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May 13, 2008

Digital 9.5 | Comcast 192
Quality children's programming that parents and caregivers can rely upon to help children learn and grow.


	Tuesday, May 13

12:00
am

Reading Rainbow[#907]
The Furry New: How to Make A Newspaper
This episode gives kids a behind-the-scenes look at newspapers. LeVar Burton shows kids the wide variety of newspapers available and asks kids to talk about their favorite parts of a newspaper. The cast of Forbidden Broadway and Lee Murphy narrate The Furry News, a children's book that explains how a newspaper is created. Cartoonist Ray Billingsley describes his comic strip Curtis, how he creates it, and why creating a strip about an African American boy is important to him. Janine Lean, a student at Bergenfield High School, talks about her role as editor-in-chief of The Bear Facts, her school newspaper, and shows what is involved in producing a typical issue. Kids review What's It Like to Be a Newspaper Reporter, Great Newspaper Crafts, and Newspapers.
duration: 28:53 CC STEREO DVI TVY

12:30
am

Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman[#108]
B.L.T. for Breakfast?
Ever the entrepreneur, Ruff has invested his entire show budget in his latest culinary creation: the Liver and Pineapple Biscuit Shake. Looking for ways to improve his recipe, Ruff sends one team of Fetchers out to invent a new flavor of ice cream (the three main ingredients have to start with the letters B, L, and T and two of them have to be vegetables), and Brian must fill in as a short order cook at a local diner.
duration: 28:46 CC STEREO DVI TVY

1:00
am

Clifford The Big Red Dog[#117]
Tough Enough/Stars In Your Eyes
* Tough Enough - T-Bone "couldn't scare a fly off a jelly doughnut" and he is having a hard time dealing with that. He's too nice and bulldogs aren't supposed to be nice. The thing is, everyone loves T-Bone as a nice dog.
* Stars In Your Eyes - Charley gets a new telescope and Emily decides to have a "Look at the Stars" party. Conniving Jetta convinces Charley that by bringing his telescope it might get ruined so he ends up not coming least until he is picked up by Clifford the big red spaceship.
duration: 28:46 CC STEREO DVI TVY

1:30
am

Clifford's Puppy Days[#120]
Oh Brother/Up, Up & Oops
"Oh Brother" - Little Lucy Sidarsky is having a hard time adjusting to the new baby in the family. Seeing this, Daffodil decides to share with her the story of Clifford's arrival into Daffodil's home. It takes some time, but Daffodil soon discovers the joy of being a "big sister and friend" to someone who needs her. Lucy has her own small revelation when she is able to stop her little brother from crying.

"Up, Up & Oops!" - Emily Elizabeth, Nina and Shun decide to make their own kites for a special kite flying day at the park. But when neither girls' kites will fly it looks like they won't be able to participate in kite flying day. In the end, Shun shares his special Japanese kite making materials with his friends and this act of sharing saves the day for all involved.
duration: 28:46 CC STEREO DVI TVY

2:00
am

Zula Patrol[#109]
Chili Cook-Off/Treasure in the Clouds
Multo's cooking up a pot of "Galactic Goo" for lunch. But when Bula unwittingly puts Multo's Goo in the freezer, The Zula Patrol finds themselves face to face with a "whirlgoo" of gigantic proportions. Also: The Zula Patrol is ready to go on vacation, but they can't decide which season is the best for R&R, especially when they think back, in a series of flashbacks, to their past vacations. Eventually they resolve to visit all the seasons again, and make new, better vacation memories.
duration: 28:40 CC STEREO TVY

2:30
am

Maya & Miguel[#143]
The Video
Abuela's old friend from Mexico, Carlota, cancels a planned visit and Abuela is heartbroken. Or at least that's how she seems to Maya. To cheer her up, Maya, Miguel, and friends decide to make a secret "surprise" video of "A Day in the Life" of their grandmother. But their amateur efforts at documentary go awry when they keep losing track of their star in her travels through their neighborhood.
duration: 28:46 CC STEREO DVI TVY

3:00
am

Postcards from Buster[#134]
Buster's Sweet Song (Leiper's Fork, Tennessee)
Muffy has hired Buster to produce a country-themed commercial for Crosswire Motors. But he needs to find the perfect jingle. Luckily, Buster is in the heart of country music land, and he gets help from 10 year-old Savanna and Grammy award winning musician Billy Dean and his daughter.
duration: 28:46 CC STEREO Spanish TVY

3:30
am

Between the Lions[#706]
Violet's Music & What Instrument Does Alvin Play
Lionel and Leona discover that there are so many wonderful instruments to play, and if you keep playing music, you'll find someone who wants to join your band.
duration: 28:46 CC STEREO DVI TVY

4:00
am

Wishbone[#104]
Rosie, Oh, Rosie, Oh!
Faulty communication separates Wishbone and Samantha from a beagle they both love. Meanwhile, the feud between the Montagues and the Capulets keeps Wishbone as Romeo from Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
duration: 27:45 CC STEREO DVI TVY

4:30
am

Cyberchase[#601]
Digit's B-Day Surprise
The kids have a really cool plan for Digit's b-day-a surprise party! But in order to keep the secret, they pretend to forget his big day. Disappointed, Digit goes off on his own and runs into Hacker. The vexatious villain is only too happy to take advantage of the situation: If he can convince the dejected Digit that he is his one true friend, he can reprogram the cyboid to gain access to Motherboard! Meanwhile, the kids have a special gift made for their pal-a chocolate "Digit" sculpture. But to get it to the party, they must cross a desert where the heat threatens to melt the sweet treat. By observing how wearing a wet bandana keeps them cool, the kids figure out that evaporation is key to keeping the choco-sculpture from melting. But can they get it to Digit in one piece before Hacker cons him into changing sides?
duration: 28:46 CC STEREO DVI TVY

5:00
am

Sagwa, The Chinese Siamese Cat[#111]
Treasure Hunters/by the Light of the Moon
Treasure Hunters
Challenge: Valuing differences. Working towards common goals.
Sagwa, Fu-Fu and Shei-hu, their mouse friend, accompany a wacky archaeologist on a treasure hunt. When they get trapped in the cave, they learn that they must work together, each using their own special attributes that help them navigate their way out of a tight spot.

By the Light of the Moon
Challenge: Working towards common goals.
Mama Miao is upset that the family is too busy to spend time together. As the Moon Festival approaches, the kittens prepare a special Moon Cake message for Mama, realizing the best way to show their mother how they feel about her is to spend some time together.
duration: 28:46 CC STEREO DVI TVY

5:30
am

Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman[#109]
The Mystery of the Missing Thing in the Haunted Castle
Ruff tells the kids about the legend of his great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather Ruffael Ruffmanowitz who lived in spooky Hammond Castle with the famed inventor John Hayes Hammond. Ruff sends the whole team out to Hammond Castle to retrieve Ruffmanowitz's lost invention. Oh, and by the way, did anyone mention the castle is haunted by ghost cats?
duration: 28:46 CC STEREO DVI TVY

6:00
am

6:30
am

Maya & Miguel[#146]
Role Reversal
When Maya and Miguel keep talking about how easy their parents' lives seem to be, the children and parents decide to switch roles for a day: Maya and Miguel run the pet store and keep the apartment in order, while Rosa and Santiago spend the day at dance, soccer, and the " activities fun club." All of them end up exhausted and with new appreciation for the others.
duration: 28:46 CC STEREO DVI TVY

7:00
am

Sagwa, The Chinese Siamese Cat[#122]
Cool Fu-Fu/A New Cook in the Kitchen
"Cool Fu-Fu"
Character: Fu-Fu
Challenge: Standing up for what one believes in the face of social pressure. Developing friendships and negotiating new groups
There's a cool new bat clique and Fu-Fu is eager to join. As his initiation comes to a close, he learns that he would rather just be himself than the cool bat he has been trying to be.

"A New Cook in the Kitchen"
Character: Cook
Challenge: Dealing with feelings of jealousy or envy
When Cook injures his arm, his younger brother assumes his duties for the week. Initially, Cook thinks that this is a fabulous idea. But when everyone begins raving about Little Cook's delicacies, Cook feels that his recipes are no longer good enough - not even for the kittens. When both cooks combine their talents to create "nine-treasure soup," they realize that they each possess different, yet special talents and that working together can improve any dish!
duration: 28:46 CC STEREO DVI TVY

7:30
am

Clifford The Big Red Dog[#214]
Vaz Goes Down The Tube/Cyber Puppy Problems
* Valentine Schmalentine: Clifford and Daffodil get very competitive over who can make EE the best Valentine's Day gift of all. In the end, they realize she would have loved whatever they gave her, because she loves them.
* Sweethearts Dance: EE's excitement over the Father/Daughter-Mother/Sondance at the Community Center turns to anxiety when she realizes she and her dad have to dance in front of a crowd.
duration: 30:00 CC STEREO DVI TVY

8:00
am

Clifford's Puppy Days[#119]
Fall Feast/Norville's New Game
"Fall Feast" - It's the Fall Feast holiday and the Howards are planning to visit Emily Elizabeth's grandparents. But a huge snow storm leaves them snowed in at the train station, along with many of their friends and neighbors. At first, everyone's spirits are very low but Clifford helps Emily Elizabeth realize that the group can celebrate the Fall Feast together and rejoice in its spirit of sharing.

"Norville's New Game" - The animals are in the courtyard making up games. When it's Norville's turn to invent a game he consistently reinvents the rules so that each time emerges as the winner. Each time this happens, he further alienates his friends until they eventually refuse to play with him anymore. In the end, Norville realizes the importance of playing fair.
duration: 28:46 CC STEREO DVI TVY

8:30
am

Arthur[#211]
D.W.'s Deer Friend/Buster Hits The Books
D.W.'s Deer Friend - The Reads go on a camping trip, and D.W. wants to bring a little bit of nature back home -- a rather large deer named Walter!

Buster Hits The Books - Buster has gotten through school without reading a book. But now he's got just one week to finish a whole book - with chapters! - and write about it.
duration: 28:46 CC STEREO DVI TVY

9:00
am

Postcards from Buster[#122]
A Bridge Back Home (Brooklyn, New York)
Buster helps Carlos search the New York city borough of Brooklyn for Carlos's family's oud - a Middle Eastern guitar. To find it, they get help from James, a Lebanese boy who leads Buster through his Middle Eastern neighborhood. Buster meets the Kholad family and other helpful New Yorkers who share their lives, homes, and music with him.
duration: 28:46 CC STEREO Spanish TVY

9:30
am

Signing Time![#206]
Once Upon A Time
The Signing Time friends discover the joy of books through songs and signs.
duration: 28:46 CC STEREO Spanish TVY

10:00
am

10:30
am

Between the Lions[#702]
Spicy Hot Colors & Yesterday I Had The Blues
A colorful pinata holds a meaty surprise for the Lions, who experience a dazzling array of colorful feelings as they read, play, and hope for the rain to end.
duration: 28:46 CC STEREO DVI TVY

11:00
am

Zula Patrol[#210]
A Friend Named Breezy/Erosion Today, Gone Tomorrow
* Wizzy and Zeeter befriend Breezy, a gentle breeze, and learn all about wind. When they help Breezy become a bigger wind, she gets used by Deliria and Cloid, who want to blow down Zula Patrol Headquarters - but Zeeter and Wizzy get their friend Breezy to stop just in time.
* During a fun day at the beach, the ZPers are impressed when Gorga snorts out a huge sandcastle that's a replica of a real eroding stone castle on a nearby cliff. On exploring Gorga's creation, they get lost inside it and meet a 400-year old knight and his pet dragon - both made entirely of sand! The real challenge comes in trying to find their way out of the sandcastle before it erodes from the tide and collapses around them.
duration: 28:46 CC STEREO TVY

11:30
am

Raggs[#127]
Summer
Pido breaks his surfboard and the others help him find alternative summer activities and Trilby must find something to enter a summer art show!
duration: 28:46 CC STEREO TVY

12:00
pm

Wishbone[#106]
Bark That Bark
David overloads on responsibilities and doesn't understand the wisdom of asking for help. Wishbone explores the power of wisdom as it lies within two African-American folktales: Anansi the Spider, and the Story of Baba and Wana.
duration: 27:45 CC DVI TVY

12:30
pm

1:00
pm

Clifford The Big Red Dog[#220]
A Big Help/The Trouble with Kittens
* A Big Help: Cleo and T-Bone notice how often Clifford is able to use his large size to help out. But when the kittens, Billy and Betty, get stuck in a tree, the little dogs learn that you don't have to be big to be helpful.
* The Trouble With Kittens: When kittens Betty and Billy insist on playing in Mr. Bleakman's yard, Clifford does his best to keep them out.
duration: 28:46 CC STEREO DVI TVY

1:30
pm

Clifford's Puppy Days[#211]
Show and Tell/What A Story
Show and Tell: Although it lacks high tech robotics and glitz, EE's presentation of how she cares for Clifford is the hit of Show and Tell.

What a Story: When Daffodil agrees to tell the little Sidarsky kids a story, she's all set with a tale that's utterly satisfying. for a rabbit. It's not until she finally begins to incorporate some of the others' ideas that the story becomes a hit with her audience.
duration: 28:46 CC STEREO DVI TVY

2:00
pm

Reading Rainbow[#1002]
If You Give A Mouse A Cookie
LeVar introduces kids to the concept of a chain reaction. He bowls at his favorite bowling alley, travels to a bowling ball factory, and watches his friend Bob set up a long series of dominoes to show how one thing leads to another. The episode also features the book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, written by Laura Joffe Numeroff and read by Beth Howland, about how giving a mouse a cookie causes a variety of unintended things to happen. The kids review the books The House That Jack Built, This is the Key to the Kingdom, and Smart Dog.
duration: 28:54 CC STEREO DVI TVY

2:30
pm

3:00
pm

Wishbone[#116]
A Tale of Two Sitters
It is guilt by association when Emily and a friend cut loose and get Wishbone in trouble. Meanwhile, Wishbone, as Charles Evremonde, is on trial for his family's crimes while the French Revolution explodes in Charles Dicken's 'A Tale of Two Cities.'
duration: 27:45 CC STEREO DVI TVY

3:30
pm

Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman[#213]
Yippee Tie Yie Yay, Get Along Little Doggies
Ruff flies six FETCHers out West to work as cowhands on a real working cattle ranch. They experience the life of true cowboys and cowgirls. Activities include: learning to ride a horse, roping, western dancing and cattle herding. The kids also learn about geology and mineralogy by panning for gold.
duration: 28:46 CC STEREO DVI TVY

4:00
pm

4:30
pm

Cyberchase[#607]
Jimaya Jam
Hacker has discovered an army of awesome creatures he can use to rule cyberspace, but they are carved in stone on the walls of the Pyramid of Jimaya. To bring the animals to life, he must steal the Sphere of Being, a magical orb closely guarded by three ghosts (Hacker's worst nightmare). How can he distract them so he can steal the Sphere? Opportunity knocks when he tricks Jules, recently hired as tour guide, into pushing the wrong button and falling, along with the kids and Creech, into an underground arena from which there is no escape! Confronted by the Jam Master, the guardian of the pyramid, and the Pyramid's three ghosts, the kids are told they can go free if they can overcome the ghosts in a game of Jimaya Jam. The game is like basketball except for a few small quirks: When Matt tries to dribble and move the ball across the court, it breaks! And he can't move from where he stands on the court once he receives it. Coach Jackie struggles with a game plan until the kids realize that diagramming her plays makes it a whole lot easier to follow them. Down to their last ball, stopping Hacker rests on their ability to diagram and execute the right play.
duration: 28:46 CC STEREO DVI TVY

5:00
pm

Zula Patrol[#113]
Matter, Matter Everywhere/Family Feud
Zeeter takes over the weather forecasting job from Bula, and learns all about the components of weather. But when she tries to improve her forecast by using Multo's Weather-Matic machine to create weather, she unleashes a storm that threatens Zula Patrol headquarters. Also: After hearing Multo tell a story about a Golden Cloud, Wizzy and Wigg set out to find it to give to Multo as a surprise present. Dark Truder overhears them and, unaware it's just a story, plots to find the Golden Cloud himself so he will be rich. Our heroes hike up Mount Zula, meeting many types of clouds along the way. When they reach the top, they actually see a golden cloud that Truder attempts to grab, but it turns out to be the Zula Space Patrol ship hidden in a cloud of astro-smoke. Dark Truder is foiled by his own greed, but Wizzy and Wigg discover that sometimes the key to happiness is making others happy.
duration: 28:40 CC STEREO TVY

5:30
pm

6:00
pm

Raggs[#132]
Pets
Pido can't decide on what kind of new pet he'd like to have and Trilby must learn how to take care of a pet goldfish named Gilbert!
duration: 28:46 CC STEREO TVY

6:30
pm

Sagwa, The Chinese Siamese Cat[#112]
Fraidy Cats/The Tortoise and the Cat
Fraidy Cats
Challenge: Identifying fears and determining how to overcome them.
Yeh Yeh begins telling scary stories that cause the kittens' imagination to get the best of them. A windy night and a clumsy Fu-Fu cause Sheegwa to jump to conclusions about a ghost in the house.

The Tortoise and the Cat
Challenge: Appreciating one's environment.
When Sagwa hurts her paw running around in the yard, she learns how to slow down and smell the roses. Guided by her calm friend the tortoise, Sagwa learns to appreciate the beauty of their home, garden and individuality.
duration: 28:46 CC STEREO DVI TVY

7:00
pm

Clifford The Big Red Dog[#136]
Potluck Party Pooper/The Best Gift
* The Howard's are having a party and everyone they know will be attending. Everyone but Mr. Bleakman, that is. The old party pooper insists that he'd rather stay home and do his usual Saturday afternoon routine. But Clifford and Emily Elizabeth and her friends won't give up on trying to convince Mr. Bleakman that trying something new can be fun! Finally they are able to convince him to join them and a great time is had by all.
* Emily Elizabeth believes she has the perfect gift for her mothers birthday. She plans to spend the entire afternoon with her mother and the reading of a poem written just for her mom. Charley agrees that the gift is perfect, but Jetta has other ideas. Emily Elizabeth agrees to at least try some of Jetta's ideas. But in the end she realizes that the gift she created from her heart really is the best gift.
duration: 28:46 CC STEREO DVI TVY

7:30
pm

Clifford's Puppy Days[#207]
The Big Surprise/Be My Guest
The Big Surprise: When Clifford's plan to give Daffodil a surprise birthday party collapses, he is afraid she'll be disappointed. But Daffodil is touched and thrilled that he made the effort and that all her friends have gathered to celebrate her special day.
Be My Guest: When Norville injures his wing he's taken in by Emily Elizabeth. At first, Clifford is happy to have him, but gradually the puppy becomes tired of sharing his things and Emily Elizabeth's attention and begins to act out.
duration: 28:46 CC STEREO DVI TVY

8:00
pm

8:30
pm

Postcards from Buster[#202]
The Mitten of Mackinac Island (Michigan)
Imagine Buster's disappointment when he visits his dad's favorite childhood vacation spot, Mackinac Island, and finds it's deserted in the winter- almost! He meets Lou, a year-round resident and his pals. Their favorite pastime is making short films and with Buster as second camera they shoot a comedy about a ghost mitten that haunts the island.
duration: 28:46 CC STEREO Spanish TVY

9:00
pm

Maya & Miguel[#109]
La Calavera
When Maya wants to add some oomph to her presentation about Mexico for school, she consults her Abuela Elena, who allows her to borrow a prized possession: a calavera, or skull made of sugar, that is used in the yearly Day of the Dead celebration. Maya promises to let nothing happen to this special calavera. Her presentation goes well, but Maya loses the calavera! After Theo, Maggie, Chrissy and Andy each share their fantastical ideas about how the lost calavera will make Abuela feel, Maya herself feels horrible. She promised her abuela that she wouldn't let anything happen to it! Then, as luck would have it, Maya discovers that she accidentally switched backpacks with another student, and the calavera is recovered. An excited Maya can't contain herself, and while jumping up and down, breaks the calavera! Maya is determined not to let her abuela down, and goes to great lengths to have the calavera re-made. Unfortunately, this, too, is a disaster. When Abuela is finally told the truth, Maya is surprised - Abuela is happy! Not about the calavera, but about Maya's good grade on her presentation. And though Abuela misses the