The enduring PBS Studying Rainbow is making a return after 19 years with model new episodes, a brand new host, and a brand new dwelling.
The official Studying Rainbow Instagram web page revealed the information on Monday alongside a video previewing what’s to come back within the new sequence. “After practically 20 years… Studying Rainbow is returning to encourage, assist, and encourage youngsters to grow to be avid readers with new episodes, new mates, new initiatives, and naturally… new books!” the caption learn.
Mychal Threets, often known as Mychal the Librarian, will host the present, which LeVar Burton beforehand hosted. In line with The Hollywood Reporter, the present is ready to debut on Saturday (October 4) and can air digitally on KidZuko, the kids-focused YouTube channel run by Sony Photos Tv.
The teaser video for the brand new version options a number of superstar company, together with Dancing With the Stars‘ Rylee Arnold and Ezra Sosa, The Bear actor Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Jamie Chung, Gabrielle Union, Adam DeVine, Chrissy Teigen, John Legend, and extra.
Studying Rainbow initially debuted in 1983 and aired on PBS till 2006. The aim of the tutorial present was to encourage a love of books and studying amongst kids. Roots actor Burton hosted all the run and has regularly spoken in regards to the present’s affect.
On his Discovering Your Roots episode, Burton mentioned internet hosting Studying Rainbow is what he’s most pleased with in his profession. “That’s the primary line in my obituary, I believe, ‘host and producer of Studying Rainbow,’” he mentioned. “Having an affect on the studying habits of a few generations of human beings… it doesn’t get any higher than that.”
Earlier this yr, the Trump administration rescinded $1.1 billion in federal funding for public broadcasters, together with PBS and NPR. “Authorities funding of stories media on this setting is just not solely outdated and pointless however corrosive to the looks of journalistic independence,” Trump wrote in an government order, per the New York Submit.
PBS launched on October 5, 1970, as a free-to-air community and is finest recognized for its instructional applications, together with Studying Rainbow, Sesame Avenue, Magic Faculty Bus, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, and extra. The community additionally hosts a number of information applications, together with Frontline, PBS NewsHour, and Firing Line.
Studying Rainbow, Premieres, Saturday, October 4, KidZuko YouTube Channel