# Over the Reading Rainbow :(

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-the-reading-rainbow/508076>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 28, 2009, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-the-reading-rainbow/508076 "2009-08-28T20:22:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-the-reading-rainbow/508076/1 "2009-08-28T20:22:48Z")

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> **['Reading Rainbow' Reaches Its Final Chapter](https://www.npr.org/2009/08/28/112312561/reading-rainbow-reaches-its-final-chapter)**
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> After 26 years, the beloved children's show hosted by LeVar Burton will disappear from the airwaves. Today, educational funding favors programs that teach kids how to read, rather than why to read.

::sniff:: Sad to see this show go off the air. It introduced our household to a lot of wonderful books.

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**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-the-reading-rainbow/508076/2 "2009-08-28T20:26:51Z")

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Aw, that’s a shame. I’m glad it had as good a run as it did, though.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-the-reading-rainbow/508076/3 "2009-08-28T21:35:35Z")

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Wow, I thought that went off the air ages ago.

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**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-the-reading-rainbow/508076/4 "2009-08-28T21:47:44Z")

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Damn, Reading Rainbow was still on the air? I loved that show when I was a little kid, well over 20 years ago.