Disney Channel Greenlights Fourth Season of Jim Henson Television's ``Bear in the Big Blue House''.Entertainment Editors BURBANK, Calif.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--July 12, 2000 Disney Channel  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. has ordered an additional 26 episodes of "Bear in the Big Blue House Bear in the Big Blue House is a television program for young children produced for the Disney Channel by The Jim Henson Company. The program taught simple life lessons by following the title character and his puppet friends as they went through their day. " from Jim Henson Television Jim Henson Television is the television production arm of The Jim Henson Company.Some of the more notable television programs produced by the Henson organization include:
The fourth-season episodes will premiere in early 2001 as part of Playhouse Disney For the Playhouse Disney in other countries, see Playhouse Disney around the world. Playhouse Disney is the brand name for Disney Channel's preschool programs, often airing as its own channel outside of the United States. , Disney Channel's programming block especially designed for pre-schoolers, their parents and caregivers. "We are thrilled by the prospect of bringing new episodes of Bear to Playhouse Disney," said Marsh. "Bear and all his friends at the Big Blue House have charmed themselves to our youngest viewers and their parents and caregivers." Brimming with creativity, storytelling, learning and music, "Bear in the Big Blue House" is hosted by a 7-foot bear who, though large, exudes warmth, comfort and understanding. Along with a house full of puppet friends -- Tutter (the industrious mouse), Treelo (the curious lemur lemur (lē`mər), name for prosimians, or lower primates, of two related families, found only on Madagascar and adjacent islands. Lemurs have monkeylike bodies and limbs, and most have bushy tails about as long as the body. ), Pip and Pop (playful twin otters), Ojo (the young bear) and Luna, Bear's oldest friend -- Bear teaches little kids a real world curriculum. Through creative play, he also provides a role model for caregivers to stimulate learning in their own houses. All the action takes place in the kid-friendly Big Blue House where songs are sung, stories are told and imagination and adventure reign. "Bear in the Big Blue House" is the creation of Mitchell Kriegman who also created and executive produced the popular Nickelodeon show "Clarissa Explains It All Clarissa Explains It All is an American situation comedy television series from Nickelodeon starring a then unknown Melissa Joan Hart. Sixty-five episodes were shown during the five seasons. The teen sitcom ran from March 1, 1991 to December 3, 1994. ." The series is currently in its third season on Disney Channel. Its executive producers are Brian Henson, Kriegman and Alex Rockwell. The Jim Henson Co., an established leader in family entertainment for more than 40 years, is an independent multimedia production company; one of the top character licensors in the industry; a leading publisher of children's books; and home to Jim Henson Television, Jim Henson Pictures, Jim Henson Interactive and Jim Henson's Creature Show. The company has headquarters in Los Angeles with offices and production facilities in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and London. Disney Channel, combining original series, movies and specials with timeless classics, is the first general entertainment television network designed for kids and families. Disney Channel is a subsidiary of the The Walt Disney Co. |
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