Aug 26 Watch 6:33 For this beloved Sesame Street role model, it wasn’t always ‘sunny days’ By PBS News Hour Writer and actor Sonia Manzano played the character of Maria on “Sesame Street” for 44 years before announcing her retirement. In her new memoir, “Becoming Maria,” Manzano recounts her tough childhood in the South Bronx and how she used her… Continue watching
Aug 14 Watch 6:21 Does Sesame Street’s new address change its mission? By PBS News Hour Sesame Street, the beloved children's television series and PBS staple since 1969, will have a new address coming this fall. A five-year partnership with HBO means episodes will air first on the premium pay cable channel before appearing on public… Continue watching
Aug 13 ‘Sesame Street’ moves to HBO, with re-airs on PBS By Joshua Barajas After calling PBS home for 45 years, HBO is now how you get to “Sesame Street.” Sesame Workshop, the non-profit group that produces the show, announced Thursday that the next five seasons of the popular educational children's show will start… Continue reading
May 08 Big Bird puppeteer tugs at heartstrings with poignant memories in Reddit AMA By Joshua Barajas Caroll Spinney, the puppeteer behind Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on “Sesame Street,” did a Reddit AMA session Friday, where he fielded questions about his decades-long career with the PBS children’s television show. Continue reading
Apr 28 Watch 8:36 Chaos and the human costs of the Vietnam War’s final days By PBS News Hour The fall of Saigon is a story we think we know, says filmmaker Rory Kennedy. But in "Last Days in Vietnam," a new documentary airing on PBS' American Experience, the people who were there tell the almost unbelievable stories of… Continue watching
Mar 09 John Siceloff, longtime PBS producer, dies at 61 By Anna Sillers John Siceloff, an American journalist who reported for "The MacNeil/Lehrer Report" and co-created PBS’s "Now" with Bill Moyers, died on Friday at his home in Dutchess County, New York. He was 61. Continue reading
Feb 27 Watch Mister Rogers’ heart-warming message to his grownup fans By Vanessa Dennis Fred Rogers recorded a message for those who grew up watching "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" a few months before he died. Continue reading
Dec 16 Creator of ‘Clifford the Big Red Dog’ dies at 86 By Lorna Baldwin Norman Bridwell, who brought Clifford the Big Red Dog to life in a series of books and later an animated show on PBS, died in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts on Friday. He was 86 years old. Continue reading
Oct 15 Watch 7:25 Did air conditioning play a role in Reagan’s election? Searching for ripple effects of history-making tech By PBS News Hour In the new book and PBS series “How We Got to Now,” Steven Johnson presents six game-changing innovations and how they shaped the modern world. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Johnson about surprising connections between invention and American society. Continue watching