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Childrens' TV: Report Card
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> Wow! Wow! Wubbzy
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Wow! Wow! Wubbzy
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Wow! Wow! Wubbzy
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| NETWORK |
Noggin |
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Educational |
| SHOW DESCRIPTION: |
Wow! Wow! Wubbzy teaches preschoolers about positive values like honesty, tolerance, fairness and cooperation. Each episode takes Wubbzy and his friends on a wacky, wonderful, laugh-filled loopy adventure. And even though they often find themselves in sticky situations, they always find the solution together and sing a song about what they've learned along the way
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Representation |
Does the show use a balanced ratio of male and female characters? |
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Appearance |
How characters are portrayed in terms of their appearance. Does the show use color to identify gender and are broad ranges of features used to illustrate characters? |
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Communication/Interaction |
How characters are portrayed in terms of their communication styles and interactions with other characters. Do they display characteristics such as assertiveness, confidence, sensitivity, kindness, adventurousness, etc.? |
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Leadership & Independence |
How characters are portrayed as leaders or followers. Do they act independently, initiate conversations and actions, show respect for others, etc.? |
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Activities |
How characters are portrayed in terms of their activities and physicality. Are characters portrayed doing only stereotypical activities (girls cheerleading and boys playing sports, for example) or are there a broad range of activities for each? |
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Skill & Intelligence |
How characters are portrayed in terms of their intelligence and abilities. Do they show aptitude with science, technology or math as well as art, dance or music? |
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COMMENTS: Wow! Wow! Wubbzy has a great ensemble cast that includes Wubbzy, a carefree little guy who chases butterflies and plays hopscotch. Widget is a mechanical whiz and owns her own fix-it shop. Walden is an intellectual and loves tackling problems. Daizy is a more stereotypical girl who lives in a flower-shaped house and loves pink, flowers, hearts, rainbows, princesses, unicorns and dolphins. We love that the show portrays boys and girls with broader characters and behaviors but we wish they would not rely upon the color pink to identify the girls (the boys are yellow and purple - much better). Daizy might be turquoise but her clothes and accessories are all pink.
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