Between the Lions (2000)
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
- Ken Scarborough
- Christopher Cerf
- Keri Horn
Stars:
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Episode 1 - Art Party
Release Date: 2003-09-15Can Lionel and Leona make sense of a mysterious painting?
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Episode 2 - Grow, Mane, Grow!
Release Date: 2003-09-16Lionel is still a growing cub, but he'll do anything to grow a grown-up mane like his dad's!
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Episode 3 - Three Goats, No Waiting
Release Date: 2003-09-17Lionel is ready to stage The Three Billy Goats Gruff. The trouble is finding someone inherently fierce enough to play the Troll.
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Episode 4 - Step by Step
Release Date: 2003-09-18Leona and Lionel have discovered what appears to be a treasure map and a set of directions that Barnaby B. Busterfield III left behind. It's off on a treasure hunt for the lions and pigeons.
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Episode 5 - Dance in Smarty Pants
Release Date: 2003-09-19A new dance craze emerged from a fourth-rate act to capture everyone's attention. Ooh, ah, dance insmarty pants. Lionel, feisty as always, wants to show Theo and Cleo these new dance steps.