“Studying Rainbow” is returning with a brand new host, new books and a brand new digital dwelling.
The trailer saying the reboot of the basic PBS sequence was launched Monday, with host Mychal Threets — often known as Mychal the Librarian — teasing new episodes with movie star visitors, artwork tasks and extra.
“I used to be raised on Studying Rainbow,” Threets wrote in a submit on Threads, “LeVar Burton is my hero. I’m a reader, I’m a librarian as a result of LeVar Burton and Studying Rainbow so powerfully made us imagine we belong in books, we belong all over the place.”
Threets is greatest identified because the joyful and welcoming Bay Space librarian who shares heartwarming anecdotes on social media about interactions with patrons and different happenings to get out the message that libraries are for everybody.
“Oh! If you happen to’re upset as a result of I’m not LeVar Burton… GET BEHIND ME!” he added in a follow-up submit. “I’m on the entrance of that line! … All of us need the LeVar Burton Studying Rainbow Storytime learn aloud therapy! [But] I’ll be doing all I can to make him and all of the library youngsters proud.”
The unique “Studying Rainbow,” with beloved host Burton, launched in 1983 and was a PBS staple for greater than 23 years. The Emmy and Peabody Award-winning sequence championed books and studying for 155 episodes throughout its authentic run, turning into one of many longest-running kids’s packages ever.
“It portrays studying in a enjoyable mild,” Burton mentioned of the present in 1993. “It’s a enjoyable exercise and presents studying as an journey.”
Among the many visitors teased within the trailer are “Dancing With the Stars” execs Rylee Arnold and Ezra Sosa, in addition to “The Bear” actor and cat dad Ebon Moss-Bachrach. Additionally featured will likely be books narrated by Jamie Chung, Adam DeVine, John Legend and Chrissy Teigen. Episodes of the brand new “Studying Rainbow” will hit Sony Photos Tv’s kid-focused YouTube channel Kidzuko.
In response to the Hollywood Reporter, the reboot will debut Saturday with subsequent new episodes dropping weekly till Oct. 25.
