What is PBS current status?

PBS is currently operational. You can check PBS status and current incidents and outages on the top of the page. The status is updated in almost real-time, and you can see the issues affecting customers.

PBS was not down today according to the official status page. In the last 24 hours, there were 0 outages reported. IsDown continuously monitors the PBS status page, looking for the latest outages and issues affecting customers. Check all recent outages in the section 'Latest PBS outages, issues and problems' at the top of the page.

When was the last PBS outage?

PBS last outage was on July 25, 2025 with the title "Roku PBS App Crash on Seasons Menu"

How to monitor or check PBS status?

You can use IsDown service or go to PBS official status page. Some accounts also use Twitter to communicate the status.

How can I be notified when PBS is having issues or undergoing maintenance?

You can create an account in IsDown and monitor multiple services or subscribe for updates on the official status page. IsDown will send you a notification in real-time when PBS has issues. PBS official status page might also offer notification options such as email, SMS, or Slack.

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Current PBS status

PBS is working normally

Updated from PBS official status page a few minutes ago

PBS service health. Issues reported in the last 24 hours

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This chart displays the number of user-reported issues 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. We only consider an issue widespread if there are multiple reports within a short timeframe. Sign up for free to see more PBS status data.

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PBS recent outages and downtime history

IsDown has tracked 107 incidents since started monitoring PBS status in February 2022. We collect data from 4522+ services, and normalize the data to give you a clear picture of the impact of the outage.

Date	Incident	Duration
Jul 25, 2025 08:03 PM CEST	Minor 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...	26 days
Jul 22, 2025 03:48 PM CEST	Minor 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...	about 2 hours
Jul 21, 2025 09:47 PM CEST	Minor PBS KIDS Livestream Issue on Roku We are currently investigating an issue on the PBS KIDS App on Roku, Vizio, and Comcast. When t...	about 20 hours
Jul 15, 2025 03:09 PM CEST	Minor Reported Login Issues We are currently investigating reported issues with login on the PBS website and apps. Please fol...	about 4 hours
Apr 28, 2025 07:23 PM CEST	Minor MVault Merge Tool Temporarily Disabled This morning we identified a bug in the new MVault merge tool which could cause the incorrect TVa...	2 days
Mar 14, 2025 05:06 PM CET	Minor AIM Interstitials not playing on the PBS KIDS livestream Starting at or around 6:30 AM ET on 3/13/25, interstitials have stopped playing on the PBS KIDS l...	10 days
Mar 01, 2025 12:38 AM CET	Minor Comcast Xfinity PBS App Issue for One-Click We are investigating some backend issues with the PBS App on Comcast Xfinity devices regarding th...	2 days
Feb 27, 2025 05:48 PM CET	Minor Bento Performance Issues The Bento console is currently slow to load for all users, and we are investigating the issue.	1 day
Feb 12, 2025 07:01 PM CET	Minor Intermittent Errors on PBS.org and SVPs We are currently investigating intermittent errors affecting pages on PBS.org and Station Video P...	7 days
Jan 23, 2025 03:53 PM CET	Major PBS KIDS App Closures on Roku We are currently investigating an issue with the PBS KIDS app on Roku. Users are reporting the ap...	about 3 hours

PBS reported issues and comments

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Stephen - Wild Kratts is displaying an Error Playing Video message when we attempt to play any of their videos..

PBS KIDS
about 1 month ago

Dustin - Can't get any channels worked fine this morning .
2 months ago

Lauren - Videos will not play. Not in app or on website. It’s been three days of this .

PBS KIDS
3 months ago

Kendall - Every time I try to watch pbs news on my TV, i get very loud static and cannot watch the news. Prior to the news, it seems to work fine. Sometime the problem continues after the news. .
3 months ago

Andy - Pbs kids goes to a black screen that has the words “inside hacker” at the top.

PBS KIDS
3 months ago

ali - PBS app on android tv is showing blue screen with PBS logo and blinking dots.
3 months ago

Virginia - None of the 4 PBS channels is working just outside of Wyandotte, OK..
3 months ago

Mary - Broadcast stops constantly .
3 months ago

Alice - I am a paid subscriber to PBS. Today I have not been able to move from a previously viewed Antiques Roadshow to anything else. I also can't get the old Antiques Roadshow to play. Other major channels are working normally. What's wrong?.
3 months ago

Susan - WBGU not broadcasting. No local cable signal. .
4 months ago

Debra - We are not able to log in/access PBS App to stream. We are Passport members. We are in zip code 75169 and access Dallas TX PBS Channel 13 to stream. .
4 months ago

Jan - No newshour on pbs tonight 6/19 at 6pm Denver time..
4 months ago

Michael - Starting my PBS subscription on our TV shows only the spinning blue circle of death. .
5 months ago

Amy - No video and its not my tv.
5 months ago

Mary - The station has been down since Friday, 5/23/25, in Salem VA. .
5 months ago

Arlene - PBS is no longer being received on our antenna TV connection. This failure just occurred this morning on Saturday, May 24, 2025. What can I do to continue viewing with WTTW Chicago?.
6 months ago

Rhea - Cannot access via PBS SoCal and haven't been able to for 3 days.
6 months ago

Ariel - The screen has the different color bars and said schedule HD05 with the EST and PST times but is not working .

PBS KIDS
6 months ago

Barbara - Tv channels PSPIRIT , PBS 1024 problems. Black screen..
7 months ago

Alexandria - When I click on a program the diagram goes dark and it will not allow me to open program--frustrating..
8 months ago

Bill - Not receiving the channels any longer.
9 months ago

Marilla - Videos loading and then stream is looping during playtime..
9 months ago

Lonnie - PBS Kids app not working on 32 inch ROKU ONN tv.
9 months ago

Chris - Every stream says video unavailable. .
11 months ago

Susan - PBS app on Roku won't open. Checked on three devices & 2 different internet services.
11 months ago

Nancy - Sever down last three weeks on Roku. Have rebooted all equipment, have uninstalled and reinstalled, all rokus are under a year old. Roku says it's PBS not them, my 2 1/2 twin grandkids are very sad..

PBS KIDS
12 months ago

Katie - When trying to watch live tv on PBS kids app on Roku it says server is down. It have been like that for over a week.

PBS KIDS
about 1 year ago

Richard - We are receiving the video feed from our local PBS station but no sound. What's happening???.
about 1 year ago

Lydia - The app won’t load. The yellow screen with the logo is all that loads. Frustrating as this happens a couple times every week!!.

PBS KIDS
over 1 year ago

Diane - I cannot get live tv today on PBS.

PBS components or services current status

Component	Status
PBS Website	OK
PBS Video Portal	OK
PBS Partner Player	OK
PBS Mobile and OTT Apps	OK
PBS Global Chrome	OK
HostedBento	OK
MVault Console	OK
Station Manager Console	OK
Curate Console	OK
TV Listings Editor Console	OK
APIs	OK
LearningMedia	OK
PBS KIDS	OK
Source	OK
DAM	OK
AIM	OK
Media Manager Console	OK
PBS Account	OK

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PBS TV Schedules	OK
PBS Local Live Streams	OK
PBS Help Site	OK
PBS Digital Viewer/Passport Technical Support Call System	OK
PBS AWS autoscaling-us-east-1	OK
PBS AWS cloudformation-us-east-1	OK
PBS AWS cloudtrail-us-east-1	OK
PBS AWS cloudwatch-us-east-1	OK
PBS AWS codedeploy-us-east-1	OK
PBS AWS config-us-east-1	OK
PBS AWS directconnect-us-east-1	OK
PBS AWS dynamodb-us-east-1	OK
PBS AWS ec2-us-east-1	OK
PBS AWS ecr-us-east-1	OK
PBS AWS ecs-us-east-1	OK
PBS AWS elasticache-us-east-1	OK
PBS AWS elasticsearch-us-east-1	OK
PBS AWS elb-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 AWS apigateway-us-east-1	OK
PBS Freshdesk WEB APP	OK
PBS Google Apps Analytics	OK
PBS Sentry Event Ingestion	OK
PBS Sentry Slack	OK
PBS New Relic Log API : US	OK
PBS New Relic Metric API : US	OK
PBS Docs	OK
PBS AWS elemental-us-east-1	OK

PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) is a U.S. non-profit TV network offering educational, cultural, and informational programs, often used for learning and public service content.

Monitoring PBS since February 2022

Tracking 75 PBS services and regions