A place for parents to learn about their preschool children's favorite television shows with news from Playhouse Disney, Noggin, Nick Jr., and PBS Kids.
From the monthly archives:
This fall PBS began airing new episodes of Jay Jay the Jet Plane called Jay Jay’s Mysteries. The shows are actually half-episodes that in my market air paired with an old episode to make the half-hour block. I’d guess that they air as standalone episodes on PBS Sprout though. The new mystery episodes seem to [...]
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Below is an unofficial and incomplete episode guide for Jack’s Big Music Show. I will be adding episodes & information as it becomes available. If you have additional information about the episodes such as air dates or guest stars, please post it to the comments. Jack’s Big Music Show airs on Noggin and is produced [...]
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Below is an unofficial and incomplete episode guide for Disney’s Little Einsteins. I will be adding episodes & information as it becomes available. If you have additional information about the music or art for each episode, please leave it in the comments. Little Einsteins airs on Playhouse Disney and is produced by Curious Pictures. Updated [...]
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PBS Kids will introduce the characters from their newest television show, It’s a Big, Big World during a special programming block on November 25th. As part of PBS Kids It’s a Big, Big Friend Day Clifford and Emily Elizabeth will introduce Snook the sloth, the three-toed star of the new show. The programming block will [...]
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The stations are announcing their halloween programming, this article lists some of the highlights. For preschoolers Nick Jr. will feature a full slate of Halloween programming that is highlighted by a new episode of the Backyardigans. The new episode, “Soccer Monster” will air at 10:00am on October 31st. PBS will air halloween episodes of Clifford’s [...]
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It appears that Dan Zanes will be moving his musical reportoire from Noggin to Playhouse Disney. This appeared in an article in today’s New York Times: Before taking on a life of their own, the videos were shot for “Jack’s Big Music Show,” a puppet-driven program that had its premiere last month and currently features [...]
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There’s good news for fans of Higglytown Heroes. This appeared in an October 12th article in SF Weekly about Wild Brain Inc. (the Higglytown production company): A year and a half later, Higglytown Heroes premiered on the Disney Channel. Higglytown now draws an audience of tens of millions of preschoolers and their parents every day, [...]
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Playhouse Disney will have a special Halloween themed block of programming on October 29th and 30th. Haunted versions of Higglytown Heroes, JoJo’s Circus, Charlie and Lola, Bear in the Big Blue House, The Koala Brothers, and Stanley. The shows will air from 7:30am to 9:00am on Saturday, and 6:30am to 10:00am on Sunday. In addition [...]
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Today’s Boston Globe has a story about a new show coming to PBS in January. The show is called It’s a Big, Big, World, and stars a sloth named Snook. Snook is a puppet who will teach kids about science and geography. It is produced by the creator of Bear in the Big Blue House. [...]
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After about of month of hype, Noggin launched Jack’s Big Music Show on September 12th. The show became the highest rated premiere in the station’s history. The show’s goals are: N O G G I N: For Parents: Shows: Jack’s Big Music Show: “The mission of Jack�s Big Music Show is to expose and foster [...]
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