In place of children’s shows, the new weekday schedule will include a mix of lifestyle/how-to fare and repeats of prime-time programs, according to Sylvia Bugg, PBS chief programming executive and GM of general audience programming.Īround 40% of stations are already airing general audience programs during weekdays, Bugg said. PBS requires member stations to air at least seven hours of kids programming each weekday, and that will not change when the new schedule rolls out. That’s a reduction of five hours from the current schedule, which feeds PBS Kids programs from 6 a.m.

6, PBS will feed eight hours of children’s programming on the daytime NPS feed, from 6 a.m. The change also makes room for PBS to build on a strategy that has already helped many stations - adding general-audience programs that appeal to adults who are watching linear TV.īeginning Feb. The PBS Kids 24/7 multicast channel, also distributed as a streaming service, is where many kids and their caregivers are turning to catch PBS’ children’s programs. “Many have moved to streaming platforms,” said Sara DeWitt, SVP and GM of children’s media and education for PBS. The overhaul of PBS’ weekday schedule, under discussion between PBS and stations for more than a year, recognizes the ways that children are consuming media now - and that far fewer are watching linear TV. Conductor! A happy reunion for all, and they bring him home to the Age of Dinosaurs.In a response to shifts in daytime viewing patterns, PBS will reduce the footprint of children’s shows on its primary National Program Service feed in February. Maurice helps them search through the icy wastes until they find a feather-covered Northern Troodon who turns out to indeed be Trevor, the father of Mr. They come out in the Ice Age of the Cenozoic Era, where they meet a huge, furry Mastodon named Maurice. So they all take the Drill Train and drill into the future. Once Dad and Buddy and Tiny get wind of this plan, they come aboard, too. The Conductor decides to take the new Drill Train and tunnel into the future to rescue his missing father! / The Conductor, determined to find his missing father, takes the experimental Drill Train and drills a new Time Tunnel that goes as far into the end of the Mesozoic Era as possible, to drill farther into the future and find his father, Trevor Troodon. Unfortunately, the Conductor's father never returned, and is apparently lost. She decides that he's ready to learn the truth and tells him the story about how his father was the bravest Conductor of them all and dared to build an experimental Drill Train and tunnel into the future - she believes to the Cenozoic Era, which no dinosaur had ever seen. Pteranodon enjoying being celebrated, and is compelled to ask his mother whatever happened to his father.

When the Pteranodon Family visits Troodon Town for a big Father's Day celebration, the Conductor sees Mr. After some careful thinking, the kids work together to move their new bike path around the turtle crossing and save the day! The problem is, the dirt bike path is right in the turtles' way. The kids learn all about how turtles' eggs are laid on land and the babies must make it back to the water when they hatch. Suddenly, they must slam on the brakes: a sweet little turtle is trying to cross the path to get to a small pond on the other side.

Turtle Crossing - Elinor, Olive and Ari are having a blast riding their bikes along the park's brand-new dirt bike-path. They also realize that instead of swatting at bees, you should stay calm and steady when a bee is around, and you are a lot less likely to get stung. After some very careful bee observations, the kids conclude that bees are tiny and a lot more afraid of us than we are of them. This gives Elinor an idea to help her friend get over his fear of bees. A nervous Koa gets antsy and starts swatting at the bees because he's afraid of them.

To Bee or Not to Bee - Elinor, Ari, Olive and Koa are having a picnic in the forest, when all of a sudden, a few honey bees come over to check out the kids' food.

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