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Maryland Public Television continues national expansion of HBCU Week programming initiative in 2024 and 2025

CPB funding will support 24 new short films alongside other content and activities; other funding will support a new feature film for presentation on PBS in 2025

Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival launches Filmmaker Forum October 9-10

New convening aims to bring sharp focus to regional filmmaking and spotlight pivotal role of public media

PBS and WETA Announce Four-Hour Documentary GOSPEL with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Coming February 2024

Series from McGee Media and Inkwell Media Airs Feb 12 and 13 and Explores the Origin of Black Spirituality Through Sermon and Song

PBS' National Memorial Day Concert: The Multi-Award-Winning National Tradition Honoring Our American Heroes and Their Families Live From the U.S. Capitol

The CPB-supported special airs on TV and online live on Sunday, May 28, 2023

Artists to Celebrate Joni Mitchell Receiving Library of Congress Gershwin Prize

Lineup Includes James Taylor, Brandi Carlile, Annie Lennox, Herbie Hancock, Cyndi Lauper, Marcus Mumford, Graham Nash and More, Premiering March 31 on PBS

THE GREAT AMERICAN RECIPE Returns with A New Season of Creative Home Cooks from Across the Country

Eight-Part Cooking Competition Series Premieres Mondays, June 19-August 7, 2023

'Facing Suicide,' a Powerful and Timely New Documentary From Twin Cities PBS, Premieres Nationwide September 13, Providing Crucial Information, Resources and Hope in the Face of America's Suicide Crisis

Sweeping national impact campaign also includes digital series, community-based events, and support for engagement

MAKING BLACK AMERICA: THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE, A New Four Part Series, Airs Tuesdays, October 4-25

The New Series from Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Explores the Black American Experience Through Interviews with Leading Academics, Scholars, and Experts Including Charles M. Blow, Angela Davis, André Holland, Fab 5 Freddie, Jason King, Killer Mike & More

PBS Announces SOUTHERN STORYTELLERS, a New Documentary Series Celebrating Creatives From Across the South, Premiering Summer 2023

Dynamic Multiplatform Series Spotlights Acclaimed Southern Creators in Literature, Music, Film and Television

Corporation for Public Broadcasting Names Cheraine Stanford Vice President, TV Content Strategy

She comes to CPB from WPSU in central Pennsylvania, where she served as Content Strategy Director.

Jon Stewart Celebrated in 'The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize' Airing Nationally on PBS Stations

CPB-supported special airs nationwide on June 21, 2022

PBS KIDS Announces New Series WORK IT OUT WOMBATS! Debuting Winter 2023

New Animated Series from GBH Kids and Pipeline Studios Helps Children Learn Creative and Systematic Ways to Solve Problems