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Margaret Atwood, George R.R. Martin Booked For PBS’ Reading Competition – TCA | Deadline
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"Margaret Atwood, George R.R. Martin, Gaye King, Lauren Graham, John Irving, and Bill T. Jones are among those lending their voices to PBS’s The Great American Read. PBS CEO Paula Kerger announced the celebs at TCA Tuesday morning, also including Devon Kennard, Diane Lane, Lesley Stahl Junot Diaz.
They will share personal stories about their favorite titles for the Nutopia-produced eight-part TV competition PBS says in in service of promoting reading.
The Great American Read launches with a two hour special on Tuesday, May 22 on PBS stations. Over 15 weeks in the summer, viewers can read and vote on their favorite work of fiction. The series will return in the fall to explore nominated books and will conclude with a finale and countdown to the winner.
The list of 100 titles competing will be chosen from a “demographically representative national survey,” PBS says. The 100 candidates were chosen by the public in a specially commissioned, demographically representative national survey conducted by YouGov.
An advisory panel, composed of 13 literary professionals, set ground rules and “minimally influence” the final list to break ties and maximize the variety, according to the programming service."
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