Danny Seagren, the puppeteer who often stood in for Caroll Spinney as Sesame Street ’s Big Bird and was the first ever live-action Spider-Man, has died at the age of 81. Seagren passed away on ...

The six-part documentary explores the United States’ founding struggle and its eight-year War for Independence, examining how these “turned the world upside-down.” It airs nightly through Nov. 21.

Sunday’s premiere of Ken Burns’ new PBS series “The American Revolution” doubles as an attention-grabbing statement, months after President Donald Trump succeeded in stripping away all federal funding ...

A 1975 episode introduced audiences to one of the first openly gay couples in mainstream American television not depicted as deviants or criminals. By Erik Piepenburg A half-century ago, ABC’s “Barney ...

Nebraska's special teams was good enough on Saturday that Barney could tell the other side was nervous to punt it. In the stadium and house parties across the state, there might have been an "Even ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. “Maigret,” premiering Sunday on PBS, is the fourth British series (plus one failed pilot) to be titled “Maigret,” ...

Cuts to NPR, PBS and other public media outlets have been in the news all year long, but now the federal funds have actually run out. With Tuesday marking the end of the federal government’s fiscal ...

PBS's chief executive told public television officials Thursday that it was cutting about 15% of its jobs due to the move by Republicans in Congress to eliminate all federal funding for public ...

Coping with a sudden loss in federal funding, PBS affiliate KSPS in Spokane, Washington, faced a surprise extra hurdle. Many of its contributing members — at one point almost half — lived in Canada, ...

PBS is cutting its budget by 21%, a spokesperson confirmed to CBS News on Friday. The public media company's board approved the budget cut Wednesday, according to the PBS spokesperson. Board members ...

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