DATE: August 31, 2005
   
FOR RELEASE: Immediate
   
CONTACT: Aimee Fisher (609) 777-5058; afisher@njn.org
   

Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks and Danger Rangers
Starting on NJN this fall

STATEWIDE - Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks and Danger Rangers are two exciting kids' shows coming to NJN this fall. Jakers! starts the season with a Labor Day special focusing on kids and their grandparents on Monday, September 5 at 7 am and will air weekdays at 7 am . Danger Rangers premieres on Saturday, September 3, and will air Saturday mornings at 8 am . Check out NJN Kids at njn.net for more fun facts about your favorite NJN kids' shows.

Jakers! draws viewers, ages four through seven, into the imaginative world of Piggley Winks. Grandpa Piggley Winks, the elder family member in a typical contemporary household of American city-dwellers, entertains and educates his grandchildren with tales of his childhood on Raloo Farm in the village of Tara in Ireland . As Grandpa's stories unfold, viewers travel back in time to the comical adventures of the young Piggley Winks, a mischievous pig, and his best friends Ferny, a young bull, and Dannan, a female duck. Piggley and his playmates love to create adventures for themselves in the Irish countryside, all based on their own imaginations.

The animated Danger Rangers uses exciting action adventure stories and upbeat songs to bring life-saving safety information to children through entertainment. The ultimate goal of the series is to help children make better safety-related decisions, educate parents about reducing the risk that their families will be harmed by preventable accidents, and empower communities to reduce the emotional and financial burden of preventable accidents. Danger Rangers is produced by Educational Adventures, LLC., a unique entertainment educational entertainment company inspiring Learning Through Laughter.

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