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

It’s a public television mainstay that plays well with niche audiences too, as Twitch discovered when a nine-day marathon in 2015 proved to be enormously popular.

From Salon • May 2, 2026

But Child, a Pasadena, Calif., native who landed her first cooking show on Boston public television in 1963, was the true pioneer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

"She's feeling a bit of pain in the left foot and left knee, but I'm feeling positive," he told the Austrian public television station.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

First conceived as a children’s program for Chile’s public television, “31 Minutos” debuted in March 2003, and now spans four seasons.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 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