“Baby boomers” who grew up with the advent of television, probably nurture some fond memories of Saturday mornings in the 60s when cartoons, puppets and adventure serials kept them entertained while slogging through a breakfast bowl of Malt O Meal. Times changed and children’s programming now occupies less time on the Saturday morning tube, interspersed with more commercials. Hold on! The Kern County Superintendent of Schools’ instructional TV channel, KETN, has just gone back to the future on Saturday mornings with a commercial-free, four hours, from 7-11 a.m., of cartoons, puppets and adventures. Throw in state-of-the art interactive animation, Hollywood celebrity actors, and programming that adheres to California standards-based curriculum, and suddenly, Saturday mornings are for children, once again. Almost any household in Kern County that has cable TV can catch the creative, entertaining and educational fare that includes many award-winning PBS programs in the lineup which includes: “Read-Alee-Deed-Alee,” “Between the Lions,” “Postcards from Buster,” “Weston Woods Collection,” “Reading Rainbow,” “Math Monsters,” “X-Power” and “Maya & Miguel.”

Just click the remote to Bright House Networks Ch. 15.

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Posted: 8/29/08; 3:56:27 PM | Permalink(#)

Saturday morning TV for children