Comments on: Reading Rainbow Cancelled

By: Steven paulson

Steven paulson — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:28:44 +0000

to reply to the first poster. Since you’re attempting to say its too far into the Obama administration to be blaming bush for this, let me say the show was cancelled in 2006 so maybe you should actually look at facts before you comment.

By: anjii

anjii — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:01:49 +0000

I fully agree that reruns aren’t an issue. Me and my 4 1/2 year old have been watching the reruns daily for about 6 months now, and were just getting out of the 80s. By the time we looped back to the beginning, he would’ve either forgotten it, or been excited to see it again. (I know I love rewatching shows I enjoyed… isn’t that the purpose of the whole TV on DVD market?) And as far as Reading Rainbow DVDs go, I searched this out in my desperation to keep this alive in our house. The DVDs are one episode each, at $30 a pop, or the whole series on “sale” for $3800 and change… Yikes!!! Check out my blog for my full view on the issue…

By: arcadia

arcadia — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:34:53 +0000

I loved this show growing up, and I’m glad to have been able to let my eldest child watch it too. He loves the books they feature, and some of the stories have become family favourites. I’m sad my daughter won’t be able to enjoy the show too. I’ll have to look for the DVD’s the next time I’m in the States.

By: Frau

Frau — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:25:53 +0000

what a shame to see it go. I knew it was struggling a few years back when LeVar Burton had done an interview. It’s prospects for returning were not ggod then. And I guess that was about the time it went off the air.
Just the other morning I saw the episode of where he got a custom made jacket.

By: Gauldar

Gauldar — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 15:24:36 +0000

@Ted

Great idea, I’ll start by saying Hitler was as bad as Bush.

By: larob

larob — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 02:40:56 +0000

Bush did it. I think he also makes the armpits of my t-shirts turn yellow. Damn his diabolical schemes.

By: luigimacaroni

luigimacaroni — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 02:13:29 +0000

So? Who sez kidz need to no how to reed?

By: ted

ted — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 01:13:33 +0000

Wow, maybe they need a new version of Godwin’s Law.

In fact, I think I’ll call it Ted’s Law. If something bad happened, people eventually start blaming ex-President Bush for it.

By: R00B0y

R00B0y — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:39:02 +0000

maybe PBS should just run “Death to Smoochy” over and over again.. after all the little kiddie need an education from somewhere

By: danoso

danoso — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 21:21:16 +0000

Sure thing, Jack C. I guess the continuation of rape rooms and of sending your opponents feet first through industrial plastic shredders would be a small price to pay for kids programming.

By: Don Newbury

Don Newbury — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 21:10:58 +0000

I’m 54 years old and I loved this show. There was always something interesting on it along with the fact that they prodded kids to read, which is always a good thing. But to blame Bush? That’s a stretch and I hated the guy. I think it’s time for PBS to get it’s act together and stop begging for money ALL OF THE TIME. If they show that doo-wop special again, I’m going to scream. No wonder nobody watches it.

By: Jill Harness

Jill Harness — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:20:07 +0000

emmiline
I remember that one!

By: Jack C.

Jack C. — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:48:48 +0000

Edward
August 29th, 2009 at 12:03 am
Isn’t it a little far into the Obama administration to be blaming Bush?

As for the show, I still prefer Captain Kangaroo.
———-

$12 Billion a month for BUSH’S Iraq war… War not Education was Bush’s choice… As far as Cpt. K…. you’re one too?

By: JL Picard

JL Picard — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:48:02 +0000

Reading Rainbow ruined Star Trek Enterprise for me. I’m glad it’s cancelled.

By: BlessedBlogger

BlessedBlogger — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:35:02 +0000

I don’t know, or care, why it won’t be airing anymore. I’m just sad that it’s gone. It was one of my favorite shows as a kid.

By: Ant Dude

Ant Dude — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 16:34:17 +0000

By: pwscott

pwscott — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 16:26:17 +0000

Here in Gerogia we get to see the Rainbow around 6am. No wonder it lacks viewers. As far as condeming Bush, I agree. As pointed out this was cancelled in 2006. During the Bush administration.

By: Gauldar

Gauldar — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 16:26:13 +0000

But you don’t have to take Babycake’s word for it!

By: Babycakes

Babycakes — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 14:57:29 +0000

Isn’t reading rainbow on DVD? Why not just get the DVD or whatever and watch them?

By: Skipweasel

Skipweasel — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 09:48:01 +0000

Do re-runs matter for children’s programming? After all, it’s not as if they stay interested past a couple of years in any one thing anyway.

I could never understand why the Telletubbies had to be superceded by something else[1] when the target audience has moved on to pastures new and a whole new set of goggling eyes waits eagerly for the Noonoo’s every slurp.

Our two were watching The Clangers, Bagpuss and 1940s Popeye the other day.

[1] Unless it’s parents with more than one child start to climb the walls.

By: felixthecat

felixthecat — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 08:31:58 +0000

Oh, boo-hoo! According to reports, viewership for this program has fallen steadily and dramatically over the past several years. As has been pointed out, this is because of the intolerable number of reruns, and not because of the big, bad Bush. He can be rightfully blamed for many things, but not for this. How many times can one watch “Tar Beach”?

By: emmiline

emmiline — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 07:16:29 +0000

aww
i just saw an episode on the other day that i had first seen when i was little-like 4 years old little.

it was the one with the book about the spider that lived on a head of lettus and almost got washed down the drain.

i had always kind of hoped it would be around for my little ones to watch…like sesame street.

By: LisaL

LisaL — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 06:49:22 +0000

I remember waaaay back in the day. In the 4th grade, the ‘good’ students got to take their lunches back to the classroom to eat and watch Reading Rainbow. We would all sit there and sing along w/ the song. Sigh, good ole days.

By: SenorMysterioso

SenorMysterioso — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 06:41:50 +0000

Butterfly in the sky…

Jill, this post isnt really correct

By: Bat21

Bat21 — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 06:29:31 +0000

That NPR article was a big load of BS. Reading Rainbow ceased production in January 2007 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reading_Rainbow#Last_years). The past 2 years, PBS stations have aired reruns. Rainbow’s parent station, WNED Buffalo, got greedy and asked too much money for the broadcast rights.

By: Josh

Josh — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 05:51:19 +0000

I remember watching these back in the late 80s. I looked it up and they only have 155 episodes. Less than 7 episodes a year must have meant a lot of reruns so I can understand why it is being cancelled. If you watch a single episodes 60 times I sure anyone would be tired of it. Especially when they stopped making episodes in 2006.

By: Kat2

Kat2 — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 05:44:32 +0000

It was *cancelled* (i.e. stopped producing new episodes) in 2006. The reason it’s going around again now is because PBS is taking the reruns off the air.

By: Edward

Edward — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 05:03:44 +0000

Isn’t it a little far into the Obama administration to be blaming Bush?

As for the show, I still prefer Captain Kangaroo.