Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) logo and the U.S. flag are seen in this illustration taken April 23, 2025. I am a better ...

I am one of the original PBS kids. I was born in 1970, and thanks to three older siblings, I discovered “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood and Sesame Street” on WYES-TV in New Orleans before I could walk.

A.M. MANY OF US REMEMBER THE CHILDREN’S PROGRAM SESAME STREET AND READING RAINBOW, BUT NOW THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SAYS THOSE SPECIFIC PROGRAMS UNDER THE READY TO LEARN GRANT WILL NO LONGER GET ...

Alabama Public Television is debating whether to sever ties with PBS, cutting off Sesame Street and similar programs. If it did APT would be the first education network in the country to do so.