Producers Rejected Epstein’s Offer to Help Finance a Dick Cavett Film

Jeffrey Epstein joined Mr. Cavett’s wife in an effort to create a PBS documentary on the talk-show legend. But then the ...
BroadwayWorld

Suzanne Vega’s LOVER, BELOVED Stage Show Coming to PBS

Lover, Beloved, the film adaptation of songwriter Suzanne Vega’s one-woman stage show about the life of 20th-century American writer Carson McCullers, is set to make its broadcast debut. The film will ...
Deadline.com

‘The Librarians’ To Premiere On PBS ‘Independent Lens’ As Political Backlash Mounts Against Book Banning

The Librarians is set to premiere on PBS this Monday, Feb. 9, after a robust theatrical and festival run that saw Kim A. Snyder’s documentary earn awards across the country. The film, executive ...
PBS

Night in Newark

Middle school students in Newark grapple with Elie Wiesel’s harrowing Holocaust memoir. The short stand-alone film Night in Newark takes place in the 7th grade classroom of the extraordinary teacher ...
Religion News Service

New PBS docuseries examines the ‘interwoven history’ of Black and Jewish Americans

(RNS) — A new four-part PBS documentary series traces the history between Black and Jewish Americans, examining their connection through shared experiences of persecution and tests to the relationship ...
The Hill

Shame on PBS: ‘The Librarians’ is one big lie to parents and kids

Editor’s note: The piece that follows and some of its links contain explicit material. Reader discretion is advised. Next week, PBS viewers will come across the new documentary “The Librarians.” ...
Los Angeles Times

After funding cuts, PBS children’s programming soldiers on with ‘Phoebe & Jay’

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Paula Kerger of PBS wants viewers to know: “We’re still here and we are even more resolved to do great work.” As ...
National Review

NPR and PBS Never Needed Your Taxpayer Dollars

Our Men’s Hockey Team’s Historic Win Was Just Too Much for Sports Writers to Bear Stephen Colbert’s Talarico Tantrum Further Vindicates CBS Abolish the FCC’s Equal-Time Rule CNN’s Love-Hate ...
Education Week

Federal Funding Cuts Come for Big Bird: What’s Ahead for PBS Kids?

Millions of children have grown up watching PBS Kids’ educational TV, geared toward 2- to 8-year-olds—from classics like “Sesame Street” and “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” to recently added shows like ...
RBR

A United ATSC 3.0 Transition Call From APTS, PBS

PBS and the nation’s leading advocacy group inside the Beltway for public television stations have come together to urge the FCC to adopt “a locally driven transition” to the new ATSC 3.0 digital ...
al.com

Alabama’s public television board would kill itself to kill PBS

This is an opinion column. Where to begin with the board that decides whether you get to watch Daniel Tiger or Ken Burns’ “American Revolution,” on Alabama Public Television? Clown car? Kangaroo court ...