During what has been an otherwise difficult year for public media, there's a rare bit of good news coming from the sector: Reading Rainbow is coming back. The classic PBS series, produced by Buffalo ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It is not yet clear where the new episodes of the show, which is known to foster childhood reading and literacy, will be available ...

A beloved television classic is coming back with a brand new host. On Tuesday, September 30, Mychal Threets — a Fairfield, California-based librarian who has gone viral on social media with his TikTok ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — You may recognize the iconic logo or the “butterfly in the sky.” The original "Reading Rainbow" series first aired in 1983. Then hosted by LeVar Burton, the show quickly became ...

After nearly two decades, the classic kids' show Reading Rainbow is back — with a new host and a new digital format, but with the same mission of encouraging children to "take a look, it's in a book." ...

Butterfly in the Sky, a documentary about Reading Rainbow that's now available on Netflix, is as much a film about the classic PBS program as it is a 90-minute time machine. For viewers of a certain ...

“Reading Rainbow” is coming back! Nearly two decades after the long-running children’s show signed off, it will return with an all-new host. “🎶 Take a look, it’s in a book 🎶,” the program captioned ...

The popular children’s television show has returned, with Mychal Threets trying to recapture the magic of the original show for a streaming audience. By Alisha Haridasani Gupta When Mychal Threets ...

Reading Rainbow has been renewed for a 24-episode season hosted by Mychal Threets, a.k.a. Mychal the Librarian The librarian and media personality also hosted four online episodes of the show in 2025, ...