Stekler served as host and executive producer of the statewide PBS television series, "Special Session," which covered issues and politics confronting during the 2005 and 2007 sessions of the Texas State Legislature. He was the co-Executive Producer on Margaret Brown's "Be Here To Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt" (2004) and a consulting producer on Peter Frumkin's "Woody Guthrie: Ain’t Got No Home" (2006). In 2008, Stekler co-produced and co-wrote Frontline's "The Choice", about the Obama/McCain race, with director Mike Kirk and Jim Gilmore.