LinkBack URL
About LinkBacks
Reply With QuoteAw, that's a shame. I used to like this show when I was in my pre-teen years.(It was taped in Buffalo, NY if anyone's wondering.)
I also thought LeVar Burton made a terrific host. I'm gonna miss him.
Dressing for success?
Sadly, after 26 years on the air, today will feature the last episode of Reading Rainbow.
Article from npr.org here: 'Reading Rainbow' Reaches Its Final Chapter
I'll Never Forget You Two!
Aw, that's a shame. I used to like this show when I was in my pre-teen years.
I also thought LeVar Burton made a terrific host. I'm gonna miss him.
Best Kim Possible Dialogue:
Kim(to Ron): You're weird.
Ron(embarrassed) Kim.
Kim: Shhh. I like weird.
Most Memorable Winx Club Dialogue:
Dark Bloom: Why don't you fight?! Or is it because I'm more powerful than the five of you combined?!
Flora(furious at the Trix for hurting Rose): SHE WAS MY SISTER!!!!!
Member
Farewell, Geordi. =(
Wow! I honestly thought the show had ended a long time ago. I don't think I've seen even a rerun since about 1999/2000 or so. Always liked it when I was younger, though, and I would hope that the reruns continue for years to come for future generations of kids to discover.
LiveJournal | My Kevin Conroy Fan Page
Current TV Faves: Arrow, Bates Motel, The Big Bang Theory, Blue Bloods, The Client List, Elementary, Ghost Adventures, Toy Hunter.
Member
I loved this show. It made learning fun. I will miss it. Yet another relic from my childhood dies.
That's a chicktopus
Aw. I used to love that show when I was little. Honestly I forgot all about it though.
Dangerous!
Same here; I thought Reading Rainbow ended years ago.Originally Posted by Michael24
But still, it had a good long run. Hopefully PBS or Sprout will still air the reruns.
Visit Twinsanity, the Star Brothers' blog, for commentary, opinions and reviews on animation, pop-culture and what-not. New entries posted as they happen.
Senior Member
Actually, it ended in 2006, but this is the end of the reruns. The best we can hope for is a dvd release (hopefully they'd try to get the rights to the star trek episode).
Y U CANCEL YJ AND GL, CN?!?
Well, thats too bad. When I was a kid, I watched this show. Ah, nostalgia.
All good things must come to an end.
Random quote (changes once in a while)
"I have sacrificed much to achieve peace. So too must a new generation sacrifice to maintain that peace. Responsibility! Duty! Honour! These are not mere virtues to which we must aspire! They are essential to every soldier, to every king!"
- Odin, Thor
Luffy fan
I thought it ended along time ago. Had no idea it was still on. It was a show I used to watch in my child hood, good bye Reading Rainbow. Your song was one I could never get out of my head since
One Piece fan. Bleach fan.
Banned
It ran for 26 years. There's enough episodes to repeat without kids getting bored. And with these tough economical times I can understand why they pulled the plug. The important thing is to teach kids and there's 26 years worth of material to do so.
hiya, toonsters
Awww
"You look like an ugly sister's... ugly sister's... ugly doll... thing" - Victor Volt, The Secret Show
ø Cels of Sugar: Megan's Cel Gallery ø
ø Retro Shoujo ø
Onore Decade
You mean the 26 years of material that PBS doesn't even own the rights to after today?
They can't even afford the hefty price it would cost to renew the broadcast rights. That's what this is all about, the show itself ended in 2006, but today was the final day PBS can legally show the series.
Which is sad, really, because the next generation of kids will never be able to learn the joys of reading through this show like we did...
What do you get when you put three friends in a recording booth once a week, screen old anime, and tell them to make sense of it? You get the Anime of Yesteryear Podcast! Tune in each week as we kick back and discuss anime of old, both the well-known and the obscure, as well as our thoughts on the latest developments in the world of comics. (Updates Weekly!)
Banned
Oh. I didn't read the article.
You know, it's too bad, but things change. What's to stop anyone from making another reading show?
I mean, people lament Mr. Rogers. Which was fine awhile ago. But there comes a point where you stop feeling sad and follow the example.
I would suggest that it's not the medium, but the quality of perception and expression, that determines the significance of art. But what would a cartoonist know? -Bill Watterson
Genderbending=Awesomeness !
Man how disappointing.
With all the toddler shows these days (this exludes Dora and Diego), I don't think little kids are learning ANYTHING AT ALL!
Buh Bye Rainbow. R.I.P. 1983-2009
: Pepper Spray? That sounds delicious! AAAAAHHHH! I was wrong! I was horribly wrong!
Did I ever mention my FanFiction?
Senior Member
Give it a few years and if PBS still exists once we get our own kids, Reading Rainbow would return to TV just like Zoom and The Electric Company.
I don't need a signature. I'm too cool for one. LOL
Wow. I hadn't realized that's what it was about. I just thought new episodes were ending but reruns would continue. Out of curiosity, who owns/will own the rights to the show now? Were there ever every any tapes released of episodes that could be used in classrooms? Perhaps that's something the rights owners could consider as a way to keep the show alive for new generations.
LiveJournal | My Kevin Conroy Fan Page
Current TV Faves: Arrow, Bates Motel, The Big Bang Theory, Blue Bloods, The Client List, Elementary, Ghost Adventures, Toy Hunter.
Like others here, I thought that this was about Reading Rainbow ending, which was apparently three years ago, but I didn't think it was about broadcasting the reruns. That's a shame since I remember watching that show quite a bit when I was little. My mom loved to watch it with me too. Hopefully, future generations of kids will be able to enjoy the show in some format, either DVD's or another way for it to air on television again.
Senior Member
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fed...lp_kill_r.html
A Friday morning NPR report noted the show's conclusion and aired comments by John Grant, director of content at the show's home station, WNED in Buffalo. Producers were unable to secure the several hundreds of thousands of dollars needed to renew the show's broadcast rights, Grant said.
Why? According to NPR:
Grant says the funding crunch is partially to blame, but the decision to end Reading Rainbow can also be traced to a shift in the philosophy of educational television programming. The change started with the Department of Education under the Bush administration, he explains, which wanted to see a much heavier focus on the basic tools of reading -- like phonics and spelling.Grant says that [the Public Broadcasting Service], [the Corporation for Public Broadcasting] and the Department of Education put significant funding toward programming that would teach kids how to read -- but that's not what Reading Rainbow was trying to do."Reading Rainbow taught kids why to read," Grant says. "You know, the love of reading -- [the show] encouraged kids to pick up a book and to read."In the report, a PBS official acknowledged the shift in reading philosophy from "how do we get kids interested?" to a focus on phonics.
Posting Permissions
| toonzone quick jump |
Bookmarks