PBS Kids Go! - Yo Gabba Gabba and Go Go Lingo!

PBS Kids Go! and Boston-based CloudKid are set to launch Fizzy's Lunch Lab (www.pbskidsgo.org/lunchlab) a new health-themed comedy web-only animated series, on November 16. The Lunch Lab will rollout over 10 months (40 weeks), with a new animated video and corresponding activities for kids/families simultaneously featured online. Aimed at younger elementary school kids, the series revolves around the adventures of Professor Fizzy and his pals as they prepare snacks and investigate the difference between good and bad food, and follow where food goes after it is chewed up and swallowed. Funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Fizzy's Lunch lab features a range of short video segments, interactive games and recipes and food facts. The website and webisodes are designed to entertainment and help bring kids and adults together to make healthy food choices, plan and make meals and snacks without making a force-fed experience. Additional resources will be featured at PBS Parents (www.pbsparents.org) and PBS Teachers (www.pbsteachers.org).

A week of new Yo Gabba Gabba! episodes will premiere Monday-Friday, October 12-16 at 1p on Nick Jr. (the channel f/k/a Noggin). The new episodes feature a range of celebrities including Andy Samberg (SNL), The Roots and MGMT as well as Biz Markie in the recurring Biz's Beat of the Day segment, and the great singer/illustrator/composer Mark Mothersbaugh (DEVO) in the recurring Mark's Magic Pictures drawing segment, skateboarder Ray Barbee and Reeve Oliver, Lady Tigra and little Ones. Yo Gabba Gabba! is created by Christian Jacobs and Scott Schultz and is produced by The Magic Store and Wildbrain. The new DVD Yo Gabba Gabba!: Meet My Family, released by Nickelodeon Home Entertainment and distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, will be available at retail on October 20, 2009.

GoGolingo.com (www.gogolingo.com) is new bilingual edutainment site from LA-based Bilingo Club, designed to immerse K3-7 in games and virtual experiences to help them learn Spanish. The story-driven curriculum utilizes interactive activities that build upon a kid's knowledge. The site also has a Tamogotchi-inspired element paring each kid with a virtual pet who accompanies them through the activities.

Ken Warun joins KO Creative as Creative Director. Warun previously served as VP, ABC Entertainment Marketing and Creative Director at Style, E! and GSN. KO Creative has produced a combination of key art, on-air promotions and websites and consumer marketing campaigns for Disney Channel's Hannah Montana and High School Musical, PBS' The Electric Company, MTV's VMAs and The Hills as well as Oxygen's Naughty Kitchen.