Ahead of the structure’s 50th anniversary, Mark Myers, the director of The Tower That Built a City, talks architectural legacy and the inevitability of penis jokes ...

Washington, DC – May 6, 2026 -- THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, the six-part, 12-hour documentary series directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt, that premiered on PBS in November 2025, will ...

Mark Myers writes about why he needed to tell the whole story behind the city's ultimate symbol, just in time for its 50th anniversary ...

Did you know Gen. George Washington spent more time in New Jersey than anywhere else during the American Revolution? New Jersey plays a prominent role in Ken Burns' latest documentary, "The American ...

Early on during the pandemic, my feel-good shows stopped working. I’d watch The Office with nothing but contempt for Michael, Pam, Jim, and their non-coronavirus-infected lives. It was April, and I ...

The filmmaker on his new documentary, ‘The American Revolution,’ and why he steers clear of HBO and Netflix.

Former Arkansas first ladies Gay White (left) and Barbara Pryor lead the charge to keep PBS on air. Credit: Dewaine Duncan/Friends of Arkansas PBS A white knight donor emerged to champion Arkansas ...

Ken Burns, the filmmaker behind the documentary miniseries “The American Revolution” and others, spoke to Barron’s editor at large Andy Serwer.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KATV) — A bill moving through the State Capitol could change how Arkansas pays for public television—landing at the same moment a $3 million anonymous pledge shows up with a ...

There’s not much one can say that's positive about the Vietnam war, outside of its impact on culture. There were the rock concerts, the fashion trends and, in time, movies made in response to that ...

Oscar the Grouch, pictured here on display at the LBJ Presidential Library, may not be on display on your television screen for much longer. Credit: LBJ Library Bipartisan champions of worldly and ...

It could be that within a week or so the state Legislature will pass a bill authorizing Gov. Sarah Sanders, at the behest of sponsoring state Sen. Clarke Tucker of Little Rock, to release $550,000 ...