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 ...

At U.S. President Donald Trump’s request, Congress voted in July 2025 to claw back US$1.1 billion it had previously approved for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. That measure, which passed in ...

A new analysis at Ohio State University found that PBS delivers three times more educational content than Nickelodeon, raising concerns about the impact of Congress’s $1.1 billion funding reduction.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which helps fund PBS, will no longer receive federal money. On July 18, 2025, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill that cancels more than $1 ...

As the Trump administration continues to try to defund NPR and PBS, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting said this week that the Department of Education has ended a federal grant that helped fund ...

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 ...

While PBS itself won’t shut down anytime soon, they have now lost their largest source of financial support. This loss more directly impacts the local stations that viewers turn to. Not only does PBS ...

U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia, a California Democrat, speaks during a House hearing in March 2025, months before Congress rescinded two years of public media funding. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) At U.S. President Donald Trump’s request, Congress voted in July 2025 to claw back ...