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 category archives:
A new show called Handy Manny is set to premiere on Playhouse Disney on September 16th. The main character is voiced by Wilmer Valderrama (Fes from That 70’s Show).
The show is reportedly a mix between Bob the Builder and Dora the Explorer.
ModernMom – “Handy Manny” to Premiere on Playhouse Disney
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On August 28th Nick Jr will premiere the first 2 episodes of Wow Wow Wubbzy. Wubbzy is a little guy who lives in a town called Wuzzleburg with his friends Widget and Walden. The main educational goals of the show revolve around preschool social skills such as listening, sharing, helping, and compromising.
The [...]
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Nick Jr will offer a preview of it’s upcoming series Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!. The show will be available on NIck Jr Video as well as the Wubbcast.
Ten videos and segments will be available between now and the August 28th premiere.
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PBS Kids will debut Curious George on September 4th.
The series is designed to inspire kids to explore science, math, and engineering in the world around them in a fun and entertaining way. Based on the best-selling “Curious George” books by Margret and H.A. Rey, and narrated by Emmy-winning actor William H. Macy (“Seabiscuit,” “Pleasantville”), [...]
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Apparently Disney debuted a new preschool show, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse at their theme parks. The show will air during the Playhouse Disney block and feature Mickey and friends in 3-D CGI animation.
The educational goals of the show are mathematics and problem solving.
The show’s format is described below:
Each episode starts with Mickey inviting viewers to [...]
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CBS, which earlier this year parted ways with Nick Jr programming on the weekends, announced their new schedule. The “Saturday Morning Secret Slumber Party” is a three hour block of programming featuring 8 shows. The shows are:
Cake
Dance, Dance, Dance
Horseland
Kooky Kitchen
Littlest Pet Shop
Trollz
Sabrina: The Animated series
Madeline
Where the Nick Jr. block is aimed [...]
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On April 10th Noggin will premiere it’s newest show, Pinky Dinky Doo. The show is the brainchild of Jim Jinkins. Jinkins has quite the resume in preschool television as the co-creator of Stanley and JoJo’s Circus. Pinky Dinky Doo is actually based on a series of books that Jinkins authored. The [...]
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Nickelodeon announced today their strategy for new show development and launches across video games, internet, podcasts and other media. It also announced several parts of it’s production schedule going forward. Items relevant to the preschool set include:
Downward Doghouse: Twenty episodes have been ordered for the show which is set to launch March [...]
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This week Playhouse Disney is debuting a new interstitial called Feeling Good with JoJo. JoJo and Goliath will lead preschoolers through various stretches and poses in the music filled shorts. Many of the poses are designed to overcome preschool-age fears.
The interstitials will air weekdays at 8:55am this week, before moving to their regular [...]
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The Wonder Pets is the latest preschool television offering from Nick Jr. The Wonder Pets are a guinea pig (Linny), a duckling (Ming-Ming) and a turtle (Tuck), who go on various adventures. The adventures begin when the trio receive a call that a baby animal is in trouble. They then assemble their [...]
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