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.

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.

Is PBS Down? Check current status

Check if PBS is down, official outages, user-reported issues, and outages map.

Current PBS status

PBS is working normally

Updated from PBS official status page 3 minutes 31 seconds ago

PBS service health. Issues reported in the last 24 hours

Check 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.

Working Normally

Possible Incident

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PBS recent outages and downtime history

IsDown has tracked 108 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. It will show official PBS outages and also issues that we're started by a spike in crowdsource reports.

Date	Incident	Duration
Oct 20, 2025 11:30 AM EDT	Major AWS Trouble About 3 AM Eastern, Amazon AWS (which powers many databases including most PBS platforms) began e...	about 8 hours
Jul 25, 2025 02:03 PM EDT	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 09:48 AM EDT	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 03:47 PM EDT	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 09:09 AM EDT	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 01:23 PM EDT	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 12:06 PM EDT	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
Feb 28, 2025 06:38 PM EST	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 11:48 AM EST	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 01:01 PM EST	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

User comments about PBS status

See what users are saying about PBS issues that impacted them and how they are affected by the outage. You can see if other users are experiencing the same issues and if there are any workarounds or solutions.

1 day ago

Art - The Newshour is not on and I’m getting the show after it..
3 days ago

On PBS WI, the picture on TV does not show current speaker during certain segments but shows a still photo. This has occured often during BBC news at 5:30 pm CST and during the PBS newhour at 6pm..
13 days ago

Service Down.
21 days ago

Service Down.
21 days ago

App Not Loading.
21 days ago

Videos Not Loading.
21 days ago

Service Down.
21 days ago

App Not Loading.
21 days ago

Service Down.
21 days ago

Videos Not Loading.
21 days ago

Videos Not Loading.
21 days ago

Videos Not Loading.
21 days ago

Service Down.
21 days ago

Service Down.
21 days ago

Service Down.
27 days ago

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.
4 months ago

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

Mary - Broadcast stops constantly .
4 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?.
4 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. .

PBS components or services current status

Component	Status
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
AWS elb-us-east-1	OK
AWS elemental-us-east-1	OK

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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 Mobile and OTT Apps	OK
PBS Partner Player	OK
PBS Video Portal	OK
PBS Website	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

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

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12 incidents in 2025

Frequently Asked Questions

Is PBS down today?

PBS isn't 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 0 outages reported.

What is the current PBS status?

PBS is currently operational. 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?

No, there is no ongoing official outage. Check on the top of the page if there are any reported problems by other users.

Is PBS down today or just slow?

Currently there's no report of PBS being slow. Check on the top of the page if there are any reported problems by other users.

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 October 20, 2025 with the title "AWS Trouble"

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.