SeeMore's Playhouse™ is produced by Safety4Kids LLC and King Features and is presented by Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB). SeeMore’s Playhouse™ is an award-winning[1] national TV show that teaches children the basics of safety and well-being in their daily lives. The show is presented in an engaging and entertaining way that captures and maintains children’s attention with lively, upbeat songs, hilarious story lines and a colorful and adorable cast of cuddly, unforgettable characters. Underlying each episode are vital safety themes that inform children about today’s real-life safety and health issues. Each show helps them practice safe habits and behavior that will make them feel more self-confident and empowered.
By capturing and maintaining their attention, each episode helps children to retain important safety messages that will help prevent injuries and keep them safe. Starring SeeMore the Safety Seal, the program blends puppetry, animation, and catchy sing-along music. In the playhouse, SeeMore and friends such as Basil the Wombat, hilarious Harry the Hippo, Barb the Porcupine, and Shades the Wolf—created by award-winning Sesame Street puppet designer Syd Hap—play and learn lessons about growing up safe and healthy.
In each episode, the characters seamlessly integrate habits and behavior that encourage safety awareness, self-confidence, and empowerment. In one episode, “Basil’s Surprise”, SeeMore arranges for a surprise birthday party for Basil Wombat. Basil loves fire trucks, so SeeMore has arranged to have a fire engine-themed party. The other characters struggle to keep the secret as they bake Basil’s cake, prepare decorations, and await the arrival of a real firefighter to teach everyone important rules of fire safety.
Launched nationally in September 2006, SeeMore’s Playhouse™ now reaches over 53 million homes throughout the country, including the major markets of New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas and Philadelphia, and is projected to reach 64 million homes by February 2008. SeeMore's Playhouse™ also reaches all 20 countries in Latin America in Spanish and Portugese. SeeMore’s Playhouse™ is being distributed by American Public Television, which annually distributes more than 10,000 hours of programming to nearly 250 public television stations nationwide.
[1] 2 Emmy® Awards 2007, The iParenting Award 2006, Aurora Gold Award 2006, Children’s Youth Category Award, and 2 Telly Awards in 2007.