re: #71 austin_blue

I guess my point is that PBS was added, as an adjunct especially for rural communities, after commercial TV was already the American way.

And while PBS serves as an analogy to the BBC in so far as being a provider of educational programs, PBS has never been positioned as the keeper of American culture, whatever that latter may be.

And, PBS has never had much of a market share, while the BBC was a practical monopoly for some time.

Even contemporary UK companies like ITV are still influenced by the cultural heritage of the BBC.