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Children's Programming

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2012

    Exclusive: Levitt Pavilions Announce Summer Line-ups

    In an exclusive to West Coast Sound, the Levitt Pavilions in Pasadena and MacArthur Park have revealed the lineups to their massive, free summer concert series -- almost 100 shows between the two venues. This year features everything from Latin alternative to folk, indie and world music. Highlights ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2012

    Sesame Street Meets Graffiti in 10 Awesome Artworks by L.A.'s Seventh Letter Crew

    There was always something remotely hip-hop about Sesame Street. Elmo, Big Bird, the Count, Oscar the Grouch -- especially Oscar the Grouch -- looked like they'd really seen some shit in their eternal youth. They swaggered through life lessons with a knowing limp, putting some soul into the ABCs of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2012

    The Unseen Side of Mister Rogers

    If you were a child anytime in the last 40 years, or the parent of one, at some point you've had a moment with Mister Rogers. Perhaps many. And in those moments, through the lens of TV, he looked you straight in the eyes, and in his soft-spoken manner told you, in one set of words or another, that h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2012

    Magic Straws: A Chocolate Milk Alternative

    Just when you thought nothing could be as simple and plain (or boring) as unflavored milk, Magic Milk Straws come along. While the magic is debatable, we can imagine that the straws enchant calcium-conscious parents and their kids. Stuffed with tiny candy-like pieces in pink, brown, and white, the s ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 10, 2011

    Unexpected Collaboration

    Just when you thought nothing could be as simple and plain (or boring) as unflavored milk, Magic Milk Straws come along. While the magic is debatable, we can imagine that the straws enchant calcium-conscious parents and their kids. Stuffed with tiny candy-like pieces in pink, brown, and white, the s ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 3, 2011

    Put Down Your Comic Book, There's a New Convention in Town

    Just when you thought nothing could be as simple and plain (or boring) as unflavored milk, Magic Milk Straws come along. While the magic is debatable, we can imagine that the straws enchant calcium-conscious parents and their kids. Stuffed with tiny candy-like pieces in pink, brown, and white, the s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2011

    Cry Baby Lane VIDEO: Watch Nickelodeon's 'Banned' Halloween Movie Online

    Viacom (Please don't sue me?)Scaredy cat.​So much hullabaloo, this Halloweentime, about the revival of Nickelodeon's fabled turn-of-the-century horror flick "Cry Baby Lane." According to Reuters, it'll be airing this Oct. 31 for the first time since it debuted in 2000. (Once at 12 a.m., and on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2011

    Sesame Street's YouTube Fans Treated to Porn Thanks to Hackers

    Sesame StreetBig Bird, perplexed by the letter 'X.'​Poor kids who dialed up the YouTube channel of Sesame Street yesterday looking for their favorite Elmo and Big Bird videos were instead treated to content said to have been brought to them by the letter "X." As in porn, of the variety mostly ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2011

    Sesame Street Tackles Hunger Issues: Lily the "Food Insecure" Muppet

    2011 Sesame Workshop. Photo by: Gil VakninNew Muppet Lily with Brad Paisley and Elmo​ Cookie Monster probably is going to rethink those cookies: on Sunday, Sesame Street will air a primetime special, Growing Hope Against Hunger, in which the Sesame Street residents learn about hunger issues in ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 22, 2011

    Kids, Brush Your Fangs After This One!

    2011 Sesame Workshop. Photo by: Gil VakninNew Muppet Lily with Brad Paisley and Elmo​ Cookie Monster probably is going to rethink those cookies: on Sunday, Sesame Street will air a primetime special, Growing Hope Against Hunger, in which the Sesame Street residents learn about hunger issues in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2011

    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to Return to TV in CG Animated Series for Nickelodeon

    Shannon Cottrell​See more photos in "San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Preview Night," "San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Day One," "San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Day Two." Friday night, Nickelodeon brought Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fans a sneak peek at what's in store for the franchise with a pizza party at Ba ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 23, 2011

    Ani-motion Sickness

    Shannon Cottrell​See more photos in "San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Preview Night," "San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Day One," "San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Day Two." Friday night, Nickelodeon brought Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fans a sneak peek at what's in store for the franchise with a pizza party at Ba ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 27, 2011

    WAYNE'S WORLD

    Shannon Cottrell​See more photos in "San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Preview Night," "San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Day One," "San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Day Two." Friday night, Nickelodeon brought Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fans a sneak peek at what's in store for the franchise with a pizza party at Ba ... More >>

  • Music

    December 2, 2010

    NIGHTRANGER: THE GIFT OF GABBA

    Shannon Cottrell​See more photos in "San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Preview Night," "San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Day One," "San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Day Two." Friday night, Nickelodeon brought Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fans a sneak peek at what's in store for the franchise with a pizza party at Ba ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2010

    Yo Gabba Gabba's 'Party In My City' Entertains Breeding Hipsters and their Kids ("Kidsters"?)

    Lina LecaroThe biggest show -and wildest crowd- Nokia Theatre may have ever seen. ​ Kiddie faux-hawks, fashionably mismatched tutu ensembles and tattoos (fake on tykes, real on moms and dads) swarmed upon L.A. Live in downtown this past weekend, when the trendster tyke sensation Yo Gabba Gabb ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 25, 2010

    WHO'S YOUR FOOFAH?

    Lina LecaroThe biggest show -and wildest crowd- Nokia Theatre may have ever seen. ​ Kiddie faux-hawks, fashionably mismatched tutu ensembles and tattoos (fake on tykes, real on moms and dads) swarmed upon L.A. Live in downtown this past weekend, when the trendster tyke sensation Yo Gabba Gabb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2010

    UPDATE: Was the "Katy Perry's Jiggling Boobies on Sesame Street" Scandal a Publicity Stunt for Youtube?

    Sesame Street/Youtube Conspiracy?​[UPDATE: We're gonna play a little Oliver Stone here, so bear with us. - A couple of days ago a video "preview" of Katy Perry's jiggling boobies' appearance on Sesame Street was posted all over the web. - Gawker commenters were riled up into sanctimonious outr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2010

    Top Chef All-Stars Officially Announced With 18 Runner-Up Contestants

    Bravo​ Ladies and gentlemen, it appears that the rumors of a Top Chef All-Stars season are true! TV Guide Magazine released an official report from Bravo that the upcoming eighth run of the Emmy award-winning competitive cooking show will include an all-star cast of eighteen runners-up from p ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 9, 2010

    HOW TO GO TO PINK MARTINI: A PRIMER

    Bravo​ Ladies and gentlemen, it appears that the rumors of a Top Chef All-Stars season are true! TV Guide Magazine released an official report from Bravo that the upcoming eighth run of the Emmy award-winning competitive cooking show will include an all-star cast of eighteen runners-up from p ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 29, 2010

    SHAKE, RATTLE & WIGGLE

    Bravo​ Ladies and gentlemen, it appears that the rumors of a Top Chef All-Stars season are true! TV Guide Magazine released an official report from Bravo that the upcoming eighth run of the Emmy award-winning competitive cooking show will include an all-star cast of eighteen runners-up from p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2010

    Twenty-Year Old SoCal Resident Has Longest Tongue In The U.S.

    ​Hollywood actor and Southern California resident Nick Afanasiev has the longest tongue in the United States, according to San Diego television station Fox 5. Measuring 3.5 inches from the middle of his closed top lip to the tip of his tongue, Afanasiev's tongue is just 0.36 shorter than that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2010

    Picks from San Diego Comic-Con's Schedule: Emily the Strange, Yoshitaka Amano, Buffy the Musical

    Check out our Comic-Con picks for Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Sunday is Kids' Day at San Diego Comic-Con. Throughout the day, there will be lots of events for the young ones. But, if you don't have kids and you're not completely exhausted, there might be a few panels for you too. If you've been ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2010

    Picks from San Diego Comic-Con's Friday Schedule: Adult Swim, Yo Gabba Gabba!, Archer and More

    Friday, June 23 is Star Wars Day at San Diego Comic-Con. Bring a lightsaber. SDCC announced its Friday schedule this morning. Even if you're one of the few that isn't into Star Wars, there will be plenty to do. Here are our picks from the schedule. Feel free to leave your own in the comment section. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2010

    Slime, the toy: Now With "Elegance" Aroma

    Remember Slime? Before Nickelodeon cornered the market on slime, the gooey substance was available as a toy made in the late 1970s by Mattel. It came in a little plastic trash can with or without eyeballs, worms, or tadpoles. It was heavenly. It was one of those toys that should never have been take ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2010

    Nickelodeon Nymphet Baits Indie Crowd With Jeff Buckley Name Drop

    Miranda Cosgrove is a Disney Nickelodeon nymphet (of the chaste-looking variety, i.e., a "not-a-Britney"). Many of our readers probably have no idea who she is, unless they're acquainted with children who watch her show iCarly, or are sad pervs who themselves watch her show iCarly. Anyhow. She put ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2010

    Art Clokey, Creator of Gumby, Dies at Age 89

    San Luis Obispo Tribune reports that Art Clokey, creator of the classic children's television show Gumby and co-producer the series Davey & Goliath, died this morning at the age of 89. Bridget DeVries ​ Though Clokey lived in the San Luis Obispo area, his landmark claymation series, Gumby, has ... More >>

  • LA Life

    April 23, 2009

    LA People 2009: Stand-in — Jon Donahue

    San Luis Obispo Tribune reports that Art Clokey, creator of the classic children's television show Gumby and co-producer the series Davey & Goliath, died this morning at the age of 89. Bridget DeVries ​ Though Clokey lived in the San Luis Obispo area, his landmark claymation series, Gumby, has ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2009

    Chris Brown Remains Nickelodeon's Kids Choice Nominee

    Chris Brown, the R&B crooner, is facing jail time if convicted of two felonies arising from the alleged February beating, in Hancock Park, of his pop-star girlfriend, Rihanna. Still, Brown, who has already lost an endorsement deal with Wrigley gum because of his troubles, got some good news tod ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 31, 2008

    Midnight Countdown -- to L.A. Cable TV Blackout

    As of yet there is no sign that telecom giants Viacom and Time Warner Cable have settled their dispute over new pay rates -- a no-prisoners battle that threatens to pull the plug on L.A.'s two-million Time Warner cable TV customers. At issue is Viacom's demand for an extra $39 million to be paid by ... More >>

  • Music

    October 30, 2008

    Preschool Confidential

    Season two of seminal kids’ show Yo Gabba Gabba! has arrived. DJ Lance Rock and others attempt to explain its allure

  • Film+TV

    June 26, 2008

    Package Check: The Jonas Brothers' Rock Camp

    Kevin, Joe and Nick try out Disney's High School Musical tricks

  • Music

    June 5, 2008

    Insane in the Lanes

    Catwalkin', swag dolin', 10-pin bowlin', kid lovin' party time

  • Film+TV

    August 23, 2007

    When Supergood Meets Superbad

    High School Musical 2

  • Film+TV

    April 5, 2007

    Whoopi Stands Up and Delivers

    The Word According to Whoopi

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2007

    My New Radio Crushes

    Indie 103.1FM is officially on my shitlist. I've had enough of retarded Toyota of Huntington Beach ads and Suicide Girls talking about making out with their girlfriends. And most disturbingly, I discovered that morning host Joe Escalante/Dr. LegalDouche is, apparently, an amateur toreador. Ole! ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    October 19, 2006

    The World According to Sesame Street

    Indie 103.1FM is officially on my shitlist. I've had enough of retarded Toyota of Huntington Beach ads and Suicide Girls talking about making out with their girlfriends. And most disturbingly, I discovered that morning host Joe Escalante/Dr. LegalDouche is, apparently, an amateur toreador. Ole! ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    August 17, 2006

    The Hidden Blade

    Indie 103.1FM is officially on my shitlist. I've had enough of retarded Toyota of Huntington Beach ads and Suicide Girls talking about making out with their girlfriends. And most disturbingly, I discovered that morning host Joe Escalante/Dr. LegalDouche is, apparently, an amateur toreador. Ole! ... More >>

  • News

    April 20, 2006

    Life of the Party

    Diz McNally

  • Music

    August 4, 2005

    Sista Act

    When it comes to Sugar Water, Jill Scott knows how to share. (Props to Big Bird.)

  • News

    July 18, 2002

    Wrestling With Demons

    Mario Duane Gardner, 1968 - ­2002

  • News

    December 27, 2001

    Naughty Nick

    Animation giant plays anti-union toon

  • News

    October 25, 2001

    Sesame Osama

    Animation giant plays anti-union toon

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