PBS weekend newscasts shut down due to funding cuts, replaced by single-topic programs

PBS News Weekend,” the companion to the weekday “NewsHour” program, has signed off, eliminated due to federal funding cuts to ...
The Spokesman-Review

Shoshone-Bannock culture spotlighted in PBS Kids’ ‘Molly of Denali’ episode

In recent episodes of the popular PBS Kids series “Molly of Denali,” Molly has been traveling across the U.S. in her “Molly’s Epic Adventure” spinoff series, exploring different tribal communities and ...
Fox Business

Arkansas to become first state to cut ties with PBS: 'Not feasible'

Arkansas is set to become the first state to sever ties with PBS, after the commission that oversees public television in the state voted to end its contract with the broadcast company. The ...
The New York Times

Arkansas Public Television Drops PBS

The loss of federal funding forced a difficult decision, the executive director of Arkansas TV said: Cut PBS, or go off the air entirely. By Benjamin Mullin Arkansas PBS on Thursday severed ties with ...
Wall Street Journal

‘Happiness’ Review: PBS’s Community-Theater Comedy

No one ever went wrong throwing together a piano, some upbeat songs and a bunch of kids wondering whether the show really must go on. It’s a mainstay of musical theater. It just doesn’t always happen ...
Arkansas Times

RIP, Arkansas PBS

In a jawdropper of a move, members of the Arkansas PBS Commission voted Thursday to chuck “NOVA”, “Antiques Roadshow” and “Sesame Street” in favor of cheaper, homegrown content instead. The wholesale ...
Ars Technica

After NPR and PBS defunding, FCC receives call to take away station licenses

A conservative group yesterday urged the Federal Communications Commission to take licenses away from NPR and PBS stations and let other entities use the spectrum. The request came from the Center for ...
The Boston Globe

In an age of streaming and AI slop, parents and researchers worry about a shrinking PBS Kids

Like many parents, Andrew David keeps a close eye on what programs his 6-year-old son is consuming, often watching shows on YouTube, Netflix, or Disney+ with him or sitting nearby and listening in.
The Boston Globe

Tell us: Are you concerned about funding cuts to PBS and GBH Kids?

Recent cuts to public media are not just affecting local stations and news programming. They also pose a threat to public children’s and educational programming that reaches millions of kids across ...
al.com

Shutting down PBS Kids would be ‘horrible mistake’: op-ed from an Alabama 6th grader

Hi! My name is Naomi Ward, I’m an eleven year old in sixth grade and I heard that you were thinking about shutting down the channel P.B.S. Kids, because it is “uneducational” well, I’m writing this to ...
World Screen

PBS KIDS Celebrating the Holidays with Festive Specials

PBS KIDS is celebrating the holiday season with two new festive specials for Lyla in the Loop and Weather Hunters. The Lyla in the Loop special, “When We Met Stu,” follows as Lyla and her family pack ...
KLTV

Representation matters: Tyler man makes history voicing PBS Kids show character

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - A 23-year-old Tyler man has made television history as the first non-speaking actor to voice a character in a syndicated cartoon, bringing authentic representation to PBS Kids’ ...