PBS Kids showcases Idaho’s Shoshone-Bannock tribes in new miniseries “Molly’s Epic Adventures”

Molly’s Epic Adventures, premiering November 3 on PBS KIDS and streaming on PBS.org and the PBS app, follows Molly Mabray, the first Alaska Native lead character in a nationally distributed children’s ...
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Curious Kids Meet Wild Science: A PBS Nature x Cumbre Kids Podcast Series

PBS Nature is teaming up with children’s podcast network Cumbre Kids for a special bilingual podcast series celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month!
Pensacola News Journal

WSRE to end affiliation with PBS next summer

Citing budget constraints, PSC President Ed Meadows recommended the board of trustees end WSRE-TV affiliation with PBS. PSC board also voted to decertify the WSRE Foundation. (This story was updated ...
Black Enterprise

Al Roker Inspires the Next Generation with PBS KIDS ‘Weather Hunters’

Al Roker has long been a household name, best known for bringing the weather into America’s living rooms each morning on the TODAY show. BE: What inspired you to create Weather Hunters, and why do you ...
Los Angeles Times

Al Roker always dreamed of working in animation. ‘Weather Hunters’ makes it a reality

Growing up, Al Roker loved animation. His Saturday mornings were devoted to Bugs Bunny and Road Runner, and he would spend hours studying Preston Blair’s book on how to draw cartoons. He dreamed of ...
Cleveland.com

Beloved TV personality lends voice and meteorology skills to new PBS Kids animated show

NEW YORK (AP) — Before he was a star on TV, Al Roker was a huge fan of watching it, especially animated shows. “I spent a lot of Saturday mornings in front of the TV,” he says. “I was one of those ...
Deadline.com

PBS Undergoes Round Of Job Cuts Following Loss Of Federal Funding

PBS notified 34 staffers of layoffs on Thursday, the latest fallout from a Donald Trump-led effort to cut federal funding to public media. The job cuts are among nearly 100 positions that have been ...
The Grio

Al Roker lends his voice and meteorology skills to the new PBS Kids animated show ‘Weather Hunters’

Before he was a star on TV, Al Roker was a huge fan of watching it, especially animated shows. “I spent a lot of Saturday mornings in front of the TV,” he says. “I was one of those kids who waited ...
UPI

PBS cuts 100 jobs after losing federal funding, lays off 34

Sept. 5 (UPI) --The chief executive of PBS said Thursday that the company was cutting 15% of its workforce due to an elimination of federal funding of public broadcasting. There were 34 people laid ...
Variety

PBS Kids Sets TV Series Featuring ‘Safe,’ Age-Appropriate Gameplay Walkthroughs (EXCLUSIVE)

Taking note of Gen Alpha’s obsession with video game-walkthrough content on platforms like YouTube and Twitch, PBS Kids is about to launch a TV series centered around the digital activity titled, “Odd ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Propaganda in place of PBS. PragerU is not a university or even accurate. | Opinion

Federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which supports PBS and NPR, was cut by $1.1 billion. PBS provides free educational resources, including PBS Kids and PBS LearningMedia, to ...