 Between 1996 and 1998 he invented a series based on Magritte's paintings and sculptures, but most were done in grisaille.In 1997 the Shock of the New Series for PBS, WGBH, commissioned Mike Bidlo to make a film and he created, “A More Modern Olympia.” A film of the making of this program was made by Annie Bonney, director of The Kitchen, while the program was being shot.Bidlo's television program for PBS explores, “Olympia” a controversial painting by Edouard Manet made in 1863.