No More Pot of Gold for Reading Rainbow
There will be no pot of gold at the end of this rainbow. After 26 years, a Peabody Award and 26 Emmys, the pages of the hit PBS show Reading Rainbow will slammed shut. This Friday the contract for the show will expire on the weekly airing of the show will be no more. Hosted and produced by Le Var Burton, the show aimed at kids age 4 to 8 will be longer be available on PBS since they opted not to renew the contract.
The show had actually ceased production in 2006, when the funding had run out, but it continued to air on local PBS stations across the land until now. The show itself, with it’s honoring of children’s literature, will be missed but one thing that won’t be? That theme song which after I’d hear it once, would be stuck in my mind for the remainder of the day.
Wanna get it stuck in your head too? Check out this ode to the theme song from Rhett and Link here:
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4 Comments
patricia commented on Aug 26 09 at 3:37 pmSad. I loved Reading Rainbow when I was a kid.
Maureen commented on Aug 26 09 at 7:04 pmI’m so sad about this. My kids are just getting to an age where they appreciate this show like I did when I was a kid. I love how the theme song hasn’t changed and I love to sing along (but my kids tell me to hush).
Marj commented on Aug 26 09 at 11:39 pmAwesome show. Television that celebrates reading - always a good thing!
JenV commented on Aug 27 09 at 10:56 amAww, that’s too bad! I loved Reading Rainbow…I still like to sit and watch it with my son. This makes me sad.
