‘Reading Rainbow’ to return to PBS 20 years after final episode

LeVar Burton arrives at the 84th Annual Peabody Awards held at the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills, CA on Sunday, June 9, 2024
LeVar Burton arrives at the 84th Annual Peabody Awards held at the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills, CA on Sunday, ​June 9, 2024 Photo credit Sthanlee B. Mirador/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Reading Rainbow is heading back to PBS!

Almost twenty years after the original series aired its final episode with LeVar Burton, PBS announced the series’ revival with a new host, internet personality Mychal Threets, also known online as Mychal the Librarian.

The original Reading Rainbow ran from 1983 to 2006, with reruns airing through 2009.  There is no word yet on when the revival will debut on PBS.

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