A pioneer and innovator in the film biography genre, Perry Miller Adato was an award-winning producer-director and writer of documentary films for more than 50 years, collaborating frequently with WNET and PBS. Born in Yonkers, New York, she died on…

Upcoming independent films and PBS series will cover a range of topics related to health and healthcare providers. Continue reading →

One lucky viewer will win all 100 books from The Great American Read by predicting “America’s Best-Loved Book.” Continue reading →

The back story of how six famous first novels were written and published: The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, The Joy Luck Clubby Amy Tan, The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks and The Martian by Andy Weir. Continue reading →

Left Behind America, premiering September 11 on PBS, follows the working poor in Dayton, OH, as they chase the American dream in the new American economy. Continue reading →

That morning, Mr. Coppola did the exact same thing as I did—got up and went to work for WNET. Tragically, he never had the opportunity to go home. Continue reading →

It’s time to plan for the weeklong Brooklyn Book Festival, September 10 – 17, 2018. Here are the author and event highlights. Continue reading →

A collaboration between WNET and CNN brings the all-new weeknight program Amanpour and Company to PBS on September 10. A stellar lineup of journalists join Christiane Amanpour. Continue reading →

Watch PBS NewsHour special live coverage of the confirmation hearings for Judge Brett Kavanaugh on September 4-7 from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and follow the PBS NewsHour livestream here from 9:30 a.m. until the hearings close each day. Continue reading →

The 2017 World Dancesport Grandslam Series is back for a six-hour, dance marathon broadcast on Labor Day, September 3 from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. The best competitive dancers in the world vye for the most prestigious titles and the…

Classic episodes of The French Chef with Julia Child; the Toronto-based Frankie Drake Mysteries; a documentary on Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaigns and more. Continue reading →

How long was the war? Even the question of when the Vietnam War started is not easy to answer. Learn more here, and in the documentary The Vietnam War. Continue reading →

In its “Artists Flight,” the award-winning American Masters series presents documentaries on groundbreaking visual artists, including Eva Hesse, Elizabeth Murray, Andrew Wyeth and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Continue reading →

See which 40 novels are in the lead of 2 million votes for America’s best-loved novel. Voting continues through October 18. Continue reading →

It’s easier to grasp the human scale of war when you understand how many soldiers make up Army units. Continue reading →