PBS News Weekend: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Anchor John Yang presents a summary of the day's national and international news in a 30-minute program from the Tisch WNET Studios at Lincoln Center in New York. Each weekend broadcast contains original stories of national interest ranging from education and health care to the economy and finance. The PBS News Weekend team also works with local stations to produce stories that may appeal to a wider, national audience.

Series details

• Title: PBS News Weekend
• Format: News
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2013-09-07
• Final broadcast date listed: 2026-01-11
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: PBS
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 10564
• TVDB ID: 273048

Cast and credited roles

• Hari Sreenivasan — Anchor
• John Yang — Anchor

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 2013: premiered 2013-09-07; final listed air date 2013-09-29.
• Season 2014: premiered 2014-01-04; final listed air date 2014-12-28.
• Season 2015: premiered 2015-07-04; final listed air date 2015-12-27.
• Season 2016: premiered 2016-01-02; final listed air date 2016-12-31; episode order: 105.
• Season 2017: premiered 2017-01-01; final listed air date 2017-06-25.
• Season 2018: premiered 2018-01-06; final listed air date 2018-01-06.
• Season 2024: premiered 2024-01-06; final listed air date 2024-12-29.
• Season 2025: premiered 2025-01-04; final listed air date 2025-12-28; episode order: 104.
• Season 2026: premiered 2026-01-03; final listed air date 2026-01-11.

Source and licence

Adapted from PBS News Weekend on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.