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 PBS status, outages and user reports

PBS service health. Issues reported in the last 24 hours

Users are reporting issues with PBS

Working Normally

Possible Incident

Confirmed Outage

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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Recent PBS Outages and Downtime History

IsDown has tracked 107 incidents since started monitoring PBS status in February 2022. We collect data from 4484+ services, and normalize the data to give you a clear picture of the impact of the outage.

Date	Status	Incident	Duration
Jul 25, 2025 02:03 PM EDT	Minor	Roku PBS App Crash on Seasons Menu	26 days
Jul 22, 2025 09:48 AM EDT	Minor	Login issue with pbs.org/tv for the GA PBS App	about 2 hours
Jul 21, 2025 03:47 PM EDT	Minor	PBS KIDS Livestream Issue on Roku	about 20 hours
Jul 15, 2025 09:09 AM EDT	Minor	Reported Login Issues	about 4 hours
Apr 28, 2025 01:23 PM EDT	Minor	MVault Merge Tool Temporarily Disabled	2 days
Mar 14, 2025 12:06 PM EDT	Minor	AIM Interstitials not playing on the PBS KIDS livestream	10 days
Feb 28, 2025 06:38 PM EST	Minor	Comcast Xfinity PBS App Issue for One-Click	2 days
Feb 27, 2025 11:48 AM EST	Minor	Bento Performance Issues	1 day
Feb 12, 2025 01:01 PM EST	Minor	Intermittent Errors on PBS.org and SVPs	7 days
Jan 23, 2025 09:53 AM EST	Major	PBS KIDS App Closures on Roku	about 3 hours

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PBS problems reported by users

14 minutes ago

Videos Not Loading
14 minutes ago

Service Down
about 1 hour ago

App Not Loading
about 1 hour ago

Service Down
about 1 hour ago

Videos Not Loading
about 1 hour ago

Videos Not Loading
about 1 hour ago

Videos Not Loading
about 3 hours ago

Service Down
about 3 hours ago

Service Down
about 3 hours ago

Service Down
PBS KIDS 6 days ago

Wild Kratts is displaying an Error Playing Video message when we attempt to play any of their videos.
19 days ago

Can't get any channels worked fine this morning
PBS KIDS about 2 months ago

Videos will not play. Not in app or on website. It’s been three days of this
2 months ago

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.
PBS KIDS 2 months ago

Pbs kids goes to a black screen that has the words “inside hacker” at the top
3 months ago

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

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

Broadcast stops constantly
3 months ago

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

WBGU not broadcasting. No local cable signal.
3 months ago

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

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

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

No video and its not my tv
4 months ago

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

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?
5 months ago

Cannot access via PBS SoCal and haven't been able to for 3 days
PBS KIDS 5 months ago

The screen has the different color bars and said schedule HD05 with the EST and PST times but is not working
6 months ago

Tv channels PSPIRIT , PBS 1024 problems. Black screen.
6 months ago

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

Not receiving the channels any longer
8 months ago

Videos loading and then stream is looping during playtime.
8 months ago

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

Every stream says video unavailable.
11 months ago

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

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 11 months ago

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
about 1 year ago

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

The app won’t load. The yellow screen with the logo is all that loads. Frustrating as this happens a couple times every week!!
over 1 year ago

I cannot get live tv today on PBS

PBS status page - All services & components

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

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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

11 incidents in 2025

PBS outages in the last 28 days

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Last incident

70 days ago

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

PBS down for everyone or just me?

Check on the top of the page if there are any reported problems by other users.
Reach out to their Twitter account.
Find their support at their official website.
Find their support contact at their official status page.

How to check if PBS is down?

Subscribe (if possible) to updates on the official status page.
Create an account in IsDown. Start monitoring PBS and get alerts in real-time when PBS has outages.

Why use IsDown to monitor PBS instead of the official status page?

Because IsDown is a status page aggregator, which means that we aggregate the status of multiple cloud services. You can monitor PBS and all the services that impact your business. Get a dashboard with the health of all services and status updates. Set up notifications via Slack, Datadog, PagerDuty, and more, when a service you monitor has issues or when maintenances are scheduled.

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.

Want to be informed about PBS status changes?

IsDown offers an easy way to monitor PBS with maximum flexibility

Major Outages Notifications

IsDown monitors PBS for major outages. A major outage is when PBS experiences a critical issue that severely affects one or more services/regions. When PBS marks an incident as a major outage, IsDown updates its internal status, the customer status page and dashboard. Depending on the customer settings, IsDown will also send notifications.

Minor Outages Notifications

IsDown monitors PBS status page for minor outages. A minor outage is when PBS experiences a small issue affecting a small percentage of its customer's applications. An example is the performance degradation of an application. When a minor outage occurs, IsDown updates its internal status and shares that information on the customer status page. Depending on the customer settings, IsDown will also send notifications.

Outage Details

IsDown collects all information from the outages published in PBS status page to provide the most accurate information. If available, we gather the title, description, time of the outage, status, and outage updates. Another important piece of information is the affected services/regions which we use to filter the notifications that impact your business.

Maintenance Feed

PBS publishes scheduled maintenance events on their status page. IsDown collects all the information for each event and creates a feed that people can follow to ensure they are not surprised by unexpected downtime or problems. We also send the feed in our weekly report, alerting the next maintenances that will take place.

Component Filtering

IsDown monitors PBS and all their 75 components that can be affected by an outage. IsDown allows you to filter the notifications and status page alerts based on the components you care about. For example, you can choose which components or regions affect your business and filter out all other outages. This way you avoid alert fatigue in your team.

Early Outage Detection

PBS and other vendors don't always report outages on time. Our crowdsourced status platform helps you stay ahead of outages. Users report issues and outages, sharing details on what problems they are facing. We use that info to provide early signs of outages. This way, even without an official update, you can stay ahead of possible problems.

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