"After nearly 20 years, the beloved, long-running children's series Reading Rainbow is back, this time on the KidZuko YouTube channel. The first of four episodes hosted by Mychal Threets formerly the supervising librarian at the Fairfield Civic Center branch of the Solano County Library will be released Saturday at 10 a.m. Eastern. The others will drop on subsequent Saturdays at the same time."
"Adam DeVine, John Legend, Chrissy Teigen, Gabrielle Union and Jamie Chung will appear, along with Rylee Arnold and Ezra Sosa from Dancing With the Stars. Threets, a literacy advocate who goes by Mychal the Librarian on social media, steps into the shoes of original host LeVar Burton. Threets broke the reboot news Tuesday on his channels. KidZuko released a trailer."
Reading Rainbow returns to KidZuko's YouTube channel after nearly 20 years. The first of four episodes, hosted by Mychal Threets—formerly supervising librarian at the Fairfield Civic Center branch of the Solano County Library—will be released Saturday at 10 a.m. Eastern, with the rest airing on subsequent Saturdays. Guests include Adam DeVine, John Legend, Chrissy Teigen, Gabrielle Union, Jamie Chung, Rylee Arnold and Ezra Sosa. Threets, known as Mychal the Librarian, succeeds original host LeVar Burton and announced the reboot as KidZuko released a trailer. The original series ran from 1983 to 2006, winning a Peabody Award and 26 Emmys. KidZuko is operated by Sony Pictures Television. The relaunch arrives amid elimination of $1.1 billion in federal public broadcasting funding.
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