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- 1995
- TV-Y
- PBS
- 1995
- TV-Y
- PBS
Summary Wishbone is about a little dog (a Jack Russell Terrier) with a BIG imagination. A very popular and award winning show in the mid-1990's, it encouraged children to read by alternating the main storyline of the show with a classic novel/play/short story with a parallel premise.
- 1995
- TV-Y
- PBS
- 1995
- TV-Y
- PBS
Wishbone
Season 1 Premiere: Oct 9, 1995
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Summary Wishbone is about a little dog (a Jack Russell Terrier) with a BIG imagination. A very popular and award winning show in the mid-1990's, it encouraged children to read by alternating the main storyline of the show with a classic novel/play/short story with a parallel premise.
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
79
80% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
20% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
79
80% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
20% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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This one has everything - humor, high production values, solid acting and imaginative story lines that teach without knocking you over the head. [09 Sep 1995, p.1]
Wishbone is a near-perfect PBS kids' show. [08 Oct 1995]
An amazingly complicated little show that teaches the classics to young children (all right: ages 6 to 52) through an exuberant, cocky, humorous and highly knowledgeable terrier named Wishbone. [28 Apr 1996, p.2]
It may take a superhero to pry your kids away from The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers or Saved by the Bell, which go up against Wishbone weekdays at 4:30, but the little dog has power. Once kids see him, they may want to return of their own free will. [09 Oct 1995, p.D05]
What with the dog stunts (Wishbone has three stunt doubles), all the kids and the large cast of costumed actors for the literary segments, this is a very labor-intensive effort for a five-times-a-week show. Computerized special effects are even used. Still, the dramatizations feel amateurish, hardly above your church group's talent night. [09 Oct 1995, p.6E]
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Production Company:
- Big Feats! Entertainment (a division of Lyrick studios)
Initial Release Date: Oct 9, 1995
Number of seasons: 2 Seasons
Rating: TV-Y
Awards
Daytime Emmy Awards
• 4 Wins & 5 Nominations
Television Critics Association Awards
• 2 Wins & 4 Nominations
Young Artist Awards
• 4 Nominations
