PBS Kids Sprout introduces Summer Fun Fridays,
PBS Kids Sprout introduces a three hour programming block that will run Fridays 12 noon to -3 p.m., June 20-August 29.
The block will feature the world premiere of the preschool series Frances, from The Jim Henson Company and HIT Entertainment, on June 20 at 12 noon. Based on the classic Russell Hoban books about Frances, a precocious and high-spirited badger, the series is produced using Henson Digital Puppetry Studio, a proprietary 3D animation technology that allows puppeteers to provide movement and voice in real time.
Additional summer Fun Fridays programming will include the animated series Brambly Hedge, Sesame Street’s Panwapa and Percy the Park Keeper.