The MacNeil / Lehrer Newshour - Promotional Public Television Nightly Show (PBS) Poster. Celebrating 15 years on the air, from 1975-1990. In 1983, the partners Robert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer transformed The MacNeil/Lehrer Report into The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour. The program became the nations first and only hour-long nightly broadcast of national news, proving there existed both a need and a substantial audience for serious, long-form journalism. Original vintage 27 x 39 one-sided color poster printed on glossy stock. Condition: This is an original, authentic poster created for promotional purposes. It is not a reproduction. It has some crinkles along the bottom edge, and otherwise grades very good to excellent. It comes carefully rolled in a shipping tube. Comments: This poster indicates the program was a co-production of WNET, New York and WETA, Washington, D.C. It was funded by AT&T, Pepsico, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The poster came from the discarded inventory of a Maine television station.