7.0
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Between the Lions (2000)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.0
Overview
Between the Lions is a PBS Kids puppet television series designed to promote reading. The show is a co-production between WGBH in Boston and Sirius Thinking, Ltd., in New York City, in association with Mississippi Public Broadcasting, in Mississippi. The show has won seven Daytime Emmy awards between 2001 and 2007. The target audience is children 4 to 7 years old. It has the same puppet style as Sesame Street and several season 2 episodes, notably in Dance in Smarty Pants, had a few characters from Sesame Street guest appearing. Between The Lions started its 10th and final season on September 20, 2010. The Show Ended in November, 22 2010 Along with Reading Rainbow
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Overview
Between the Lions is a PBS Kids puppet television series designed to promote reading. The show is a co-production between WGBH in Boston and Sirius Thinking, Ltd., in New York City, in association with Mississippi Public Broadcasting, in Mississippi. The show has won seven Daytime Emmy awards between 2001 and 2007. The target audience is children 4 to 7 years old. It has the same puppet style as Sesame Street and several season 2 episodes, notably in Dance in Smarty Pants, had a few characters from Sesame Street guest appearing. Between The Lions started its 10th and final season on September 20, 2010. The Show Ended in November, 22 2010 Along with Reading Rainbow
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The series' central objective is apolitical literacy education, focusing on teaching children to read through engaging content. It consciously avoids partisan political themes, making it neutral.
The children's educational series features a visibly diverse cast in its human segments, aligning with a neutral approach to representation. Its narrative is solely focused on literacy education and does not engage in social commentary or critique traditional identities.
Secondary
Between the Lions is a children's educational television series designed to promote reading and literacy. Its content is primarily focused on educational objectives for young audiences, and it does not feature any discernible LGBTQ+ characters or themes within its narrative.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Between the Lions is an original educational children's show featuring new characters created for the series. There are no pre-existing canonical or historical characters whose gender could have been altered.
The show primarily features anthropomorphic lion puppets, which do not have human-defined races. It is an original production, not an adaptation or reboot of prior material with established human characters, thus precluding race swaps.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.1
7.0
Critic Ratings
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