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PBS original programming
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The list PBS original programming includes
Sesame Street, Barney & Friends, Downton Abbey, The Lawrence Welk Show and Sherlock.
The list consists of 553 members
and 25 sublists.
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Sesame Street
American children's television program
Overview: Sesame Street is an American educational children's television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation, and puppetry. It is produced by Sesame Workshop (known as the Children's Television ...
Release date: 10 November 1969Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, MusicDirector: Jon Stone, Emily SquiresProducer: David D. Connell, Dulcy SingerWriter: Emily Perl Kingsley, Judy FreudbergOn a special inner city street, the inhabitants, both human and puppet, teach preschool subjects with comedy, cartoons, games and songs.
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Barney & Friends
American children's television series
Overview: Barney & Friends is an American children's television series targeted at children aged two to five, created by Sheryl Leach. The series first aired on PBS on April 6, 1992, and features Barney, a purple ...
Release date: 6 April 1992Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi, Musical, Fantasy, Family, AdventureDirector: Jim Rowley, Fred HolmesProducer: Linda Houston, Dennis DeShazerWriter: Dennis DeShazer, Sheryl LeachFrom pretending to be a pilot on a make-believe airplane to pretending to be a pirate in search of buried treasure, Barney's friends discover that ... 0
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Downton Abbey
British historical drama television series
Overview: Downton Abbey is a British historical drama television series set in the early 20th century, created and co-written by Julian Fellowes. It first aired in the United Kingdom on ITV on 26 September 2010 ...
Genre: Drama, RomanceDirector: Brian Percival, David EvansCast: Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Brendan Coyle, Michelle Dockery, Joanne FroggattProducer: Rebecca Eaton, Julian FellowesWriter: Julian Fellowes, Tina PeplerA chronicle of the lives of the British aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the early 20th Century. 0
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The Lawrence Welk Show
American weekly TV variety series
Overview: The Lawrence Welk Show is an American televised musical variety show hosted by big band leader Lawrence Welk. The series aired locally in Los Angeles for four years, from 1951 to 1955, then nationally ...
Release date: 2 July 1955Genre: Music, FamilyDirector: James Hobson, Duke GoldstoneProducer: Sam Lutz, James HobsonWriter: Bernice McGeehanOne of the most successful and fondly-remembered shows in TV history, "The Lawrence Welk Show" featured musical numbers and skits, with host ... 0
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Sherlock
British crime drama television series
Overview: Sherlock is a British mystery crime drama television series based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes detective stories. Created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, the show stars Benedict Cumberbatch ...
Genre: Crime, Drama, MysteryDirector: Paul McGuigan, Nick HurranProducer: Steven Moffat, Mark GatissWriter: Mark Gatiss, Steven MoffatA modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London. 0
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The Saddle Club
Television series
Overview: The Saddle Club is an Australian-Canadian children's television series developed by Sarah Dodd, based on the books written by Bonnie Bryant. Like the book series, the scripted live action series follows ...
Release date: 6 January 2001Genre: FamilyDirector: Arnie Custo, Peter SharpCast: Kia Luby, Sophie Bennett, Keenan Macwilliam, Lara Jean Marshall, Heli Simpson, Janelle Corlass-BrownProducer: Bruce Gordon, Steve LevitanWriter: Sarah Dodd, Bonnie BryantThe adventures of the girls in the saddle club. 0
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The Red Green Show
Canadian television series
Overview: The Red Green Show is a half-hour Canadian television comedy program that aired on various channels in Canada from April 4, 1991 until April 7, 2006. During its fifteen seasons, it had six network homes ...
Genre: ComedyDirector: Rick Green, William G. ElliottProducer: Steve Smith, Rick GreenWriter: Rick Green, Steve SmithRed Green airs his handyman show from Possum Lodge, Canada, and also experiences some zany adventures in real life. 0
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The Magic School Bus
Animated children's television series
Overview: The Magic School Bus is an animated educational children's television series, based on the book series of the same name by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen. Originally broadcast from 1994 to 1997, the series ...
Release date: 11 September 1994Genre: Fantasy, Family, Animation, Adventure, ComedyDirector: Larry Jacobs, Charles E. BastienProducer: Geanne Finney, Deborah ForteWriter: Joanna Cole, Bruce DegenAn eccentric school-teacher takes her class on wondrous educational field trips with the help of a magical school bus. 0
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Teletubbies
British children's television series created by Anne Wood and Andrew Davenport
Overview: Teletubbies is a British children's television series created by Anne Wood and Andrew Davenport for the BBC. The programme focuses on four differently coloured characters known as the Teletubbies, named ...
Release date: 24 March 1997Genre: Musical, Fantasy, FamilyDirector: Nigel Harris, Paul GawithProducer: Kenn Viselman, Mary PykeWriter: Andrew Davenport, Anne WoodIn this television show for babies, the four colourful Teletubbies coo and play in idyllic Teletubbyland... 0
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MI-5
British television spy drama series
Overview: Spooks (known as MI-5 in some countries) is a British television spy drama series that originally aired on BBC One from 13 May 2002 to 23 October 2011, consisting of 10 seasons. The title is a colloquialism ...
Release date: 13 May 2002Genre: Drama, ThrillerDirector: Alrick Riley, Bharat NalluriProducer: Simon Crawford-Collins, Jane FeatherstoneWriter: David Wolstencroft, Ben RichardsThe missions of MI-5, the UK's domestic intelligence organization. 0
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LazyTown
English-Icelandic children's television program
Overview: LazyTown (Icelandic: Latibær) is an English-language Icelandic preschool children's educational television series created by aerobics champion Magnús Scheving. The show was designed to encourage healthy ...
Genre: Sport, Music, Family, Comedy, AdventureDirector: Magnús Scheving, Sigvaldi J. KárasonCast: Lorraine Parsloe, Magnús Scheving, Stefán Karl Stefánsson, Julianna Rose Mauriello, Julie Westwood, Chloe LangProducer: Magnús Scheving, Mark ReadWriter: Magnús Scheving, Noah ZacharyIn this Nick Jr. television show, a pink-haired girl named Stephanie moves to LazyTown with her uncle (the mayor of LazyTown), where she tries to teach ... 0
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Keeping Up Appearances
British sitcom
Overview: Keeping Up Appearances is a British sitcom created and written by Roy Clarke. It originally aired on BBC1 from 1990 to 1995. The central character is an eccentric and snobbish middle-class social climber ...
Director: Harold SnoadCast: Patricia Routledge, Judy Cornwell, Geoffrey Hughes, Clive Swift, Josephine Tewson, Mary MillarProducer: Harold SnoadWriter: Roy ClarkeA snobbish housewife is determined to climb the social ladder, in spite of her family's working class connections and the constant chagrin of her ... 0
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Doctor Who
British science fiction TV series
Overview: Doctor Who is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson, depicts the adventures of an extraterrestrial ...
Release date: 23 November 1963Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, HorrorDirector: Douglas Camfield, David MaloneyProducer: John Nathan-Turner, Barry LettsWriter: Robert Holmes, Terry NationTime and Space traveling adventures of a Gallifreyan Time Lord only known as the Doctor and his companions, traveling through time and space. 0
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Captain Kangaroo
American children's television series
Overview: Captain Kangaroo is an American children's television series that aired weekday mornings on the American television network CBS for 29 years, from 1955 to 1984, making it the longest-running nationally ...
Release date: 3 October 1955Genre: FamilyDirector: Jim Hirschfeld, Peter BirchProducer: Jim Hirschfeld, Ruth ManeckeWriter: Frank Abatemarco, Claire LabineDaily children's program hosted by Captain Kangaroo. 0
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Bob the Builder
British children's animated television show
Overview: Bob the Builder is a British animated children's television series created by Keith Chapman for HIT Entertainment, and ran from 12 April 1999 to 31 December 2011 in the United Kingdom through the CBBC ...
Release date: 12 April 1999Genre: Animation, FamilyDirector: Stuart Evans, Brian LittleProducer: Christopher Keenan, Phil MolloyWriter: Keith Chapman, James MasonBob the Builder is the animated adventures of Bob and his machines. Working together to overcome various challenges they get the job done. 0
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Wild Kratts
Educational children's series
Overview: Wild Kratts is an educational children's television series that uses a hybrid of live action and animation. The series was created by the Kratt brothers, zoologists Chris and Martin, and produced by The ...
Release date: 4 January 2011Genre: Animation, Adventure, FamilyDirector: Jennifer Kluska, Martin KrattProducer: Chris Kratt, Martin KrattWriter: Chris Kratt, Martin KrattChris and Martin Kratt are brothers who explore the wild throughout the world to learn more about animals and share conservation information... 0
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Zoboomafoo
1999 television series
Overview: Zoboomafoo is a live-action/animated children's television series that originally aired on PBS from January 25, 1999, to November 21, 2001. After the original run on public television, reruns were shown ...
Release date: 25 January 1999Genre: Family, ComedyDirector: Julia Weinstein, Leo EatonProducer: Micheline Charest, Ronald A. WeinbergWriter: Martin Kratt, Chris KrattChris and Martin Kratt bring their enthusiasm for animals to the pre-school set. 0
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Thomas & Friends
British children's television series
Overview: Thomas & Friends is a British children's television series that aired for 24 series and 584 episodes from 9 October 1984 to 20 January 2021. Based on The Railway Series books by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry ...
Genre: Family, Animation, Short, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, AdventureDirector: David Mitton, Stephen AsquithCast: Michael Angelis, Keith Wickham, Michael Brandon, Kerry Shale, Teresa Gallagher, Matt WilkinsonProducer: Ian McCue, Britt AllcroftWriter: Britt Allcroft, Rev. W. AwdryThis popular series follows the adventures of Thomas the Tank Engine and all of his engine friends on the Island of Sodor. 0
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The Puzzle Place
Children's television series
Overview: The Puzzle Place is an American children's television series produced by KCET in Los Angeles and Lancit Media in New York City. Although production was dated and premiered on two Los Angeles PBS stations ...Genre: Family, FantasyDirector: Tom Trbovich, Hugh MartinProducer: Michele Gardner-Smith, Suzanne SingerWriter: Ellis Weiner, Cris FrancoA group of kids (puppets) from diverse backgrounds and cultures come together at "The Puzzle Place" to hang-out... 0
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The Muppet Show
Variety television show created by Jim Henson
Overview: The Muppet Show is a variety sketch comedy television series created by Jim Henson and starring the Muppets. It is presented as a variety show, featuring recurring sketches and musical numbers interspersed ...
Release date: 29 January 1976Director: Peter Harris, Philip CassonProducer: Jim Henson, David LazerWriter: Jim Henson, Jerry JuhlKermit the Frog and his friends struggle to put on a weekly variety show. 0
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