March 26 Launch Includes the Premiere of Independent Lens Feature "The Inquisitor” On May 6, "Life on Earth: Attenborough's Greatest Adventure," a BBC Studios Natural History Unit production for BBC ...

A Mosque on the Prairies” traces how immigrants from present-day Lebanon built one of America’s first purpose-built mosques ...

ARLINGTON, VA (April 28, 2026) – CRIME AND PUNISHMENT IN AMERICA, a new four-part, eight-hour documentary series that explores the history of criminal justice in America — from the pre-colonial period ...

When I first read W.E.B. Du Bois’ 1903 book, “The Souls of Black Folks,” some 90 years after it was published, I was struck not only by its enduring relevance but also by the searching poetry with ...

PBS will air the new four-part, eight-hour documentary series Crime and Punishment in America over four consecutive nights on PBS beginning November 16, 2026. The series explores the history of ...

A new documentary about the 1990s PBS children’s series “Wishbone” will premiere May 27 on public television, offering a behind-the-scenes look at the show that brought classic literature to young ...

The network will also re-air some of its other programming that touches on American history, particularly around the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ken Burns has been telling the story of America through his entire career with genre-defining documentaries on the Civil War, the ...

10-year-old Jacob from Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, has been selected to be an ambassador for the state on the new PBS KIDS ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PBS and ITVS have launched a YouTube channel focused on documentaries in a bid to “meet new audiences where they already are.” PBS ...

The hub for nonfiction fare aims to help public television “meet new audiences where they already are,” says PBS president and CEO Paula Kerger. By Katie Kilkenny Enterprise Reporter, TV & Labor PBS ...

PBS and the Independent Television Service (ITVS) have launched the rebranded PBS Documentaries channel on YouTube as the new home on the platform for its non-fiction docs and series. The channel is ...