Frontline

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Frontline is a long-running American investigative documentary series known for its in-depth reporting and analysis of major social, political, and global issues, produced and broadcast by PBS.

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instanceOf American television series
investigative journalism program
television documentary series
alsoAvailableAs online streaming
awardReceived DuPont-Columbia Award
Emmy Award
Peabody Award
broadcastOn Public Broadcasting Service
broadcastSchedule weekly during seasons
countryOfOrigin United States
creator David Fanning
distributor PBS
executiveProducer David Fanning
Raney Aronson-Rath
focusesOn economic issues
global issues
political issues
public policy
social issues
format hour-long documentary episodes
genre documentary
investigative journalism
news magazine
hasSpinOff Frontline/World
hasWebsite https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/
knownFor analysis of complex issues
high journalistic standards
in-depth investigative reporting
long-form journalism
language English
medium television
notableFor multi-part investigative series
use of extensive interviews and documents
originalNetwork PBS
originalReleaseStart 1983
producedIn Boston, Massachusetts
producer WGBH Boston
productionCompany WGBH Educational Foundation
subjectMatter U.S. domestic politics
corporate power
criminal justice
environmental issues
health and medicine
international affairs
technology and surveillance
war and conflict
targetAudience general public
typicalRuntime approximately 60 minutes

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Frontline ("Frontline/World")
hasSpinOff
PBS
notableProgram
News & Documentary Emmy Awards
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