Henry David Thoreau’s timing was one of his gifts: Living and writing during his nation’s adolescence, he was something of an adolescent himself. In “Walden,” he found constant wonder in the obvious; ...

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 ...

Soaring profits on Wall Street have led to record bonuses, stuffing public coffers with additional tax revenue as New York state and city develop their latest budgets. But state Comptroller Tom ...

This Spring, PBS KIDS is refreshing its high-quality programming, not just to entertain our kids but also to expand their emotional intelligence. Animated preschool series Work It Out Wombats! returns ...

The first season of the PBS series avoids what's interesting about the John Galsworthy stories to make a pleasingly generic period piece. In 1906, when future Nobel Prize winner John Galsworthy ...

Based on John Galsworthy’s novels known collectively as “The Forsyte Saga” and adapted to television by Debbie Horsfield, PBS Masterpiece’s latest historical drama, “The Forsytes,” is a sweeping ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: John Galsworthy’s The Forsyte Saga has been adapted twice into massive Masterpiece on PBS hits. Does the tangled tale of unhappy marriages, scandalous love affairs, and ...

Advocates say a bill pending in the Assembly gives consumers more transparency about what’s in their food. The bill named the Food Safety and Chemical Disclosure Act has already passed the state ...

Alexandre Dumas knew what 19th-century readers wanted from their epic novels. The same stuff we do. Injustice. Indignation. Suffering. Gleefully unapologetic vengeance. And then—maybe—an ...

The PBS board of directors proposed a fiscal year 2027 budget Thursday that aims to lower station dues while maintaining key programs and services to stations. The budget projects breaking even at ...

“These honorees represent the very best of storytelling in media and the profound impact it can have on culture,” Peabody Awards executive director Jeffrey Jones said in a statement. “Amy Poehler has ...