In 1973,“ An American Family” Gave Viewers Their First Taste of Reality TV. Decades Later, the Mom Said Show Cost Them Their 'Dignity'

Before The Osbournes or Keeping Up with the Kardashians, there was the Loud family. The family of seven became the subject of ...
Current

WNET Group CEO Neal Shapiro to retire this year, move to fundraising role

Neal Shapiro, president and CEO of the WNET Group in New York, will retire from the position at the end of his contract this ...
Wall Street Journal

‘Bombshell’ Review: PBS’s Cautionary Tale of Technology

Not to be confused with movies about Fox News or Hedy Lamarr, “Bombshell” isn’t just a film about the atomic bomb either. Or the Manhattan Project. Or the spin U.S. authorities tried to put on the ...
Los Angeles Times

6 ways public broadcasting will improve your life. And that’s a promise

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Community-supported media has had a tough year with the defunding of the Corp. for Public Broadcasting, created by ...
Fast Company

How ‘Cyberchase’ keeps up

In the world of the long-running kids show Cyberchase, Motherboard, a sort of digital queen and literal technocrat, is the beneficent but impaired leader of all of cyberspace. She is—we are to ...
BroadwayWorld

PBS Extends Free Streaming Window for THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

The American Revolution, the new six-part, 12-hour documentary series directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt, will now stream for free until the end of the year, when the film will be ...
Southwest Times Record

Arkansas PBS explains passport access, streaming after disaffiliation

Arkansas PBS will end its affiliation with the national PBS network on July 1, 2026. Current Arkansas PBS Passport members will retain their benefits until June 30, 2026. After the transition, ...
PBS

December 24, 2025

Retired Army Lt. General Russel L. Honoré discusses his time serving the nation and the tests that our democracy is now facing. Chef Eugene Korolev and his partner Polina Sychova discuss preserving ...
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 Hill

Arkansas will become first state to end PBS affiliation

CONWAY, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — Arkansas’ statewide public television network will end its affiliation with PBS starting in July 2026, the Arkansas Educational Television Commission announced this week.
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 ...
Southwest Times Record

Arkansas becomes first state to drop PBS membership, plans new network

Arkansas will become the first state in the country to drop its affiliation with PBS after the Arkansas Educational Television Commission voted Dec. 11, 2025, to end its contract with the national ...