That is a really good question. Normally, we'd be seeing a PBS special and/or an album to promote. But the whole economy of the music industry is different now. So the album sales are less important. Not sure why they are not partnering with PBS at all.
PBS has also been suffering ever since Trump and his minions cut funding. I’ve heard rumours that they’re shutting down entirely. As if the world wasn’t already going to hell already. Please wake me up when the 20s are over.
On a more hopeful note, though, maybe CW could film a DVD outside of PBS. They’ve been around for nearly 21 years now, so they could gather enough funds to make a DVD, even if it’s less grandiose than what we’re used to. And maybe we can see a return to a publicly funded PBS when someone new is elected in 2028. We may not ever see a return to Christmas DVDs, though.
EDIT: I wasn’t in the greatest state of mind when I wrote this, so sorry if it seems too negative. I try to be optimistic but I am naturally more of the opposite, so sometimes I think we’re about to enter the apocalypse 🫠.
Anyway, I think we might get a DVD after A New Era, like how we got Songs From The Heart after the Isle Of Hope tour. Hopefully this is a sign that they’re going back to touring more frequently.
Sorry if this was too wordy, I have a bad habit of going into a lot of tangents 😭