The award-winning series MetroFocus premieres new episodes in the New York and tri-state region weeknights at 5 p.m. on WLIW21, 5:30 p.m. on NJTV and 6 p.m. on THIRTEEN. All episodes are available at metrofocus.org following the broadcast.
The description for the edition of MetroFocus for Friday, January 6, 2017 follows below. Please note episode descriptions are subject to change. Please visit metrofocus.org for the latest information.
Friday, January 6 at 5:00 p.m. on WLIW21, 5:30 p.m. on NJTV and 6:00 p.m. on THIRTEEN
FREE TUITION FAILURE? Governor Cuomo?s recently announced proposal to offer free college tuition for students sounds like a great plan, but one expert, Beth Akers from the Manhattan Institute, gives it a failing grade. Find out why.
UNSEATING MAYOR DE BLASIO He's one of many who wants to unseat Mayor Bill de Blasio. We get into the issues with New York State Senator Tony Avella in part two of our conversation with the mayoral contender.
MEET THE "REAL"
MAD MEN Before it was a hit television show, there were the "real"
MAD MEN of Madison Avenue who manipulated each and every one of us. Their story is ahead as part of the new
Smithsonian Channel four-part series The Real
MAD MEN of Advertising.
BEST AND MOST BEAUTIFUL THINGS Experience a sense of someone else?s reality with the new
PBS INDEPENDENT LENS documentary Best and Most Beautiful Things, which is a celebration of outcasts everywhere.
MetroFocus Series Overview MetroFocus is an award-winning multi-platform news magazine focusing on the New York and tri-state region. The MetroFocus television program features interviews, in-depth reporting, content from many partners and solutions-oriented reports from the community. Major areas of coverage include sustainability, education,
Science and technology, the environment, transportation, poverty and underserved communities. metrofocus.org amplifies that reporting with daily updates and original stories that also cover culture, government and politics, the economy, urban development and other news in the metropolitan region. More information at: thirteen.org/metrofocus/about-us-faq/
