PBS dominates educational TV for first graders as recent cuts threaten content: OSU study

A new analysis at Ohio State University found that PBS delivers three times more educational content than Nickelodeon, ...

With PBS funding cut, will the next generation be raised by ‘Skibidi Toilet’?

Cuts to PBS funding could change kids’ media forever, as families opt for short-form video and online series optimized for attention.

Despite budget cuts, WSRE-TV Foundation refusing to dissolve, fighting to keep PBS on air

At a meeting the night of Sept. 25, WSRE-TV Foundation members met and were adamant that the nonprofit would not dissolve nor ...
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PBS accounts for nearly half of first graders’ most frequently watched educational TV programs

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 Robert Garcia, a California Democrat, speaks during a House hearing in March 2025, months before Congress rescinded two years of public media funding.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 ...
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New Jersey PBS to go dark following Trump’s public media cuts

Across the river from Philadelphia, a second public media TV station will go dark after Republicans and President Donald Trump’s administration stripped federal funding from NPR and PBS. New Jersey ...
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PBS accounts for half of first graders’ most frequently watched educational TV programs

U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., holds up an Elmo toy while the chamber debates a bill that would eliminate previously approved funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, ...
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PBS accounts for nearly half of first graders’ most frequently watched educational TV and video programs

Rebecca Dore has conducted previous consulting work for PBS KIDS and engages with a PBS KIDS staff member who is a member of the advisory board for one of Dore's current federally funded grants. At ...