“Ready Jet Go!: One Small Step” “Arthur Celebrates Community” “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood: Would You Be Mine Collection” Launching in July

Arlington, VA – June XX, 2019 – This July, PBS Distribution will release PBS KIDS programs including “READY JET GO: ONE SMALL STEP,” “ARTHUR: ARTHUR CELEBRATES COMMUNITY,” and “MISTER ROGERS’ NEIGHBORHOOD: WOULD YOU BE MINE COLLECTION“ on DVD. Kids will join Jet and his friends in READY JET GO! to celebrate the 50^th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, learn about civic duties from ARTHUR, and view specially hand-picked episodes of MISTER ROGERS’ NEIGHBORHOOD. Information about each DVD that is releasing in July is included below.

Families can also find full episodes of PBS KIDS series for free on PBS stations, the PBS KIDS 24/7 Channel and PBS KIDS platforms including pbskids.org and the PBS KIDS Video app.

READY JET GO!: One Small Step

Jet and the gang have a fun night planned with a sleepover in Jet’s backyard, mini-golf, and star-gazing—after all, it’s the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing! When Jet reveals that he’s built a brand new super saucer that can take all the kids (and Sunspot) to the Moon, they HAVE to test it out. After a rough landing, the kids realize that a part of the saucer is broken. With Celery and Carrot’s permission, they decide to have their sleepover on the Moon, but after falling asleep they notice Jet and Sunspot have disappeared! Sydney stays behind to work on the saucer while Sean and Mindy venture out to find their friends.

ARTHUR: Arthur Celebrates Community

Arthur and friends learn about civility, honesty, open-mindedness, compromise, and compassion in “ARTHUR CELEBRATES COMMUNITY.” There are 4 episodes on the DVD, including,When Rivals Come to Roost/The Longest Eleven Minutes. In this episode, Mighty Mountain’s school floods, so the Lakewood Elementary students must share everything with them – including their science fair secrets. And in the second story, the Internet is out! How will Muffy post to her blog? Other episodes included on the DVD are Mr. Ratburn & The Special Someone/The Feud, Muffy’s House Guests/Binky Can’t Always Get What He Wants and Muffy’s Car Campaign/Truth or Poll. ARTHUR has won seven Emmys – four of which are for Outstanding Children’s Animated Program.

MISTER ROGERS’ NEIGHBORHOOD: Would You Be Mine Collection

“MISTER ROGERS’ NEIGHBORHOOD: WOULD YOU BE MINE COLLECTION” is a collection of vintage episodes from the most beloved children’s television host in the world, Fred Rogers. Fans will walk down memory lane with Mister Rogers in these 30 hand-picked episodes to revisit the puppets in the Neighborhood of Make Believe. The collection also includes a bonus episode—a visit to the crayon factory—as well as episodes where performers like the group STOMP and world-renowned cellist, Yo Yo Ma, stop by for a visit. “MISTER ROGERS’ NEIGHBORHOOD: WOULD YOU BE MINE COLLECTION“ contains more than 14 hours of entertainment.

About PBS KIDS

PBS Kids, the number one educational media brand for kids, offers children ages 2-8 the opportunity to explore new ideas and new worlds through television, digital media and community-based programs. PBS KIDS and local stations across the country support the entire ecosystem in which children learn, including their teachers, parents and community. Provided by stations, the free PBS KIDS 24/7 channel and live stream is available to more than 95% of U.S. TV households. Kidscreen- and Webby Award-winning pbskids.org provides engaging interactive content, including digital games and streaming video. PBS KIDS offers mobile apps to help support young children’s learning, including the PBS KIDS Video app, which is available on a variety of mobile devices and on platforms such as Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Android TV and Chromecast. PBS KIDS also offers parent and teacher resources to support children’s learning anytime and anywhere. For more information on PBS KIDS content and initiatives supporting school readiness and more, visit pbs.org/pressroom, or follow PBS KIDS on  Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

About PBS DISTRIBUTION PBS Distribution is a leading distributor of public media content around the world, reaching audiences through multiple platforms and formats including direct-to-consumer subscription video-on-demand (DTC-SVOD), transactional video-on-demand (TVOD), subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) licensing, and physical products on DVD and Blu-ray. In addition, the company operates three streaming channels — PBS MASTERPIECE, PBS KIDS, and PBS LIVING — all on Amazon Prime Video Channels, with PBS LIVING also available on the Apple TV App. Other divisions of the company include: theatrical releasing, educational, non-theatrical, inflight and international licensing businesses.

PBS Distribution offers consumers and educators the highest quality factual, scripted and children’s programming, including films from producer Ken Burns, hit dramas from MASTERPIECE, entertaining and educational children’s series and award-winning documentaries from NOVA, FRONTLINE, AMERICAN MASTERS, NATURE, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE and many independent producers. For over 20 years, the company has extended the reach of programming beyond broadcast while generating revenue for the public television system, stations and producers.

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