List of news programs formerly distributed by American Public Television

The following is a list of news programs formerly distributed to public television stations (including PBS affiliates) through American Public Television. There is a separate list for current, upcoming and unreleased programming.

News series

Legend
APT WORLDWIDE Also on APT Worldwide
CREATE Also on Create
WORLD Also on WORLD

News & public affairs

Title Premiere date End date Note(s) Legend(s) Source(s)
Nightly Business Report January 22, 1979 March 21, 2005 Distributed by PBS from 2005 to 2011 APT WORLDWIDE
WORLD
[1]
December 5, 2011 December 27, 2019 [2]
The 11th Hour November 15, 1992 September 6, 2011 [3][4]
Uncommon Knowledge May 18, 1996 March 2, 2006 Season 1-3 and 9 only [5]
ITN World News for Public Television November 2, 1998 December 31, 2001
Closer to Truth April 2, 2000 April 1, 2005 Now distributed by Executive Program Services [6]
The Power of Ideas September 3, 2000 September 2, 2006 [7]
Focus Asia April 1, 2002 April 17, 2008 [8][9]
Ethically Speaking October 5, 2003 October 4, 2011 [10]
Inside Saddam's Iraq June 30, 2004 June 29, 2006 [11]
Presidential Conversations on the Constitution October 1, 2004 September 30, 2010 [12]
Sesno Reports December 11, 2005 [13][14]
World Business March 4, 2005 February 24, 2011 Season 5-10 only [15][16]
Foreign Exchange April 1, 2005 November 5, 2009 aka Foreign Exchange with Fareed Zakaria in season 1-3 [17][18][14]
The Kalb Report November 2, 2007 February 18, 2023 [19][20][21][22]
Worldfocus October 6, 2008 October 2, 2010 [23][24]
The Future of News January 1, 2010 December 31, 2011 [25][26]
Two-Way Street December 31, 2010 [26]
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.
Asia 7 Days April 1, 2011 March 31, 2012 [27]
Moyers & Company January 13, 2012 January 8, 2015 [28][29]
The McLaughlin Group January 3, 2020 December 25, 2020 Season 39 was planned to premiere, but it was cancelled for unknown reasons. [20][21]
BBC News September 1, 2023 December 31, 2024 [30]
BBC News America [31]
BBC News The Context [32]

Business & finance

Title Premiere date End date Note(s) Legend(s) Source(s)
Right on the Money January 22, 1999 January 16, 2006 [33][34]
Better Investing March 20, 2002 June 30, 2004 [35]
Betting It All: The Entrepreneurs July 4, 2004 July 3, 2008 Season 2 only [36]
MoneyTrack April 24, 2005 September 3, 2017 [37][38]
Consuelo Mack WealthTrack January 1, 2010 July 3, 2025 Distributed by PBS from 2005 to 2009; originally Season 22 was planned to premiere on APT; however, the program switched back to PBS on July 4, 2025 WORLD [39]
The Ideas Exchange October 2, 2013 October 1, 2015 [40]

Sports

Title Premiere date End date Note(s) Legend(s) Source(s)
Adventure Golf May 1, 2005 May 5, 2008 [41][42][14]
Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009 October 24, 2008 July 23, 2009 [43]
The New Fly Fisher April 2, 2011 April 8, 2020 Season 6-8 only [44]

News specials

News & public affairs

Title Premiere date End date Note(s) Legend(s) Sources(s)
Tonight's Top Story November 8, 1998 November 7, 2004 [45]
Learn & Live January 15, 1999 May 19, 2005 Planned to end on January 14, 2008. [46]
A Public Voice 2002: Racial and Ethnic Tensions June 9, 2002 June 8, 2003 [47]
A Public Voice 2003: Terrorism June 8, 2003 June 7, 2005 [48]
A Public Voice 2004: Healthcare June 6, 2004 June 5, 2005 [49]
A Public Voice 2005: Immigration June 3, 2005 June 2, 2006 [50]
A Public Voice 2006: People and Politics June 16, 2006 June 15, 2007 [51]
A Public Voice 2007: Energy June 15, 2007 June 14, 2009 [52]
Fueling Our Future: A Fred Friendly Seminar October 12, 2008 October 11, 2016 [53]

Business & finance

Title Premiere date End date Note(s) Legend(s) Source(s)
Right on the Money: Special with Louie Anderson June 18, 2000 June 17, 2003 [54]
The Buck Stops Here: Jonathan Pond Answers Your Money Questions August 3, 2001 August 2, 2003 [55]
Women Count: Smart About Money October 14, 2001 October 13, 2013 [56]
What's Your Net Worth? with Jennifer Openshaw January 20, 2002 January 19, 2006 [57]
Ken Stern's Life Plan for Wealth February 16, 2003 February 15, 2006 [58]
You Don't Have to Be Rich...Jean Chatzky on Money and Happiness November 29, 2003 December 31, 2005 [59]
The ABCs of Personal Finance...with Julie Stav November 28, 2005 [60]
Tu Dinero Con Juile Stav [61]
Tom Peters: Re-Imagine Business Excellence in a Disruptive Age May 1, 2004 April 30, 2012 [62]
Who's Afraid to Be a Millionaire? July 30, 2006 July 29, 2010 [63][64]
Return on Customer February 23, 2007 February 22, 2010 [65]
What's Up in Finance? April 1, 2007 March 31, 2011 [66]
Pounce for Alpha Wealth with Ken Stern February 23, 2009 March 22, 2012 [67]
Business Ethics in the 21st Century April 5, 2009 April 4, 2012 [68]
Steph Olsen: The Power of Money March 1, 2010 February 29, 2012 [69]
Tricks of the Trade: Outsmarting Investment Fraud September 5, 2010 September 4, 2013 [70]
Doing Virtuous Business May 22, 2011 May 21, 2017 [71]
MoneyTrack: Money for Life November 20, 2016 November 25, 2025 [72]

Sports

Title Premiere date End date Note(s) Legend(s) Source(s)
Sonja Henie: Queen of the Ice August 13, 1995 August 12, 2003 [73]
Second to None: The Larry Doby Story September 1, 1998 August 31, 2004 [74]
Dem Bums: The Brooklyn Dodgers March 1, 2001 October 31, 2003 [75]
World Ten Dance Championship 2001 January 1, 2003 January 31, 2005 [76]
Bud Greenspan's Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing February 1, 2003 December 31, 2003 [77]
First Woman of Hockey: Manon Rhéaume January 31, 2005 [78][79]
The Educated Trout March 1, 2003 February 28, 2005 [80]
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg August 1, 2003 August 31, 2005 [81]
Jackie Robinson: A Life Story February 1, 2004 January 31, 2006 [82]

See also

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