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{{Infobox broadcasting network|network_name=Public Broadcasting Service|network_logo=PBS logo 2019.svg|network_logo caption=Logo used since November 4, 2019|network_type={{unbulleted list|[[Non-commercial activity|Non-commercial]]|[[Terrestrial television|Free-to-air]]|[[television network]]|[[Public broadcasting|Public broadcaster]]}}|country=[[United States]]|foundation={{Start date and age|1969|11|3}}|founder={{unbulleted list|[[Hartford N. Gunn Jr.]]|[[John Macy]]|[[James Day (journalist)|James Day]]|Kenneth A. Christiansen}}|headquarters=[[Arlington County, Virginia]], U.S.|broadcast_area={{unbulleted list|Nationwide United States|Parts of Canada|Northern Mexico ([[Terrestrial television|OTA]] only)}}|owner=[[The Walt Disney Company]] (via the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] network).<ref name=FAQ>https://www.cpb.org/faq</ref>|keypeople={{unbulleted list|Paula Kerger ([[President (corporate title)|president]] & [[Chief executive officer|CEO]])|Jonathan Barzilay ([[Chief operating officer|COO]])}}|launched={{Start date and age|1970|10|5}}|Picture format={{unbulleted list|[[HDTV]] [[1080i]]|(some stations transmit PBS programming in [[720p]] or [[1080p]] via [[ATSC 3.0]] in some markets)}}|replaced=[[National Educational Television]] (1952–1970)|affiliations=[[List of PBS member stations|List of member stations]]|webcast={{URL|https://pbs.org/livestream/|Watch live}} (US only)|website={{official URL}}}}

The '''Public Broadcasting Service''' ('''PBS''') is a [[non-profit]] [[public broadcasting]] [[television]] service with 349 member [[television|TV stations]] in the [[United States]] and owned by [[The Walt Disney Company]]'s [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] network, with some member stations available by [[cable]] in [[Canada]]. While the term broadcast covers [[radio]], PBS only covers TV; for radio the United States has [[National Public Radio]], [[American Public Radio]] and [[Public Radio International]]. 

== PBS shows ==
=== Primetime ===

* [[Fine arts]] (''[[Great Performances]]'', ''[[Live from the Metropolitan Opera]]'', ''[[Live from Lincoln Center]]'', and ''[[Evening at Pops]]'')
* [[Drama]] (''[[Mystery!]]'', ''[[American Playhouse]]'', and ''[[Masterpiece (TV series)|Masterpiece]]'')
* [[Science]] (''[[Nova (TV series)|Nova]]'' and ''[[Scientific American Frontiers]]'')
* [[History]] (''[[American Experience]]'')
* ''[[History Detectives]]''
* [[Public affairs (broadcasting)|Public affairs]] (''[[Frontline (U.S. TV series)|Frontline]]'', ''[[NOW on PBS]]'', ''[[Wide Angle (TV series)|Wide Angle]]'', ''[[PBS NewsHour]]'', ''[[Nightly Business Report]]'')
* [[Independent film]]s (''[[P.O.V.]]'', and ''[[Independent Lens]]'')

=== Daytime/children ===

* ''[[3-2-1 Contact]]''
* ''[[A Place of Our Own]]
* ''[[Arthur (TV Series)|Arthur]]''
* ''[[Between the Lions]]''
* ''[[Boohbah]]''
* ''[[The Busy World of Richard Scarry]]''
* ''[[Caillou]]''
* ''[[Clifford the Big Red Dog]]''
* ''[[Curious George (TV series)]]''
* ''[[Cyberchase]]''
* ''[[Dragon Tales]]''
* ''[[Dinosaur Train]]''
* ''[[Kratts' Creatures]]''
* ''[[Liberty's Kids]]''
* ''[[The Magic School Bus (TV series)|The Magic School Bus]]''
* ''[[Make Way For Noddy]]''
* ''[[Mister Rogers' Neighborhood]]''
* ''[[Mokku of the Oak Tree]]''
* ''[[The Puzzle Place]]''
* ''[[Reading Rainbow]]''
* ''[[Super Why]]''
* ''[[Sesame Street]]''
* ''[[Shining Time Station]]''
* ''[[Teletubbies]]''
* ''[[The Electric Company (2009 TV series)]]''
* ''[[Villa Alegre (television program)|Villa Alegre]]''
* ''[[Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (game show)|Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?]]''
* ''[[Wishbone (TV series)|Wishbone]]''
* ''[[Zoboomafoo]]''
* ''[[ZOOM]]''

==References==
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==Other websites==
*[http://www.pbs.org/ Official site (United States)]
*[https://disney.com/ Official site (Disney)]

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