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Robert MacNeil, the veteran PBS newsman who co-founded and co-hosted the long-running PBS NewsHour and MacNeil/Lehrer Report with Jim Lehrer, died today. He was 93.

MacNeil died of natural causes at New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. His death was announced by PBS NewsHour broadcaster Judy Woodruff, and confirmed to the Associated Press by his daughter Alison MacNeil.

“I am devastated at the passing of a dear friend and someone who helped transform American television news, Robin MacNeil,” tweeted Woodruff, using MacNeil’s nickname. “He and Jim Lehrer were partners in creating the iconic @NewsHour on @PBS and it was the honor of my life to work with and learn from them.”

Two years after teaming in 1973 on Emmy-winning coverage of the Senate Watergate hearings, MacNeil and Lehrer solidified their partnership in 1975 with the 30-minute PBS news program that would soon bear their names. Lehrer died in 2020 at age 85.

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Robert MacNeil, the trusted son of a Canadian naval officer who spent two decades alongside Jim Lehrer delivering the nightly news to PBS viewers, died Friday, PBS announced. He was 93.

MacNeil died of natural causes at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, his daughter, Alison MacNeil, told the Associated Press.

MacNeil and Lehrer first teamed to cover the Senate Watergate hearings in 1973, and their live coverage earned them an Emmy. In 1975, they launched a half-hour program that would become The MacNeil/Lehrer Report; it covered a single story in depth and collected more than 30 awards, including a Peabody, a DuPont and several Emmys.

The program in 1983 became The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, the nation’s first 60-minute evening news program. Rather than concentrate on one topic, it provided comprehensive coverage and analysis of the day’s important stories.

On the eve of his retirement from the broadcast in October 1995 to concentrate on writing, he was asked...

Tune in for a comprehensive look into the heart of American politics with the “PBS NewsHour (Special Report),” scheduled to air at 9:00 Pm on Thursday, March 7, 2024, on PBS. This special broadcast offers extensive coverage of President Joe Biden’s highly anticipated State of the Union address, providing viewers with a front-row seat to one of the most critical moments in the nation’s political calendar.

Following the President’s address, the program seamlessly transitions to include the Republican response, offering a balanced perspective on the nation’s pressing issues. Expert analysis rounds out the coverage, providing valuable insights and context to help viewers navigate the complexities of contemporary American politics.

For those seeking an in-depth understanding of the State of the Union and its aftermath, “PBS NewsHour (Special Report)” is a must-watch. Join PBS at 9:00 Pm on Thursday, March 7, 2024, for an evening of comprehensive political coverage and analysis.

When Super Bowl Lvii arrives on Sunday, Fox is prepared to broadcast hours and hours of the event, with all of the usual trappings — except, perhaps, one.

With just three days to go before the Kansas City Chiefs square off against the Philadelphia Eagles at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, the White House has yet to commit to the traditional interview between the President of the United States and the news division of the media company broadcasting the gridiron classic, potentially shunning a conversation that would be seen by one of TV’s biggest audiences. Fox News attached no conditions to the exchange according to a person familiar with the matter, which has been a staple of the event (more or less) since President Barack Obama started doing it in 2009.

A final decision has yet to be announced, and there is still a chance the conversation could take place.

ABC and CNN lead the nominations for the 43rd Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards, which were announced Thursday by The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS).

NATAS also revealed that Judy Woodruff, anchor and managing editor of “PBS NewsHour,” and Sir David Attenborough will receive honorary awards at this year’s ceremonies. The news categories, where Woodruff will be honored, will be presented on Wednesday, Sep. 28 at 7:30 p.m. Edt and the ceremony for the documentary categories, where Attenborough will be honored, will be held Thursday, Sep. 29th at 7:30 p.m. Edt. Attenborough’s many docuseries include “Life on Earth,” “The Blue Planet” and “Planet Earth.”

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After more than eight years, the weekday and weekend editions of PBS’ signature evening newscast are finally getting together.

Washington’s Weta has long produced the venerable “PBS NewsHour,” the show once known as the “McNeil-Lehrer Report” and now anchored by Judy Woodruff, while New York’s Wnet has since 2013 produced the Saturday and Sunday editions of the program. Starting April 2, all seven days will be under the auspices of Weta, with Geoff Bennett, a former NBC News and MSNBC correspondent and anchor who was named the program’s chief Washington correspondent in November, taking the reins of a re-titled half-hour “PBS News Weekend.”

“I think we are going to build on ‘NewsHour’s’ traditional mix of news and interviews and in-depth features,” says Bennett, in an interview. At the same time, the weekend shows will leave room for figures from the worlds of culture and the arts. “Every week,...

Yamiche Alcindor is both thrilled and grateful that her new gig as the ninth-ever moderator of PBS’ “Washington Week” is giving her the opportunity to “shape” and bring her “whole self” to her reporting.

“I’m really lucky that this show in some ways models the freedom that I’ve had in my other jobs to really shape my reporting,” she told TheWrap. “But there’s also the sense that ‘Washington Week’ and [D.C.’s flagship public media station] Weta want me to bring my whole self to that.”

As for what her “whole self” entails, she pointed to her emotional sensibilities and the fact that her eyes still well up during coverage sometimes. She hopes she’s doing a service in representation, too, by being someone others can connect to as “this millennial Black woman with curly hair and a Haitian background.”

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Smithsonian Channel programming boss David Royle is set to step down from his post at the ViacomCBS network at the end of the year, TheWrap has confirmed.

The news comes days after former “PBS NewsHour” producer James F. Blue III was appointed as the new head of the network.

A veteran Smithsonian executive over more nearly 15 years, Royle most recently served as executive vice president, programming and production. He oversaw the commissioning, acquiring and co-producing of series, specials and features for the network.

His exit follows that of former Smithsonian Networks president Tom Hayden, who stepped down earlier this year amid layoffs of other high-level executives as a result of the ViacomCBS merger. Blue will take oversight of content creation and all related experiential and event programming, reporting jointly to Nina L. Diaz and Chris McCarthy, Chief Creative Officer and President of MTV Entertainment Group, respectively.

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Exclusive: There’s more change at the top of the Smithsonian Networks.

David Royle, Executive Vice President, Programming and Production, is leaving the company after 14 years.

Deadline understands that Royle, a well-known figure in the international factual world, will be leaving in the new year. He is set to pursue new ventures.

It is the latest change at the factual cable network. Tom Hayden, former President of Smithsonian Networks, exited in May amid the ViacomCBS integration of its entertainment and youth groups. Last week, MTV Entertainment Group named PBS NewsHour and former Nightline producer James F. Blue III as SVP, Head of Smithsonian Channel. Blue is also overseeing News and Factual Unscripted content for MTV Entertainment’s portfolio of brands across streaming, linear and digital, dual-reporting to Chris McCarthy, President, MTV Entertainment Group and Nina L. Diaz, President of Content and Chief Creative Officer.

Royle, who was part of the team that launched Smithsonian Channel,...

When Sylvia Bugg rejoined PBS for a third stint in February 2020, the public broadcaster faced a conventional set of challenges. Then March happened, and everything became very unconventional.

The onset of the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. and the summer of social upheaval that followed had a dramatic effect on PBS. Now Bugg — who last month was promoted to chief programming executive and Gm of general audience programming — is drawing inspiration from the last few months as she charts a forward-looking content strategy for the organization.

“The real lesson and revelation in all of this was how we had to pivot over the summer, dealing with everything from a pandemic to conversations about race and racism in America, and now an election,” says Bugg. “For me, it is continuing the work of ensuring that our core content strategy remains strong in terms of audience appeal and an audience engagement.

Jim Lehrer, who co-founded PBS NewsHour and served as its anchor for nearly four decades, died Thursday. Current NewsHour anchor/managing editor Judy Woodruff reported the sad news on the broadcast’s website.

Lehrer and Robert MacNeil started NewsHour in 1975. Lehrer would go on to anchor the nightly news report for the following 36 years.

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Jim Lehrer, the longtime anchor of “PBS NewsHour,” died Thursday, the network confirms. He was 85.

Lehrer rose to prominence in the 1970s anchoring “The MacNeil/Lehrer Report” with colleague Robert MacNeil. The program was renamed “PBS NewsHour” in 2009. Lehrer filled the anchor role for nearly four decades.

“It is with great sadness that I share the news that co-founder and longtime anchor of the ‘PBS NewsHour’ Jim Lehrer died today, Thursday, January 23, 2020, peacefully in his sleep at home,” Judy Woodruff, Lehrer’s colleague and current “PBS NewsHour” anchor, wrote in a statement.

“I’m heartbroken at the loss of someone who was central to my professional life, a mentor to me and someone whose friendship I’ve cherished for decades,” Woodruff added. “I’ve looked up to him as the standard for fair, probing and thoughtful journalism and I know countless others who feel the same way.”

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Jim Lehrer, the legendary journalist who helped set a high bar for TV journalism via his long-running program on PBS, died on Thursday at his home, according to the network. He was 85 years old.

Lehrer was a correspondent for the Dallas Morning News who moved to TV reporting for the local public TV station, Kera. He soon found himself working as a national correspondent for the National Public Affairs Center for Television, then the biggest producer of public-affairs programming for PBS stations. When the Watergate hearings captured national attention in 1973, Lehrer and another journalist he was teamed with, Robert MacNeil, began spending hours and hours on camera, telling American viewers the ins and outs of the extraordinary situation, in which the Nixon administration sought to cover up its involvement in a break-in at Democratic National Committee. The duo held forth over the course of 250 hours, in both daytime and night.

Jim Lehrer, a giant in broadcast journalism who co-created PBS’ The MacNeil/Lehrer Report and co-anchored it for decades, died today. He was 85. PBS confirmed the news but gave no cause of death.

Lehrer teamed with Robert MacNeil in the mid-1970s on The MacNeil/Lehrer Report, a nightly PBS newscast in which the two men anchored from different cities — Lehrer in Arlington, Va, and MacNeil in New York. The nightly show underwent some title changes until MacNeil retired in 1995. Lehrer would continue on the program until 2011, when it was known by its current name, PBS NewsHour.

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ABC, CBS, and NBC — preempting their usual daytime TV lineups — will air live reports as Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday.

The highly anticipated event, which is scheduled to start at 10 a.m. Et on Thursday, Sept. 27, will also be covered by live cable news networks and live-streamed on the internet.

Kavanaugh has now been accused by three women of sexual misconduct. Ford was the first to come forward, saying that Kavanaugh assaulted her at a high school party in 1982. Kavanaugh has repeatedly denied the accusations, and told Fox News’ Martha MacCallum in an interview Monday that he was a virgin “in high school or for many years thereafter.”

Some Republican senators including Susan Collins (R.-Maine) have remained undecided about whether to vote to confirm Kavanaugh, and Thursday’s hearing may determine the outcome of his nomination by President Donald Trump.

New York Times national political reporter Yamiche Alcindor has joined PBS NewsHour as White House Correspondent. She joins on January 16. Correspondent John Yang, who has covered the Trump Administration since Inauguration Day 2017 as well as Secretary Hillary Clinton's campaign for president in 2016 for NewsHour, has been named the broadcast's new national correspondent. Alcindor will continue to serve as a political contributor for NBC News and MSNBC as she assumes her…...

Alec Baldwin is stepping away from Twitter. The actor announced his decision on, well, Twitter yesterday after comments he made about Rose McGowan and Harvey Weinstein were criticized. Asked why “nobody said anything” about the actress, Baldwin said during an interview with PBS NewsHour that “what happened was that Rose McGowan took a payment of $100,000 and settled her case with him. And it was for Rose McGowan to prosecute that case.”

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“It is w some degree of sadness that I will suspend posting on this, a Twitter account, for a period of and in the current climate,” began Baldwin’s series of tweets.

“It was never my intention, in my public statements, to ‘blame the victim’ in the many sexual assault cases that have emerged recently. I simply posited that the...

Harvey Weinstein threatened Ronan Farrow personally with a lawsuit during the reporting of a story which revealed decades of sexual assault allegations by the Hollywood titan. Farrow’s bombshell exposé, published yesterday in The New Yorker, included accounts from 13 women detailing alleged abuse, harassment, and worse at the hands of the producer. Weinstein is reportedly suing The New York Times for its similarly damning piece, which included an account by the actress Ashley Judd.

In an interview with Rachel Maddow, Farrow revealed that Weinstein threatened to sue him personally, which contributed to why the piece took so long to publish. “Over many years, many news organizations have circled this story and faced a great deal of pressure in doing so,” said Farrow. “In the course of this reporting, I was threatened with a lawsuit personally by Mr. Weinstein.”

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Hillary Clinton was asked in an interview on PBS Newshour today whether she thinks President Trump is a racist.

Only a sliver of the United States will actually experience a total solar eclipse on Monday. For the rest of the country, it’s up to wall-to-wall coverage of the event to convey what’s going on.

Just about every major news operation will go live on Monday from across North America, as the strip of totality stretches from Oregon to South Carolina. ABC, NBC and CBS will air special reports between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Et, and cable news will be live throughout the day. Why the excitement? This is the first time in 99 years that a total solar eclipse has spanned the continental United States.

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Here’s where you’ll be able to live stream coverage from a variety of sources on YouTube:

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SportsBall 2017, the 23rd Annual Black Tie & Sneakers Gala of the Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health (Aaiuh), will take place on Wednesday, October 18th at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City.

Renowned guests representing sports, philanthropy, business, entertainment, and medicine will gather at the Grand Hyatt in New York City to celebrate the legacy of tennis champion and humanitarian Arthur Ashe. SportsBall features interactive games, dinner buffet, dancing, entertainment, an awards ceremony, and a silent auction. Each guest receives a complimentary pair of Adidas sneakers generously donated by Rack Room Shoes and Adidas.

The gala will be co-hosted by Cheryl Wills, Award-winning NY1 News Anchor, host of In Focus with Cheryl Wills, and best-selling author, and David Ushery, Emmy Award-winning NBC 4 New York News Anchor and Reporter. Creator of The Debrief with David Ushery.

The gala will honor Soledad O'Brien, award-winning journalist, speaker, and author; Robert Gore, MD,...

(Warning: The sounds and images included in the above video are graphic.) A man walking his two dogs captured audio and video of the horrific moments when a gunman opened fire on Republican members of Congress at baseball practice Wednesday morning in suburban Washington, D.C. PBS NewsHour said it obtained the footage from Noah Nathan, who was walking his two golden-doodles near the Alexandria, Virginia, field where the shooting occurred. He dropped to the ground and recorded the horrific scene. Also Read: Democrats Pray on Baseball Field for Republican Colleagues After Shooting The video is hard to follow, especially...

Just moments after Comey’s prepared opening remarks to the Senate Intelligence Committee were posted to the United States Senate website, Vice President Mike Pence abruptly canceled a planned interview with PBS Newshour. “Moments ago, @VP Pence cancelled a scheduled interview with @newshour,” Sara Just, , the show’s executive producer, tweeted Wednesday. No explanation for the cancelation was given, despite the fact that the interview had already been promoted on the air on Tuesday. Also Read: Comey to Testify Trump Pressured Him to Shut Down Flynn Investigation The announcement came as a surprise to PBS correspondent Miles O’Brien, who...

Robert "Bob" Wilson, father of actors Luke Wilson and Owen Wilson, has died at age 75. The former TV executive passed away Friday after a battle with Alzheimer's disease, Luke told The Dallas Morning News. Robert, whose nickname was Bob, served as president of public Dallas TV and radio stations Kera-tv and Kera-fm in the '60s and '70s and then co-created the news program Newsroom with TV colleague Jim Lehrer. The latter went on to anchor the hit show PBS NewsHour. Robert also helped bring Monty Python's Flying Circus to the U.S.—Kera-tv was the first channel to air the popular British comedy series. Robert is survived by Owen, his two...

Robert A. “Bob” Wilson — father of Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson and Andrew Wilson — has died, Luke confirmed to the Dallas Morning News. Luke told the outlet that his dad died Friday after years of battling Alzheimer’s disease. He was 75.

A longtime presence in Dallas’ television arena, Bob helped pave the way for Kera, North Texas’ public broadcasting station. His influence inspired a 2011 documentary called Bob Wilson and the Early Years of Kera, released as the station marked its 50th anniversary — a celebration whose gala Bob was too sick to attend at the time, according to the Dallas Morning News.

Following last month’s announcement that “Moonlight” had won the award for Outstanding Film — Wide Release and “Other People” was taking home the prize for Outstanding Film — Limited Release, the 28th GLAAD Media Awards took place in New York last night. “Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four” was named Outstanding Documentary at the ceremony, which honors positive and accurate portrayals of the Lgbtq community.

Rami Malek, Debra Messing, Trevor Noah and Zachary Quinto were among the guests. Full list of winners below:

Outstanding Documentary:

“Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures”

“Out of Iraq”

“The Same Difference”

“Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four”

“The Trans List”

Outstanding Reality Program:

“Gaycation”

“I Am Cait”

“I Am Jazz”

“The Prancing Elites Project”

“Strut”

Outstanding Music Artist:

Against Me!, “Shape Shift With Me”

Blood Orange, “Freetown Sound”

Brandy Clark, “Big Day in a Small Town”

Tyler Glenn,...

Theater Close-Up -- the unique collaboration between Thirteen and the large community of New York City area Off-Broadway and regional theaters - continues with John Strand's The Originalist, captured live on-stage at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., Monday, March 13 at 9 p.m. on Thirteen, with an encore presentation on Sunday, March 19 at 340 a.m. The play will also air Sunday, March 26 at 10 p.m. on WLIW21. The play, directed on the stage by Molly Smith, will be available for streaming for two weeks after the broadcast.L to R Edward Gero as Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and Kerry Warren as Cat in The Originalist at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater. Credit C. Stanley Photography. Four-time Helen Hayes Award winner Edward Gero Red returned to Arena Stage as one of America's most brilliant and polarizing figures Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. When bright, liberal, Harvard...

Donald Trump will make his first speech to both houses of Congress Tuesday, and is likely to take the chance to lay out his plans for the next four years of his presidency. The speech will take place at 9 p.m. Eastern/6 p.m. Pacific on Tuesday, Feb. 28. The address isn’t quite Trump’s first State of the Union, seeing as he’s only been in office a little more than a month. It’s much more likely to be a forward-looking speech, rather than a rundown of the last month. PBS Newshour will stream the speech live on Twitter.

Nominees for the 28th Annual GLAAD Media Awards were announced Tuesday, with superhero and sci-fi fare such as Supergirl, The Oa and Orphan Black among those snagging nods.

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The awards — which honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community — will be handed out on April 1 in Los Angeles and May 6 in New York.

Other nominees include Amazon’s Transparent and One Mississippi, Freeform’s Shadowhunters and The Fosters and Netflix’s Black Mirror. (The Bold and the Beautiful is...

GLAAD, the world’s Lgbtq media advocacy organization, announced the nominees for its 28th annual GLAAD Media Awards today. Taking a strong stand for inclusivity, only two films were nominated for Outstanding Film — Wide Release, both featuring non-white gay characters: “Moonlight” and “Star Trek Beyond.”

Similarly, in the Outstanding Film — Limited Release category, three films with non-white characters were nominated: Park Chan-wook’s “The Handmaiden,” Jay Dockendorf’s “Naz & Maalik,” and Andrew Ahn’s “Spa Night” were nominated. Chris Kelly’s “Other People” and Joey Kuhn’s “Those People” round out the bunch.

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“At a time when progress is at a critical juncture, it is imperative that Hollywood tell more Lgbtq stories that reflect the community’s rich diversity – and build understanding that brings all communities closer together,” said GLAAD president Sarah Kate Ellis. “This...

Donald Trump will be sworn into office as the 45th President of the United States later this morning, and, as with many of the history-making moments of the 2016 Presidential Campaign, there will be wall-to-wall live coverage of today’s proceedings online.

YouTube, which streamed Inauguration coverage live in 2013 as well, is partnering with seven media organizations -- including NBC News, CBS News, Telemundo, C-span, Bloomberg Politics, USA Today, and The Washington Post — to provide day-long coverage. Some of the aforementioned channels will even provide 360-degree and 4K video streams. Twitter, on the other hand, named PBS NewsHour as its exclusive broadcast partner, with coverage available to both logged-in and logged-out users right here from 11am to 5pm Et.

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The biggest event of Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, is sure to be the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States of America, and you can take it all in on any number of TV networks and livestreams, including PBS NewsHour’s. There definitely won’t be any shortage of coverage at noon Est, when Trump’s presidency officially starts. But if you can’t park in front of a TV all day and want to tune in, you’ll need an Internet livestream. And PBS NewsHour has one of those for you. There are plenty of online options offered by news channels.

Longtime PBS journalist and host Gwen Ifill died on Monday after a months of battling cancer. She was 61. Veteran Journalist Gwen Ifill Dies At 61 The host of PBS’s Washington Week and co-anchor of PBS NewsHour, Ifill was a veteran in the industry. She joined Washington Week in 1999 and served as a managing editor on the show. In 2013, […]

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CNN’s Don Lemon could barely hold back his tears while delivering an emotional tribute to Gwen Ifill, the “PBS NewsHour” anchor who died at the age of 61 on Monday. Lemon was visibly emotional when he called Ifill “one of the most talented journalists our of time, period,” on “CNN Tonight.” He detailed his first meeting with the women he “loved” and “admired” from afar “Gwen, you were a black woman who thrives in this brutal business dominated by mostly men. You transcended race and gender,” Lemon said. “You were simply brilliant and powerful, a quiet storm. Professional, understated, humble.

Journalists and politicians paid tribute to the late Gwen Ifill on social media, after news broke on Monday that the “PBS NewsHour” anchor had died at the age of 61. Ifill’s colleagues in the media remembered the veteran journalist for her toughness and integrity during her career reporting on Washington and politics. She was also remembered as a trailblazer who hosted multiple vice presidential debates and made history as part of the first all-female nightly news anchor team on PBS’s “NewsHour” alongside Judy Woodruff. Woodruff, Katie Couric, Wolf Blitzer, President Barack Obama, House Speaker Paul Ryan, Former U.S.

Refresh for latest…PBS newscaster Gwen Ifill’s death this morning, at age 61, is top trending worldwide on Twitter, as comments pour in from both the media industry and the political word she covered. "She not only informed today's citizens, but she also inspired tomorrow's journalists," @Potus says of Gwen Ifill. pic.twitter.com/ok0KBm38lV — PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) November 14, 2016 It is sad to hear that Gwen Ifill has passed away. Gwen was a veteran…...

Gwen Ifill, a co-host of the long-running PBS NewsHour and a noted debate moderator, has died following a battle with cancer. She was 61.

"It is with extremely heavy hearts that we must share that our dear friend and beloved colleague Gwen Ifill passed away this afternoon following several months of cancer treatment," a statement from PBS NewsHour read. "She was surrounded by loving family and many friends whom we ask that you keep in your thoughts and prayers."

Paula Krager, PBS's president and CEO, celebrated Ifill's career in her own statement.

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"Gwen was one of America's leading lights in journalism and a fundamental reason public media is considered a trusted window on the world by audiences across the nation," Krager said. "Her contributions to thoughtful reporting and civic discourse simply cannot be overstated. She often said that her job was to bring light rather than heat to issues of importance...

Gwen Ifill, a veteran TV journalist, political analyst and longtime host of PBS NewsHour and moderator and managing editor of Washington Week, which also aired on PBS, died today in Washington, D.C., after a battle with cancer. She was 61. Ifill also moderated the 2004 and 2008 vice presidential debates and authored the book The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama. PBS issued the statement below: “It is with extreme sadness that we share the news that Gwen…...

PBS political reporter and vice-presidential-debate moderator Gwen Ifill died Monday in hospice care after a battle with cancer. She was 61.

In April, Ifill took a leave from her position as the moderator and managing editor of Washington Week and co-anchor of PBS Newshour to address some health issues. At the time, a representative from the network said doctors were “encouraged with her progress, and she hopes to be back in the saddle as soon as possible.”

As late as early November, Ifill was at least in consideration for Election Night coverage: Political analyst Jeff Greenfield tweeted on Nov. 5 that he...

Gwen Ifill, the host of “PBS NewsHour” and “Washington Week,” has died at the age of 61. The veteran journalist had been struggling with health issues, sitting out the network’s election coverage last week. She had also taken a two-week medical leave in May to “address some ongoing health issues.” Ifill served as the moderator and managing editor of the political roundtable show “Washington Week,” as well as the the co-anchor of the nightly broadcast “NewsHour” alongside journalist Judy Woodruff. Also Read: Final Presidential Debate Scores 71.5 Million Viewers, Up From Trump-Clinton 2 (Updated) “Gwen was a standard bearer for courage, fairness and.

Election night is upon us, and cable or satellite subscriptions are strictly optional if you’re looking to watch the results pour in in real time on the big day. For what is being called the first “cord-cutter election,” PBS will be hosting live coverage via their individual streaming networks as well as social platforms like Facebook and YouTube. PBS NewsHour will kick off its coverage at 8Pm Et on television, as well as YouTube, Facebook, and uStream. The evening’s coverage includes panels with names like Obama campaign pollster Cornell Belcher, Scholar Andra Gillespie and former Romney campaign chief strategist Stuart Stevens.

With less than three weeks until Election Day, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are set to take the stage for a final presidential debate tonight. Las Vegas will host the event, as it has many high-profile showdowns in years past, with the two nominees beginning their verbal bout at 9 p.m. Est. Here’s how to watch the whole thing live — even if you don’t have cable.

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YouTube and Facebook are once again your friend, especially the former. Most major networks will live stream the debate on YouTube, from PBS NewsHour (whose stream is embedded below) to NBC News and C-span, among others. Several outlets will include these streams on their Facebook pages, including Telemundo’s Spanish-language coverage and ABC News.

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You can't get away from politics at today's PBS panels at TCA. The pubcaster this afternoon connected reporters and critics with the PBS NewsHour co-anchor/managing editor team of Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff via Skype from Philadelphia, where they are covering the final day of the Democratic National Convention. An expected question from TV journalists in Los Angeles: What does it feel like for two women anchors to be witnessing the nomination of the U.S. first female…...

In response to recent events that have heightened racial tensions in the U.S., PBS presents “American in Black & Blue: A PBS Newshour Weekend Special.” The hour-long news-magazine special report will air tonight at 9:00 p.m. Est (check local listings).… Continue Reading →...

I loved this short piece featuring Danai Gurira, courtesy of PBS' "Brief But Spectacular" series - a weekly short-form video series made specifically for social media, but also airs during the "PBS NewsHour" broadcast daily. The series is part of an effort to bring back a longtime feature of essayists on the PBS NewsHour with an updated look and distribution model. In the video, Gurira, a playwright and actress, talks wanting to make sure women of color don’t search in vain for stories they can relate to. Her latest play, "Eclipsed," is premiering on Broadway, and, of course, as most likely know her from, she has a starring role in AMC's "The Walking...

PBS NewsHour on Wednesday night ran a story about a North Carolina family who has banded together to support Donald Trump's campaign. There was just one tiny detail PBS overlooked in its portrayal of the family's foray into politics - one member's white supremacist tattoos. In the feature Grace, one of the members of the Tilly family of Fayetteville, North Carolina, and a key character in the story, is shown phone banking for Trump. Plainly visible on her right hand is a large tattoo of a certain version of the Celtic Cross that the Anti-Defamation League describes as one...

PBS NewsHour on Wednesday night ran a story about a North Carolina family who has banded together to support Donald Trump's campaign. There was just one tiny detail PBS overlooked in its portrayal of the family's foray into politics - one member's white supremacist tattoos. In the feature Grace, one of the members of the Tilly family of Fayetteville, North Carolina, and a key character in the story, is shown phone banking for Trump. Plainly visible on her right hand is a large tattoo of a certain version of the Celtic Cross that the Anti-Defamation League describes as one...

There’s no debating that Thursday’s “PBS NewsHour Democratic Primary Debate” landed 8.03 million total TV viewers across PBS and CNN combined. That modest figure ties it with the Dec. 19 version on ABC. Unfortunately, 8.03 million is only good enough to actually beat one out of the 14 debates this primary season: Last week’s Democratic debate No. 5 on MSNBC. To be fair to the home of Rachel Maddow, had last night’s event only been on one channel, it could have possibly taken over as the new last-place debate thus far. Maybe. Probably not. Also Read: 'The View' Hosts...

An average of 8.03 million total viewers watched the PBS NewsHour's Democratic debate last night, nearly doubling MSNBC’s Dem faceoff results last month. CNN simulcast the debate and nearly doubled its haul, to get to that 8M+ figure. An average of 4.1M total viewers watched on CNN as Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton debated who loved President Obama more, who loved Henry Kissinger less and whose White House win would be more historic. PBS averaged a slightly smaller…...

Thursday’s “PBS NewsHour Democratic Primary Debate” marked the first battle between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders since the New Hampshire primary. Here are TheWrap’s Top 5 moments, in reverse order. 5. Clinton defends Madeleine Albright’s “place in hell” comment Clinton defended Albright’s recent controversial comment: “there’s a special place in Hell for women who don’t help other women.” “Well, look I think that she’s been saying that for as long as I’ve known her,” Clinton said before addressing the female moderators. “I would note, just for a historic aside, somebody told me earlier we...