PBS NewsHour is an hour-long nightly television news program known for its sober, in-depth reporting.

The program is produced by WETA in Arlington, Va. PBS distributes the program on more than 300 member stations nationwide. It ran on a $27 million annual budget as of 2011.

The NewsHour was created in 1975 as The Robert MacNeil Report and later became The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour to include the program’s co-host, Jim Lehrer. In 1995, after MacNeil retired, the program was renamed to The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer. In late 2009, the program underwent an overhaul and renamed itself again, to PBS NewsHour. Lehrer retired in 2011 but as of 2013 was reported to retain a heavy influence on the show. In 2013, Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff took over as co-anchors.

The 2009 changes included a merger of the show’s television and online staff and a revamped website with more blogs and social media involvement. An anchor rotation was added to the nightly broadcasts, removing Lehrer as the sole anchor. Former CBS and ABC News reporter Hari Sreenivasan was hired as the program’s first “online and on-air correspondent.” The program also formed an international reporting partnership with the online startup GlobalPost. In announcing the changes, Lehrer reiterated the show’s guiding principles, saying they would remain unchanged. Since then, the NewsHour has been criticized for its slow adaptation to digital media.