PBS at the TV Critics Press Tour | Duncan / Johnson interview
Duration: 06:25
Program:
National Parks: America's Best Idea
As part of pbs's coverage of the 2009 Television Critics Association Press Tour (Aug 1-2, 2009), we conducted interviews with variety of people associated with upcoming PBS programs, and the TV critics & bloggers covering the television industry. Here, video blogger Zadi Diaz (www.epicfu.com) interviews Dayton Duncan, the writer and co-producer of THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA, and park ranger Shelton Johnson.
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