Underplayed Gems

Between the Lions (2000)

Between the Lions poster
Genre
children's television series
Country
United States
Length
10 seasons, 130 episodes
Rating
7.6 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This children's TV series uses puppets, animation, and live action to teach reading skills. It follows a family of lions who run a library and encounter stories that help kids learn letters and words.

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What happens

Between the Lions is an American live-action/animated/puppet educational children's television series designed to promote reading. The show is a co-production between WGBH in Boston, Sirius Thinking, Ltd., in New York City, and Mississippi Public Broadcasting (the latter PBS station co-producing from 2005 to 2010) in Jackson, the distributor from seasons 1–10. The show won ten Daytime Emmy awards between 2001 and 2007. Although it is created by alumni of the fellow PBS children's show Sesame Street and featured guest appearances from some of its characters, Between the Lions was not created by Sesame Workshop, nor was it produced with their involvement in any way. The show premiered on PBS Kids on April 3, 2000, taking over the schedule slot held by The Puzzle Place upon its debut, and ended on November 22, 2010. This TV show is a companion piece to Sesame Street aimed at slightly older children. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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