I’m a big fan of Masterpiece and Masterpiece Mystery, but I also believe government should not be in the entertainment or cultural or arts business. If PBS disappears something will take it’s place.
Keep walking!
I’m not as optimistic about something of equal quality taking its place. I can see having to subscribe to Masterpiece Theatre and Mystery as the only option. The Brits know what they are doing. Their theatrical productions represent the older guard which focuses on our humanity and universal values, a feature that is disappearing among the works of the younger generations. Commercial entertainment produced now for the younger set can be quite ghastly.
I’m now reading that most of PBS funding (93%) doesn’t come from government at all so this whole kerfuffle could be meaningless.
I just don’t think that defunding PBS is Trump’s deal.