“PBS comes to the end of the Rainbow Aug. 28 [2009] when broadcast rights for one of the system’s longest-running kids’ programs expire, and Reading Rainbow leaves the network’s satellite feed.

“Only Sesame Street and Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood have had longer PBS kidvid careers. In 26 years, Reading Rainbow won 24 national Emmys, including 10 for best children’s series.”

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a RR playlist @ YouTube (which includes an episode that goes behind the scenes of Star Trek: TNG)

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I wish I could say I watched this show as a kid but if I did I don’t recall. I was more into The Electric Company and Zoom. From the videos that I’ve seen this week, though, it looks like it was a lot of fun, and my man LeVar looked like he had a great time doing it. (With the mustache he kinda looks like Robert Townsend.)

Anybody have any memories of the show they wanna share?