Educational television
Television programs developed for use in education
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| June 9 2025 | Politico reported that at least 10 House Republican Conference members privately expressed opposition to the rescission bill targeting PBS funding. |
| June 3 2025 | President Trump files a rescission bill that includes the congressional appropriation for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). |
| May 1 2025 | President Donald Trump issued an executive order to end federal funding for PBS and NPR, which PBS CEO Paula Kerger called 'unlawful'. |
| January 2025 | FCC Chair Brendan Carr ordered an investigation of corporate underwriting sponsorships for PBS and NPR member stations, examining potential violations of FCC regulations prohibiting noncommercial broadcasters from airing advertisements. |
| April 23 2024 | The 'PBS Retro' channel was added to Roku's live TV channel lineup in the United States, featuring PBS Kids shows from the 70s, 80s, and 90s. |
| August 2023 | Pew Research Center published an analysis of CPB data showing that underwriting revenue for NPR member stations remained mostly flat from 2008 to 2021, and corporate funding for PBS stations ranged between 17% and 23% of total revenue from 2015 to 2022. |
| 2021 | PBS continues to broadcast Peanuts specials under sublicense from Apple. |
| 2021 | PBS received 14 News & Documentary Emmy Award nominations, more than any other organization, highlighting the network's significant achievement in television programming. |
| July 1 2021 | PBS Julia Child channel was added to Pluto TV in the United States. |
| January 2021 | Michael Beller, PBS's chief attorney, resigned after being recorded suggesting re-education camps for children of Trump supporters. |
| 2020 | PBS serves as the over-the-air home to select Peanuts specials under sublicense from Apple. |
| September 3 2020 | PBS began offering a free livestream of member stations via its website, smart TVs, and mobile apps. |
| August 4 2020 | Amazon Prime Video added a 'PBS Documentaries' package in the United States. |
| March 1 2020 | MHz Networks announced the discontinuation of MHz Worldview, leading many PBS stations to switch to World Channel and First Nations Experience. |
| 2019 | KCET returned to the PBS network after its previous departure in 2011. |
| November 4 2019 | PBS unveiled a revamped brand identity by Lippincott for its 50th anniversary, including a tweaked Geismar logo, a new custom sans-serif typeface called PBS Sans, and adopting electric blue and white as corporate colors. |
| July 29 2019 | PBS announced that YouTube TV would begin carrying PBS programming and member stations in the fall of 2019. |
| May 22 2019 | PBS Distribution partnered with MultiChoice to launch PBS Kids on DStv and GOtv platforms across Sub-Saharan Africa. |
| January 16 2017 | A revived version of the PBS Kids Channel is launched. |
| July 1 2016 | Amazon Prime Video and PBS Distribution entered a multi-year agreement to move several PBS Kids series to Amazon Prime Video. |
| May 8 2013 | PBS made full-length episodes of prime time, news, and children's programs available on the Roku streaming player. |
| 2012 | The Corporation for Public Broadcasting issued a report by Booz & Company concluding that underwriting revenue was unlikely to grow and that allowing advertisements would not offset declining federal funding. |
| 2012 | PBS begins organizing prime time programming around a genre-based schedule, with specific genres featured on different days of the week. |
| July 4 2012 | PBS UK was renamed 'PBS America' to better identify its subject matter. |
| November 1 2011 | PBS UK was launched as a paid subscription channel in the United Kingdom, featuring American documentary programming. |
| May 2011 | PBS announced incorporation of underwriter spots and program breaks within episodes of Nature and NOVA, changing their traditional programming format. |
| January 2011 | KCET, a Los Angeles PBS member station, left the PBS network after over 40 years of membership due to unresolvable financial and programming disputes. |
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