PBS Kids has two new shows coming your way. The first is READY JET GO! which is a story about a young alien boy who comes to Earth with his family. He makes friends with a group of kids and they go on Outer Space adventures together. I got to preview this show at the PBS Annual Meeting and I was very impressed. I am looking forward to both kids watching the show. I don’t have to wait until the release date of February 15th, though and neither do you. You can check out some early episodes for free on various PBS online platforms. We’ve been watching on the app for the Roku and the show is great. Definitely a fun one to get kids excited about Space and Space exploration.
NEW DIGITAL OFFERINGS: READY JET GO!
· New streaming video content and digital games from PBS KIDS’ newest multiplatform media property READY JET GO! is now available. On digital platforms, viewers can now preview four full-length 11-minute stories from the series. The episodes will continue to roll out throughout the month, totaling 12 11-minute stories by January 29, the most full-length video content PBS KIDS has ever released in advance of a broadcast premiere. The videos are available for free on pbskids.org, the PBS KIDS Video App and PBS KIDS Video on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, Xbox One and Chromecast. In addition, two mobile-friendly web games, hands-on activities for children and families and a live stream of the International Space Station channel are available at pbskids.org/readyjetgo.
NEW SERIES: SPLASH (w.t.) – premieres Fall 2016
· Created by John Tartaglia (“Imaginocean,” “Johnny and the Sprites”) and produced by The Jim Henson Company (DINOSAUR TRAIN, SID THE SCIENCE KID) and Herschend Enterprises (Dollywood, Harlem Globetrotters), SPLASH (w.t.) is designed to encourage kids ages 4-7 to explore the diversity and spectacle of our natural undersea world. The series follows the adventures of its title character, a yellow fusilier fish who has migrated all over the oceans before settling down with his family in Reeftown. Until Splash came along, Bubbles, Dunk, Ripple and most of the other Reeftown residents had no idea what lay beyond the cozy confines of their coral walls. Together, Splash and his friends explore the world’s oceans, where they meet wildly diverse marine animals and discover otherworldly undersea habitats, bringing back what they’ve learned to share with their neighbors.