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Between the Lions

2000 · 10 seasons · 30m per episode · Kids, Comedy

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

Seasons

• Season 1 — 30 episodes (April 3, 2000)
• Season 2 — 25 episodes (April 2, 2001)
• Season 3 — 10 episodes (September 16, 2002)
• Season 4 — 5 episodes (September 15, 2003)
• Season 5 — 21 episodes (April 18, 2005)
• Season 6 — 10 episodes (April 17, 2006)
• Season 7 — 10 episodes (September 17, 2007)
• Season 8 — 10 episodes (September 15, 2008)
• Season 9 — 9 episodes
• Season 10 — 10 episodes (September 20, 2010)

Cast

• Peter Linz as Theo
• Jennifer Barnhart as Cleo
• Anthony Asbury as Lionel
• Kathryn Mullen as Leona
• Heather Asch as Click / Clay Pigeon
• Tyler Bunch as Dr. Nitwhite / Walter Pigeon
• Ruth Westheimer as Dr. Ruth Wordheimer
• Chris Phillips as Cliff Hanger (voice)
• Fred Newman
• Pam Arciero
• David Matthew Feldman
• Tim Lagasse as Arty Smartypants

Details

Created by

Kathryn Mullen, Christopher Cerf, Michael K. Frith, Lou Berger and Norman Stiles

First aired

April 3, 2000

Episodes

140

Genres

Kids, Comedy

Network

PBS

Status

Ended

TMDB score

7.6 / 10 from 8 votes