Canadians Want to Bring an 'All Nations Network' for Native Americans to the U.S.
A Canadian cable channel hopes to launch a U.S. offshoot dedicated to making programs for Native Americans, by Native Americans.
Loretta Lynn's American Masters Documentary Premieres March 2016
If your heart belongs to coal miner’s daughter Loretta Lynn, then you’ll want to mark your calendar for March 4, 2016. For on that happy day, PBS premieres Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl — a new installment in its American Masters documentary series.
Civil War Drama Series Mercy Street Premieres Tonight On PBS
If you’re of the (correct) mindset that there can never be too many period dramas, you’ll be excited to check out Lisa Quijano Wolfinger’s new series Mercy Street, based in Civil War-era Alexandria, Virginia.
Gentrified Sesame Street Is Here
Sesame Street’s 46th season premiered on HBO today, with back-to-back half-hour episodes (the shortened run time, down from hourlong shows, is “is viewed as a more manageable amount of time for children to focus,” according to a recent New York Times piece). With the new episodes’ controversial move from PBS to a…
Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. Is So Over That Time Ben Affleck Almost Ruined Finding Your Roots
Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., host of PBS’ Finding Your Roots—the show Ben Affleck nearly ruined earlier this year by omitting his slave owner family history—is ready to move on from that brief lapse of integrity.
Nina Simone Talks Fashion, Blackness, and Survival In This 'Lost' Interview From 1968
In the newest installment of their Blank on Blank series, in which “lost” interviews with celebrated artists are animated and set to music, PBS has chosen a 1968 chat between Nina Simone and renowned jazz singer and radio host Lilian Terry.
Saturday Evening Social: Sherlock Holmes Returns To Us
Hello lovelies! We’ve all made it through another week, and, as a reward for our toil, we have a (relatively) new trailer for the Sherlock Christmas special at our disposal. This means Benedict Cumberbatch in Victorian attire. This means GODDAMN.
Despite Ben Affleck, Finding Your Roots Is Finally Back
When Ben Affleck tried to sidestep his family’s slave-owning history on PBS’s Finding Your Roots, he ended up prompting an investigation of the show as well as its indefinite postponement. But now, Finding Your Roots is back!
Here Is the Trailer For the Sixth and Final Season of Downton Abbey
Compliments of PBS, we can now watch the trailer for the sixth and final season of Downton Abbey. But, to be honest, it’s a bit of a drag, and a familiar one at that.
Nothing Is Sacred: Sesame Street to Be Cut Down to 30 Minutes
Sesame Street, the emblem of our childhoods, has fallen victim to the whims of a generation with a shorter attention span and will officially shorten its episodes to 30 minutes down from its usual hour. The change will take effect November 16.
Poldark Abs Report: Not Many Abs in the Sad, Sad Finale
Not a single completely bare chest on the two-hour season finale of Poldark. Nothing more than a little peek at some chest hair.
The Abs of Poldark: Your Weekly Recap
Not a very chipper week on Poldark, so most of this week’s abs were glum, broody abs.
All The Abs in This Week's Poldark
This week’s Poldark featured an abundance of bare bedroom muscles. Not mad. There isn’t enough shirtless mining in this show, though. Who cares if it’s Christmas? Surely it’s hot down there.
Here's Your Monday Poldark Abs Dispatch
Here is your weekly update on the abs of Poldark: Ross did some sweaty threshing.
The Actress Who Plays Sesame Street's Beloved Maria Is Retiring
Sonia Manzano, the Puerto Rican actress who has brought to life the character of Maria on PBS’s Sesame Street since 1971, is retiring.
Screw True Detective; Poldark Is The Show to Watch This Summer
It’s really surprising how much of the latest Masterpiece Theater production I spent wanting to lick this dude’s abs.
Ben Affleck Forced PBS to Postpone, Maybe Cancel Finding Your Roots
Ben Affleck is not having a great week. As rumors fly that his marriage to Jennifer Garner is on the rocks, it appears he may’ve also gotten the PBS genealogy show Finding Your Roots cancelled by requesting that his slave-owning ancestors be omitted from the show.
This Is the Interview About His Ancestor Ben Affleck Tried to Suppress
Ben Affleck really didn’t want people to know that one of his distant ancestors owned slaves—going so far as to lobby celebrity genealogy TV show Finding Your Roots to suppress the segment in which that ancestor is discussed. But we got our hands on a copy of the script—and now you can read the mild interview that…
Adorable: The Cartoon Arthur Is Doing a Downton Abbey Parody
Well, this is cute: The PBS Kids cartoon Arthur, which has been on the air for approximately six million years, is doing an episode that riffs on Downton Abbey. It will be called "Fountain Abbey," and you can see a brief preview above. Way to keep it on-brand, PBS!
Bette Davis Talking About Gender Roles in 1963: Awesome
The latest installment of PBS's wonderful series Blank on Blank, in which they pair old interviews with famous people with wonderful animations, is here! And it features the illustrious Bette Davis, speaking about being outspoken and intelligent in her line of business and how the experience of being a woman has…
