public television

American  

noun

1. a type of noncommercial, usually educational, television programming funded by the government, grants, viewers, and corporations.

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Example Sentences

The film will air on public television stations beginning Wednesday through June 9, with PBS SoCal airing it on June 8 and 9, and it will be available on digital platforms June 10.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

She popularized yoga via public television in America.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

The sector, which previously accounted for nearly three percent of GDP, now accounts for only one percent, Mali Tourism Minister Mamou Daffe said in July on public television.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

But without funding from public television, his educational programming such as “The Civil War” and “Baseball” might never have existed, he told “PBS News Hour” in an interview Thursday.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2025

But it’s not all that useful for, say, a group of people trying to spark a literacy epidemic with a small budget and one hour of programming on public television.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell