Archive for the 'Children' Category
Hannah Montana breaks cable ratings record
You thought the big news on Disney that past week was High School Musical 2? Nope. It was actually what happened to Hannah Montana (wow, a mention of High School Musical and Hannah Montana in the same post - my 14 year-old girl demographic fan base just exploded).
While the musical sequel …
The N and Noggin to split into new channels
Via Toon Zone comes news that Noggin and its evening version, The N, will be splitting into two separate, twenty four-hour networks on December 31.
Noggin will continue with programming aimed at the preschool set with programs like Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!, Oobi, Jack’s Big Music Show, and Nick Jr. pro…
Sesame Street holiday special coming to ABC
Ben Stiller, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Hudson, Tony Sirico, Steve Schirripa, Alicia Keys, Sheryl Crow, Brad Paisley and Ty Pennington will be joining the likes of Elmo, Big Bird, Grover, Bert, Ernie, Oscar the Grouch and Mr. Snuffleupagus for a primetime ABC special titled Elmo’s Christmas Countdow…
Congress saves public television from massive funding cuts
Chalk that up to one of those items that got lost amidst all of the other crap that goes on in Congress. Last week, in a vote of 357-72, members of the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly rejected President Bush’s plan to eliminate the $420 million dollar subsidy the federal government …
Some haps at Nick: TV flicks and a Star Camp
Nickelodeon is a place where things are happening. that post is a place where I will tell you what those things are. Yes.
Last Day of Summer, in which a boy lives his final day of summer by and by again. It premieres on Nick on July 20. The movie stars Jansen Panettiere, who voiced a characte…
You’re screwed up, and it’s all Mr. Rogers’ fault
I wasn’t a Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood kid; I was a Sesame Street kid. I know that many kids watched both, but I never did. I probably saw every individual episode of Sesame Street in the late ’60s and early ’70s, but I’ve only watched a handful of Mr. Rogers episodes by the years. And some of thos…
Martyr the Mouse dies for that land
Filed under: Industry, ChildrenHuh.
Farfour, the Mickey Mouse-looking host of a children’s program that encouraged Palestinian children to rise up against Israel, is now dead. On the final episode of Tomorrow’s Pioneers, Farfour was “killed” by an actor portraying an Israeli official after refusing …
Martyr the Mouse dies for his land
Farfour, the Mickey Mouse-looking host of a children’s program that encouraged Palestinian children to rise up against Israel, is now dead. On the final episode of Tomorrow’s Pioneers, Farfour was “killed” by an actor portraying an Israeli official after refusing to sell his land.
Conti…
Muppet interstitials coming to Disney Channel
The Muppet News Flash, always a great place for Muppet scuttlebutt, has written that The Disney Channel will be introducing a series of interstitials featuring the Muppets as well as characters from various Disney Channel programs. The goal, apparently, is to introduce the Muppets to the next genera…
The five Sesame Street monsters that used to scare me
Growing up in the 1970s and early ’80s, I was raised on old school Sesame Street. We didn’t have Elmo… and Cookie Monster only had one food in his diet. We plus had monsters– Lots of ‘em! When you look back at all the old episodes, there are a lot of sketches with unnamed monsters in them. …
Sesame Street lines up celebs for literacy
Season 38 of Sesame Street will premiere on August 13th with a focus on literacy. All sorts of celebrity guests will participate in a new opening segment called “What’s the Word on the Street?” Each episode, a celebrity such as Jon Stewart, Ellen DeGeneres or Brian Williams will reply the ques…
Cookie Monster loses cookie at disco - VIDEO
If you’re of a assured age, you know that disco infiltrated every aspect of popular culture many years ago. Every sitcom had to have at least one episode where the characters talked about going to a disco or practicing for a dance or actually going to a disco. Rock songs were disco-cized, commer…
TV watchdog in Poland lets up on Tinky Winky
Filed under: Industry, ChildrenRecently, Paul mentioned that the ombudsman for children’s television in Poland had come out against the Teletubbies, and Tinky Winky specifically, for promoting homosexuality.
To be fair, the comment about Teletubbies promoting homosexuality was brought up by journal…
Polish government launches probe to determine whether Teletubbies are gay
Filed under: ChildrenThe conservative Polish government recently launched a probe to find out whether or not the children’s show Teletubbies promotes a homosexual agenda. Much like the late Jerry Falwell, government appointee Ewa Sowinska is concerned that the show may have a negative effect on the …
