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Alfonso Ribeiro will host PBS’s A Capitol Fourth, the annual Independence Day celebration on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol. The live event, airing at 8 p.m. ET, will feature performances by Chicago, Boyz II Men, Belinda Carlisle, Babyface, Maddie & Tae, Charles Esten, the Broadway cast of A Beauti…

EXCLUSIVE: PBS’s Independent Lens strand has acquired feature doc One with the Whale, spotlighting a Siberian Yupik community facing up to climate change and animal rights activists. Co-directed by Pete Chelkowski (Life Below Zero – First Alaskans, Ocean Warriors) and environmental journalist Jim…

PBS’ National Memorial Day Concert will return on May 28 with a lineup that includes a tribute to Vietnam War POWs and Gold Star families, as well as a commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Korean War Armistice and a remembrance of World War II. Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinise will again host the…

Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt vetoed funding last month for the state’s public television network, a decision he says was triggered in part by content he has deemed “indoctrination” of children. Calling the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority an “outdated system,” Stitt said in an interview…

EXCLUSIVE: The PBS series POV today announced the lineup of films for its historic 36th season, a diverse slate highlighted by documentaries with Oscar pedigree.  The season kicks off June 26 with Jon-Sesrie Goff's acclaimed After Sherman, winner of best documentary prizes at the Atlanta Film…

Twitter has removed labels denoting “Government-Funded Media” for news outlets NPR, PBS, the BBC and others after criticisms from the organizations that the label is not and accurate representations of their editorial independence. NPR and PBS both ceased posting after the labels appeared last…

EXCLUSIVE: David Bowie called them "as important as anybody else who's ever been, ever." But for decades the pioneering all-women rock band Fanny was mostly overlooked, despite their huge talent – a result of sexism and homophobia.  The musical group co-founded by Filipina sisters June and Jean…

UPDATED: The full list of nominations for the 83rd annual Peabody Awards were revealed Thursday, with a list that includes ABC’s Emmy-nominated Abbott Elementary, Disney+’s Andor, AMC’s Better Call Saul, Apple TV+’s Pachinko, FX’s Reservation Dogs and Nat Geo’s Oscar-nominated Fire of Love. The…

PBS has joined NPR in closing down shop on Twitter after the Elon Musk-owned social media platform dubbed it "Government-funded Media," slapping the tag to all its Tweets. "PBS stopped tweeting from our account when we learned of the change and we have no plans to resume at this time. We are…

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy-winning filmmaker Erika Dilday is joining Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon as co-director and co-producer of the upcoming documentary film Emancipation to Exodus (working title). It's a long-term commitment – the film about a critical period in the African American experience…

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC and PBS have set their latest landmark science series, an exploration of how modern humans came into being. In Human, which is in the process of crewing up, archaeology, travelog and reconstruction will be used to tell the story of the homo sapiens species that emerged around…

Endeavour, the PBS Masterpiece detective drama that stars Shaun Evans and Roger Allam, will return for its ninth and final season June 18. Inspired by Inspector Morse, the spinoff set in the ’70s will wrap with Endeavour Morse (Evans) and his superior officer Fred Thursday (Allam) facing new crimes…