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''Frontline'' is a public affairs television program that produces and broadcasts in-depth documentaries about various subjects. Produced at WGBH-TV in Boston, Massachusetts and distributed through the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the United States, the program has been critically acclaimed and received numerous awards. Some programs are made by independent filmmakers and broadcast as part of the ''Frontline'' series. Since the series debut, there have been more than 500 films broadcast. Although primarily seen through television, the program shows a large portion of their shows in interactive webcasts on their main website. ==Background== The program debuted in 1983, with NBC anchorwoman Jessica Savitch as its host, but Savitch died later in the first season. NewsHour's Judy Woodruff took over as anchor in 1984, and hosted the program for five years. In 1990, the show did away with the anchor position, and left the narrator to introduce each report. Since 1988, ''Frontline'' has also aired "The Choice"a series of special editions aired during the lead-up to presidential elections, focusing on the two candidates in the running to become President of the United States. The most recent of these aired on October 9, 2012, and featured a dual biography tracing the lives and careers of incumbent President Barack Obama and his challenger, Mitt Romney. The previous installment aired on October 14, 2008, using the same dual-biography format for Obama and John McCain. The 2008 documentary, produced by Michael Kirk, generated favorable reviews from ''The New York Times,'' which stated that the program helped viewers "gain perspective" about the "idea-oriented campaign," and ''The Los Angeles Times,'' which labeled it "refreshingly clear" and "informative". Most ''Frontline'' reports are an hour in length, but some are extended to 90 minutes, 2 hours or beyond. ''Frontline'' also produces and transmits such occasional specials as ''From Jesus to Christ,'' ''The Farmer's Wife,'' and ''Country Boys.'' Since 1995, ''Frontline'' has been producing deep-content, companion web sites for all of its documentaries. The series publishes extended interview transcripts, in-depth chronologies, original essays, sidebar stories, related links and readings, and source documents including photographs and background research. ''Frontline'' has made many of its documentaries available via streaming Internet video, from their website. Will Lyman is the distinctive voice who has narrated most of the installments of the series since its inception in 1983.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Will Lyman :: Actor )〕 However, certain reports have been narrated by David Ogden Stiers and Peter Berkrot. The show is produced by the WGBH Educational Foundation, the parent company of WGBH-TV in Boston, which is solely responsible for its content. WGBH is the creator of The Documentary Consortium, with another 4 PBS stations, including WNET in New York and KCTS in Seattle. In 2015, the creator and founding executive producer of ''Frontline,'' David Fanning, retired after more than 32 years as executive producer of the series, and Raney Aronson-Rath succeeded him. Fanning, however, remains editor-at-large of ''Frontline.'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frontline (U.S. TV series)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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