Between the Lions

• 2000 –2010
• •
• Ended

• Kids
• Comedy

★ 7.6 TMDB Rating · 8 votes

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

Created by

Kathryn Mullen , Christopher Cerf , Michael K. Frith , Lou Berger

Seasons

10

Episodes

140

Episode length

~30m

First aired

Apr 3, 2000

Networks

PBS

Original language

English

Origin

United States