ITVS Launches New Online Fictional Series on Monday

Posted on March 5, 2010
What will life look like in America in the decades and centuries to come? On Monday, March 8, ITVS will launch FUTURESTATES –– a new online fictional series that represents a huge innovation for public media. Each of the 11 episodes will be available for free beginning March 8 on the series website www.futurestates.tv with subsequent distribution on pbs.org. FUTURESTATES will also have its theatrical premiere at South by Southwest on Sunday, March 14. Have your own predictions for the future? Be sure to tell us on the “Predict-o-Meter,” a unique feature on the FUTURESTATES website where you can submit your own predictions about life in the future, and comment on the predictions of others. Think you know when the ice caps will melt? Know when we’ll elect our first female president? Will the rainforest rebound or disappear? Share your predictions with us on Monday. Are you as excited as we are? Then you won't want to miss the extended series trailer below! Join the FUTURESTATES Facebook Fan Page >> Bookmark the FUTURESTATES website and visit on Monday >>

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