The Emmy-winning “Reading Rainbow” will continue to live — and possibly thrive — if a deal goes through for its sale to another public TV station. Rod Bates, general manager of Nebraska Educational ...
Reading Rainbow is about to get a reboot tailored to a generation of kids who rarely get their entertainment from broadcast TV. Streaming live this Sunday on the platform Looped, Reading Rainbow Live ...
A beloved children’s show is coming back after 20 years off the air. New episodes of “Reading Rainbow,” which aired on PBS from 1983-2006, are coming soon. LeVar Burton helmed the original program, ...
In 1983, Reading Rainbow was launched, setting the stage for it to become the most successful PBS children’s series in television history. What many people might not know is that the show – hosted by ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Once employees at WNED-TV who helped launch the legendary PBS series “Reading Rainbow,” Dr. Barbara Irwin, Tony Buttino, Sr. and Dr. Pam Johnson sat down for a panel at Canisius ...
Running for 155 episodes spread over 23 years, Reading Rainbow helped guide generations of kids toward a love of reading. Now, a new documentary about the show is looking back at its creation, ...
After 26 years, nearly 50 Emmys and a Peabody Award, "Reading Rainbow," the children's series produced by WNED-TV, aired for the final time Friday. PBS killed the program, which was broadcast at noon ...
At left, Tony Buttino prepares Western New York book reviewers (from left to right: Stephanie, Percy and Afrika) with production assistant Pam Johnson at right. Courtesy of WNED PBS, Buffalo, NY For ...