ELECTRONICLE 1980 Premiere Date: May 16 th , 2022 One hour-long documentary
DESCRIPTION: Electronicle 1980 explored news and culture features from an old Twin Cities PBS current affairs program. This examination of public affairs TV offered a unique flashback to Minnesota at the dawn of the 80s. Electric-Chronicle or Electronicle creatively and critically probed the politics, people, and soul of the state. Writer Steve Marsh provides a contemporary twist on then and now.
IMPACT: Looking back at this era through its contemporaneous lens provides the viewer with an opportunity to reflect on what has changed and what hasn’t. What sort of myths do Minnesotans have about ourselves and what has gone by the wayside? Issues of housing, the changing media landscape (and the prediction of the internet), the role of policing are some of the features explored in Electronicle 1980.
Electronicle 1980 was honored with a 2022 Upper Midwest Regional Emmy® Award Nomination for best documentary in the Historic/Cultural/Nostalgia - Long Form category DISTRIBUTION: Broadcast on TPT2 and statewide PBS stations Hours broadcast: 7.74 hours | Local viewers reached: 7,756 (via Nielsen ratings)
ENGAGEMENT: Pageviews: 3,123 | Users: 1,116 | Impressions:
7,428 | Video views: 446 | Engagements: 29 | Social Posts: 4
Viewer comments via Twitter: @WHENESOTA Watching "Electronicle" on @MNExperienceTPT. This screenshot reminds me of some of my MN sports blogs debunking myths that people are reluctant to hear. The quote in the episode was "interrogating a myth" Cc @stephenhero (image right) @uxMistress Dear @tpt, the Minnesota Experience episode about Electronicle was incredible. I'd watch every full episode. What a wonderful time capsule of Minnesota in 1980, and those sketch scenes look hilarious. Thank you for making a new show about an old show!
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