Help Me Identify A TV Show

[Suicane75]

Back in the 90's there were a series of shows on PBS (at least my PBS station) that was a roundtable where various politicos and military personal were presented with a hypothetical situation and asked to debate it. It was taped in front of an audience, I think at a college or various colleges. There was a moderator (Jim Lehrer maybe?). Anyhoo, I'm trying to find them online but can't for the life of me remember what it was called. Any help y'all?

[chinaski]

The McLaughlin Group - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

bye, bye!

[chinaski]

Bye Bye Bayh - YouTube

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Suicane75

Back in the 90's there were a series of shows on PBS (at least my PBS station) that was a roundtable where various politicos and military personal were presented with a hypothetical situation and asked to debate it. It was taped in front of an audience, I think at a college or various colleges. There was a moderator (Jim Lehrer maybe?). Anyhoo, I'm trying to find them online but can't for the life of me remember what it was called. Any help y'all?

Chinaski's guess wasn't bad, but if you mean what I think you mean, this was more like experts -- I want to say former cabinet level people & Pentagon brass & the like -- being given very specific scenarios when they would then basically "wargame" (for lack of a better description) over 60-120 minutes. I want to say Kissinger was on a couple of these as well as administration members from the Carter era, maybe a few Reagan guys as well.

Alas, the name or even the host escapes me at the moment

[Suicane75]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Chinaski's guess wasn't bad, but if you mean what I think you mean, this was more like experts -- I want to say former cabinet level people & Pentagon brass & the like -- being given very specific scenarios when they would then basically "wargame" (for lack of a better description) over 60-120 minutes. I want to say Kissinger was on a couple of these as well as administration members from the Carter era, maybe a few Reagan guys as well.

Alas, the name or even the host escapes me at the moment

Yes, we're thinking of the same thing. Appreciate it Chinaski, but it wasn't the McLaughlin group. What I'm thinking of wasn't a regular series.

[Suicane75]

Although I do appreciate the vigor with which you answered.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Was this it maybe?

Ethics in America - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In particular, the Under Orders, Under Fire (Ethics in the Military, Part I)
Under Orders, Under Fire (Ethics in the Military, Part II) ... seem familiar to me. There were 10 topics in the original series altogether.

[Suicane75]

I believe that's it.

I found this on youtube, Jennings & Wallace, reporters first, Americans second - YouTube
and it's one of (at least part) the ones I remember watching. Thanks Jon. Now to find out where I can watch them.

[Suicane75]

I believe this a full episode of one of them
Anatomy of a Corporate Takeover - YouTube

[chinaski]

Originally Posted by Suicane75

I believe that's it.

I found this on youtube, Jennings & Wallace, reporters first, Americans second - YouTube
and it's one of (at least part) the ones I remember watching. Thanks Jon. Now to find out where I can watch them.

Looks like this site has them all...
http://www.learner.org/resources/series81.html

Pretty interesting looking series, gonna start watching them.

[Suicane75]

Bingo! Thanks guys.

http://www.learner.org/resources/series81.html

[Suicane75]

Hah, beat me to it. I remember them being fairly riveting.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Suicane75

Thanks Jon. Now to find out where I can watch them.

[Suicane75]

I'm like 20 minutes into the first one and it's just as engrossing as I remember. Why can't we make more TV like this?

[Buccaneer]

Originally Posted by Suicane75

I'm like 20 minutes into the first one and it's just as engrossing as I remember. Why can't we make more TV like this?

It'll be interesting in coming up with the answers to that.

[Suicane75]

Originally Posted by Buccaneer

It'll be interesting in coming up with the answers to that.

Well yeah, I know why......I just wish.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Suicane75

Why can't we make more TV like this?

It's only been like 6-7 yrs ago that the same folks did just that, with a Volume II of the series. How much interest did that generate? There's your answer in a nutshell.