The Good Night Show with Nina & Star (partially found PBS Kids Sprout series; 2006-2017)

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3rd host Nina and Star.

Status: Partially Found

The Goodnight Show is a TV show that plays between other shows on Sprout (now known as Universal Kids) that aired between 2005-2017 with the first episode airing September 26th, 2005, and ended when Sprout switched to Universal Kids in 2017. The hosts were Nina and Star from 2006-2017, with previous hosts Melanie and Leo from 2005-2006.

Premise

The Good Night Show features a variety of segments. Some of the segments were removed in 2012 for unknown reasons.

The first segment involves a different form of constellations as Nina and Star look at the sky with their telescope, and will usually have nighttime birthday remainders from The Sunny Side up Show. The second segment features an animated game titled Lucy, Light the Way!, where Lucy, a firefly puppet, (who introduces the shows that come between the block), will light up and viewers need to guess where Lucy is. The third segment involves a different craft based on the day’s theme. The crafts were removed in 2012, and were replaced by the Sandy Story segment, where Nina would tell a story and draw the pictures in the sand. The fourth segment involves Nina and Star to spin a moonbeam wheel, play a goodnight game, and translate a word in Spanish.

The quarter-final segment deals with cleaning up, where Nina and Star put up a musical number to sing. The final segment involves Nina to encourage viewers to give their wishes to Hush, their pet goldfish, with a poem and the goodnight song, Before or after that, Sprout friends sleeping to the iconic Pajanimals song La-La-Lullaby. The Pajanimals song was removed in 2016.

In later episodes, there were some special guests and went live in the sunshine barn from The Sunny Side up Show a couple of times

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 original host was Melanie until August 2006 when the network found some raunchy videos online and fired her, and for a short period of time, the second host was Leo aka Noel MacNeal who came up with Lucy the Firefly. The 3rd and the final host was Nina aka Michele Lepe and stayed host until 2017.

Hosts/Cast

Nina, played by Michele Lepe, debuted as the permanent host on December 18th, 2006. Lepe's fourth season premiered on November 7th, 2009. and her fifth season premiered on August 27th, 2012. The sixth season premiered on July 27th, 2015. Michele (as Nina) guest-hosted The Sunny Side up Show in 2014.

Star, a star-shaped puppet, portrayed 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 Good-Night Game), or 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 updated on November 7th, 2011 and again on August 27th, 2012. He appeared as a character in the prequel Nina's World, living with Nina, even though Star accompanied Melanie and Leo prior to Nina's arrival.

Lucy was a firefly puppet used to introduce show segments. She was also featured in games, 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. Her puppet was updated in mid-2009. 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 show segments. He appeared at the end of every show, with Nina closing the show by saying goodnight and reciting a poem in which viewers were encouraged to "make a wish." He appears in the prequel Nina's World living with Nina as a child even though he began with Melanie.

Episodes

While it is not fully known how many episodes were produced/aired, There are currently 90-Ish Confirmed episodes confirmed to exist but considering that almost the entire series is lost as of October 24th, 2019, the following episodes have been found in some form :

1 complete episode titled "Parents".
3 mostly complete episodes on DVD titled "Birthdays", "Shadows", and "Gift Giving".
3 partially found episodes "Dinosaurs", "Circus", and "Sports".
Other episodes with only 1-2 clips found.

Note: According to some reviews for the DVD the one segment missing from the 3 episodes is the Moonbeam Wheel/Goodnight Game, considering that Pajanimals is not actually part of the main show and the today's birthdays were part of the sunny side up show, 2 completely different shows that aired between certain parts of the goodnight show segments

List of known episodes

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Episode	Status
Time & Clocks	Lost
Exercise	Lost
Food	Lost
Holidays	Lost
Dreams	Lost
Life Underwater	Lost
School	Lost
Nocturnal Animals	Lost
Babysitters	Lost
Farm	Partially Found, Check Playlist
Riddles & Rhymes	Lost
Penguins	Lost
Construction	Lost
Dance	Lost
Dinosaurs	Partially Found, Check Episodes
Bedtime Routines	Lost
Snuggly Favorites	Partially Found, Check Clips
Rainy Days	Lost
Grandparents	Lost
Bodies	Partially Found, Check Playlist
Where we live	Lost
Seasons	Lost
Lullabies	Lost
Bugs & Insects	Lost
Where we sleep	Lost
Dress Up	Lost
Trains	Lost
Cats & Dogs	Lost
Sharing	Lost
Sports & Games	Lost
Homes	Lost
Spanish	Lost
Love	Partially Found, Check Playlist
Siblings	Partially Found, Check Clips
Healthy Sproutlets	Lost
Lets Get Silly	Lost
Red, While & Blue	Lost
Gardens	Partially Found, Check Playlist
Birthdays	Found, DVD Only
Wonder	Lost
Our Earth	Lost
Thankfulness	Lost
Letters	Partially Found, Check Playlist
Jobs	Lost
Growing	Lost
Moon	Lost
First Steps	Lost
Family	Lost
Parents	Found
Babies	Partially Found, Check Playlist
Friendship	Lost
Colors	Lost
Reading & Storytelling	Lost
Shapes	Lost
Numbers	Lost
Hats	Lost
Safety	Lost
Imagination & Make Believe	Lost
Travel	Lost
Around the World	Lost
Animals	Partially Found, Check Playlist
Feelings	Lost
Art	Partially Found, check clips
Nature	Lost
Creativity	Lost
Camping	Partially Found, Check Playlist
Heroes	Partially Found, Check Playlist
Sports	Partially Found, Check Episodes
Five Senses	Lost
Fish	Lost
Beach	Lost
Circus	Partially Found, Check Episodes
Desert	Lost
Transportation	Lost
Trees	Lost
Gift Giving	Found, DVD Only
Space "2014 Live Episode"	Partially Found, Check Playlist
Weather	Lost
Shadows	Found, DVD Only
Poems	Lost
Helping Out	Lost
People who work at night	Lost
Theatre	Lost
Putting on a show	Lost
Reptiles	Lost
Pirates	Lost
Musical	Lost
Birds	Lost
Safari	Lost
Emotion	Lost

Availability

While it was popular when it Aired on the Sprout channel, there are only a few episodes available and a few clips for some mostly lost episodes on YouTube. Only one DVD has been released and there is currently not any digital release. Allegedly, there may have been a short period of time where you could have been able to purchase some segments/episodes on the Google Play store.