Press

29 Feb, 2024

Parents’ Guide to Superbuns – Commons Sense Media

By Fernanda Camargo, Common Sense Media Reviewer – Cheeky preschool comedy saves the day with kindness.

6 Mar, 2022

BYUtv’s ‘Ruby and the Well’ Mixes Irish Touches, Fantasy and Folklore – Patheos

By Kate O’Hare – There’s not much that the whole family can enjoy out there, but Ruby and the Well fits the bill.

26 Feb, 2022

‘Ruby and the Well’ Offers Uplifting Entertainment for the Entire Family – GeekDad

GeekDad review by Michael Knight - Have you ever made a wish? Maybe you wished upon or star or threw a coin into a wishing well or a fountain. What if your deepest wish could come true? Wishes don’t become reality through magic but through the help of others. Ruby and the Well is the story of people helping the wishes of others come true.

23 Feb, 2022

‘Ruby and the Well’ comes to BYUtv -HeraldExtra.com

By Francine Brokaw, Herald Correspondent – In the imaginative new series “Ruby and the Well,” a young girl discovers magic and friendship in her new home. The show has so much promise that a second season has already been ordered before the initial episode airs.

22 Sep, 2020

Mighty Express – Common Sense Media

TV review by Ashley Moulton, Common Sense Media

17 Aug, 2020

Cartoon review: “16 Hudson” – Diverse Tech Geek

By Anthony Dean – “16 Hudson” is an animated series of shorts that debuted in 2018. The show’s set in an apartment building in an unnamed big city. (The show’s title references the building’s address.)

21 Nov, 2019

Arabic-Language Version of ‘Sesame Street’ Will Debut 3 New Muppets – New York Times

By Abdi Latif Dahir – The show, “Ahlan Simsim,” which means “Welcome Sesame” in Arabic, aims to tackle the trauma facing refugee children in the Middle East.

19 Jun, 2019

Ahlan Simsim: A large-scale early childhood intervention for Syria’s refugees and host communities – Brookings

Jenny Perlman Robinson and Marianne Stone – The International Rescue Committee (IRC) has teamed up with Sesame Workshop to deliver the largest early childhood intervention in the history of humanitarian response. This is possible because of a $100 million grant from the MacArthur Foundation in 2017, and as of December 2018 additional support from the LEGO Foundation, recog

5 Sep, 2018

“16 Hudson,” a New Animated Show for Preschoolers, Features Two Gay Dads – GaysWithKids.com

John Hart – 16 Hudson is a new animated show for kids of pre-school age. It focuses on four kids who live in the apartment building at that address who range from ages four to seven: Lili (Iranian), Amala (half-Irish, half-East Indian), Sam (Chinese) and Luc (Haitian). Luc is also adopted by Paul and Bayani, making 16 Hudson the first preschool show to featur