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Genre | Educational[2] |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 42 (+3 shorts) |
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Editor | Anna Pivarnik |
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Network | Noggin |
Release | October 25, 1999[1] – October 18, 2005[3] |
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A Walk in Your Shoes is an American educational television series that aired on the Noggin channel.[2] The show documents the experiences of two different people who switch places for a day and learn how the other person lives.[4] The show started out as a series of three shorts, which premiered on October 25, 1999, as part of Noggin's variety series Phred on Your Head Show.[1] The first half-hour episode premiered on April 30, 2000, and the last episode aired on October 18, 2005.
The show was originally aimed at pre-teens. By its third season, it had become a "serious-minded teenage documentary,"[5] with episodes about topics like homelessness, teen pregnancy, living with HIV/AIDS, and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. From 2002 to 2005, the show was a fixture of Noggin's nighttime programming block The N. Noggin called A Walk in Your Shoes "The N's signature series."[6]
The show was critically acclaimed. The episode "Living with HIV/AIDS" won a Peabody Award[7] and a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Award.[8] The episode "Teen Parent" won a Sexual Health in Entertainment Award.[9] The third season was also the recipient of a Parents' Choice Award.