What's New? (American TV series)

What's New? is a half-hour American daily science and entertainment television program for children,^[1][2] that was broadcast on the National Educational Television (NET) network and its 1970 successor, the Public Broadcasting System (PBS), from 1962 to 1973.^[3] The program aired in black-and-white and, then as of October 1967, in color.^[4][5]

The show began with a marching theme, with the narrator saying: "In, Out, and Round About. Here, There, and Everywhere. What's New?"

The target audience was upper elementary school and junior high school grades. The show was hosted by Al Binford,^[3] with daily segments presented by science teacher George Fischbeck,^[6][7][4] naturalist Murl Deusing and others, including deaf mime actor Bernard Bragg whose silent semi-comical educational adventure sketches were based on the artistry of his teacher, Marcel Marceau.^[8] Ron Finley created the opening credits. Each program would deal with three different topics, such as baseball or space science.^[4][5]