City Date --------------------- --------------- San Diego, California June 12, 2010 Billings, Montana June 26, 2010 Miami Beach, Florida July 10, 2010 Biloxi, Mississippi July 24, 2010 Des Moines, Iowa August 7, 2010 Washington, DC August 21, 2010Admission to ANTIQUES ROADSHOW events is free, but tickets are required and must be obtained in advance. Ticket applications and complete ticketing rules will be available on ANTIQUES ROADSHOW Online or by dialing toll-free 1-888-762-3749 after ANTIQUES ROADSHOW's season premiere, Monday, January 4, 2010 at 8/7C PM ET. This year's lineup, with host Mark L. Walberg, kicks off from Raleigh, North Carolina, with the highest value treasure ever seen on ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: a set of Chinese carved jade objects estimated to be worth as much as $1.07 million! Visit pbs.org/antiques for a preview of this record-breaking season premiere. ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is sponsored by Liberty Mutual and Subaru. Additional funding is provided by public television viewers. ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston. Executive producer is Marsha Bemko. Additional information about the Summer 2010 Tour is available at pbs.org/antiques ANTIQUES ROADSHOW press materials, including downloadable photos, are available at pressroom.wgbh.org and at pbs.org/pressroom. Press attendance at ANTIQUES ROADSHOW events is welcome. Please register with a ROADSHOW press contact. © 2010 WGBH Educational Foundation
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW Announces Summer 2010 Tour
New Broadcast Season Premiere Starts Tonight on PBS
| Source: WGBH
BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - January 4, 2010) - ANTIQUES ROADSHOW,
PBS's most-watched primetime series, has announced its Summer 2010 Tour
destinations: San Diego, California; Billings, Montana; Miami Beach,
Florida; Biloxi, Mississippi; Des Moines, Iowa; and Washington, DC.
Programs taped in those locations will make up ROADSHOW's fifteenth
broadcast season on PBS, airing in 2011.
"We're calling this our Crystal Anniversary Tour," said ANTIQUES ROADSHOW
executive producer Marsha Bemko, author of the new book, "Antiques Roadshow Behind the
Scenes." "It's our way of celebrating ROADSHOW's fifteen-year romance
with America's stories, its objects, and its extraordinary history."
ROADSHOW's 2010 Tour features a series of local events at which top
appraisers offer the public free evaluations of antiques and collectibles
-- revealing the often surprising history and value of these items.
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 2010 stops and dates include: