This just in:
VeggieTales to make national TV debutBig Idea has announced its VeggieTales cartoons will launch this fall in a regular time slot on NBC, Telemundo and the i network as new programming. Along with VeggieTales, the programming block will include Big Idea’s 3-2-1 Penguins! and the 2-D LarryBoy Adventures. The launch marks the national TV debut for the Big Idea properties, which have sold more than 52 million videos since the company began in 1993.
In addition to the English-language broadcast on NBC and the i network (formerly PAX), the shows also will debut in Spanish this September on Telemundo. Big Idea will support the Spanish launch of the properties by releasing two of its VeggieTales DVDs, Gideon: Tuba Warrior and Minnesota Cuke and the Search For Samson’s Hairbrush in Spanish nationally on DVD Nov. 7.
VeggieTales creator Phil Vischer is producing the 30-minute VeggieTales TV episodes, which have been tailored to meet NBC’s programming guidelines, as well as national educational and informational standards for children’s programming. “We are grateful for the opportunity to bring these shows to an even larger audience,” said Big Idea Chief Operating Officer Terry Pefanis.
The Big Idea programming will premiere on NBC and Telemundo on Saturday morning Sept. 9 and the i network on Friday afternoon Sept. 15.
I’m assuming that “which have been tailored to meet NBC’s programming guidelines, as well as national educational and informational standards for children’s programming” means overt religious material has been edited out.
What do you think about that?
