educational television
noun
1
: television that provides instruction especially for students
2
: public television
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Born on May 8, 1926, in Isleworth, London, Attenborough is widely known for his engaging educational television programs centered around the natural world.
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Greta Cross, USA Today, 8 May 2026
But a subversive tradition took hold in the early nineteen-seventies, coinciding with the heyday of Saturday-morning cartoons and children’s educational television.
—Elise Broach, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
By the mid-1920s, radio had become an important pipeline of information to farmers, businesses, and citizens in rural areas, providing a model for early educational television.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Apr. 2026
While a student at UA, Cherones begin working in educational television and later went on to produce and direct programs for WQED in Pittsburgh.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2026
But Secor is fully aware that his series, and other educational television and radio productions, are in danger after President Trump signed a law pulling back $1.1 billion in congressional funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which helps finance NPR and PBS.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2025
However, the most politically salient of the programming missions of public television has always been children's educational television, which Sesame Street has always exemplified.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
The impetus for public access television was similar to the ethos of public broadcasting, which sought to create noncommercial and educational television programming in the service of the public interest.
—Lauren Herold, The Conversation, 4 June 2024
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Greta Cross, USA Today, 8 May 2026
But a subversive tradition took hold in the early nineteen-seventies, coinciding with the heyday of Saturday-morning cartoons and children’s educational television.
—Elise Broach, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
By the mid-1920s, radio had become an important pipeline of information to farmers, businesses, and citizens in rural areas, providing a model for early educational television.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Apr. 2026
While a student at UA, Cherones begin working in educational television and later went on to produce and direct programs for WQED in Pittsburgh.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2026
But Secor is fully aware that his series, and other educational television and radio productions, are in danger after President Trump signed a law pulling back $1.1 billion in congressional funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which helps finance NPR and PBS.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2025
However, the most politically salient of the programming missions of public television has always been children's educational television, which Sesame Street has always exemplified.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
The impetus for public access television was similar to the ethos of public broadcasting, which sought to create noncommercial and educational television programming in the service of the public interest.
—Lauren Herold, The Conversation, 4 June 2024
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“Educational television.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/educational%20television. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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