PBS deserves lots of awards, but using a beloved children's character to entice children into fast food restaurants is nothing to celebrate. Families deserve more from public television.
Lisa M. Dietlin | Posted 05.23.2012
For many of us, it seems that Memorial Day may have lost some of its meaning. But there are some things you can do to change this that are relatively easy.
Posted 05.22.2012
It's that fantasy that so many people have had. Let's face it, the general public doesn't know a lot about fine art, and certainly doesn't know a lot ...
John Merrow | Posted 05.16.2012
Remember pot-luck suppers, when everyone brought a dish or two? What follows is the the equivalent -- although substituting ideas for food. Because t...
Posted 05.15.2012
It's a week of finales on TV this week, so before getting excited about next season's series, let's remember to say goodbye to our tried and true show...
Posted 05.15.2012
"Antiques Roadshow" (Mon., 8 p.m. ET on PBS) was in Minneapolis Monday night, and one of the standout items brought in to be appraised was a cardboard...
Posted 05.14.2012
Twenty years after he stepped down as host of The Tonight Show, PBS will premiere a documentary on Johnny Carson called "King of Late Night" as a part...
Terence Clarke | Posted 05.08.2012
Kennard has just finished writing, producing and directing a remarkable series of films for PBS titled Keeping Score. Each film features a single major piece by a particular composer.
Posted 05.08.2012
The "Antiques Roadshow" (Mon., 8 p.m. ET on PBS) stopped in Minneapolis Monday night where it gave regular viewer Lesley a bit of a shock. She had...
AP | Posted 05.03.2012
NEW YORK — PBS said Wednesday it is preparing a six-hour documentary series on the history of Latinos in the United States, set to air in the fa...
Yul Kwon | Posted 05.01.2012
Like a lot of people, I had come to accept the conventional wisdom that America doesn't make anything anymore. What I discovered is that the prevailing narrative of decline and decay is overly simplistic and, in some ways, flat-out wrong.
Posted 05.01.2012
Willie Mays' jerseys are known to fetch high prices when sold at auction, but how much would would a whole uniform go for? On "Antiques Roadshow" (Mon...
Posted 04.30.2012
What's not to love about a week with a double dose of James Van Der Beek? The "Dawson's Creek" vet will first make his usual appearance on "Don't Trus...
Richard Bangs | Posted 04.30.2012
Water is over-tapped and under-tended in many places around the world -- but not here. How has this alpine haven resisted temptation to bleed its most precious resource?
AP | Posted 04.26.2012
NEW YORK — The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded significantly smaller grants to established PBS programs this year. "Live From Linco...
Posted 04.26.2012
Delayed "Downton Abbey" Season 2 criticism continues, this time from "Sherlock" star Benedict Cumberbatch. In a new profile in the The New York Tim...
The New York Times | ELIZABETH JENSEN | Posted 04.26.2012
The National Endowment for the Arts made sweeping cuts in its support of established PBS shows on Wednesday, and for the first time awarded significan...
Posted 04.26.2012
"Downton Abbey" Season 2 was a ratings hit for PBS, but it didn't exactly make waves with critics, or its stars. Elizabeth McGovern, known to "Downton...
John Merrow | Posted 04.24.2012
For many public school students and perhaps for teachers as well, April is the cruelest month of the school calendar. April days that are not devoted to 'test prep' are spent on testing itself. And some of what is going on in this crazy month defies the imagination.
Posted 04.24.2012
Are you a Windie? Do you know what a Windie is? On "Antiques Roadshow" (Mon., 8 p.m. ET on PBS), a woman brought in an item that she was told would ma...
Yul Kwon | Posted 04.23.2012
Americans on average are the biggest consumers of energy on the planet, and keeping the power that we need flowing is a monumental undertaking. Despite our increasing demand for energy, Americans waste a staggering amount of it.
David Tereshchuk | Posted 04.23.2012
The weekend saw a rare TV report airing complaints that atheists serving in the military claim about official discrimination against them. It was carried in the perhaps unlikely setting of PBS's "Religion and Ethics Newsweekly," often considered to be a media venue for believers.
Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 04.20.2012
The New Environmentalists is shown nationally on PBS and the Sundance Channel and foreign television. It's not only to create awareness about the Goldman Environmental Prize winners' work, but to inspire others to do the same.
HuffingtonPost.com | Christina Wilkie | Posted 04.19.2012
WASHINGTON -- Gwen Ifill, the author and "PBS News Hour" correspondent, is under fire from a conservative media outlet over her decision to serve as e...
Posted 04.19.2012
Martha Stewart is heading to public television. The domestic diva and talk show host announced her new TV show on Thursday. The weekly, 30-minute ...
Susan Linn | Posted 05.23.2012