PBS requires member stations to air at least seven hours of kids programming each weekday, and that will not change when the new schedule rolls out. That’s a reduction of five hours from the current schedule, which feeds PBS Kids programs from 6 a.m. 6, PBS will feed eight hours of children’s programming on the daytime NPS feed, from 6 a.m.

The change also makes room for PBS to build on a strategy that has already helped many stations - adding general-audience programs that appeal to adults who are watching linear TV.īeginning Feb. The PBS Kids 24/7 multicast channel, also distributed as a streaming service, is where many kids and their caregivers are turning to catch PBS’ children’s programs. “Many have moved to streaming platforms,” said Sara DeWitt, SVP and GM of children’s media and education for PBS. The overhaul of PBS’ weekday schedule, under discussion between PBS and stations for more than a year, recognizes the ways that children are consuming media now - and that far fewer are watching linear TV. In a response to shifts in daytime viewing patterns, PBS will reduce the footprint of children’s shows on its primary National Program Service feed in February.

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