From the monthly archives:

October 2007

Hey look, FREE STUFF! The folks at Tot By Me have offered up a free DVD for me to give away. I wrote about Tot By Me recently, but the main idea is that they create DVDs for toddlers and preschoolers where the parents are the stars. Familiarity in the faces is comforting to the [...]

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Special Agent Oso

October 12, 2007 · 12 comments

in Disney,New Show

Playhouse Disney is in production on a new series called Special Agent Oso. The series features Sean Astin as the voice of Oso, a James Bond type teddy bear. Oso is part of an international organization of stuffed animals who help kids with everyday tasks. Interactive Agent Oso Coming to Playhouse Disney

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Play With Me Sesame, a long time mid day staple on Noggin, recently disappeared from their offerings. The half hour show features the most popular Sesame Street characters like Bert & Ernie and Grover. It turns out that the show is now airing on PBS Kids Sprout during The Sunny Side Up Show. The Sunny [...]

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The second season of Handy Manny will premiere on October 27th at 10:30 am. The premiere episode of season two finds the tools helping to concoct a new smoothie flavor while repairing the counter at Oscar’s House of Smoothies. Mark Steines of “Entertainment Tonight” guest stars as the voice of Oscar. In the episode’s second [...]

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Tot by Me

October 8, 2007 · 1 comment

in DVD News

Typically on this site I’m referencing shows that others have made. However, a new service called Tot By Me allows you to be the star. Your photos are uploaded and you – and brothers and sisters and grandma’s and grandpa’s can be the main characters in a customized DVD for your children. Right now DVDs [...]

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Nick Jr. is planning a marathon of Halloween themed programming. The marathon will air from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on both Monday, October 29th and Wednesday, October 31st. It will also feature the premiere of new episodes Max and Ruby and Yo Gabba Gabba. The lineup is as follows: NICK JR: “Haunted Halloween” Marathon [...]

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On October 8th Nick Jr. will debut an hour long Go Diego Go movie titled Safari Rescue. It is a lead up to Go Diego Go premiere week where the network will air 4 new episodes from October 15th-18th. In the movie Diego, Alicia, and Jaguar travel to Africa’s Serengeti where they have to break [...]

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