PBS had 1 outages in the last 24 hours. IsDown monitors PBS status continuously for outages and service health issues.

When was the last PBS outage?

The last PBS outage was on February 10, 2026: "Intermittent Issues Loading Content on PBS Platforms"

How do I check if PBS is down?

Use IsDown to monitor PBS status and get alerts when PBS is down. You can also check the official PBS status page.

How do I get alerts when PBS is down?

Create an IsDown account to monitor PBS status. Get instant alerts via Slack, PagerDuty, or email when PBS outages occur.

Is PBS Down?

Q: What is PBS status right now?

PBS is experiencing issues. Check PBS service health and outages at the top of this page for real-time updates.

PBS status updated 1 minute 48 seconds ago

What is PBS status right now?

PBS is having a minor outage

IsDown is reporting that PBS is having issues. IsDown last checked PBS status on February 10, 2026 at 09:01 PM EST. We've received 23 user reports in the past 24 hours.

Ongoing Incident started about 5 hours ago

Intermittent Issues Loading Content on PBS Platforms

Monitoring since Feb 2022 · 115 incidents caught · 75 components tracked in real-time

PBS service health over the last 24 hours

This chart shows the number of user-reported issues for PBS service health over the past 24 hours, grouped into 20-minute intervals. It's normal to see occasional reports, which may be due to individual user issues rather than a broader problem.

PBS Outage Map

See where users report PBS is down. The map shows recent PBS outages from around the world.

Top locations, last 24h:

United States

PBS Outage Map

Recent PBS outage reports

See what users report when PBS is down and how PBS outages affect them.

Feb 10, 2026 (about 11 hours ago) 🇺🇸 United States of America

Neil - I’m having trouble watching Alma’s Way it’s letting me do it what should I do.
Feb 09, 2026 (about 22 hours ago) 🇺🇸 United States of America

Tom - After several attempts, the same message appears on the black screen. "Your program will begin after these messages." We cannot access anything. We live in Allen Texas..
Feb 07, 2026 (3 days ago) 🇺🇸 United States of America

Shows on PBS SoCal won't play. I can search and find shows but when I hit 'Play' it just loops on a black screen. I'm using an Amazon Firestick..
Feb 01, 2026 (9 days ago) 🇺🇸 United States of America

Maggie - Channel 8, PBS station in Nashville TN not coming on my tv. This has happened the last 2 days. Feb 1st 2026.
Feb 01, 2026 (9 days ago) 🇺🇸 United States of America

Peggy - Can't access live broadcast. 2 days now. Says "Live TV not available. Not currently in the station broadcast area..
Jan 31, 2026 (10 days ago) 🇺🇸 United States of America

suzanne - Not able to load PBS Newshour for January 31, 2026 through my browser..
Jan 31, 2026 (10 days ago) 🇺🇸 United States of America

Jordy - Have no signal. Have other local stations..
Jan 14, 2026 (27 days ago)

Linda - Login stopped working on website. It only leads to a blank page. I normally go there to add shows to my list for TV watching later..
Jan 13, 2026 (28 days ago)

MARILYN - HAVING PROBLEMS LOADING STREAMING.
Jan 12, 2026 (29 days ago)

PBS streaming won’t come up on our TV.

PBS Downtime Health — Last 90 Days

In the last 90 days, PBS had 4 incidents with a median duration of 69 hours 42 minutes.

Total

Incidents

Critical

Major Outages

Warning

Minor Incidents

Duration

69 hour

Median Resolution

Latest PBS outages detected by IsDown

Check PBS status history below. IsDown detects when PBS is down, tracking both official outages and user-reported issues.

11 days

Playback Issues on the PBS App for Smart TVs

Jan 30, 2026 at 08:53 AM

about 22 hours

AIM Interruptions

Jan 21, 2026 at 01:17 PM

3 days

Delays in Uploaded Content to PBS Platforms

Dec 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM

4 days

PBS Passport Recognition Error

Nov 06, 2025 at 11:17 AM

about 24 hours

PBS.org Sign In Issues

Nov 04, 2025 at 08:05 AM

about 8 hours

AWS Trouble

Oct 20, 2025 at 11:30 AM

26 days

Roku PBS App Crash on Seasons Menu

Jul 25, 2025 at 02:03 PM

about 2 hours

Jul 22, 2025 at 09:48 AM

about 20 hours

PBS KIDS Livestream Issue on Roku

Jul 21, 2025 at 03:47 PM

Title	Started At	Duration
Playback Issues on the PBS App for Smart TVs We've identified an issue with video playback on the PBS app for Samsung TV, VIZIO SmartCast TV, ...	Jan 30, 2026 at 01:53 PM UTC	11 days
AIM Interruptions This morning and early afternoon, our teams have been making some infrastructure updates to the K...	Jan 21, 2026 at 06:17 PM UTC	about 22 hours
Delays in Uploaded Content to PBS Platforms We are currently investigating delays with new videos published to PBS platforms. Videos that are...	Dec 15, 2025 at 05:55 PM UTC	3 days
PBS Passport Recognition Error We are investigating reports from Passport members stating their Passport benefits are not being ...	Nov 06, 2025 at 04:17 PM UTC	4 days
PBS.org Sign In Issues We are currently investigating reports from users who are unable to sign in on PBS.org. Users hav...	Nov 04, 2025 at 01:05 PM UTC	about 24 hours
AWS Trouble About 3 AM Eastern, Amazon AWS (which powers many databases including most PBS platforms) began e...	Oct 20, 2025 at 03:30 PM UTC	about 8 hours
Roku PBS App Crash on Seasons Menu We’re aware of an issue with the PBS app on Roku where users browsing between seasons of select s...	Jul 25, 2025 at 06:03 PM UTC	26 days
Login issue with pbs.org/tv for the GA PBS App We're looking into intermittent errors occurring on the pbs.org/tv site when users enter their si...	Jul 22, 2025 at 01:48 PM UTC	about 2 hours
PBS KIDS Livestream Issue on Roku We are currently investigating an issue on the PBS KIDS App on Roku, Vizio, and Comcast. When t...	Jul 21, 2025 at 07:47 PM UTC	about 20 hours

PBS Components Status

Check if any PBS component is down. View the current status of 58 services and regions.

Component	Status
PBS Mobile and OTT Apps	MINOR
PBS Website	MINOR
AIM	OK
APIs	OK
AWS apigateway-us-east-1	OK
AWS autoscaling-us-east-1	OK
AWS cloudformation-us-east-1	OK
AWS cloudtrail-us-east-1	OK
AWS cloudwatch-us-east-1	OK
AWS codedeploy-us-east-1	OK
AWS config-us-east-1	OK
AWS directconnect-us-east-1	OK
AWS dynamodb-us-east-1	OK
AWS ec2-us-east-1	OK
AWS ecr-us-east-1	OK
AWS ecs-us-east-1	OK
AWS elasticache-us-east-1	OK
AWS elasticsearch-us-east-1	OK

Load All 40 Components

PBS AWS elb-us-east-1	OK
PBS AWS elemental-us-east-1	OK
PBS AWS firehose-us-east-1	OK
PBS AWS guardduty-us-east-1	OK
PBS AWS kinesis-us-east-1	OK
PBS AWS lambda-us-east-1	OK
PBS AWS opsworks-us-east-1	OK
PBS AWS ram-us-east-1	OK
PBS AWS rds-us-east-1	OK
PBS AWS route53resolver-us-east-1	OK
PBS AWS route53-us-east-1	OK
PBS AWS securityhub-us-east-1	OK
PBS AWS ses-us-east-1	OK
PBS AWS sns-us-east-1	OK
PBS AWS sqs-us-east-1	OK
PBS Curate Console	OK
PBS DAM	OK
PBS Freshdesk WEB APP	OK
PBS Google Apps Analytics	OK
PBS HostedBento	OK
PBS LearningMedia	OK
PBS Local Live Streams	OK
PBS Media Manager Console	OK
PBS MVault Console	OK
PBS New Relic Log API : US	OK
PBS New Relic Metric API : US	OK
PBS Account	OK
PBS Digital Viewer/Passport Technical Support Call System	OK
PBS Docs	OK
PBS Global Chrome	OK
PBS Help Site	OK
PBS KIDS	OK
PBS Partner Player	OK
PBS Video Portal	OK
PBS Sentry Event Ingestion	OK
PBS Sentry Slack	OK
PBS Source	OK
PBS Station Manager Console	OK
PBS TV Listings Editor Console	OK
PBS TV Schedules	OK

Frequently Asked Questions

Is PBS down today?

PBS is down. You can check PBS status and incident details on the top of the page. IsDown continuously monitors PBS official status page every few minutes. In the last 24 hours, there were 1 outages reported.

What is the current PBS status?

PBS seems to be having problems. You can check PBS status and incident details on the top of the page. The status is updated in almost real-time, and you can see the latest outages and issues affecting customers.

Is there a PBS outage now?

Yes, there is an ongoing outage. You can check the details on the top of the page.

Is PBS down today or just slow?

Yes, PBS might be slow as there's an ongoing outage. You can check the details on the top of the page.

How are PBS outages detected?

IsDown monitors the PBS official status page every few minutes. We also get reports from users like you. If there are enough reports about an outage, we'll show it on the top of the page.

Is PBS having an outage right now?

PBS last outage was on February 10, 2026 with the title "Intermittent Issues Loading Content on PBS Platforms"

How often does PBS go down?

IsDown has tracked 114 PBS incidents since February 2022.

Is PBS down for everyone or just me?

Check the PBS status at the top of this page. IsDown combines official status page data with user reports to show whether PBS is down for everyone or if the issue is on your end.

What PBS components does IsDown monitor?

IsDown monitors 75 PBS components in real-time, tracking the official status page for outages, degraded performance, and scheduled maintenance.

How IsDown compares to DownDetector when monitoring PBS?

IsDown and DownDetector help users determine if PBS is having problems. The big difference is that IsDown is a status page aggregator. IsDown monitors a service's official status page to give our customers a more reliable source of information instead of just relying on reports from users. The integration allows us to provide more details about PBS's Outages, like incident title, description, updates, and the parts of the affected service. Additionally, users can create internal status pages and set up notifications for all their third-party services.