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PBS SoCal announced WE ❤️ PUBLIC TELEVISION! – a three-hour program recorded LIVE from PBS SoCal’s Burbank Studios featuring a star-studded cast honoring 55 remarkable years of public television - America’s trusted, free public media service that reaches every city, town and rural community across the nation. Talent featured (subject to change) includes music director Rickey Minor and appearances by Josh Groban, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ken Burns, Ziggy Marley, Lily Tomlin, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Marlee Matlin, Noel Paul Stookey, Rick Steves, David Foster and Katharine McPhee, Adam Arkin, Courtney Vance, Martha Plimpton, Joe Bonamassa, Sheléa, Jesse Cook, Judy Blume, Celtic Woman, Sarah Silverman, Mychal the Librarian, Lindsey Stirling and many more. The telethon will include three special performances from the Nashville PBS studios featuring Kathy Mattea, Sierra Hull, Molly Tuttle and Ketch Secor. This program celebrates the extraordinary musical artists and personalities who have graced PBS stages and screens, showcasing the cultural richness that public media and local PBS stations offer all Americans. The three-hour LIVE telecast will take place on Sat., Nov. 8 from 4-7pm on PBS SoCal and will encore on Thurs., Nov. 27 (Thanksgiving night) from 7-10pm on PBS SoCal.
Following the broadcast, WE ❤️ PUBLIC TELEVISION! will be available on the free PBS App from Nov. 27 – Dec. 24, 2025.
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