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Plot Summary:
Between the Lions is a PBS Kids puppet television series designed to promote reading. The show is a co-production between WGBH in Boston and Sirius Thinking, Ltd., in New York City, in association with Mississippi Public Broadcasting, in Mississippi. The show has won seven Daytime Emmy awards between 2001 and 2007. The target audience is children 4 to 7 years old. It has the same puppet style as Sesame Street and several season 2 episodes, notably in Dance in Smarty Pants, had a few characters from Sesame Street guest appearing. Between The Lions started its 10th and final season on September 20, 2010. The Show Ended in November, 22 2010 Along with Reading Rainbow.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: educational, clever, humorous, semi serious
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Zoom (1997)
Plot Summary:
Zoom is an American television series]], for ages 8 & up created almost entirely by children, which aired on Public Broadcasting Service originally from January 4, 1999 to June 24, 2005. It was a remake of a 1972 TV series by the same name. Both versions were produced by WGBH-TV in Boston. Reruns were aired until early 2006.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sentimental, clever, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, fast, educational, interactive
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Gullah, Gullah Island (1994)
Plot Summary:
Gullah Gullah Island is an American children's television series starring Ron Daise and Natalie Daise. It was the first show designed for preschoolers to feature a black family.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 20 min
Plot tags: sitcom, feel good, humorous, semi serious, educational
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Shining Time Station (1989)
Plot Summary:
Shining Time Station is an American children's television series co-created by Britt Allcroft and Rick Siggelkow. The series was produced by The Britt Allcroft Company and Quality Family Entertainment in New York for New York City PBS Station WNET, and was filmed first in New York City and then in Toronto. It incorporated sequences from the British TV show Thomas & Friends. The series aired on PBS from January 1989 to June 1993, but aired re-runs until 1997. It aired on Fox Family from 1998 to 1999. It also aired on Nick Jr. in 2000 and on Canadian TV networks such as APTN and SCN. Elements from the show were incorporated into the Thomas the Tank Engine film Thomas and the Magic Railroad.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 740
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anthology, feel good, humorous, stylized, semi serious
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The Puzzle Place (1994)
Plot Summary:
The Puzzle Place is an American children's television series produced by KCET in Los Angeles, California and Lancit Media in New York City, New York. It premiered on the Public Broadcasting Service on January 16, 1995, and ran for about four years, airing its final episode on December 4, 1998. Reruns were continued until March 31, 2000. The show followed a multi-ethnic group of kids from different parts of the United States who hung out at "the Puzzle Place", which is a teen hangout themed around jigsaw puzzle pieces. In each episode the characters were confronted with an everyday conflict usually encountered in childhood and even early teenagerdom, such as making moral decisions, sharing, racism, sexism, etc.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 277
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: educational
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The Hoobs (2001)
Plot Summary:
The Hoobs is a BAFTA-winning television programme created and produced by The Jim Henson Company and Sesame Workshop.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 176
Genere: Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, UK, Canada, USA, British Virgin Islands
Duration:
Plot tags: educational, feel good, humorous, semi serious, nostalgic
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Hi-5 (1999)
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Hi-5, an Australian children's television program, was first shown on the Nine Network in 1999. Hi-5 is known as a children's pop music group as well as being a television show, much like peer children's entertainers The Wiggles. They also teach arts and crafts. Hi-5 is now shown in approximately 80 countries. Each year, the series has 45 episodes with nine weekly themes. In 2004, the show was marked by reduced episodes than normal, with 30 episodes in six weekly themes due to the band concentrating more on touring. In 2009 was marked the beginning of the "second generation" of Hi-5, with all of the original members having departed in 2007/2008. The series was renewed for another five years with the new cast by the Nine Network, which would have the contract expire in 2013. In March 2013, Hi-5's first movie, Some Kind of Wonderful, was released in selected Hoyts Junior cinemas around Australia and New Zealand. The movie showed the history of Hi-5's cast changes and a behind-the-scenes look at the search to find three new members, Dayen Zheng, Ainsley Melham and Mary Lascaris who would replace Fely Irvine, Tim Maddren and Casey Burgess in 2012/2013. The new Hi-5 series called Hi-5 House will be filmed in Singapore, according to executive producer Julie Grenne. Currently, they commitment of concerts in some Asian countries with Hi-5 Wonderful Tour.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 208
Genere: Family, Music
Country: Australia
Duration:
Plot tags: educational, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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In the Night Garden (2007)
Plot Summary:
In the Night Garden is a magical place that exists between the waking and sleeping imagination of children close to the representation of a nursery rhyme.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: semi serious, feel good, humorous, educational, light, contemplative, weird
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Jack's Big Music Show (2005)
Plot Summary:
Jack takes a break everyday from his busy kid schedule to visit his favorite place in the world—his backyard clubhouse. Here he can do what he loves best—create and enjoy music, sing, dance and have a ball with his friend Mary, his faithful dog Mel and all of his neighborhood pals who stop by. Anything can happen in Jack’s clubhouse.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 315
Genere: Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, feel good
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Dani's House (2008)
Plot Summary:
Dani's House was a British BAFTA-nominated children's sitcom series that aired on CBBC, starring Dani Harmer. The first series premiered on 26 September 2008, and its fifth series concluded on 19 July 2012.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 413
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, semi serious, fun
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Barney & Friends (1992)
Plot Summary:
Barney & Friends is an American children's television series aimed at children from ages 2 to 5. The series, which first aired on April 6, 1992, features the title character Barney, a purple anthropomorphic Tyrannosaurus rex who conveys educational messages through songs and small dance routines with a friendly, optimistic attitude. New episodes have not been produced since 2009; however reruns continue to air on various PBS stations.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: spooky, humorous, semi serious, independent film, educational
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Boohbah (2003)
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Boohbah was a children's television show. It premiered in 2003 on ITV in the United Kingdom, and on 19 January 2004 in the United States on PBS until 2 July 2006. It was created by Anne Wood with scripts by Alan Dapre and Robin Stevens. Anne Wood also created the children's show Teletubbies, and Boohbah is produced by the UK's Ragdoll Ltd. and the USA's PBS Kids. The similarity between this show and Teletubbies, both of which have a "science fiction" theme, is notable. One of the show's trademarks is a child's voice pronouncing the show's name in sing-song. "Boohbah" means "doll" in Hebrew, but it is not clear if this influenced the name of the show, or even if the creators are aware of this.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 614
Genere: Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 20 min
Plot tags: educational, funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, weird, learning, nostalgic
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Fudge (1995)
Plot Summary:
Fudge is an American children's television series based on a series of Judy Blume books about a young boy nicknamed Fudge. The series ran for two seasons, with 24 episodes following a telefilm adaptation of Blume's novel Fudge-A-Mania, which aired on January 7, 1995 in primetime. Fudge premiered on ABC in January 1995, and switched to CBS for its second season. TV Guide twice listed Fudge as one of the Ten Best Shows for Children. The show was canceled in 1997. At the Seventeenth Annual Youth in Film Awards, the cast was nominated for a Young Actors Award, Best Performance by a Young Ensemble: Television. Nassira Nicola, who played Sheila Tubman, won for Best Performance by a Young Actress: TV Comedy Series.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 196
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 20 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Soul Man (1997)
Plot Summary:
Soul Man is an American sitcom that aired on ABC in 1997 that lasted two seasons and starred Dan Aykroyd. The series premiered on April 15, 1997, and was picked up for a second season of 22 episodes after only three episodes aired for the first season. Despite ranking 29th in its 2nd season, it ended on May 26, 1998, with 25 episodes produced in total. The theme song was "Soul Man" written by Isaac Hayes and David Porter. Aykroyd performed a cover version of this song with The Blues Brothers.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 301
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Little Einsteins (2005)
Plot Summary:
A group of musically gifted and ethnically diverse children travel around the world in an artificially intelligent rocket named Rocket.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Music, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration:
Plot tags: semi serious, feel good, humorous, entertaining, funny, thought provoking, captivating, educational, interactive
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Super Why! (2007)
Plot Summary:
Super Why! or The Reading Adventures of Super Why! is a CGI animated show developed by Angela C. Santomero and Samantha Freeman Alpert. The TV series is produced by New York City-based Out of the Blue Enterprises and Toronto-based DHX Media through its Decode Entertainment division. The show debuted on PBS stations on September 3, 2007. The series airs on PBS Kids and PBS Kids Sprout in the USA, Kids' CBC in Canada. Thai PBS from Thailand broadcasts the shortened version, the episodes are 5 years behind the U.S.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: educational, fairy tale, light, entertaining, feel good, captivating, exciting, offbeat, humorous, semi serious
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Alvinnn!!! And the Chipmunks (2015)
Plot Summary:
ALVINNN!!! and The Chipmunks, created by Janice Karman, takes us on a roller coaster ride of music, laughter and stories geared to entertain The Chipmunks' four generations of fans. Presented for the first time in glorious CGI, the series features ground-breaking animation and a new, original Chipmunk song in every episode. The series is an animated version of a prime-time sitcom and reflects the trials and tribulations of a single parent, David Seville, trying to raise six hyper-active Chipmunks. Like most parents, Dave's patience will be pushed to the limit, forcing him to end most sentences in "ALVINNN!!!".
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Music, Musical
Country: USA, France, South Korea
Duration: 11 min
Plot tags: computer animated, humorous, not serious, sitcom, captivating, children's program, 3d animation
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The Brothers Garcia (2000)
Plot Summary:
The Brothers García is an American sitcom that premiered in 2000 on Nickelodeon and ended in 2004. It was among the first projects of Sí TV, an effort to produce programming featuring Latino characters, however being aimed at a diverse audience. The series was billed as the first English-language sitcom to have an all Latino cast and creative team. The series aired on the programming block Nick on CBS from September 18, 2004 to September 17, 2005, where the series ended its initial run. Reruns on The N started on April 7, 2008, and ended in May 23, 2008. Similarities to the series could be made to the style of The Wonder Years and Everybody Hates Chris, with an older version of the main character narrating each episode in a witty and sarcastic manner.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 870
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, funny, captivating, entertaining, multicultural
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My Brother and Me (1994)
Plot Summary:
My Brother and Me is a sitcom on Nickelodeon that premiered on October 15, 1994, and ran until February 2, 1995. The show is about a family living in the West Side of Charlotte, North Carolina, who experience the highs and lows of everyday life. Jennifer and Roger Parker have two sons, Alfie and Dee Dee. Alfie is the cool elder brother and Dee Dee is the younger brother, who always follows Alfie around. The family also has a smarter, older daughter named Melanie. Another main character of the show is Alfie's best friend Milton 'Goo' Berry.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 964
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, touching, offbeat, humorous, semi serious
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Rolie Polie Olie (1998)
Plot Summary:
Rolie Polie Olie was a children's television series produced by Nelvana, distributed by Disney, and created by William Joyce, Maggie Swanson, and Anne Wood. The show centers on a little roly pollie who is composed of several spheres and other three-dimensional geometric shapes. The show was one of the earliest series that was fully animated in CGI, and the first CGI animated preschool series.Rolie Polie Olie now airs in reruns on Disney Junior. Rolie Polie Olie won a Gemini Award in Canada for "Best Animated Program" in 1999. The show also won a Daytime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Special Class Animated Program" in 2000 and 2005. William Joyce won a 1999 Daytime Emmy for Best Production Design for this series. The show has a vintage atmosphere reminiscent of the 1950s and early 1960s, with futuristic elements.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA, France
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: touching, offbeat, feel good, humorous, stylized, semi serious, 3d animation, computer animated, nostalgic
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Fraggle Rock (1983)
Plot Summary:
The Fraggles are a fun-loving community of creatures who live in a subterranean fantasy land where they love to play, sing and dance their cares away, sharing their world with the tiny Doozers and the giant Gorgs. The series teaches empathy and tolerance and encourages children to understand people different from themselves.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Canada, UK, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: retro, humorous, semi serious, nostalgic
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Me and My Monsters (2010)
Plot Summary:
Me and My Monsters the story of the Carlson family who have recently relocated from Australia to the UK to discover there are three out of control hilarious monsters living in their basement.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 138
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Australia, Germany
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: humorous, sitcom, captivating, light, feel good, entertaining, spooky, not serious
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Geppetto (2000)
Plot Summary:
When a man wishes for a son, he learns what it means to be a father.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 780
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, stylized, semi serious, fairy tale, mysterious, exciting
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Bear in the Big Blue House (1997)
Plot Summary:
Bear in the Big Blue House is a television program for adults and children produced for the Playhouse Disney channel by Mitchell Kriegman and The Jim Henson Company. It first aired in 1997. In 2004, The Jim Henson Company sold the Bear in the Big Blue House franchise to The Walt Disney Company. The characters and show are currently owned and operated by the Disney subsidiary, The Muppets Studio.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: educational, nostalgic
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That's So Raven (2003)
Plot Summary:
Raven Baxter is a winsome teen whose ability to glimpse flashes of the future often gets her into hot water.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, witty, not serious, captivating, anime, smart, clever, teen comedy, nostalgic
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Dinosaurs (1991)
Plot Summary:
Dinosaurs follows the life of a family of dinosaurs, living in a modern world. They have TV's, fridges, microwaves, and every modern convenience.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, light, captivating, entertaining, retro, epic, bad ending, game show, not serious
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Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (1968)
Plot Summary:
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood is an American children's television series that was created and hosted by namesake Fred Rogers. The series originated in 1963 as Misterogers on CBC Television, and was later debuted in 1966 as Misterogers' Neighborhood on the regional Eastern Educational Network, followed by its US network debut on February 19, 1968, and it aired on NET and its successor, PBS, until August 31, 2001. The series is aimed primarily at preschool ages 2 to 5, but has been stated by PBS as "appropriate for all ages". Mister Rogers' Neighborhood was produced by Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA public broadcaster WQED and Rogers' non-profit production company Family Communications, Inc.; previously known as Small World Enterprises prior to 1971, the company was renamed The Fred Rogers Company after Rogers' death. The series could be seen in reruns on most PBS stations until August 31, 2007, when it was removed by PBS from their daily syndicated schedule. Despite this, a number of stations have chosen to continue airing it independently of the PBS feed.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: retro, sentimental, sincere, feel good, serious, educational, vintage
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Growing Pains (1985)
Plot Summary:
Growing Pains is an American television sitcom about an affluent family, residing in Huntington, Long Island, New York, with a working mother and a stay-at-home psychiatrist father raising three children together, which aired on ABC from September 24, 1985, to April 25, 1992.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, sentimental, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, iconic, nostalgic
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The Haunted Hathaways (2013)
Plot Summary:
"The Haunted Hathaways" follows the adventures of a not-so-typical blended family. When Michelle Hathaway relocates to New Orleans, LA., to open a bakery with her daughters Taylor and Frankie, they quickly learn that life in the “Big Easy” is very different. Unbeknownst to them, their new home is already occupied by a ghost family comprised of jazz musician father Ray Preston and his sons Miles and Louie. After agreeing to live under one roof, they come to care about and rely on one another while driving each other crazy – just like any normal family would. Though leery at first, the Hathaways soon discover how much fun life can be when living with ghosts.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, sitcom, feel good, semi serious, funny, spooky, captivating
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Naturally, Sadie (2005)
Plot Summary:
Naturally, Sadie is a Canadian comedy teen drama sitcom that ran for three seasons from June 24, 2005 to August 26, 2007. It was produced in Canada, set in Whitby, Ontario. Filmed in Toronto, Ontario, most of the show was shot inside a former Catholic elementary school in Little Italy, including the school and home scenes. Mall scenes were filmed in the nearby Dufferin Mall.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, captivating, light, touching, realistic, semi serious
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Happy Days (1974)
Plot Summary:
Happy Days is an American television sitcom that aired first-run from January 15, 1974 to September 24, 1984 on ABC. Created by Garry Marshall, the series presents an idealized vision of life in the mid-1950s to mid-1960s United States. The series was produced by Miller-Milkis Productions and Henderson Productions in association with Paramount Network Television.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, realistic, sentimental, semi serious, retro, cult classic