The Hollywood Reporter

How PBS Kids Hopes to Save Children’s Programming

A leading exec at the public broadcasting institution breaks down the impact of recent government cuts and what to do about them By Abbey White Associate Editor & News Writer In May 1969, Fred ...
The American Prospect

It’s a Dreary Day in the Neighborhood

PBS Kids show characters decorate boxes at the Arizona PBS offices in the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in Phoenix, May 2, 2025. Credit: Katie Oyan/AP Photo PBS Kids has ...
WKAR

WKAR Celebrates PBS KIDS Day in 2026

Over 1,200 community members of all ages gathered recently to celebrate PBS KIDS® Day with WKAR. Families across mid-Michigan came together for the event, hosted at the WKAR studios on the campus of ...
Forbes

PBS Kids Enters New, And Complicated, Era With ‘Phoebe & Jay’ Launch

With the debut this week of new series Phoebe & Jay, the children’s programming division of PBS waves goodbye to an era where it could count on federal assistance for both programming and research.
Los Angeles Times

After funding cuts, PBS children’s programming soldiers on with ‘Phoebe & Jay’

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Paula Kerger of PBS wants viewers to know: “We’re still here and we are even more resolved to do great work.” As ...
Education Week

Federal Funding Cuts Come for Big Bird: What’s Ahead for PBS Kids?

Millions of children have grown up watching PBS Kids’ educational TV, geared toward 2- to 8-year-olds—from classics like “Sesame Street” and “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” to recently added shows like ...
CBS News

Five years later, the 2021 deep freeze that left millions in the dark still looms over North Texas

As North Texas endures another stretch of winter weather in 2026, the conditions are reviving memories of one of the most devastating cold events in state history: the February 2021 deep freeze that ...
Los Angeles Times

6 ways public broadcasting will improve your life. And that’s a promise

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Community-supported media has had a tough year with the defunding of the Corp. for Public Broadcasting, created by ...
The Boston Globe

In an age of streaming and AI slop, parents and researchers worry about a shrinking PBS Kids

Like many parents, Andrew David keeps a close eye on what programs his 6-year-old son is consuming, often watching shows on YouTube, Netflix, or Disney+ with him or sitting nearby and listening in.
KLTV

Representation matters: Tyler man makes history voicing PBS Kids show character

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - A 23-year-old Tyler man has made television history as the first non-speaking actor to voice a character in a syndicated cartoon, bringing authentic representation to PBS Kids’ ...
Variety

PBS Kids Sets ‘Super Why’s Comic Book Adventures’ Full Series

PBS Kids is expanding “Super Why’s Comic Book Adventures,” which debuted in 2023 as a series of shorts, into a full half-hour series set to debut in 2026. A spinoff of “Super Why,” which ran on PBS ...