{"id":22772,"date":"2022-04-07T09:00:07","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T13:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2022-04-07T09:15:03","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T13:15:03","slug":"pbs-kids-greenlights-donkey-hodie-season-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/pbs-kids-greenlights-donkey-hodie-season-two\/","title":{"rendered":"PBS KIDS Greenlights Donkey Hodie Season Two"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Donkey Hodie<\/em>, a puppet series spin-off of <em>Mister Rogers\u2019 Neighborhood<\/em> from Fred Rogers Productions and Spiffy Pictures, has been renewed for a second season by PBS KIDS.<\/p>\n<p>The social-emotional learning series empowers young children to dream big and overcome obstacles by demonstrating skills such as resilience, persistence and problem-solving. Season two is expected to debut in spring 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The new season will feature 25 half-hour episodes and two specials, and it will introduce new characters and locations. It will also feature new storylines, while still modeling and practicing empathy, perspective-taking, understanding, managing feelings and more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWoven into every lighthearted <em>Donkey Hodie<\/em> story is the central theme of resilience, which is an essential skill for children\u2014and it\u2019s one that can be learned,\u201d said Ellen Doherty, chief creative officer at Fred Rogers Productions, who developed the show and serves as an executive producer. \u201cDonkey and her pals model positivity and persistence through stories focusing on being flexible and adapting to change, cooperating with your friends, managing big feelings and more. Giving young children examples of how to overcome obstacles is especially important now, given the unique challenges of the last two years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are excited to tell more silly, surprising and endearing stories as we dive deeper into these beloved characters\u2019 backstories and introduce kids and their families to some new neighbors and locales of the whimsical world of Someplace Else,\u201d said Adam Rudman and David Rudman, co-founders of Spiffy Pictures, who created the show and serve as executive producers.<\/p>\n<p>Sara DeWitt, senior VP and general manager of children\u2019s media and education at PBS, added, \u201cSince its premiere last year, <em>Donkey Hodie<\/em> has brought engaging stories full of fun, humor and important life lessons to kids across the country, helping them to see a world of possibilities. We couldn\u2019t be happier to bring a second season of adventures from Donkey and her friends to PBS KIDS.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donkey Hodie, a puppet series spin-off of Mister Rogers\u2019 Neighborhood from Fred Rogers Productions and Spiffy Pictures, has been renewed for a second season by PBS KIDS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":22773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[3658,146,1982],"class_list":["post-22772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-fred-rogers-productions","tag-pbs-kids","tag-spiffy-pictures","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>PBS KIDS Greenlights Donkey Hodie Season Two - TVKIDS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/pbs-kids-greenlights-donkey-hodie-season-two\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PBS KIDS Greenlights Donkey Hodie Season Two - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Donkey Hodie, a puppet series spin-off of Mister Rogers\u2019 Neighborhood from Fred Rogers Productions and Spiffy Pictures, has been renewed for a second season by PBS KIDS.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/pbs-kids-greenlights-donkey-hodie-season-two\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-04-07T13:00:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-04-07T13:15:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/07\/PBSKIDS-DonkeyHodie-0422.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"365\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/pbs-kids-greenlights-donkey-hodie-season-two\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/pbs-kids-greenlights-donkey-hodie-season-two\/\",\"name\":\"PBS KIDS Greenlights Donkey Hodie Season Two - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-07T13:00:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-07T13:15:03+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/pbs-kids-greenlights-donkey-hodie-season-two\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/pbs-kids-greenlights-donkey-hodie-season-two\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/pbs-kids-greenlights-donkey-hodie-season-two\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"PBS KIDS Greenlights Donkey Hodie Season Two\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\",\"name\":\"TVKIDS\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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