Between the Lions
TV ShowTitle | Between the Lions |
User score | 7.2 |
Release date | Apr 3, 2000 |
Release date of last episode | Nov 22, 2010 |
Genre | Kids, Comedy |
Director | Kathryn Mullen , Christopher Cerf , Michael K. Frith , Lou Berger , Norman Stiles |
Production country | United States of America |
Production companies | GBH, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, Sirius Thinking |
Series status | Ended |
Seasons count | 10 (List of episodes) |
Episodes count | 140 |
Run time | 30 min. |
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