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PBS weekend newscasts shut down due to funding cuts, replaced by single-topic programs
PBS will replace weekend newscasts with single-topic programs due to a $1.1 billion federal funding cut to public broadcasting, starting next weekend.
- Next weekend, the Public Broadcasting Service will end its Saturday and Sunday breaking newscasts and premiere separate programs on science and foreign affairs.
- PBS says the federal government cut $1.1 billion in funding to public broadcasting, prompting the weekend newscast changes after Congress rescinded funds for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in July 2025.
- Brand-New shows Horizons from PBS News, hosted by William Brangham, and Compass Points from PBS News, hosted by Nick Schifrin, replace weekend newscasts, PBS says.
- The show’s abrupt cancellation was announced on air on Jan. 11, after the CPB board voted on Jan. 5 to dissolve the nearly 60-year-old organization, citing funding cuts.
- Rural PBS stations could bear the brunt of public media cuts as national programming shifts, while Compass Points from PBS News plans weekly analysis of America's power abroad and the Trump Administration.
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PBS weekend newscasts shut down due to funding cuts, replaced by single-topic programs
“PBS News Weekend,” the companion to the weekday “NewsHour” program, has signed off, eliminated due to federal funding cuts to public broadcasting.
·Omaha, United States
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