TV Worth Blogging
by David Thiel, Program Director for WILL-TV
An insider's view of public television programming and the issues that help determine what and how you watch
Balti-More! from PBS Showcase
Kids' programming was the focus of the morning on Day Two of the PBS Showcase conference. A major theme was PBS Kids as a "trusted guide" for young viewers.
Read on for the latest scoop about new and returning shows that your children (or grandchilden) will love!
The 40th anniversary of Sesame Street is this September. One addition to the show will be a computer-animated segment starring Abby Cadabby and her adventures at a school for fairies.
The new weekday series Dinosaur Train was a highlight of the session. It'll join the morning hosted kids' block beginning with a Labor Day marathon.
Returning kids' series will offer up nearly 100 new episodes this fall. It's a Big, Big World is being refreshed with a new, baby sloth character, as well as "Snook on the Road" segments which send the gentle giant out into the real world to learn more about nature.
Specials will include a Curious George Christmas, premiering Thanksgiving weekend. There'll also be a President's Day marathon of Martha Speaks, in which Martha goes to Washington, D.C.
The afternoon PBS Kids Go! block won't see many changes. However, The Electric Company will expand to five days a week this September.
There will be several specials, including a WordGirl Halloween episode. Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman will become fully-animated for a single episode this September, when Ruff loses his job and goes to Australia on a quest to get it back. Lance Armstrong will guest in a two-part episode of Arthur, which deals with the subject of cancer in an age-appropriate manner.
Weekends will bring an all-new Angelina Ballerina series called The Next Steps, featuring an expanded dance curriculum. It will be computer-animated, allowing its characters a wider range of movement and the ability to engage in dance styles such as hip-hop, folk and Irish step.
Coming in fall 2010 will be The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That, starring the Dr. Seuss character.
Do you have any additional information on The Cate in the Hat Knows a Lot About That???
Why, yes! Yes! Here’s my best guess!
http://www.pbs.org/aboutpbs/news/20090511_pbskidscatinthehat.html
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