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• Posted Tuesday 8/10/21 at 1:46PM EDT

  PBS announces a new diversity initiative for production talent and staff

  Under the new guidelines, PBS says producers will have to “create and share their Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) plans...

• Posted Thursday 8/05/21 at 9:29AM EDT

  Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel will co-host PBS' Wicked in Concert special

  The concert special airing Sunday, August 29 will also feature performances by Rita Moreno, Mario Cantone, Gavin Creel, Ariana DeBose,...

• Posted Wednesday 8/04/21 at 2:14AM EDT

  Ken Burns says his staff is very diverse and that his documentaries don't take up a lot of PBS' airtime

  Burns' recent comments on The New York Times' Sway podcast are in response to more than 130 filmmakers calling out...

• Posted Tuesday 7/27/21 at 11:05PM EDT

  PBS' Arthur is ending after 25 seasons

  The beloved animated kids' show that launched in October 1996 will end with its 25th season, executive producer Carol Greenwald...

• Posted Tuesday 7/27/21 at 2:13PM EDT

  News & Documentary Emmy Awards: Vice News Tonight ties 60 Minutes for most nominations

  Vice News Tonight and 60 Minutes each earned 16 nominations, while Frontline placed third with 14 nominations.

• Posted Thursday 7/22/21 at 2:04PM EDT

  Sanditon adds two new love interests for Charlotte as it begins filming Season 2 following Theo James' exit

  Ben Lloyd-Hughes and Tom Weston-Jones will help fill the void left by James' departure in Season 2 of the Masterpiece...

• Posted Wednesday 6/09/21 at 2:27PM EDT

  Natascha McElhone to lead 1920s period drama Hotel Potorfino

  The Californication and The First alum, who's currently starring in Halo, will headline the ITV/Britbox series that will be shown...

• Posted Friday 5/21/21 at 2:28PM EDT

  Timothy Spall exits Magpie Murders due to a scheduling clash

  He'll be replaced by Tim McMullan on the PBS/Britbox crime series.

• Posted Thursday 5/13/21 at 7:13PM EDT

  PBS docuseries In Their Own Words is returning after six years with profiles of Jimmy Carter, Angela Merkel, Princess Diana, Elon Musk and Pope Francis

  In Their Own Words has been ordered for a second season after its first season aired in 2015.

• Posted Thursday 5/13/21 at 1:21PM EDT

  PBS acquires music photography docuseries Icon: Music Through The Lens

  The six-episode docuseries, airing this summer, explores studio portraits, record sleeves, music magazines, live shows, exhibitions, social media, coffee table...

• Posted Monday 5/10/21 at 1:54PM EDT

  Antiques Roadshow is heading back into production after COVID hiatus

  The PBS series will resume appraisals with small, independent groups to keep contact at a minimum.

• Posted Friday 5/07/21 at 2:13PM EDT

  Theo James announces he's leaving Sanditon one day after two-season renewal

  “Although I relished playing Sidney, for me, I’ve always maintained that his journey concluded as I wanted it to,” James...

• Posted Friday 5/07/21 at 1:22AM EDT

  Bob Abernathy who hosted PBS' Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly for 20 years, dies at 93

  After retiring from NBC News in 1994 after a four-decade, Abernathy wasn't ready to stop working.

• Posted Thursday 5/06/21 at 1:44PM EDT

  PBS' Masterpiece renews Sanditon for two more seasons

  The ITV series based on Jane Austen’s final, unfinished novel will return for a second and third season after an...

• Posted Wednesday 5/05/21 at 2:21AM EDT

  Amy Tan jokes she was on “the path to obscurity" when Robert Redford's late son convinced her to do an American Masters documentary

  Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir, which PBS released this week, was the last completed work from James Redford, who was in...