LeVar is Back

In August of 2009, Reading Rainbow finished its 26-year run on TV. LeVar Burton had left two years earlier, citing philosophical differences with the show's new owners: Educate, Inc., the parent company of Sylvan Learning Centers and Hooked on Phonics.  Now Burton is part of a group bringing Reading Rainbow back as an IPad app. The following video is an interview with LeVar Burton explaining the new format for RR.   




For those of you without an IPad (or without the extra cash for the subscription service that you need for the IPad app), all the episodes for the original Reading Rainbow can be found here at YouTube. Here is one of the earliest episodes, with a much younger LeVar Burton presenting Louis the Fish.