Between the Lions

*Between the Lions*
Between the Lions
Genre	Animated, educational children's TV
Created by	Lou Berger; Christopher Cerf; Michael K. Frith; Kathryn Mullen; Norman Stiles;
Starring	Fred Newman; Ruth Westheimer; Puppeteers:; Pam Arciero; Anthony Asbury; Heather Asch; Jennifer Barnhart; Tyler Bunch; Jim Kroupa; Peter Linz; Tim Lagasse; Kathryn Mullen; Noel MacNeal;
Theme music composer	Sarah Durkee; Paul Jacobs
Opening theme	"Between the Lions" (sung by Cindy Mizelle)
Ending theme	"Between the Lions"
Composer	Chris Cerf
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	10
No. of episodes	130 (list of episodes)
Production
Production location	New York City, New York
Running time	26 minutes
Production companies	WGBH-TV (2000–07); WGBH Kids (2008–10); Sirius Thinking, Ltd.;
Original release
Network	PBS Kids
Release	April 3, 2000 –; November 22, 2010

Between the Lions is an American animated/live-action/puppet educational children's television series designed to promote reading. The show is a co-production between WGBH in Boston, Sirius Thinking, Ltd., in New York City, and Mississippi Public Broadcasting (the latter PBS station co-producing from 2005-2010) in Jackson, the distributor from seasons 1–10. The show won nine Daytime Emmy awards between 2001 and 2007. Although it is created by alumni of the fellow PBS children's show Sesame Street and featured guest appearances from some of its characters, Between the Lions was not created by Sesame Workshop, nor was it produced with their involvement in any way. The show premiered on PBS Kids on April 3, 2000, taking over the schedule slot held by The Puzzle Place upon its debut, and ended its original run on November 22, 2010. This TV show is a companion piece to Sesame Street aimed at slightly older children.