KCET, APT Syndicate ‘Your Turn To Care’

KCET Los Angeles signed a syndication agreement with American Public Television (APT) to distribute KCET’s original series on caregiving, Your Turn to Care, hosted by Holly Robinson Peete. The multi-platform series can be seen on public television stations across the country beginning July 1. Your Turn to Care represents KCET’s first large-scale national distribution initiative since becoming independent.

Your Turn to Care explores the challenges facing America’s growing generation of baby boomers who are taking care of ailing or aging loved ones. APT will distribute four 30-minute episodes that focus on the caregiving journey, as told by the caregivers themselves. To date, more than 70 public TV stations have placed the series in their schedules.

Your Turn to Care episodes will also air on KCET. The series aired in its entirety on KCET this spring and 12 segments also ran on its news magazine SoCal Connected.

Viewers can also access the program’s companion website where the series can be seen in its entirety along with additional content provided through 50 videos and 40 articles (www.yourturntocare.org). This video-rich Web content includes extended interviews and back stories/updates on the participants, helpful links and resources as well as tips from guest experts.

Host Robinson Peete, an acclaimed actress and award-winning author, shares her own experiences of caring for her father who had Parkinson’s disease. Viewers will also hear personal caregiving stories from Patricia Richardson (Home Improvement), Monica Potter (Parenthood), Hector Elizondo (Last Man Standing), Robert David Hall (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation), Sandra Tsing Loh (NPR’s Morning Edition, KPCC) and Steve Lopez (Los Angeles Times columnist).

In addition, several expert voices across Southern California help contextualize complex caregiving issues for viewers.