{"id":10127,"date":"2017-05-16T11:54:41","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T15:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/new-ae-doc-to-spotlight-u-s-public-high-schools\/"},"modified":"2017-05-16T12:08:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T16:08:00","slug":"ae-docuseries-to-spotlight-u-s-public-high-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/ae-docuseries-to-spotlight-u-s-public-high-school\/","title":{"rendered":"A&E Docuseries to Spotlight U.S. Public High School"},"content":{"rendered":"
A&E Network has commissioned an untitled documentary series focused\u00a0on the experience of attending an American public high school.<\/p>\n
The 12-episode docuseries will follow seven young adults who are sent in by Topeka, Kansas, school officials for a semester at Highlight Park High School. Participants will immerse themselves to help the community and country learn more about life as a public high school student. The show was filmed during the spring 2017 semester. It is produced for A&E by Learning Tree Productions, which is a subsidiary of Lucky 8 TV.<\/p>\n
Executive producers for Learning Tree include Gregory Henry, Kimberly Woodard, Jeff Grogan, Kelly McClurkin and Charlie Marquardt. Exec producers for A&E are Elaine Frontain Bryant, Shelly Tatro and Brad Holcman, with Molly Ebinger serving as co-executive producer.<\/p>\n
\u201cHighland Park High School is emblematic of schools across America today,\u201d said Elaine Frontain Bryant, the executive VP and head of programming at A&E Network. \u201cThrough immersive content and unprecedented access, viewers return to high school for a unique look into life as an American teen today, a topic at the forefront of today\u2019s cultural conversation. We are so grateful to the school officials, students and the parents for such personal access.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A&E Network has commissioned an untitled documentary series focused on the experience of attending an American public high school.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":479,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1849,2194,429],"class_list":["post-10127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-ae","tag-learning-tree-productions","tag-lucky-8-tv","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n