History's Detectives

I'm a big fan of PBS. I've written a couple articles already on it, and the more I see, the more I'm impressed. Since the big DTV switch, at least here in my area, PBS has three stations, PBS, PBS Kids and Create. I'm probably going to write about a really good show on Create soon, but for right now I'm going to focus on what is my new favorite regular PBS show. History Detectives.

The seventh season of History Detectives started a few weeks ago, and I have to say, at this point, I'm hooked. I started watching this show right about the time that I got my first DTV converter box as before that WTVS didn't come in all that well, and I didn't watch it as much as I do now. That was back at the end of season five, and I caught it when I could during season six and now if I miss a episode, I go to http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/ and go to their video archive and watch it later.

Wes Cowan, Elyse Luray, Gwen Wright and Tukufu Zuberi are the four regular detectives, but during season seven, Eduardo Pagan served as a guest detective too. These four or five will investigate an object with unknown or questionable origins and find it's place in American history. Sometimes the investigation even leads to a discovery with great import, practically rewriting accepted American History.

My favorite detectives are Tukufu Zuberi and Elyse Luray. All of the detectives are really knowledgeable and likable, but Tukufu and Elyse are still my favorite to watch. If you are into more high-brow entertainment, I'd try this show out.