WIDE ANGLE brings a rare and needed focus to the events shaping our global neighborhood. Through this series, PBS is committed to helping viewers understand the rapidly shifting, interconnected world in which we all live and work.

The success of BROADWAY has shown that a vast PBS audience appreciates the skillful combining of history, biography and performance entertainment. We expect that MAKE 'EM LAUGH, using the same successful formula, will equal or even surpass the fun and popularity of BROADWAY.

Most Americans do not understand what happened to Armenians; too often news organizations have ignored this part of world history. We strongly believe in the power of truth to come through in debate.

The Moore and (Sean) Hannity events were huge and caused a major focus on campus last year. A lot of people expressed their opinions to us, and in return we were able to communicate to a lot of people that we normally would not have.

The wheels fell off in the last two events. I'm not sure if it was a lack of focus, a lack of trusting our abilities. Whatever it was, it certainly proved that we were not the best team that day.

While the focus of recent international attention has rightly been on the tragic events in the U.S., it is Europe's economy that is at greatest risk of stagnation from the latest surge in oil prices and the renewed uncertainty about the world economy,