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OWINGS MILLS, MD, Aug. 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Throughout its first 44 seasons, MotorWeek has consistently delivered great advice to help viewers make intelligent car-buying decisions while keeping things in perspective with a strong sense of automotive history. For Season 45, MotorWeek will continue to bring viewers great automotive advice, but with a heavy dose of nostalgia along for the ride, looking back at four and a half decades of covering America’s love affair with the automobile. 

Executive produced by Stanley Nelson and Travis Mitchell and directed by Alexis Aggrey, new documentary explores the life and legacy of Thurgood Marshall, the nation’s first African American Supreme Court Justice

OWINGS MILLS, MD, Feb. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MotorWeek today announced its 2025 Drivers’ Choice Awards, highlighted by its 2025 Best of the Year winner – the all-electric Chevrolet Equinox EV. 

Launch event participants included Maryland First Lady Dawn Moore, FCC Commissioner Anna M. Gomez, and Sheppard Pratt CEO Dr. Harsh K. Trivedi

CPB funding will support 24 new short films alongside other content and activities; other funding will support a new feature film for presentation on PBS in 2025

OWINGS MILLS, MD, Aug. 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MotorWeek keeps the throttle pinned for a 44th season of television’s original and longest-running automotive video magazine series. The new season premieres on Saturday, September 7 on public television stations nationwide (check local PBS station listings).

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OWINGS MILLS, MD, Feb. 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- With legendary style, power, and fun, but still with everyday usability, the Ford Mustang has earned MotorWeek’s 2024 Best of the Year as part of the TV series’ annual Drivers’ Choice Awards. Announced during a digital ceremony on February 8, the Ford Mustang wrangled the top spot in the corral of awards against the most outstanding array of vehicles in the award program’s more than four-decade history.

OWINGS MILLS, MD, Aug. 23, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MotorWeek, television’s original and longest-running automotive magazine series, pushes the start button on its 43rd season with a right turn into the world of reality TV with the new feature “Auto Blow Your Mind.”  This segment will show some lucky consumers just how capable the new vehicles that they’ve purchased really are, courtesy of controlled high-speed or rugged off-road drives under the watchful eyes of MotorWeek’s test-driving team. 

Initiative includes national broadcasts of HBCU-themed programs and new short films for YouTube, WORLD and PBS online platforms

Journey Films production is now available to view on the PBS App

OWINGS MILLS, MD, Feb. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fast, high-performing, roomy, clean, and with the ability to charge quickly, the all-electric 2023 Kia EV6 not only shifts the electric vehicle market into high gear, it captures MotorWeek’s Drivers’ Choice Awards Best of the Year honor for 2023. The announcement was made during a digital ceremony on February 9.

Two new documentaries directed by Oscar® nominee Stanley Nelson and Nicole London offer fresh perspectives on iconic historical figures