Ahead of his 100th birthday, celebrate the life and career of legendary actor Dick Van Dyke in the PBS documentary special, “Starring Dick Van Dyke” airing on Friday, December 12. The documentary will ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Dick Van Dyke turns 100 on Saturday, an event so eagerly anticipated that for him not to do so would seem ...

To survive and flourish, every great civilization needs to cherish the story of its origin. It is good, then, that plans are taking shape to celebrate next year’s 250th anniversary of our nation’s ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Reshma Saujani, founder of Moms First, traveled around the country while producing a historic documentary about motherhood in America. Motherhood has become part of the culture wars. It can be seen in ...

Longtime documentary filmmaker Ken Burns praised the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) as the "Declaration of Independence" for communications while lamenting the loss of its federal funding on ...

We still have a few days until Black Friday officially gets underway, but Amazon has already started dropping some incredible streaming deals ahead of the big shopping day. Fans of PBS, Ken Burns, and ...

On Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, Frontline, the PBS documentary series produced at GBH in Boston, and The Associated Press will present the U.S. broadcast and streaming premiere of “2000 Meters to Andriivka ...

EVANSVILLE — Bucky Badger is an enduring figure and a symbol of pride for the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the entire state. But Bucky Badger’s history has a particularly strong connection with ...

Sunday’s premiere of Ken Burns’ new PBS series “The American Revolution” doubles as an attention-grabbing statement, months after President Donald Trump succeeded in stripping away all federal funding ...

As a co-director of “The American Revolution,” the six-part PBS documentary that premieres on Sunday, David Schmidt seems in every sense thoroughly modern. And yet, he said in an interview, “I like to ...

In many ways, Ken Burns is the Van Halen of historical documentary directors. Before you jump, hear me out. Watching the acclaimed filmmaker’s upcoming The American Revolution with some apprehension, ...