Antiques Roadshow (U.S. TV series)

Antiques Roadshow
Created by	BBC Television
Developed by	WGBH, Boston
Directed by	John Boyle III (current) Bill Francis (current) Susan Conover Phillip Gay
Presented by	Mark L. Walberg
Theme music composer	Bernard Hoffer (1975–2006) David Cebert and Bernard Hoffer (2006–2015) Edd Kalehoff (2015–present)
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	20
Production
Executive producer(s)	Marsha Bemko Alda Moreno (1996–2001) Peter Cook (2001–2003)
Producer(s)	Sam Farrell Sarah Elliott
Production location(s)	List of locations
Cinematography	Chas Norton
Editor(s)	Jeff Cronenberg Kelsey Bresnahan Sharon Singer Shady Hartshorne
Camera setup	Multiple
Running time	60 minutes
Production company(s)	WGBH-TV
Distributor	PBS
Release
Original network	PBS
Original release	January 9, 1997 (1997-01-09)
Chronology
Related shows	Antiques Roadshow FYI Market Warriors
External links
Antiques Roadshow

Antiques Roadshow appraises thousands of items in any given taping, with the public ticketed for time slots between 8 am and 5 pm local time; this image shows a portion of the public entering a July 2009 roadshow in Madison, Wisconsin at noon.

Antiques Roadshow is an American television program broadcast on Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Public television stations. The series features local antiques owners who bring in items to be appraised by experts. Provenance, history, and value of the items are discussed. Based on the original British Antiques Roadshow – which premiered in 1979 – the American version launched in 1997. When PBS decides on the taping locations for each year, it publicizes the chosen cities and airs the city and items to be appraised nationwide on PBS stations the next year, therefore raising the profile of various small to mid-size cities, such as Billings, Montana; Biloxi, Mississippi; Bismarck, North Dakota; Chattanooga, Tennessee; Hot Springs, Arkansas; and Rapid City, South Dakota. Antiques Roadshow has been nominated 13 times for a Primetime Emmy.

During 2005, the American version of Antiques Roadshow produced its own spinoff called Antiques Roadshow FYI, a half-hour program that followed the fate of items appraised in the main series and provided additional information on antiques and collecting.

Format

Each episode begins with a self-introduction by the host (currently Mark L. Walberg) followed by an announcement of the taping location. Each city taping is split into three hours, i.e. Boise Hour 1, Chattanooga Hour 2, or Raleigh Hour 3. Various three- to four-minute-long segments of selected people talking about their item(s) and their appraisers talking about the provenance, history, and value of the item(s) follow, interspersed with several brief informal appraisals, lasting about a minute or so and called single-camera appraisals. Another segment, lasting about three minutes long and called a field segment, shows a selected site in the event city and the host talking with an appraiser about selected items. The segment concludes with the host wrapping things up; in more recent seasons, the Feedback Booth, a series of clips of people talking about their experience at Antiques Roadshow rolls with the credits.

History

Before people enter the main appraisal/recording area, general appraisers quickly categorize and give tickets to specific appraisers (e.g. "Asian Art", "Metal Work", etc.).

The series was created in 1996 by WGBH-TV, based on the BBC's series of the same name that had been airing in the United Kingdom since 1979. The first US episodes were broadcast on PBS in 1997. (PBS also airs the original BBC series, though it is called Antiques Roadshow UK to differentiate it from its own version.) The American version of Antiques Roadshow is produced by WGBH-TV, the public television station in Boston, Massachusetts. The American version has been hosted by Chris Jussel (1997–2000), Dan Elias (2001–03), Lara Spencer (2004–05), and Mark L. Walberg (2005–present). Marsha Bemko is executive producer. Notable appraisers include Leigh and Leslie Keno, Nicholas Lowry, Noel Barrett, David Rago, Arlie Sulka, J. Christopher Mitchell, Ken Farmer, Wes Cowan, Timothy Gordon and Kathy Bailey who appraise furniture, posters, toys, pottery, glass, arms and militaria, and folk art. Auction houses Christie's, Sotheby's, Heritage Auctions, Skinner, Inc., Doyle New York, Freeman's Auctioneers & Appraisers, and Swann Galleries provide expert appraisers for venues across America.

Antiques Roadshow FYI

During 2005, PBS broadcast Antiques Roadshow FYI, a sister series to Antiques Roadshow. The weekly half-hour show, hosted by then-Antiques Roadshow host Lara Spencer with correspondent Clay Reynolds, provided information on items shown on previous episodes of Antiques Roadshow, as well as additional information on antiques and collecting.

Notable appraisals

Eleven items are recognized as the most valuable items featured on the American Antiques Roadshow:

• On July 23, 2011, a collection of Chinese cups carved from rhinoceros horns, believed to date from the late 17th or early 18th century, was valued at $1–1.5 million at a show location in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
• Four pieces of Chinese carved jade and celadon ceramics dating to the reign of the Qianlong Emperor (1736–95), including a large bowl crafted for the emperor, were given a conservative auction estimate of up to $1.07 million. However the items sold at auction for only $494,615.
• A trove of 1870s Boston Red Stockings (now the Atlanta Braves) memorabilia including players' signatures and rare baseball cards was appraised at $1,000,000 for insurance purposes in New York City on January 5, 2015.
• An Alexander Calder mobile, c. 1950, was appraised in Miami, Florida, for anywhere from $400,000 to $1,000,000.
• A 1937 Clyfford Still oil painting, valued conservatively at $500,000, was appraised on the first episode of its 13th season on January 5, 2009.
• A Norman Rockwell oil painting was appraised at $500,000 in 2010 in Eugene, Oregon.
• An Andrew Wyeth watercolor painting was appraised at $450,000 in Raleigh, North Carolina, in 2010.
• A collection of Charles Schulz Peanuts comic art was appraised at $450,000 in Phoenix, Arizona.
• A mid-19th Century Navajo Ute First Phase blanket, believed once to have been owned by Kit Carson, was valued in Tucson, Arizona, from $350,000 to $500,000.
• An 1847 James Henry Beard oil painting, "The Illustrious Guest", was valued between $300,000 and $500,000 in Dallas, Texas.
• An 1881 Jasper F. Cropsey landscape painting was appraised at $300,000 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Antiques Roadshow taping locations

The following is a list of the seasons, hosts, broadcast/taping years, and taping locations of Antiques Roadshow from 1996 to the present:

Season	Host	Broadcast Year	Taped Year	Location (City and State/Province)	Miscellaneous
1	Chris Jussel	1997	1996	Albuquerque, New Mexico Chicago College Park, Maryland Concord, Massachusetts Denver, Colorado Durham, North Carolina Greenwich, Connecticut Kansas City, Missouri Minneapolis Philadelphia San Antonio, Texas Seattle Southfield, Michigan	The first season and Jussel's first year as host; the only season until 2013 to tape in more than eight cities, excluding specials.
2	Chris Jussel	1998	1997	Atlanta Cincinnati Dallas Nashville, Tennessee Phoenix, Arizona Pittsburgh San Francisco Secaucus, New Jersey	The second season; the first one to tape in eight cities.
3	Chris Jussel	1999	1998	Hartford, Connecticut Houston, Texas Los Angeles Louisville, Kentucky Milwaukee Portland, Oregon Richmond, Virginia Rochester, New York
4	Chris Jussel	2000	1999	Baltimore, Maryland Birmingham, Alabama Columbus, Ohio Des Moines, Iowa Providence, Rhode Island Salt Lake City Tampa, Florida Toronto	Jussel's last year as host; the first and, so far, only season taped outside of the United States (Canada).
5	Dan Elias	2001	2000	Austin, Texas Charleston, South Carolina Denver Las Vegas Madison, Wisconsin Sacramento, California St. Louis, Missouri Tulsa, Oklahoma	Elias' first year as host.
6	Dan Elias	2002	2001	Boston Indianapolis Miami New Orleans New York City San Diego Tucson, Arizona	The Boston segment was taped in the summer of 2000.
7	Dan Elias	2003	2002	Albuquerque Charlotte, North Carolina Cleveland, Ohio Hot Springs, Arkansas Kansas City Seattle	Elias' last year as host.
8	Lara Spencer	2004	2003	Chicago Oklahoma City San Francisco Savannah, Georgia	Spencer's first year as hostess; the least cities taped in the show's history; the first season to have specials. This season's specials include Roadshow Favorites and Greatest Finds.
9	Lara Spencer	2005	2004	Memphis, Tennessee Omaha, Nebraska Portland Reno, Nevada St. Paul, Minnesota	Spencer's last year as hostess. This season's specials include Tomorrow's Antiques and Wild Things!
10	Mark Walberg	2006	2005	Bismarck, North Dakota Houston Los Angeles Providence Tampa	Walberg's first year as host. This season's specials include Fame and Fortune and Roadshow Remembers.
11	Mark Walberg	2007	2006	Honolulu, Hawaii Milwaukee Mobile, Alabama Salt Lake City Tucson	First season to tape out of the continental United States while still remaining in the United States (Hawaii). This season's specials include Jackpot! and Unique Antiques.
12	Mark Walberg	2008	2007	Baltimore Las Vegas Louisville Orlando, Florida San Antonio Spokane, Washington	This season's specials include Politically Collect and Trash to Treasure.
13	Mark Walberg	2009	2008	Chattanooga, Tennessee Dallas Grand Rapids, Michigan Hartford Palm Springs, California Wichita, Kansas	This season's specials include Big and Little and Relative Riches.
14	Mark Walberg	2010	2009	Atlantic City, New Jersey Denver Madison Phoenix Raleigh, North Carolina San Jose, California	This season's specials include Naughty or Nice and Simply the Best.
15	Mark Walberg	2011	2010	Billings, Montana Biloxi, Mississippi Des Moines Miami Beach, Florida San Diego Washington, D.C.	First season to tape in the nation's capital (Washington, D.C.). This season is the first to have more than two specials. This season's specials include Forever Young, Junk in the Trunk, and Tasty Treasures.
16	Mark Walberg	2012	2011	Atlanta El Paso, Texas Eugene, Oregon Minneapolis Pittsburgh Tulsa	First season to have Vintage specials, specials that cover a previously taped location and its appraisals. This season's specials include Cats & Dogs, Greatest Gifts, Junk in the Trunk 2, Vintage Atlanta, Vintage Houston, Vintage Phoenix, Vintage Pittsburgh, Vintage San Francisco, and Vintage Secaucus.
17	Mark Walberg	2013	2012	Boston Cincinnati Corpus Christi, Texas Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Rapid City, South Dakota Seattle	This season's specials include Vintage Hartford, Vintage Los Angeles, Vintage Louisville, Vintage Milwaukee, Vintage Richmond, and Vintage Rochester.
18	Mark Walberg	2014	2013	Anaheim, California Baton Rouge, Louisiana Boise, Idaho Detroit, Michigan Jacksonville, Florida Kansas City Knoxville, Tennessee Richmond	First season since 2001 to tape in more than eight cities. This season's specials include Vintage Providence.
19	Mark Walberg	2015	2014	New York City Austin, Texas Bismarck, North Dakota Birmingham, Alabama Santa Clara, California Charleston, West Virginia Albuquerque, New Mexico Chicago	This season's specials include Celebrating Black Americana, Vintage St. Louis, Vintage Sacramento, Vintage Denver, Vintage Tulsa, Vintage Las Vegas, Vintage Madison and Vintage Charleston.
20	Mark Walberg	2016	2015	Spokane Little Rock Charleston, South Carolina Tucson Omaha Cleveland	The show used new graphics this season, as well as a new format in which Wahlberg provided voiceovers but did not appear on camera. The weekly segment in which Wahlberg met one of the appraisers at a local venue to discuss antiques was eliminated, and brief highlights of appraisals of items of lesser value were televised in between conventional appraisals.

States or province (Ontario) where tapings have taken place are listed below:

State/Province	Broadcast Season (Tapings are one year prior to given year)
Alabama	3 (2000, 2007, 2015)
Alaska	0
Arizona	5 (1998, 2002, 2007, 2010, 2016)
Arkansas	2 (2003, 2016)
California	11 (1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015)
Colorado	3 (1997, 2001, 2010)
Connecticut	3 (1997, 1999, 2009)
Delaware	0
District of Columbia	1 (2011)
Florida	6 (2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2014)
Georgia	3 (1998, 2004, 2012)
Hawaii	1 (2007)
Idaho	1 (2014)
Illinois	3 (1997, 2004, 2015)
Indiana	1 (2002)
Iowa	2 (2000, 2011)
Kansas	1 (2009)
Kentucky	2 (1999, 2008)
Louisiana	2 (2002, 2014)
Maine	0
Massachusetts	3 (1997, 2002, 2013)
Maryland	3 (1997, 2000, 2008)
Michigan	3 (1997, 2009, 2014)
Minnesota	3 (1997, 2005, 2012)
Mississippi	1 (2011)
Missouri	4 (1997, 2001, 2003, 2014)
Montana	1 (2011)
Nebraska	2 (2005, 2016)
Nevada	3 (2001, 2005, 2008)
New Hampshire	0
New Jersey	2 (1997, 2010)
New Mexico	3 (1997, 2003, 2015)
New York	3 (1999, 2002, 2015)
North Carolina	3 (1997, 2003, 2010)
North Dakota	2 (2006, 2015)
Ohio	5 (1998, 2000, 2003, 2013, 2016)
Oklahoma	3 (2001, 2004, 2012)
Oregon	3 (1999, 2005, 2012)
Pennsylvania	4 (1997, 1998, 2007, 2012)
Rhode Island	2 (2000, 2006)
South Carolina	3 (2001, 2013, 2016)
South Dakota	1 (2013)
Tennessee	4 (1998, 2005, 2009, 2014)
Texas	9 (1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013)
Utah	2 (2000, 2007)
Vermont	0
Virginia	2 (1999, 2014)
Washington	4 (1997, 2003, 2008, 2013)
West Virginia	1 (2015)
Wisconsin	4 (1999, 2001, 2007, 2010)
Wyoming	0
Ontario (Canada)	1 (2000)

Tickets

Tickets are free, but are only provided to preselected people on a random basis. To request tickets, prospective appraisees must fill out a form on the official website.

Pop culture references

Antiques Roadshow had a notable role in the 2006 comedy Grandma's Boy and the 1999 episode of Frasier "A Tsar Is Born".

In Season 6, Episode 20 of Modern Family (episode: "Knock 'Em Down"), Cameron Tucker tells his partner Mitch, "Yes, you're very hip", before adding, "That's the theme song to the Antiques Roadshow."

Fraud conviction

In 2001, two dealers who had appeared on the show were indicted on mail and wired fraud charges. Russ Pritchard III and George Juno were accused of defrauding Civil War descendants out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. The pair also had faced accusations of phony appraisals on the show. In 2002 they were sentenced after being convicted.

See also

• It's Worth What?
• Buried Treasure
• Market Warriors

External links

• Official website and ticket request information