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Revision as of 06:37, 28 March 2022
The Goodnight Show is a TV Show that aired in a Blockisode format between other shows on Sprout (now known as Universal Kids) between 2005-2017, with seven seasons produced & varing number of episodes per season with the first episode airing September 26th, 2005 and gradually being cancelled throughout 2017 when Sprout switched to Universal Kids, the final hosts were Nina & Star from 2006-2017
History
In September 2005, in a joint venture between Comcast, NBCUniversal, PBS, and HIT Entertainment/Sesame Workshop, PBS Kids Sprout was launched on Comcast and later other cable/satellite providers. The 3rd and the final host was Nina, aka Michele Lepe and stayed host until 2017.
Season 3 Premiered on December 18th, 2006, Season 4 Premiered on September 26th 2007, Season 5 Premiered on Sept 21st, 2009, Season 6 started airing on November 7th, 2011, when it changed to the You & Me Tree theme, and then the slightly tweaked Version of Season 6 Premiered on August 27th, 2012; And the 7th & Final season of the show premiered on July 27th, 2015
Some of the Differences between the eariler seasons & later seasons include the following:
- In Season 3 Nina would do the Yoga Segments by herself, while in Seasons 4 & Onward She would do them along with some kids
- Also In Season 3 there was a Story Time Segment, one for each episode, this was Previously Goodnight Tales with Melanie in Seasons 1 & 2, and later came back as Sandy Stories in Seasons 6 & 7
- The Moonbeam Wheel Game also saw some changes throughout the series run, starting out as a wheel with colors & flashcards with the games on them in Seasons 1-5, to having the games right on the wheel in Season 6, before being competely removed in Season 7 for unknown reasons.
- Lucy The Firefly was originally used to introduce Episodes starting with Noel "Leo", later with Nina in Season 3, and Expanded her use for Segments such as "Lucy Light the Way" & "Sprout-o-Scope" in Seasons 4 & Onward in a hybrid Animated & Puppet type of setup, and later on only seen in her Animated form in Seasons 6 & 7
- Star has been changed several times throughout the show's run, and there may have been multiple star plushes created to be used interchangeably as the night progressed within the show itself.
- Starting in Season 4 the show added a segment where Nina would ask a question related to the episode's topic and we, the audience would hear the kids responses, starting in Season 6 this was revamped where Nina would introduce Star in the Goodnight Garden, and Star would have a conversation about the topic of the episode with several kids.
- The pajanimals lullaby song would play before the hush poem/goodnight song; this was later changed to playing after some time during the 6th season but may have been completely removed when the 7th season started airing.
Periodicity, they would do live episodes like The 2011 Halloween episode “A Sweet Goodnight Treat”, The 2009 Mothers Day episode or the 2014 Space Episode when Astroblast first premiered.
During the 7th & final season of The Good Night Show, Award-winning actor, activist and artist Esai Morales who is best known for being in the biopic La Bamba, Lt. Tony Rodriguez on NYPD Blue, Camino del Rio in the Netflix original series Ozark, and in the HBO series The Brink, joined the cast and played the role of Nina's Uncle known as Tio Javier in several episodes, but since Season 7 nearly completely lost it is currently unknown which episodes he appeared in.[1][2]
Premise
The Good Night Show features a variety of segments. Some of the segments were removed or modified in the later seasons for various reasons.
Seasons 4-5:
- Nina & Star introduce themselves to the audience, sing a short song, start talking about the topic and learn a word in Spanish
- Nina & Star discuss more about the topic, sing twinkle twinkle & do the Sprout-O-Scope segment
- Nightly “Leftover” Birthdays from Sunny Side Up (Original TV Airings Only)
- Sprout Stretch “Yoga” with Nina
- Craft Segment, Usually revolving around the topic of the episode
- Goodnight Gallery “Showcasing art sent in by kids” (Original TV Airings Only)
- Nina asking a question, and hearing the kid’s responses
- Playing a Goodnight Game by spinning the moonbeam wheel
- Sign Language segment with Nina
- Repeat Airing of Nightly “Leftover” Birthdays from Sunny Side Up (Original TV Airings Only)
- Second Round of Goodnight Gallery (Original TV Airings Only)
- Lucy Light The Way
- Repeat of “Nina asking a question, and hearing the kid’s responses.”
- Star & The Sproutlets getting ready for bed with a song "Brusha Brusha/Rub Scrub."
- Hush Poem/Goodnight Song
Season 6:
- Nina & Star introduce themselves to the audience, sing a short song, read a short poem & learn a word in Spanish
- Nina & Star discuss more about the topic, sing twinkle twinkle & do the Sprout-O-Scope segment
- Nightly “Leftover” Birthdays from Sunny Side Up (Original TV Airings Only)
- Sprout Stretch “Yoga” with Nina
- Lucy Light The Way
- Goodnight Garden, Star having conversations with kids
- Reading another poem, Learning more Spanish words & a word in Sign Language
- Repeat Airing of Nightly “Leftover” Birthdays from Sunny Side Up (Original TV Airings Only)
- Sandy Stories Segment
- Playing a Goodnight Game by spinning the moonbeam wheel (Removed in season 7)
- Cleaning up the treehouse while singing the Cleanup Song
- Nina & Star having one more conversation together before getting Star ready for bed with the "Brusha Brusha/Rub Scrub" Song
- Hush Poem/Goodnight Song
Hosts/Cast
- Nina, played by Michele Lepe, debuted as the permanent host on December 18th, 2006. and was the most popular host with audiences; she did crafts, translated words into Spanish, did ASL sign language, narrated and drew pictures in the sandy story segments, etc. and guest-hosted The Sunny Side Up Show several times.
- Star, a star-shaped puppet, Voiced & Played by Stacia Newcomb, was the show's co-host. Star served as the child character of the show, asking questions about the evening's theme, commenting to Nina about the segment (such as the Goodnight Game), & encouraging viewers to follow him as he performed nighttime routines such as brushing his teeth or reading a bedtime story. Star debuted shortly before the departure of the program's original host, "Melanie." His puppet was changed several times & appears as a character in the prequel animated series Nina's World, living with Nina, even though Star began with the two former hosts before her.
- Lucy The Firefly, who was originally a firefly puppet in seasons 2-5, updated once in Mid-2009, then completely animated in Seasons 6 and 7, used to introduce show segments, featured in such as "Lucy Light the Way"; in this game, viewers were shown parts of a picture (as though they were illuminated by a firefly's light) and then guessed what the picture represented, In Seasons 6/7 She was also used in the "Sprout-o-Scope" segments to help Nina & Star find constellations in the night time sky, She also appears as a character in the prequel Nina's World, living with Nina, even though she was introduced alongside Leo before Nina arrived.
- Hush was a real-life goldfish who was originally used to introduce shows with the original host, but quickly went from a main character to a minor character who would mainly appear at the ending segments of every episode just before & after star goes to sleep with Nina closing the show by saying goodnight and reciting a poem in which viewers were encouraged to "make a wish." He also appeared in the prequel animated series Nina's World living with Nina as a child even though Hush also began with the two former hosts.
Availability
Despite having a 10 Year run and being pretty popular while airing on the Sprout Channel, Most episodes of the show are currently incomplete or lost, with only one DVD release with 3 Episodes Titled "Good Night Stories" [3], 3 Episodes on the Sprout Cubby Tablet, 2 Complete Episodes from Original TV Airings, and incomplete clips from Various Episodes, and although there currently isn't any Official Digital Release, there may have been one for a short period of time on Google Play near the end of the show's run,[4], and while the show was originally airing there were clips available on SproutOnline & Apps like iTunes & Sprout Player, although no longer available since the switch to Universal Kids,[5] also once available on sites such as DigitalPodcasts but the files have since been revoked & no longer accessable,[6] and once available on YouTube as well but the original channel PBSKIDSSprout had all videos privated, [7] and the current channel Peacock jr only has a few clips left.[8]
List of Known Episodes
Season 3
Episode | Status |
---|---|
Sharing | Lost |
Growing | Lost |
Moon | Lost |
Pets | Lost |
Opposites | Lost |
Weather | Lost |
Jobs | Lost |
Reading & Storytelling | Lost |
Exercise | Lost |
Animals | Lost |
Feelings | Lost |
Art | Partially Found |
Holidays | Lost |
Nature | Lost |
Homes | Partially Found |
Sports & Games | Partially Found |
Letters | Partially Found |
Colors | Lost |
Friendship | Lost |
Babies | Lost |
Music | Lost |
Family | Lost |
Around the World | Lost |
Travel | Lost |
Food | Lost |
Imagination & Make Believe | Lost |
Safety | Partially Found |
Hats | Lost |
Numbers | Partially Found |
Shapes | Lost |
Season 4
Episode | Status |
---|---|
Babysitters | Lost |
Grandparents | Partially Found |
Farms | Lost |
Bodies | Partially Found |
Riddles & Rhymes | Partially Found |
Mother's Day 2009 Live Episode | Partially Found |
Where We Live | Lost |
Penguins | Partially Found |
Construction | Lost |
Dance | Partially Found |
Dinosaurs | Lost |
Seasons | Lost |
Bedtime Routines | Partially Found |
Lullabies | Lost |
Bugs & Insects | Lost |
Where We Sleep | Lost |
Dress Up | Lost |
Trains | Lost |
Cats & Dogs | Lost |
Dreams | Partially Found |
Life Underwater | Lost |
Time & Clocks | Partially Found |
School | Partially Found |
Nocturnal Animals | Partially Found |
Snuggley Favorites | Partially Found |
People Who Work At Night | Lost |
Rainy Days | Lost |
Season 5
Episode | Status |
---|---|
Spring | Lost |
Helping Out | Lost |
Creativity | Lost |
Healthy Sproutlets | Lost |
A Sweet Goodnight Treat "Live" 2011 | Partially Found |
Our Earth | Lost |
Parents | Found |
First Steps | Partially Found |
Spanish | Lost |
Fall | Lost |
Neighborhood | Lost |
Wonder | Lost |
Siblings | Partially Found |
Birthdays | Partially Found |
Love | Partially Found |
Summer | Lost |
Lets Get Silly | Partially Found |
Gardens | Lost |
Red, While & Blue | Lost |
Thankfulness | Lost |
Seasons 6 & 7
Episode | Status |
---|---|
Space "2014 Live Episode" | Partially Found |
Dress Up | Found |
Five Senses | Partially Lost |
When I Grow Up | Partially Lost |
Safety First | Partially Lost |
Birthdays |
|
Shadows | Partially Lost |
Gift Giving | Partially Lost |
Rain & Rainbows | Partially Found |
Circus | Partially Found |
Dinosaurs | Partially Found |
Tools | Partially Found |
Reptiles | Partially Found |
Birds | Partially Found |
Parks | Partially Found |
Magic | Partially Found |
Camping | Partially Found |
Heroes | Partially Found |
Sports | Partially Found |
Babies | Partially Found |
Grandparents | Partially Found |
Differences | Partially Found |
Musical | Partially Found |
Bears | Partially Found |
Food | Partially Found |
Desert |
|
Beach | Lost |
Helping Out | Partially Found |
Emotion | Lost |
Theatre | Lost |
Putting on a show | Lost |
Pirates | Lost |
Safari | Lost |
Gardens | Partially Found |
Pets | Partially Found |
Holidays | Partially Found |
Healthy Sproutlets | Partially Found |
Poems | Lost |
Trees | Lost |
Transportation | Lost |
Fish | Lost |
- A few segments that would have aired in the TV version like birthday reminders and the goodnight gallery were intentionally removed for various reasons, and if any episodes were officially digitally released in the future, they would not include those segments. Still, the Goodnight Game segment that is part of every episode is missing from DVD & Digital re-releases for unknown reasons.
Gallery
Host/Cast
New Season Promos & Premiere Dates
Screenshot from season 5 promo, which started on a Monday in mid-late 2009 (Presumed to be Monday, September 21st, 2009)[11]
Miscellaneous/Other
Clips
Other Clips
See Also
The Good Night Show
Bumpers
- Bookworm Bunch (partially found interstitials from PBS Kids channel block; 2000-2001)
- PBS Kids (partially lost schedule bumpers and interstitial material of children's channel block; 1999-present)
- Someday School (partially found PBS Kids channel block; 1998-2000)
PBS
- Christmastime with Mister Rogers (lost holiday TV special; 1977)
- Lamb Chop's Play-Along (partially lost PBS children's puppet series; 1992)
- Mister Rogers' Neighborhood "Mister Rogers Talks About Conflict" (found episode arc of PBS children's educational series; 1983)
- The Puzzle Place (partially found PBS puppet series; 1994-1998)
- Reading Rainbow (found Johnny Kemp opening sequence for PBS children's television series; 1999)
- Storytime (found PBS children's reading series; 1992-1998)
- Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego? "Auld Lang Gone" (non-existent episode of PBS children's game show; 1992)
- Zoom (partially found pilot of revival of 1972 PBS children's series; 1997)
- Zoom (partially found revival of 1972 PBS children's series; 1999-2005)
PBS Kids
- The Charlie Horse Music Pizza (partially lost PBS Kids "Lamb Chop's Play-Along" spin-off series; 1998-1999)
- Curious George (lost test pilot of PBS Kids animated series based on books; existence unconfirmed; 2004/2005)
- Cyberchase: The Poddleville Case (found pilot of PBS Kids animated educational series; 1999)
- Dragon Tales "One Small Step for Cassie" and "Circle of Friends" (lost pilots of PBS Kids animated series; 1999)
- Kratts' Creatures (found PBS children's educational series; 1996)
- Molly of Denali (partially found unaired pilot of PBS Kids animated series; 2018)
- Nature Cat (lost pilot of PBS Kids educational animated series; early 2010s)
- Preschool Musical... On a Stick (partially lost PBS Kids Sprout "High School Musical" parody; 2008)
- Space Race (partially found PBS Kids web series; 2011)
- What's The Big Idea? (lost original pilot of "Sid The Science Kid" PBS Kids CGI animated series; 2007)
- WordWorld (lost 2D/live-action test pilot of PBS Kids CGI animated educational series; existence unconfirmed; 2005)
External Links
- The Complete Theme Song for The Good Night Show, by Tim Burns (Composer).
- The Good Night Show Nina's Yoga Stretches Screenshots.
- Wikipedia page on The Good Night Show.
- Petition to get The Good Night Show digitally released.
References
- ↑ Press release about Esai Morales joining The Good Night Show for Season 7. Retrieved Oct '21
- ↑ The Good Night Show's Season 7 promo. Retrieved Jan '20
- ↑ Amazon listing for The Good Night Show DVD release. Retrieved 24 Oct '19
- ↑ The Good Night Show page on the Google Play store. Retrieved 10 Oct '21
- ↑ Archived Sprout Online page dating back to September 24th 2011. Retrieved 09 Dec '19
- ↑ PBS Kids Sprout digital podcast pages, but files are revoked. Retrieved 09 Dec '19
- ↑ Archived page of the old PBS Kids Sprout YouTube channel showing some videos of The Good Night Show which are now private. Retrieved 09 Dec '19
- ↑ Playlist of The Good Night Show from the current YouTube Channel, which are the last remaining official uploads of this series. Retrieved 09 Dec '19
- ↑ Archived web page of the Sprout Online website dating back to July 7th, 2007, which lists the episodes of The Good Night Show from Season 3. Retrieved 12 Oct '21
- ↑ Archived web page of the Sprout Online website dating back to November 29th, 2011, which lists episodes of The Good Night Show Seasons 4 & 5. Retrieved 28 Oct '19
- ↑ Article Mentioning a New Season of GNS in 2009. Retrieved 7 July '21