List of programs distributed by American Public Television

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The following is a list of programs currently or formerly distributed to PBS stations through American Public Television.

Current programming[edit]

Reality programs[edit]

Title Premiere date
The Best of The Joy of Painting 1992
Rick Steves' Europe September 3, 2000
America's Test Kitchen August 4, 2001
P. Allen Smith's Garden Home April 1, 2003
America's Heartland September 24, 2005
Classical Stretch: By Essentrics January 7, 2007
Sara's Weeknight Meals April 5, 2008
Rudy Maxa's World May 3, 2008
Cook's Country September 6, 2008
Growing a Greener World May 15, 2010
Pati's Mexican Table April 2, 2011
In the Americas With David Yetman April 7, 2012
Lidia's Kitchen October 5, 2013
Lucky Chow May 16, 2015
New Orleans Cooking with Kevin Belton April 16, 2016
Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Television September 8, 2017
My Greek Table With Diane Kochilas October 4, 2017
Samantha Brown's Places to Love January 2, 2018
Kevin Belton's New Orleans Kitchen April 7, 2018
Steven Raichlen's Project Fire May 25, 2018
To Dine For with Kate Sullivan October 24, 2018
Kevin Belton's New Orleans Celebrations April 9, 2019
Legacy List with Matt Paxton January 1, 2020
Kevin Belton's Cookin' Louisiana July 3, 2021

Entertainment programs[edit]

Title Premiere date Source(s)
Doc Martin November 1, 2007
Midsomer Murders May 1, 2009
Frankie Drake Mysteries
The Bletchley Circle
The Carol Burnett Show: Carol's Favorites

Children's programs[edit]

Title Premiere date Source(s) Note
Biz Kid$ January 6, 2008 Distributed by WXXI
Roey's Paintbox February 4, 2015 Distributed by WLVT
Blue Chip Kids (interstitial series) March 1, 2017 Distributed by WPBT
Kid Stew May 1, 2018 Distributed by WPBT
Albie's Elevator September 4, 2023 [1][2] Distributed by WHYY
The Infinite Art Hunt September 4, 2023 [1][3] Distributed by WHYY

Former programming[edit]

News programs[edit]

Title Premiere date End date Note(s)
Nightly Business Report January 22, 1979 December 27, 2019 Distributed by PBS from 2005 to 2011
ITN World News for Public Television November 2, 1998 December 31, 2001
Worldfocus October 6, 2008 April 2, 2010
BBC World News America March 28, 2011 May 31, 2019 Moved to PBS after an agreement with PBS member station WETA 26/Washington, D.C.

Entertainment programs[edit]

Title Premiere date End date Source(s)
Monty Python's Flying Circus 1974
1983		 1979
1988
The Paper Chase January 15, 1981 1982
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 1982 1984

Children's programs[edit]

Title Premiere date End date Source(s)
Captain Kangaroo September 1, 1986 1992
Pappyland May 25, 1993 September 3, 1999
Kidsongs April 4, 1994 June 30, 2001
The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon September 18, 1994 September 5, 1999
The Huggabug Club January 2, 1995 July 28, 2000
The Big Comfy Couch January 9, 1995 May 24, 2009
Preschool Power 1995 1998
The Swamp Critters of Lost Lagoon November 4, 1995 December 27, 1997
Bloopy's Buddies January 6, 1996 1998
The Reppies September 28, 1996 March 27, 1998
Cave Kids September 29, 1996 1999
Groundling Marsh September 1, 1997 1999
Salty's Lighthouse December 6, 1997 1998
Someday School 1998 May 31, 2001
Adventures with Kanga Roddy April 4, 1999 March 4, 2001
Wish*A*Roo Park June 6, 1999 June 5, 2001
Hello Mrs. Cherrywinkle July 4, 1999 July 3, 2001
The Dooley and Pals Show April 3, 2000 June 5, 2003
Alef...Bet...Blast-Off! September 3, 2000 September 2, 2009
Redwall April 1, 2001 April 6, 2006
The Toy Castle April 6, 2003 April 5, 2009
Real Wheels 2003 September 4, 2008
My Bedbugs March 1, 2004 October 1, 2009
Ribert and Robert's Wonderworld September 4, 2005 2022
Danger Rangers September 5, 2005 December 26, 2006
Sheira & Loli's Dittydoodle Works May 2, 2010
The Zula Patrol 2022
Mustard Pancakes 2005 April 7, 2008
Signing Time! January 1, 2006 October 30, 2016
The Saddle Club September 3, 2006 September 6, 2012 [4]
SeeMore's Playhouse September 10, 2006 January 15, 2008
Peep and the Big Wide World April 1, 2007 January 3, 2018
Jim Knox's Wild Zoofari September 2, 2007 September 1, 2010
Raggs February 4, 2008 February 1, 2014
Big Green Rabbit October 5, 2008 October 4, 2011
Wunderkind Little Amadeus September 7, 2008 September 6, 2020
Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series April 5, 2010 April 4, 2015
Bali September 1, 2010 August 29, 2021
Wild Animal Baby Explorers October 3, 2010 June 29, 2014
Scientastic! April 2, 2014 April 1, 2017
Space Racers May 2, 2014 October 30, 2016 [5]
Thomas Edison's Secret Lab September 7, 2015 May 26, 2019
Bug Bites January 4, 2016 January 3, 2019
Ruby's Studio January 7, 2016 2021
Mack & Moxy February 5, 2016 February 16, 2020

Short-form programming[edit]

Title Premiere date End date Source(s)
Pocoyo January 4, 2010 January 3, 2018

Children's specials[edit]

Title Premiere date End date Source(s)
Davy Jones' Locker November 1, 1997 January 1, 2002
Barney's Great Adventure October 1, 2000 March 31, 2001
VeggieTales: The Star of Christmas December 23, 2002
A Very Wompkee Christmas November 22, 2003 November 21, 2004
Kids, Cash & Common Sense February 1, 2004 January 31, 2016
Baby Animals and Their Fuzzy Friends February 28, 2004 February 27, 2007
VeggieTales: Duke and The Great Pie War April 1, 2005 September 30, 2006
The Cricket on the Hearth November 19, 2006 November 18, 2012
Science Mission 101 February 1, 2010 2022
Lost Treasure Hunt October 1, 2014
Heidi 4 Paws November 23, 2008 December 31, 2010

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Rudnesky, Franki (14 June 2023). "WHYY debuts two new children's TV shows made in Philadelphia". PhillyVoice. WWB Holdings, LLC. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  2. ^ "ALBIE'S ELEVATOR American Public Television". American Public Television. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  3. ^ "THE INFINITE ART HUNT American Public Television". American Public Television. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  4. ^ "SADDLE CLUB, THE American Public Television". American Public Television. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  5. ^ Ramin Zahed (October 25, 2013). "'Space Racers' to Premiere on Public Television this Spring". Animation Magazine. Retrieved July 14, 2014.

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