With the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Ken Burns is set to release a six-part series on the American ...

“This attempt to defund everything is absolutely short-sighted,” Burns said. “For many rural areas, PBS is the only signal they get, and cuts to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting will ...

BEMIDJI, Minn. - Protesters holding “Save PBS” signs and singing the Sesame Street theme song were met with the constant honking of drivers at a busy intersection in Bemidji Tuesday. Lakeland ...

In an interview that aired on Sunday’s (July 6) edition of CBS News’ Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan, Burns told CBS Evening News co-anchor John Dickerson that the funding cuts seem “fooldhardy” ...

Documentarian Ken Burns and his team discuss their new series exploring the country’s founding and war for independence on this 250th anniversary.

Ken Burns’s latest documentary series, “The American Revolution,” doesn’t start airing for another five months. It debuts on PBS Nov. 16.

Ken Burns at a June 4 panel in Austin (photo by Jay Godwin / Courtesy of LBJ Library) The story of the American Revolution isn’t just one of political revolution or tax avoidance.

On June 17, 1775, the British took the high ground, but at tremendous cost. The Battle of Bunker Hill was 250 years ago. On June 17, 1775, the British took the high ground, but at tremendous cost ...

Ken Burns Asks for (Only) 12 Hours to Help Us Find It. The prolific filmmaker's new documentary tells the story of the American Revolution through the eyes of historically overlooked characters.

The filmmakers and PBS scheduled the broadcast for 2025, the 250th anniversary of the start of the war, which began in the spring of 1775, more than a year before the Declaration of Independence.