PBS News Confirms Weekend Team Will Air Final Broadcast on Sunday
“PBS News Weekend” will sign off for good on Sunday after federal budget cuts forced the broadcaster to “rework” its staffing and programming.
“PBS News Hour” anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett shared the update during their Friday evening broadcast, where they invited weekend anchor John Yang to reflect on his time at PBS.
“We want to note a change for us here at PBS News,” Bennett started off before handing over the update to Nawaz, who added, “Due to federal budget cuts, we’ve had to make the difficult decision to rework our staffing and programming. And, this Sunday, our ‘PBS News Weekend’ team will sign off the air.”
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