Texas Sends Plato Back to His Cave

Since philosophy was invented, people have worried about its subversive effect on tender minds.

Stewart Cheifet, Host of TV’s ‘Computer Chronicles,’ Dies at 87

He spent two decades hosting the PBS series, during the formative years of personal computing. It was seen in more than 300 ...
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, ...
The Post-Crescent

Neenah glass museum to be featured on PBS' 'Wisconsin Life'

A Neenah museum will be featured on PBS this Christmas. According to a news release from the Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass, the museum will be featured on PBS' "Wisconsin Life," in a co-production ...
TheWrap

PBS Enters Nielsen’s Streaming Top 10 for First Time as Ken Burns’ ‘The American Revolution’ Logs 565 Million Minutes

Cannon in silhouette from the Yorktown Battlefield at Colonial National Historical Park in Yorktown, Va. (PBS) For the first time ever, PBS made its way into Nielsen’s top 10 streaming list, thanks to ...
Los Angeles Times

Can’t attend a ‘Nutcracker’ performance this year? PBS has a lavish, no-cost alternative

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. For many children, their first experience with ballet often happens at Christmastime via “The Nutcracker.” Now, ...
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 ...
The Harvard Crimson

PBS Cuts Ties With Former Harvard Professor Elisa New Following Epstein Email Release

PBS has stopped airing Harvard English professor emerita Elisa F. New’s show, “Poetry in America,” after emails released by the House Oversight Committee last month revealed close ties between New, ...
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 ...
4029tv

Arkansas TV to focus on state stories with new kids and history series after PBS split

The channel known as Arkansas PBS will no longer be able to broadcast PBS programs starting July 1, 2026, thanks to federal budget cuts signed into law earlier this year.This means Arkansans will not ...
PBS

Literary critics reveal their favorite books of 2025

It’s that time of the year when PBS News Hour invites two of our regular literary critics, Ann Patchett and Maureen Corrigan, to highlight their favorite books of the year. Jeffrey Brown picks up the ...