Reading Rainbow
Gregory, the Terrible Eater
TV Flash files “Gregory, the Terrible Eater” as hour 11 of 155 in the TV Flash guide — Reading Rainbow (1983–2006) on PBS, season 1, episode 11, aired 1983-06-20, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E11: listed hour 11 of 155 in the Reading Rainbow guide, hour 11 of 15 in season 1. It aired 1983-06-20 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “The Gift of the Sacred Dog” (S01E10). Next is “Three by the Sea” (S01E12).
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LeVar explores how people as well as animals need a nutritionally balanced diet. Join him on a fun-filled trip to the San Diego Zoo, Billy and Nanny's Barnyard Café and visit with a famous New York chef.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Gregory, the Terrible Eater sit in the Reading Rainbow guide?
S01E11 is listed hour 11 of 155 — hour 11 of 15 in season 1, season 1 episode 11.
When did Reading Rainbow S01E11 air?
Gregory, the Terrible Eater aired 1983-06-20 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Is it only for kids?
PBS literacy as after-school adventure. Adults return for Burton and the catchphrase. The Kickstarter revival proved nobody actually outgrew the librarian on camera.
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Why this series still plays
LeVar Burton takes you into a book, then kids review it, then the catchphrase: you don't have to take his word for it. PBS literacy as after-school adventure, with field-trip segments that treated reading as a passport. A generation's librarian on camera — the Kickstarter revival proved nobody actually outgrew him.
The catchphrase is the contract. PBS, premiere 1983 through 2006: LeVar Burton introduces books, field trips, and kid reviews that sell the joy of reading — you don't have to take his word for it. Reading Rainbow, from Twila Liggett, Cecily Truett Lancit, and Larry Lancit, made literacy appointment television. After-school adventure treated reading as a passport: theme song as permanent childhood earworm, multiple Daytime Emmys, Burton as a generation's librarian on camera. If you came for a blotter item about a…
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- LeVar Burton as Host
LeVar Burton’s breakthrough as young Kunta Kinte on Roots made miniseries history — eight ABC nights, event television that forced a nation to watch and talk together. Later Star Trek: TNG and Reading Rainbow sealed educator-icon status.…