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This April, the award-winning national public television series Weekends with Yankee returns for an eighth season, with 13 episodes that transport viewers nationwide directly to New England, from epic adventures and fun destinations to the region’s most iconic flavors. Check local listings for air dates and times on your local public television station.
Named for the long-running publication enjoyed by readers across America for more than 80 years, the series is a joint effort of Yankee Magazine and public media powerhouse WGBH. Since its premiere in 2016, Weekends with Yankee has traveled throughout New England, transporting viewers nationwide on an insider’s journey to the region’s very best—from captivating scenery, bountiful nature, marine life and wildlife, and breathtaking vistas to signature attractions and the singular secret spots known only to locals.
Network | Weekends with Yankee is airing nationally in over 90% of US markets. Check your local listings for the latest information, including when you can enjoy repeat airings and select prime-time episodes. Episodes also air on Create TV. Check local listings at www.CreateTV.com/schedule.
Season 7: Tune in to season 8 of Weekends with Yankee, airing this spring!
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New Hampshire PTV
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Scheduling is subject to change. Check your local PBS station to find out more about the series in your area.
Stream | Streaming episodes from Seasons 1 – 7 of Weekends with Yankee are available exclusively to Yankee All-Access subscribers.
Buy | Episodes and complete seasons of Weekends with Yankee are available for purchase on iTunes and Amazon.
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Over the course of 13 half-hour episodes each season, cohosts Richard Weise, an Emmy Award-winning TV travel host and explorer, and Amy Traverso, cookbook author, and Yankee senior food editor, bring viewers along as they experience the people, locations, and flavors that make our region so unique.
Produced by GBH, Boston’s preeminent public media producer, Weekends with Yankee is a Telly Award–winner in the Tourism/Travel category and was recently nominated for Best New Series and Best Travel Program by The Taste Awards. Executive producer of the series is Laurie Donnelly (Lidia Celebrates America, Rare: Creatures of the Photo Ark, Moveable Feast with Relish, Simply Ming). Producers: Mercedes I. Velgot, Tiffany Thompson, Ian Aldrich, Richard Weise, Amy Traverso. Field producers: Anya Adamsky, Jennifer Hickey. Directors of photography: Corey Hendrickson, Jan Maliszewski. Associate producer: Nora Kirrane. Director of business and production: Emily Stevens. Business manager: Jonathan Trimby.
Series funding for Weekends with Yankee is provided by New Hampshire Division of Travel & Tourism Development, Maine Office of Tourism, Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism, The Barn Yard, American Cruise Lines, and Grady-White Boats.
Closed Captioning provided by See Plymouth, Woodstock Inn & Resort, and Omni Mount Washington Resort.
Senior Food Editor Amy Traverso gives a sneak peek at the delicious destinations featured on season 2 of Weekends with Yankee in the March/April 2018 issue of Yankee Magazine, including four featured recipes.
An interview with NewEngland.com Senior Digital Editor Aimee Tucker and Weekends with Yankee Executive Producer Laurie Donnelly discussing the “great journeys and great food” coming up in Season 2.
A look at Season 1 of Weekends with Yankee from the March/April 2017 issue of Yankee Magazine, including four featured recipes, from Senior Food Editor Amy Traverso.
An interview with NewEngland.com Senior Digital Editor Aimee Tucker and Weekends with Yankee Executive Producer Laurie Donnelly.