"Extraordinary" — Rolling Stone "One of the best combat films ever made" — Documentary Magazine "Truly remarkable" — The New York Times TONIGHT at 10 on SOPBS: FRONTLINE: 2,000 Meters to Andriivka Combat footage offers a look at war in the trenches as a Ukrainian platoon tries to liberate a village

“Don’t make me out as a hero.” In a foxhole on a front line of the Russia-Ukraine war, a Ukrainian soldier made a haunting request. Watch a pivotal scene from our new feature documentary with @apnews.com, “2000 Meters to Andriivka,” and learn the backstory.

The ex-president was sentenced to more than 27 years in prison for trying to foment a coup after his election loss.

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Sinclair (2nd-biggest U.S. TV station group owner) has proposed to acquire rival E.W. Scripps Co, offering $7 per share for stock in Scripps that it does not already own. Sinclair disclosed the takeover bid in an SEC filing & said it has acquired a 9.9% stake in Scripps. variety.com/2025/tv/news...

How Oregon’s Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages. Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @thefern.org: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

Masterpiece hit All Creatures Great & Small, which returns for Season 6 in January on PBS, has already been renewed for a Season 7 and a Season 8. Those additional seasons will include six episodes each, as well as additional Christmas specials. variety.com/2025/tv/news...

Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop. www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

“We went from ‘the meek shall inherit the Earth’ to ‘the meek shall die of cholera’ “ www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Carlson: Gentlemen, I've just concluded a deal that's going to make radio history. All it's going to take is your complete cooperation, absolute secrecy, and 20 live turkeys.

In Rural America, Public Radio Saves Lives revealnews.org/podcast/publ...

Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, US court filings allege reut.rs/48eKxnO

KYUK is the only public radio station in remote Alaska that regularly broadcasts in the Yugtun language, providing a crucial lifeline to Indigenous communities in the area. After Congress slashed its budget, the station isn't sure how it'll survive. The latest from our friends at @revealnews.org:

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"[History] is really complicated, and you have to tell that complication. ... Any idea of boiling it down to simplistic slogans is not American," Ken Burns said. https://to.pbs.org/4p6Y47H

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. personally directed the CDC to update its website to contradict its longtime guidance that vaccines don’t cause autism, he told The New York Times in an interview published Friday. https://cnn.it/3Xbt4rq

40 years ago, Calvin and Hobbes' raucous adventures burst onto the comics page www.npr.org/2025/11/18/n...

“That would also be by far the largest arena subsidy in history, all to replace a venue that is the 11th-newest in the NBA, in a city already dealing with staffing cuts to balance its budget.” www.fieldofschemes.com/2025/11/20/2...

President Donald Trump on Thursday accused a group of Democratic lawmakers of "seditious behavior, punishable by death" in a social media post.

Who Plays Who in Ken Burns’ ‘The American Revolution’ Though not especially publicized, Ken Burns’ PBS documentaries feature some of the most star-studded voiceover casts ever. The American Revolution is no exception. The Hollywood Reporter story www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/t...

Should Your Local CBS Station Be Able to Pick Up Shows From Another Network? The FCC Wants to Find Out. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/l...

Network/affiliate contracts have penalties for not airing content for extended periods. FCC: "are national programmers able to take actions or threaten to punish local broadcast TV stations that attempt to exercise their lawful right to preempt national programming?" www.reuters.com/business/med...

TONIGHT at 8pm on THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION EPISODE 4: Conquer by a Drawn Game General Howe takes Philadelphia, but the Americans' surprising victory over General Burgoyne at Saratoga encourages France to support the U.S. ALL EPISODES are NOW STREAMING at www.pbs.org/show/the-ame...

PBS’ Frontline Launches Production and Distribution Arm Frontline Features variety.com/2025/film/ne...

Just your regular reminder that the TV networks don’t hold the FCC licenses, the affiliates do. There are a small number of station licenses that are owned by the networks, but the overwhelmingly vast majority of the licenses are owned by local small businesses. (And PBS owns zero licenses.)

One week from today, FRONTLINE and @apnews.com present the U.S. broadcast and streaming premiere of “2000 Meters to Andriivka,” a stunning and immersive portrayal of the Ukrainian soldiers fighting on the front lines of the the Russia-Ukraine war. Premieres Tuesday, Nov. 25. to.pbs.org/47O9d7R

The Ken Burns American Revolution doc is very good. This is a good time to tell you you can watch all episodes on the PBS website right now if you become a supporting member. Public TV and public radio need your support now more than ever.

TONIGHT at 8 on THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: EPISODE 3: The Times That Try Men's Souls General Howe defeats General Washington, forcing the Americans to abandon New York; Washington's army regroups in New Jersey before attacking Trenton. ALL EPISODES are NOW STREAMING at www.pbs.org/show/the-ame...

Ken Burns on ‘The American Revolution,’ Going on Joe Rogan and the Future of Our Country: ‘We Can Get Better’ variety.com/2025/tv/news...

Burns' six-part documentary uses voiceover, reenactors and drone footage to tell the story of America's founding. And it reminds viewers that the quest for a more perfect union is far from over. www.npr.org/2025/11/12/n...

Tonight's PBS premiere of Ken Burns' new series "The American Revolution" doubles as an attention-grabbing statement, months after Trump succeeded in stripping away all federal funding for public broadcasting in the US. The message is clear: "We are still here." 🧵 www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/m...

More than 30 years after his death, the work of Bob Ross continues to engage viewers. https://to.pbs.org/49Hzu96

A nice obituary for Alice, who was going to be recognized as one of The Post 50. I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman. #GiftLink wapo.st/49WOdx1

Coming in December… pbs.org/video/starri...

THIS IS NOT A DRILL!!! The production of TWELTH NIGHT with Lupita Nyong’o, Junior Nyong’o, Peter Dinklage, Sandra Oh, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and Daphne Rubin-Vega is now on the PBS app!!!! www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/t...

Ken Burns Says His New Documentary Forced Him to Revisit Everything He Thought He Knew About the American Revolution www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ken-...

FREE SCREENING of a special Molly of Denali episode featuring Crater Lake and The Klamath Tribe. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22 at 2pm at The Ross Ragland Theater in Klamath Falls.

They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.

Ken Burns on the future of PBS, the new age of media, and why documentaries will outlast TikTok

The BBC’s top leader and head of its news division resigned over criticism of how the broadcaster edited U.S President Donald Trump’s speech before some of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. https://to.pbs.org/49Jlw6y

Having seen a preview screener, I can pretty much guarantee you will learn something. Or many things.

The dual strikes on Sunday bring the total number of known attacks up to 19 and the death toll to at least 75 people since the Trump administration launched a campaign against drug trafficking in South American waters. https://to.pbs.org/43o3x1F

OPINION: The BBC is facing a coordinated, politically motivated attack. With these resignations, it has given in | Jane Martinson www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Cowards die many times before their deaths, The valiant never taste of death but once.

BBC director general Tim Davie and News CEO Deborah Turness resign - live updates www.bbc.com/news/live/cd...

The government shutdown stretched into its 40th day Sunday even as senators held a weekend session in hopes of finding an end to the impasse that has disrupted flights nationwide, threatened food assistance for millions of Americans and left federal workers without pay. https://to.pbs.org/49HcvuK

President Donald Trump’s administration is demanding states “undo” full SNAP benefits paid out under judges’ orders last week, now that the U.S. Supreme Court has stayed those rulings. https://to.pbs.org/3Lwietp

According to Activate Consulting's newest analysis of consumer tech & media activity, multitasking "leads to a 32-hour day for the average American, with over 13 hours spent using technology & media." Activate's tech & media outlook report for 2026 is available at cdn.sanity.io/files/bw8wgp...

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc