Sprout, the first 24-hour preschool destination available on TV,
on demand and online for kids ages 2-5 and their parents and
caregivers, will kick off season two of Sprout's Wiggly Waffle,
featuring the most beloved family entertainers in the world, The
Wiggles, on National Waffle Day, Tuesday, August 24.
Filled with brand new songs and even more wiggly fun, season two
of Sprout's Wiggly Waffle will air every weekday morning from 6:00
- 9:00 a.m. ET and feature new interactive segments that take place
in and around an oversized, fruit-covered waffle set where nooks
and crannies are windows that open to songs, dances, skits and
more. Sprout's Wiggly Waffle weaves music, movement and
nutrition throughout Sprout's morning schedule of upbeat
programs. Balancing playful fun with interactive learning,
the program creates a welcoming environment that parents and their
preschoolers can share together.
SproutOnline.com provides viewers at home a forum to interact
directly with Sprout, through which parents can upload photos of
their child onto a green "5th Wiggle" body to be animated in a
dance video with the other four Wiggles; select favorite music
videos from Sprout shows and upload them into JB, a juice box
character that operates as a jukebox; or select real and wacky
waffle toppings that are chosen at random to rain down on the
Wiggly Waffle while The Wiggles try to catch them. Wiggles
games, videos, coloring pages and more are also available on
SproutOnline.com.
Debuting exclusively on Sprout that same morning during the
Sprout's Wiggly Waffle block is Monkey See Monkey Do, a new series
from Smartoonz and HIT Entertainment that combines animated animals
and live action preschool-age children grooving together in a fun
and interactive boogying jungle game. The show's host, an
animated Monkey, invites children to discover, imitate, and dance
along with the animal guest of the day. Monkey See Monkey Do
keeps the fun and movement going each day at 3:30 p.m. ET during
The Sprout Sharing Show. For more information about
Smartoonz, please visit www.smartoonz.tv.
For additional information on Sprout programs or schedules, or
to play games, download free coloring pages or find great
activities for kids, visit SproutOnline.com. To find out
where Sprout is available in your area, call 1.8.SPROUT.411 or go
to SproutPlease.com.
About Sprout®
PBS KIDS Sprout, the first 24-hour preschool destination available
on TV, on demand and online for kids ages 2-5 and their parents and
caregivers, was created as a partnership among Comcast Corporation,
HIT Entertainment, PBS and Sesame Workshop. Since debuting
its video on demand (VOD) service in April 2005, Sprout has become
the #1 On Demand service for younger children, and is on track to
reach one billion orders in 2010. The 24-hour digital
channel, which launched in September 2005 along with the website
(SproutOnline.com), is the only channel that follows the day of
child from breakfast to bedtime with its distinctive
programming. Currently, Sprout is available in 50 million
unique households.
The network's program lineup of gold-standard, curriculum-based
children's shows includes: Sesame Street®, Bob the Builder™,
Barney & Friends™, The Wiggles®, Thomas & Friends™,
Angelina Ballerina™, Caillou®, The Berenstain Bears™, Fireman Sam™,
Fifi and the Flowertots™, dirtgirlworld and more.
About The Wiggles
The Wiggles, the world's #1 preschool entertainers, performed over
350 shows to more than 1.5 million fans since 2005 in the United
States alone. The Wiggles perform over 200 shows annually
across four continents. The Wiggles are seen on TV in over
110 countries worldwide. Fans can catch The Wiggles on
television exclusively in the U.S. on 24-hour preschool network
Sprout as hosts of Sprout's Wiggly Waffle, which airs every weekday
morning from 6:00 - 9:00 a.m. ET. The Wiggles have sold more than
24 million DVDS and videos, 8 million CDs and 8 million books in
the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia and New
Zealand. You can also follow the gang on Twitter via
Twitter.com/ItsWiggleTime or become a fan of their official
Facebook page Facebook.com/TheWiggles.
Press Contacts:
Jenni
Glenn
Alicia McAllister
Sprout
The Wiggles
215-286-2703 201-760-0200,
ext. 105
jenni_glenn@sproutonline.com amcallister@rbcpr.com