System/Policy
IG audits question Rogers Co. accounting on three PBS Kids shows
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Each series is produced with Canadian partners to take advantage of funding incentives north of the border.
People
Peg + Cat + Sesame = Daytime Creative Emmys for PBS, topping networks
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Longtime favorite Sesame Street took six statuettes, and the new PBS Kids animated series Peg + Cat, three.
Children's programming
PBS’s live-action Odd Squad aims to ‘make math relevant’ for kids
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PBS Kids will expand the footprint of its math-focused programs with Odd Squad, a live-action TV series for school-aged children. The new show, which follows the fall 2013 debut of Peg + Cat, a preschool series presenting math concepts, will debut Nov. 26. Creators Tim McKeon and Adam Peltzman, who previously collaborated as television writers on another PBS Kids series for school-aged children, The Electric Company, are producing Odd Squad through Toronto-based Sinking Ship Entertainment and the Fred Rogers Company (which also produces Peg + Cat and Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood for PBS). Odd Squad stars sleuths Olive and Otto, members of a detective agency who use math concepts to solve unusual mysteries around their town.
Quick Takes
Monday roundup: PBS releases Peg + Cat album, AFI Docs to honor Gibney
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Plus: A libertarian op-ed calls on pubradio listeners to open their wallets, and Pacifica faces yet another lawsuit.
CPB
Ready to Learn builds on digital-learning push with new station grants
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The Ready to Learn program backing educational media and outreach for children ages 2 to 8 is making digital learning through community engagement a priority, a change that will affect which stations participate in the program.