PBS filed a federal lawsuit Friday asking a court to block the May 1 executive order by the Trump White House to cut off funding to public media, calling the move a violation of the 1st Amendment.

First, PBS licensed its signature children’s show, Sesame Street, to HBO in 2015 for five years. ... The PBS NewsHour, for example, routinely books many more liberals than conservatives.

None of that, however, will change the underlying truth. The president is right that PBS and NPR fail to reflect the “public” mood in any honest way. Trump, whether you like him or not ...

Josh Shepperd is under contract to co-author an update of the history of public broadcasting for Current, public media's trade journal, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Josh is not a ...

In 1967, Democratic U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Public Broadcasting Act, authorizing the distribution of federal funds to public television and radio stations across the country.

So marquee programs like “PBS NewsHour” and “Nature” would need to find money elsewhere, such as from donations or syndication. But again, the member stations, which rely more on public ...

After last week's congressional hearing with the heads of PBS and NPR, it's important to remember how public broadcasting works, what it does and whom it serves, our television critic says.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene criticized PBS for featuring a drag queen named Lil Miss Hot Mess in its children’s programming. By Talya Minsberg In her opening remarks at Wednesday’s hearing on ...

The two anchors of “PBS News Hour” have been giving a lot ... air nods they make to corporate sponsorship are appropriate. “NewsHour” has long been seen as distinct from its evening ...

New WABE TV (PBS-30) and WABE 90.1 schedule changes take effect in July. Atlanta (June 28, 2024)—Atlanta public media powerhouse WABE is revamping its television and radio schedules to better serve ...

Robert MacNeil, a broadcast journalist who co-founded the weeknight news program that became PBS NewsHour, died Friday at the ... Donna MacNeil, his spouse of 30 years, died in 2015. MacNeil had four ...

She also helped produce a PBS special and Bill Moyers’ Journal. Merrill Schwerin is deputy managing producer of PBS NewsHour. Schwerin joined the development team after working for decades as a ...