Is POV coming back?
POV (1988–present) on PBS
The answer: Between seasons — last episode December 8, 2025, no return date announced yet.
38seasons
562episodes
7.8/ 10
About POV
POV is a television series that has been airing on PBS since July 5, 1988. It is known for showcasing independent non-fiction films, often highlighting social issues through personal storytelling. The series typically premieres 14 to 16 innovative programs each year, offering viewers a diverse range of documentary-style films that explore human experiences and contemporary topics.
POV was a long-running showcase for compelling non-fiction films, presenting over 400 works to audiences nationwide. The series is recognized for its intimacy and the ability to put a human face on various social issues, making it a notable platform for independent filmmakers. Its episodes often feature personal narratives and explore timely themes, reflecting the evolving landscape of documentary cinema. The latest season aired from June 23, 2025, to December 8, 2025, with the series continuing its tradition of thought-provoking programming. The show has maintained a consistent presence on PBS for decades, making it a staple in public television's documentary programming.
POV episode schedule
562 aired
Aired · 562
| Date | Ep. | Title |
|---|---|---|
| December 8, 2025 | S38·E15 | Between Goodbyes |
| October 13, 2025 | S38·E14 | A Mother Apart |
| September 29, 2025 | S38·E13 | Porcelain War |
| September 22, 2025 | S38·E12 | The Bitter Pill |
| September 15, 2025 | S38·E11 | Black Snow |
| September 8, 2025 | S38·E10 | The Age of Water |
| September 1, 2025 | S38·E9 | DRIVER |
| August 25, 2025 | S38·E8 | A New Kind of Wilderness |
| August 18, 2025 | S38·E7 | Emergent City |
| July 22, 2025 | S38·E6 | Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision |
| July 21, 2025 | S38·E5 | The Ride Ahead |
| July 14, 2025 | S38·E4 | Made in Ethiopia |
| July 7, 2025 | S38·E3 | Igualada: Refusing to Know Your Place |
| June 30, 2025 | S38·E2 | Break the Game |
| June 30, 2025 | S37·E15 | Break the Game |
| June 23, 2025 | S38·E1 | Union |
| April 28, 2025 | S37·E13 | The Taste of Mango |
| December 30, 2024 | S37·E12 | Who I am Not |
| November 25, 2024 | S37·E11 | The Body Politic |
| October 21, 2024 | S37·E10 | Tokyo Uber Blues |
| October 14, 2024 | S37·E9 | Twice Colonized |
| October 7, 2024 | S37·E8 | In the Rearview |
| September 23, 2024 | S37·E7 | Who's Afraid of Nathan Law |
| September 9, 2024 | S37·E6 | Name Me Lawand |
| August 5, 2024 | S37·E5 | Fauna |
| July 29, 2024 | S37·E4 | Against the Tide |
| July 8, 2024 | S37·E3 | Is There Anybody Out There? |
| July 1, 2024 | S37·E2 | Hummingbirds |
| June 24, 2024 | S37·E1 | King Coal |
| March 18, 2024 | S36·E16 | Unseen |
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| January 15, 2024 | S36·E15 | Brief Tender Light |
| December 11, 2023 | S36·E14 | How to Have an American Baby |
| November 20, 2023 | S36·E13 | Wisdom Gone Wild |
| October 30, 2023 | S36·E12 | Fire Through Dry Grass |
| October 23, 2023 | S36·E11 | Aurora's Sunrise |
| October 2, 2023 | S36·E10 | Murders That Matter |
| September 25, 2023 | S36·E9 | Uýra - The Rising Forest |
| September 18, 2023 | S36·E8 | Bulls and Saints |
| September 4, 2023 | S36·E7 | While We Watched |
| July 31, 2023 | S36·E6 | Children of the Mist |
| July 24, 2023 | S36·E5 | Eat Your Catfish |
| July 17, 2023 | S36·E4 | A House Made of Splinters |
| July 10, 2023 | S36·E3 | Liquor Store Dreams |
| July 3, 2023 | S36·E2 | A Story of Bones |
| June 26, 2023 | S36·E1 | After Sherman |
| January 9, 2023 | S35·E16 | I Didn't See You There |
| December 12, 2022 | S35·E15 | Let the Little Light Shine |
| November 21, 2022 | S35·E14 | Midwives |
| October 17, 2022 | S35·E13 | An Act of Worship |
| October 10, 2022 | S35·E12 | Accepted |
| October 3, 2022 | S35·E11 | The Last Out |
| September 26, 2022 | S35·E10 | Delikado |
| September 5, 2022 | S35·E9 | Love & Stuff |
| August 29, 2022 | S35·E8 | Faya Dayi |
| August 8, 2022 | S35·E7 | President |
| August 1, 2022 | S35·E6 | He's My Brother |
| July 25, 2022 | S35·E5 | Winter's Yearning |
| July 18, 2022 | S35·E4 | Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust |
| July 11, 2022 | S35·E3 | Wuhan Wuhan |
| April 18, 2022 | S35·E2 | On the Divide |
| January 24, 2022 | S35·E1 | Not Going Quietly |
| December 27, 2021 | S34·E11 | Unapologetic |
| November 1, 2021 | S34·E10 | North By Current |
| October 25, 2021 | S34·E9 | Things We Dare Not Do |
| October 18, 2021 | S34·E8 | La Casa de Mama Icha |
| October 4, 2021 | S34·E7 | Fruits of Labor |
| August 30, 2021 | S34·E6 | The Song of the Butterflies |
| August 2, 2021 | S34·E5 | Pier Kids |
| July 26, 2021 | S34·E4 | Mayor |
| July 19, 2021 | S34·E3 | Stateless |
| July 12, 2021 | S34·E2 | Landfall |
| July 5, 2021 | S34·E1 | The Neutral Ground |
| May 10, 2021 | S33·E14 | Through The Night |
| January 25, 2021 | S33·E13 | The Mole Agent |
| October 12, 2020 | S33·E12 | Softie |
| October 5, 2020 | S33·E11 | The Infiltrators |
| September 28, 2020 | S33·E10 | Our Time Machine |
| September 21, 2020 | S33·E9 | In My Blood It Runs |
| September 14, 2020 | S33·E8 | Love Child |
| September 7, 2020 | S33·E7 | Portraits and Dreams |
| August 10, 2020 | S33·E6 | About Love |
| August 3, 2020 | S33·E5 | Chez Jolie Coiffure |
| July 27, 2020 | S33·E4 | Advocate |
| July 20, 2020 | S33·E3 | We are the Radical Monarchs |
| June 30, 2020 | S33·E2 | And She Could Be Next: Claiming Power |
| June 29, 2020 | S33·E1 | And She Could Be Next: Building the Movement |
| March 23, 2020 | S32·E16 | The Rescue List |
| December 30, 2019 | S32·E15 | Midnight Traveler |
| October 21, 2019 | S32·E14 | Blowin' Up |
| October 14, 2019 | S32·E13 | The Feeling of Being Watched |
| October 7, 2019 | S32·E12 | América |
| September 30, 2019 | S32·E11 | The Silence of Others |
| September 9, 2019 | S32·E10 | Grit |
| September 2, 2019 | S32·E9 | Farmsteaders |
| August 12, 2019 | S32·E8 | Happy Winter |
| August 5, 2019 | S32·E7 | The Distant Barking of Dogs |
| July 29, 2019 | S32·E6 | Inventing Tomorrow |
| July 22, 2019 | S32·E5 | On Her Shoulders |
| July 15, 2019 | S32·E4 | Bisbee '17 |
| July 1, 2019 | S32·E3 | Call Her Ganda |
| June 24, 2019 | S32·E2 | The Gospel Of Eureka |
| June 17, 2019 | S32·E1 | Roll Red Roll |
| March 18, 2019 | S31·E20 | 116 Cameras |
| March 18, 2019 | S31·E19 | Wendy's Shabbat |
| March 18, 2019 | S31·E18 | 306 Hollywood |
| February 18, 2019 | S31·E17 | Minding The Gap |
| October 22, 2018 | S31·E16 | The Apology |
| October 1, 2018 | S31·E15 | Dark Money |
| September 24, 2018 | S31·E14 | Survivors |
| September 17, 2018 | S31·E13 | 93Queen |
| September 3, 2018 | S31·E12 | Voices of the Sea |
| August 27, 2018 | S31·E11 | Nowhere to Hide |
| August 6, 2018 | S31·E10 | Still Tomorrow |
| July 30, 2018 | S31·E9 | Whose Streets? |
| July 23, 2018 | S31·E8 | Beatrice |
| July 23, 2018 | S31·E7 | The War to Be Her |
| July 16, 2018 | S31·E6 | Lindy Lou, Juror Number 2 |
| July 9, 2018 | S31·E5 | The Workers Cup |
| July 2, 2018 | S31·E4 | Brimstone & Glory |
| June 25, 2018 | S31·E3 | Singing with Angry Bird |
| June 18, 2018 | S31·E2 | Quest |
| April 18, 2018 | S31·E1 | Bill Nye: Science Guy |
| February 12, 2018 | S30·E20 | Do Not Resist |
| November 13, 2017 | S30·E19 | Almost Sunrise |
| October 23, 2017 | S30·E18 | Cameraperson |
| October 16, 2017 | S30·E17 | Motherland |
| October 9, 2017 | S30·E16 | The Islands and the Whales |
| October 2, 2017 | S30·E15 | Swim Team |
| September 11, 2017 | S30·E14 | My Love, Don't Cross That River |
| September 4, 2017 | S30·E13 | The Grown-Ups |
| August 28, 2017 | S30·E12 | Raising Bertie |
| August 21, 2017 | S30·E11 | Tribal Justice |
| July 31, 2017 | S30·E10 | Memories of a Penitent Heart |
| July 24, 2017 | S30·E9 | Shalom Italia |
| July 24, 2017 | S30·E8 | Joe's Violin |
| July 17, 2017 | S30·E7 | StoryCorps Shorts: Driven |
| July 17, 2017 | S30·E6 | Presenting Princess Shaw |
| July 10, 2017 | S30·E5 | Last Men in Aleppo |
| July 3, 2017 | S30·E4 | The War Show |
| June 26, 2017 | S30·E3 | From Damascus to Chicago |
| June 26, 2017 | S30·E2 | 4.1 Miles |
| June 26, 2017 | S30·E1 | Dalya's Other Country |
| October 31, 2016 | S29·E14 | What Tomorrow Brings |
| October 24, 2016 | S29·E13 | Thank You for Playing |
| October 17, 2016 | S29·E12 | Hooligan Sparrow |
| October 10, 2016 | S29·E11 | Pink Boy |
| October 10, 2016 | S29·E10 | From This Day Forward |
| September 19, 2016 | S29·E9 | Marathon |
| September 19, 2016 | S29·E8 | Kingdom of Shadows |
| September 12, 2016 | S29·E7 | All the Difference |
| September 5, 2016 | S29·E6 | The Birth of Saké |
| August 1, 2016 | S29·E5 | Iris |
| July 11, 2016 | S29·E4 | Pervert Park |
| June 27, 2016 | S29·E3 | The Look of Silence |
| May 30, 2016 | S29·E2 | Of Men and War |
| May 23, 2016 | S29·E1 | The Return |
| October 2, 2015 | S28·E14 | Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case |
| September 25, 2015 | S28·E13 | Art and Craft |
| September 21, 2015 | S28·E12 | Don't Tell Anyone |
| September 18, 2015 | S28·E11 | Cutie and the Boxer |
| August 31, 2015 | S28·E10 | The Storm Makers |
| August 24, 2015 | S28·E9 | Point and Shoot |
| August 17, 2015 | S28·E8 | Neuland |
| August 3, 2015 | S28·E7 | Beats of the Antonov |
| July 27, 2015 | S28·E6 | Tea Time |
| July 20, 2015 | S28·E5 | Return to Homs |
| July 13, 2015 | S28·E4 | Web Junkie |
| July 6, 2015 | S28·E3 | Tough Love |
| June 29, 2015 | S28·E2 | The Overnighters |
| June 22, 2015 | S28·E1 | Out in the Night |
| November 11, 2014 | S27·E15 | Cutie and the Boxer |
| October 6, 2014 | S27·E14 | The Act of Killing |
| September 22, 2014 | S27·E13 | Koch |
| September 8, 2014 | S27·E12 | The Genius of Marian |
| September 1, 2014 | S27·E11 | After Tiller |
| August 25, 2014 | S27·E10 | Big Men |
| August 18, 2014 | S27·E9 | A World Not Ours |
| August 4, 2014 | S27·E8 | 15 to Life: Kenneth's Story |
| July 28, 2014 | S27·E7 | Fallen City |
| July 21, 2014 | S27·E6 | A Good Man |
| July 21, 2014 | S27·E5 | Dance for Me |
| July 14, 2014 | S27·E4 | Getting Back to Abnormal |
| July 7, 2014 | S27·E3 | My Way to Olympia |
| June 30, 2014 | S27·E2 | American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs |
| June 23, 2014 | S27·E1 | When I Walk |
| February 3, 2014 | S26·E16 | American Promise |
| November 28, 2013 | S26·E15 | Listening Is an Act of Love: A StoryCorps Special |
| October 14, 2013 | S26·E14 | 56 Up |
| October 7, 2013 | S26·E13 | Brooklyn Castle |
| September 23, 2013 | S26·E12 | Best Kept Secret |
| September 16, 2013 | S26·E11 | The World Before Her |
| September 9, 2013 | S26·E10 | Ping Pong |
| August 26, 2013 | S26·E9 | 5 Broken Cameras |
| August 19, 2013 | S26·E8 | The Law in These Parts |
| July 29, 2013 | S26·E7 | Neurotypical |
| July 22, 2013 | S26·E6 | High Tech, Low Life |
| July 15, 2013 | S26·E5 | xoxosms |
| July 15, 2013 | S26·E4 | Only the Young |
| July 8, 2013 | S26·E3 | Herman's House |
| July 1, 2013 | S26·E2 | Special Flight |
| June 24, 2013 | S26·E1 | Homegoings |
| March 24, 2013 | S25·E18 | Girl Model |
| January 7, 2013 | S25·E17 | Reportero |
| October 25, 2012 | S25·E16 | Nostalgia for the Light |
| October 18, 2012 | S25·E15 | Sun Kissed |
| October 4, 2012 | S25·E14 | Give Up Tomorrow |
| September 27, 2012 | S25·E13 | El Velador (The Night Watchman) |
| September 20, 2012 | S25·E12 | I'm Carolyn Parker: The Good, the Mad, and the Beautiful |
| August 9, 2012 | S25·E11 | A Family Man |
| August 9, 2012 | S25·E10 | Facundo the Great |
| August 9, 2012 | S25·E9 | Eyes on the Stars |
| August 9, 2012 | S25·E8 | Sin País |
| August 9, 2012 | S25·E7 | The Barber of Birmingham |
| July 26, 2012 | S25·E6 | Up Heartbreak Hill |
| July 19, 2012 | S25·E5 | The Light in Her Eyes |
| July 12, 2012 | S25·E4 | Guilty Pleasures |
| July 5, 2012 | S25·E3 | The City Dark |
| June 28, 2012 | S25·E2 | Granito: How to Nail a Dictator |
| June 21, 2012 | S25·E1 | My Reincarnation |
| February 23, 2012 | S24·E22 | Racing Dreams |
| January 26, 2012 | S24·E21 | To R.P. Salazar, with Love |
| November 10, 2011 | S24·E20 | Where Soldiers Come From |
| September 27, 2011 | S24·E19 | Last Train Home |
| September 20, 2011 | S24·E18 | The Learning |
| September 13, 2011 | S24·E17 | If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front |
| September 6, 2011 | S24·E16 | StoryCorps Shorts: September 11 Stories |
| September 6, 2011 | S24·E15 | Better This World |
| August 30, 2011 | S24·E14 | Armadillo |
| August 23, 2011 | S24·E13 | Six Weeks |
| August 23, 2011 | S24·E12 | No More Questions! |
…and 332 earlier episodes not shown. Long-running show.