comedy Grandma's Boy and the 1999 episode of Frasier "A Tsar Is Born".

In Season 6, Episode 20 of Modern Family (episode: "Knock 'Em Down"), Cameron Tucker tells his partner Mitch, "Yes, you're very hip", before adding, "That's the theme song to the Antiques Roadshow."

Fraud conviction

In 2001, two dealers who had appeared on the show were indicted on mail and wired fraud charges.[10] Russ Pritchard III and George Juno were accused of defrauding Civil War descendants out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. The pair also had faced accusations of phony appraisals on the show. In 2002 they were sentenced after being convicted.[11][12]

See also

References

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