WIDE ANGLE brings a rare and needed focus to the events shaping our global neighborhood. Through this series, PBS is committed to helping viewers understand the rapidly shifting, interconnected world in which we all live and work.

The success of BROADWAY has shown that a vast PBS audience appreciates the skillful combining of history, biography and performance entertainment. We expect that MAKE 'EM LAUGH, using the same successful formula, will equal or even surpass the fun and popularity of BROADWAY.