🎤 The excitement is building! Meet more of the students ready to put their knowledge to the test in Whiz Quiz! 🏆📚 📺 The Season 46 premiere is TONIGHT at 7:30 PM! Tune in and cheer on this year's competitors! #WhizQuiz #StudentVoices #ThinkFast #WPBS #Education #QuizTime

🎃 October is full of ways to connect with WPBS! 🍂 We’d love to see you out and about this month, celebrating the season, connecting with our community, and enjoying great stories together. 🎬 📅 Explore our October events and learn more at wpbstv.org/events We can’t wait to see you! 👻✨ #WPBS #OctoberEvents #CommunityConnections #HalloweenFun #CommunityScreenings

Under the Vines: Season 2, Episode 6 | Watch Monday, Oct. 19 at 9 p.m. on WPBS Daisy and Louis discuss what happened in Queenstown, and they're not quite on the same page. Meanwhile, it turns out Tippy's new blend is incredible, although she's left Oakley thinking she's a failure. Louis decides to declare his feelings for Daisy, but his grand romantic gesture hits a snag. Later, an old friend of Stanley's turns up with news about Oakley that will rock everything to the core. #WPBS #PBS #UndertheVines

Tonight at 7:30 PM on WPBS, Lyme Central School District faces off against Harrisville Central School in Game 1 of Whiz Quiz Season 46. Watch Live or Stream Anytime online, on YouTube, and on the PBS app! --- Production funding for Whiz Quiz, season 46 is provided by: Northern New York Community Foundation, Jefferson-Lewis BOCES, St. Lawrence Lewis BOCES, The Wild Center, Rochester Regional Health, Samaritan Medical Center, Jefferson Community College, and The Ranger School (SUNY ESF). Major funding for scholarships is provided by: National Grid, Stewart’s Shops, New York Air Brake and Key Bank.

🧠 Whiz Quiz premieres TOMORROW NIGHT on WPBS! 📺 Join host Mel Busler weeknights at 7:30 PM. Watch live on WPBS or stream at watch.wpbstv.org! #WhizQuiz #WPBS

🌟 Leave a Lasting Legacy with WPBS! During National Estate Planning Awareness Week (October 19–25), WPBS encourages you to think about the future and the causes that matter most to you. Planned giving is a meaningful way to make a lasting impact beyond your lifetime. By remembering WPBS in your will or estate plan, you can help ensure that future generations continue to enjoy the educational programming, trusted public media, cultural experiences, and community stories that inform, educate, and inspire us all. 💙 Through the WPBS Endowment Fund at the Northern New York Community Foundation, you can help preserve the future of public media across Northern New York and our surrounding communities. ✨ Your legacy can make a difference for generations to come. Learn more about planned giving and how you can support WPBS: 🔗 wpbstv.org/ways-to-support/l… #WPBS #PlannedGiving #EstatePlanningAwarenessWeek #LeaveALegacy #PublicMedia #CommunityImpact

The Gold on MASTERPIECE: Season 2, Episode 1 | Watch Sunday, Oct. 18 at 10 p.m. on WPBS The police chase the other half of the stolen Brink’s-Mat gold when it resurfaces. In Tenerife, John Palmer’s successful timeshare business starts to attract unwanted attention. #WPBS #PBS #TheGold #Masterpiece

Maigret on MASTERPIECE: Season 2, Episode 1 | Watch Sunday, Oct. 18 at 9 p.m. on WPBS Feeling responsible for a young woman's death, Maigret investigates her past. But being unable to move on from it, Maigret ends up putting himself directly in the path of people who will do anything to keep the truth hidden. #WPBS #PBS #Maigret #Masterpiece

📺 Sunday, October 18 brings a lineup of returning favorites to WPBS! 🎬 🕵️ 8 PM | Professor T — Season 5 Cambridge criminologist Jasper Tempest is back for more complex, darker investigations as he navigates personal turmoil and his fragile new romance with Dr. Helena Goldberg. 🔎 9 PM | Maigret on @masterpiecepbs — Season 2 Chief Inspector Maigret returns to tackle Paris’s most challenging crimes with unorthodox methods and an unwavering sense of justice. But can he outwit the city’s most ruthless criminals while facing his own troubled past? 💰 10 PM | The Gold on @masterpiecepbs — Season 2 Inspired by true events, this gripping crime drama revisits the 1983 Brink’s-Mat robbery in London, tracing how a routine armed robbery became one of the biggest heists in British history—and the far-reaching consequences that followed. 👗 11 PM | Velvet — Season 3 Step into late 1950s Madrid, where haute couture reigns supreme and everyone dreams of shopping at the Galerías Velvet. Romance, ambition, and fashion come together in this elegant period drama! 🍂 Settle in Sunday night for mystery, suspense, and gripping drama on WPBS! #WPBS #SundayNightTV #ProfessorT #Maigret #TheGold #MasterpiecePBS #Velvet

🎃 Halloween programming starts TODAY on WPBS! 🧡 Get ready for a spooky season filled with local legends, unexplained mysteries, haunted happenings, and Halloween favorites! 🕸️🍂 📺 From Folklore & Frost to a World’s Greatest Cemeteries marathon and more, there’s something to set the mood for Halloween throughout October! wpbstv.org/wpbs-celebrates-h… #WPBS #HalloweenOnWPBS #FolkloreAndFrost #SpookySeason #HalloweenTV

Folklore & Frost: The Big Country and Beyond | Watch Saturday, Oct. 17 at 4:30 p.m. on WPBS At the State University of Potsdam, Dr. Satterlee still roams the old corridors, a ghost haunts the costume shop, Helen Hosmer may still be watching over her music students, and a janitor met an untimely death. We also visit The Brambles Inn and Gardens in Potsdam, the haunted basement below Spankys Diner in Massena, and the Pine Grove Cemetery in Massena. #WPBS #PBS #FolkloreandFrost

The 2 candidates running for the New York State Senate seat in the 45th District that covers much of Northern New York will face-off in a televised debate. Republican Dan Stec and Democrat Melissa Seale will join us for the hour-long debate in our PBS studio. Vote 2026: 45th Senate District Debate premieres Friday, October 16 at 9 pm on WPBS! youtu.be/9KcmjnDUmgQ

🍌 Amanda Pike joins Dani Baker to explore the world of bananas! 🌱 Catch a repeat broadcast of the WPBS Original Series:The Home-Scale Forest Garden Mondays at 7 pm, starting OCT 26! #WPBS #Bananas #ForestGarden #EdibleGarden #FoodEducation

For a full hour, moderator Jeffrey Goldberg and his panel will explore issues that matter most to voters, concerns about election security, and what the outcome of these elections could mean for the final two years of the Trump presidency. Tune in to WPBS Fri. OCT 16 at 8 pm!

Meet Chief Inspector Maigret as he solves Paris's most complex crimes using unorthodox methods and a fierce sense of justice. To prevail, he must outwit the city's most ruthless criminals while confronting his own troubled past. Watch Season 2 of Maigret on Masterpiece on WPBS - Sundays at 9 pm, starting October 18! Watch the preview ➡️ youtu.be/jLaBMruakek

What began as a routine armed robbery turned into one of the biggest heists in British history. Inspired by true events, this gripping drama uncovers the 1983 Brink's-Mat robbery in London and the decades-long ripple effects that followed. Watch Season 2 of THE GOLD on @masterpiecepbs on WPBS - Sundays at 10 pm, starting October 18! youtu.be/FD_Q7M7Ji7g

🐘 DID YOU MISS IT? The new special from @PBSNature and @SesameWorkshop is coming back to WPBS! 🌍 Elmo and Abby Cadabby are headed to Kenya for an unforgettable safari in Sesame Street and the Great Elephant Adventure! Join Elmo, Abby, and Nina as they travel to the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust to meet an orphaned elephant they adopted online! Along the way, they’ll encounter amazing wildlife, including lions, zebras, giraffes, and hippos. 🦁🦒🦓 📺 Catch it again on WPBS: 🗓️ Thursday, October 15 at 3 PM 🗓️ Saturday, October 17 at 7 PM 🗓️ Monday, October 19 at 7:30 AM ✨ Can’t wait? Stream it now on PBS KIDS! youtube.com/watch?v=POfkHAwB… #WPBS #SesameStreet #PBSKIDS #Elmo #AbbyCadabby #GreatElephantAdventure #FamilyFun

Trace the epic journey of animal life, from a single cell to the amazing variety alive today. Watch “EVOLUTION,” a new series from NOVA and BBC Studios premiering Wednesdays starting October 14 at 9 pm!

🎉 Whiz Quiz Season 46 starts NEXT WEEK! 🎉 The countdown is on! ⏳ Host Mel Busler is back with another season of local trivia and friendly competition. 🏆 Check out the bracket and get ready to follow along as the competition heats up! 📺 Catch Whiz Quiz weeknights at 7:30 PM on WPBS TV, starting Monday, October 19! #WPBS #WhizQuiz #TriviaTime #GameOn

🎃 Halloween Kids programming starts TOMORROW on WPBS! 🎃 📺 Tune in for spooky adventures and family-friendly fun with Wild Kratts: Creepy Creatures and Arthur and the Haunted Tree House! 🦎👻 🧡 Make WPBS part of your Halloween season! #WPBS #PBSKIDS #HalloweenKids #WildKratts #Arthur #FamilyTV