Philadelphia, PA - October 11, 2006 - PBS KIDS
SproutSM, the first and only 24-hour preschool
destination available on TV, on demand and online for kids ages 2-5
and their parents and caregivers, will feature playfully spooky
episodes of Sprout viewer favorites such as Thomas & Friends,
Angelina Ballerina™, Make Way For Noddy™ and Jakers! The Adventures
of Piggley Winks™ throughout Halloween Day on October 31.
Halloween-themed graphics and live-action shorts will be shown
on-air from October 16 through October 31. Featured episodes
on Halloween Day include:
• Thomas & Friends "Haunted Henry" - Edward scares
Henry with his stories about ghosts in the mist. A strange
ghostly figure near the viaduct saves Henry from certain
danger.
• Jakers! "Good Neighbor" - Piggley and his friends (inspired
by a spooky radio program) are convinced that the young boy whose
family just moved into the small house up the lane from the Winks'
farm is actually a mad scientist.
• Angelina Ballerina "Henry's Halloween" - Henry thinks he's
seen a mythical witch on Halloween night, but Angelina and Alice
think he's imagining it.
• Make Way For Noddy "Goblins Good Deed Day" - Sly and Gobbo
spend most of the day playing tricks on everyone in Toy Town, but
then they discover what day it is, Goblin Good Deed Day, the one
day of the year when goblins have to do a good deed or lose their
magical powers.
• Sagwa: The Chinese Siamese Cat™ "Fraidy Cats" - Yeh Yeh
begins telling scary stories to the kittens until their imagination
gets the best of them. A windy night and a clumsy Fu-Fu cause
Sheegwa to jump to conclusions about a ghost in the
house.
• Dragon Tales™ "Putting the Fun in Funhouse" - Ord
really wants to go into the new funhouse at the carnival, but he's
scared. It's really dark in there and who knows what's around
each corner! The gang vows to help him cope with his
fear.
About Sprout
PBS KIDS SproutSM, the first and only 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, the country's leading provider of cable,
entertainment and communications products and services; HIT
Entertainment, a leading provider of quality entertainment for
young children; PBS (Public Broadcasting Service), the most trusted
distributor of award-winning children's programming; and Sesame
Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame
Street.
Since debuting its video on demand (VOD) service in April 2005,
PBS KIDS Sprout has become the #1 Kids On Demand service,
generating over 100 million orders since launch. The 24-hour
digital channel, which launched in September 2005 along with the
website (www.sproutletsgrow.com),
is available on digital cable and satellite to almost 20 million
committed subscribers. The network's program lineup of
gold-standard, curriculum-based children's shows includes:
Sesame Street®, Bob the Builder™, Barney & Friends™, Thomas
& Friends, Angelina Ballerina™, Sagwa: The Chinese Siamese
Cat™, Caillou™, The Berenstain Bears™, Jay Jay the Jet
Plane™, Teletubbies™, Dragon Tales™, Pingu™, Make Way For Noddy™,
Jakers!? and more.
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CONTACT:
Jenni Glenn
PBS KIDS Sprout
215-667-2703
jenni_glenn@sproutletsgrow.com