| Between the Lions | |
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| Genre | Family Puppetry Animation Preschool Children's Musical Adventure Comedy Fantasy Educational Sketch Comedy Animated series Slapstick |
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| 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) |
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| Production locations | New York City, New York Jackson, Mississippi |
| Running time | 26 minutes |
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| Network | PBS Kids |
| Release | April 3, 2000 – November 22, 2010 |
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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 and Sirius Thinking, Ltd., in New York City, in association with Mississippi Public Broadcasting, 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, Between the Lions was not created by Sesame Workshop, nor was it produced with their involvement in any way. The show ran on PBS Kids from April 3, 2000 to November 22, 2010, taking over the schedule slot held by The Puzzle Place upon its debut. This TV show was a companion piece to Sesame Street aimed at slightly older children.