MPT retires Wall $treet Week with FORTUNE
Wall $treet Week with FORTUNE ceased production after the final show on June 24, 2005
MPT's commission, management and staff take this opportunity to thank the millions of people, indeed millions and millions, who over the years made Wall $treet Week with Louis Rukeyser and Wall $treet Week with FORTUNE a regular appointment on Friday evenings at 8:30 on PBS.
We also want to thank Larry Moscow, Karen Gibbs, Geoff Colvin - indeed, everyone on the W$WwF staff -- for Herculean efforts over these past three years. They and our loyal viewers and underwriters made Wall $treet Week with FORTUNE the number one weekly financial news and commentary show on television. Together over the course of 35 years, history was made by many who understood how public affairs programming is important to independent thinkers everywhere.
We urge viewers and supporters to be ever mindful that W$WwF has enjoyed a significant three-year run. It was and remains the number one-rated financial news program on the air, anchored by two of the most enlightened financial journalists in media, Geoff Colvin and Karen Gibbs, and backed by the esteemed reporting resources of FORTUNE magazine. The program has consistently displayed the highest level of integrity and journalistic excellence. MPT is proud of the legacy that our program leaves financial television.
In closing, it is both proper and fitting to tip our hats and extend our gratitude to the original creators and producers of Wall $treet Week. Original producer Anne Truax Darlington nurtured the idea and Louis Rukeyser joined MPT to host; George Beneman and other long-time staff made the production exceptional; and nearly everyone at MPT touched the icon program in some way (station relations, publicity, sets, lighting, Web presence, underwriting sales, and so on). MPT and Louis Rukeyser were pioneers who single-handedly launched a new genre of television programming: financial information and informed commentary for a PBS discriminating audience. That contribution to television history will live forever. With that in mind, we've decided it's time to retire this landmark program rather than risk having it lose its luster or forfeit its legacy of excellence.
So, we say goodbye to each one of you who tuned in on Friday evening and look forward to your continued support of MPT's and public television's innovative and engaging programs.
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