"We ❤️ Public Television!" is a three-hour program aired and recorded live on November 8, 2025 from PBS SoCal. A star-studded cast honors 55 remarkable years of public television — America’s trusted, free public media service that reaches every city, town, and rural community across the nation.
Featuring music director Rickey Minor and appearances by Josh Groban, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ken Burns, Ziggy Marley, Lily Tomlin, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Marlee Matlin, Nicholas Ralph, Noel Paul Stookey, Rick Steves, David Foster and Katharine McPhee, Adam Arkin, Courtney B. Vance, Martha Plimpton, Bill Nye, Joe Bonamassa, Sheléa, Jesse Cook, Judy Blume, Celtic Woman, Mychal the Librarian, Lindsey Stirling, and so many more! This Telethon 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.
This fundraising special includes a variety of live musical performances, celebrity appearances and viewer testimonials, plus archival material from iconic public television shows including Austin City Limits, Great Performances, Masterpiece and Sesame Street. The program will air on Thanksgiving night on PBS stations nationwide. Viewers will be able to donate to their own local PBS station to help them fill the budget gap from the recent loss of all federal funding for Public Media.
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"We ❤️ Public Television!" is a three-hour program aired and recorded live on November 8, 2025 from PBS SoCal. A star-studded cast honors 55 remarkable years of public television — America’s trusted, free public media service that reaches every city, town, and rural community across the nation.
Featuring music director Rickey Minor and appearances by Josh Groban, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ken Burns, Ziggy Marley, Lily Tomlin, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Marlee Matlin, Nicholas Ralph, Noel Paul Stookey, Rick Steves, David Foster and Katharine McPhee, Adam Arkin, Courtney B. Vance, Martha Plimpton, Bill Nye, Joe Bonamassa, Sheléa, Jesse Cook, Judy Blume, Celtic Woman, Mychal the Librarian, Lindsey Stirling, and so many more! This Telethon 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.
This fundraising special includes a variety of live musical performances, celebrity appearances and viewer testimonials, plus archival material from iconic public television shows including Austin City Limits, Great Performances, Masterpiece and Sesame Street. The program will air on Thanksgiving night on PBS stations nationwide. Viewers will be able to donate to their own local PBS station to help them fill the budget gap from the recent loss of all federal funding for Public Media.
There are no episodes available to stream at this time. Explore more shows.
