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CHICAGO – On the soundstage of WTTW is a portal to Someplace Else, which is home to a number of characters the older generation may remember, but the younger generation

New kids’ TV show emerges from the Mister Rogers universe The puppet-led series ‘Donkey Hodie’ ia inspired by characters from the original Fred Rogers TV show. By MARK KENNEDYAssociated Press Share The puppet Donkey Hodie stars in the new series, “Donkey Hodie,” inspired by characters from the original Fred Rogers TV show. The whimsical series for children ages 3-5 started airing Monday. Fred Rogers Productions/PBS Kids via AP NEW YORK — Mister Rogers’ neighborhood is expandin...

May 04, 2021 - 1:15 AM In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is whats on the radar of our editors for the morning of May 4 ... What we are watching in Canada ... The National Advisory Committee on Immunization is coming under fire after contradicting the advice Canadians have been receiving for weeks to take the first vaccine against COVID-19 that theyre offered. NACI said Monday that the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vacc...

TVKIDS Donkey Hodie Debuts on PBS KIDS Donkey Hodie, produced by Fred Rogers Productions and Spiffy Pictures, premieres on PBS KIDS today. The multiplatform show follows the adventures of Donkey Hodie, granddaughter of the original Donkey Hodie character from Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood (now known as “Grampy Hodie”). The social-emotional series is targeted to children ages 3 to 5. Set in the whimsical land of Someplace Else, created by Rogers on Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, the show...

New kids TV show emerges from the Mister Rogers universe MARK KENNEDY, AP Entertainment Writer May 3, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3This image released by PBS Kids shows the puppet Donkey Hodie from the new series, “Donkey Hodie,” inspired from characters in the original Fred Rogers TV show. The whimsical series for children ages 3-5 starts airing Monday and centers on the adventures of Donkey Hodie, an enthusiastic yellow donkey with a bright magenta mane. (Fred Rogers Produ...

Fred Rogers Productions/PBS Kids Mister Rogers’ neighborhood is expanding. In rare welcome news of sprawl, PBS Kids is releasing a new puppet-led series called “Donkey Hodie,” inspired from characters in the original Fred Rogers TV show. “Every part of it seems to be infused with joy and heart and humor,” says Adam Rudman, who co-created and co-produced the show with his brother, David. “And I think that’s something that Fred Rogers would appreciate.” The whimsical series for ch...

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer May 3, 2021 41 This image released by PBS Kids shows the puppet Donkey Hodie from the new series, Donkey Hodie,. (Fred Rogers Productions/PBS Kids via AP) Mister Rogers’ neighborhood is expanding. In rare welcome news of sprawl, PBS Kids is releasing a new puppet-led series called “Donkey Hodie,” inspired from characters in the original Fred Rogers show. “Every part of it seems to be infused with joy and heart and humor,” says Adam Rudman, who ...

NEW YORK - Mister Rogers’ neighbourhood is expanding.

.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... Purple Panda and Donkey Hodie are two characters from the series “Donkey Hodie.” (Courtesy of Fred Rogers Productions) In 2018, David and Adam Rudman began work on their latest project, “Donkey Hodie.” Truth is, Fred Rogers came up with the original idea decades prior. After three years of ha...

Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. Even after the director says, “Cut!,” sometimes puppeteers stay in character. “I said all my lines right!” said Donkey Hodie, as performed and voiced by former Point Park University student Haley Jenkins. And she said it in Donkey’s voice. “It’s a little too Little Caesars,” she said in Duck Duck’s voice between takes before cameras rolled again with a single “thank you” uttered. It was just anot...