American High is an acclaimed reality-TV series about life at Chicago's suburban Highland Park High School. It's edgy enough that 10 stations dependent on conservative legislatures for their funding declined to run the program. But they weren't the first to reject it. American High came to PBS after it was canceled by Fox. It's on a business tear.
Critics think that's a bad thing.
Legislators vow to ax public TV funds. Read the Corporation for Public Broadcasting 's timeline for conversion to digital transmission . World Report Inc. All rights reserved.