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I just heard that the PBS News Weekend show is going away. It was 30 minutes of news on Sat and Sun.

This is due to the gov't funding cuts.

I have to ask: isn't there some multimillionaire philanthropist out there who loves PBS and could easily foot the bill in entirety for several years? How much could it cost? A few million a year? I'm looking at you Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg.

I feel same about KnightRider. And Growing Pains.

Been at least 2 days since I've seen an episode.

It was 30 minutes of news on Sat and Sun.

Actually, no. I happened to watch it yesterday, as all the commercial network news programs were preempted by "bread and circuses". There was little news. Then a 5 minute discussion about something. Then another 5 minute discussion about something else. Then a rerun of a discussion about something, from some time ago. And this is not a new thing. The weekend PBS news has been pretty worthless for a long time, little news, followed by running out the clock with long discussions.

oh, lookee. Yesterday's ep is on YT.

Intro teases, advertising, and funding acknowledgements: 2 minutes.

total news content: Venezuela, Ukraine, Airbus flight system recall. Tom Stoppard died. Total time, 2 minutes and a few seconds.

Then, a long piece on whooping cough.

Then, a long piece on people who work full time, and still can't afford to pay rent.

Then, a long, rerun, piece on female lighthouse keepers.

And the PBS weekend news has been like this for a long time.

PBS News Weekend full episode, Nov. 29, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ttqre5-gpA

Steve

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