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Burton Sued Over Reading Rainbow

By T'Bonz August 8, 2017

Eight years after reviving Reading Rainbow, Star Trek: The Next Generation‘s LeVar Burton is being sued for “hijacking the long-running PBS show.”...

By T'Bonz July 1, 2014

Thanks to the generosity of the fans, LeVar Burton‘s Reading Rainbow Kickstarter is up to almost five million dollars in pledges. 98,153...

By T'Bonz June 12, 2014

Some new perks for the Reading Rainbow Kickstarter were added recently, and will surely be of interest to Trek fans. The perks...

By T'Bonz June 6, 2014

After the success of the initial Reading Rainbow Kickstarter campaign, LeVar Burton wants to go further. The original goal of one million...

By T'Bonz June 5, 2014

A new Funny or Die clip featuring LeVar Burton explores the power of reading. In the clip, Burton finds out that there...

By T'Bonz May 29, 2014

LeVar Burton‘s Reading Rainbow Kickstarter campaign made its target one million dollars in less than a day. The campaign, reported here by...

By T'Bonz May 28, 2014

LeVar Burton has announced an ambitious project to bring Reading Rainbow into more homes and classrooms. The goal of the Kickstarter campaign...

By T'Bonz June 14, 2013

Back on June 6, 1983, Tight Times, the first episode of LeVar Burton‘s Reading Rainbow aired. The series went on for twenty-one...

By T'Bonz July 19, 2012

Star Trek: The Next Generation‘s LeVar Burton visitied the White House Briefing Room yesterday. The actor was there to interview Press Secretary...

By T'Bonz February 7, 2012

Reading Rainbow may have fallen victim to a lack of money and a change in attitude regarding educational television programming, but former...

By T'Bonz February 2, 2012

When LeVar Burton couldn’t get a Twitter cybersquatter to release the Reading Rainbow name, he marshaled his Twitter followers to help him...

By T'Bonz August 28, 2009

The Emmy-winning Reading Rainbow is coming to an end, due to a shift in the philosophy of educational television. Friday marks the...