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With the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Ken Burns is set to release a six-part series on the American ...
Renowned documentary filmmaker Ken Burns has spoken out about President Donald Trump‘s plans to cut federal funding for PBS, ...
Legendary documentary filmmaker Ken Burns made the case for the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) as a core part of the United States' national identity in a recent interview. On Friday, CNN host ...
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns spoke with CBS News' John Dickerson about the importance of public broadcasting and his new ...
PBS filmmaker Ken Burns visited Houston on Thursday, June 5, 2025, ... says the current threats to defund public media are likely the most existential the system has ever seen.
The American public broadcasting system—decades-long home to Big Bird, Ken Burns documentaries and "All Things Considered"—faces the biggest crisis in its nearly 60-year history with US ...
PBS sued the Trump administration on Friday over the president’s move to defund public media. In an executive order signed May 1, President Donald Trump ordered the Corporation for Public ...
The suit from the service that airs "Sesame Street," Ken Burns documentaries and the "PBS NewsHour" for free to millions of American homes, said that Congress has repeatedly protected PBS from ...