is Odd-tober, PBS KIDS Premieres New ODD SQUAD Special and Halloween Programming

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THIS ODD-TOBER, PBS KIDS PREMIERES NEW ODD SQUAD SPECIAL AND HALLOWEEN PROGRAMMING

October is Odd-tober on PBS KIDS, with special programming and digital content all month long

Arlington, VA, September 15, 2015 This October is Odd-tober on PBS KIDS, with an all-new ODD SQUAD one-hour special and the return of Halloween-themed family favorites from various series. Related games, clips and full episodes will also be available on PBS KIDS digital platforms throughout the month.

October is an especially exciting time for children, and PBS KIDS is proud to offer engaging media content across platforms throughout the month, said Lesli Rotenberg, General Manager, Children's Media, PBS. From triumphing over odd villains with Olive and Otto in ODD SQUAD to dressing up in costumes with Daniel Tiger and friends, kids will have the chance to join their favorite PBS KIDS characters on adventures all Odd-tober' long and explore math, problem-solving and teamwork along the way.

On Monday, October 5, PBS KIDS will premiere ODD SQUAD: Against the Odds, an all-new one-hour special from PBS KIDS' newest hit series. Against the Odds will include five 11-minute stories with Olive, Otto and the rest of the gang as they solve the community's strange problems (descriptions follow). The special will repeat throughout the week of October 5 and will be available free on pbskids.org and the PBS KIDS Video App. ODD SQUAD, a live-action series from The Fred Rogers Company that premiered on PBS KIDS last year, is designed to help kids ages 5-8 build math, problem-solving and collaboration skills.

Odd-tober will continue on PBS KIDS throughout the week of October 25-31 with the return of family Halloween favorites, including the hit one-hour special CURIOUS GEORGE: A Halloween Boo Fest. Favorite episodes from PBS KIDS series such as DANIEL TIGER'S NEIGHBORHOOD, WILD KRATTS, PEG CAT and DINOSAUR TRAIN will also air throughout the week (a full listing of episodes follows). Families will be able to play Halloween games and stream the Halloween-themed episodes free on pbskids.org and the PBS KIDS Video App.

To complement the Halloween fun, PBS Distribution recently released three new Halloween-themed DVDs from CAILLOU, PEG CAT and WORDWORLD. From carving a jack-o'-lantern with Caillou to going on a trick-or-treating adventure with Peg and Cat, these DVDs include laugh-out-loud stories full of Halloween excitement. The new DVDs are CAILLOU: CAILLOU'S HALLOWEEN, PEG CAT: A TOTALLY AWESOME HALLOWEEN and WORDWORLD: HALLOWEEN FUN. Each DVD has an SRP of $6.99.

ODD SQUAD: Against the Odds premieres Monday, October 5 (check local listings)

Five all-new 11-minute stories are packed into a super special hour:

Undercover Olive (Parts 1 and 2): In this half-hour episode, Olive goes undercover in a high-stakes Rock, Paper, Scissors game.

The Curious Case of Pirate-itis : Otto and Oscar try to stop Olive from turning into a pirate.

Not So Splash : Olive and Otto must figure out why parts of the town are turning snowy and cold in the middle of summer.

By the Book : Olive and Otto interrogate two suspects to figure out which one is innocent and which one is guilty.

Halloween Programming airs October 25-31

Check local listings for airdates and times.

ARTHUR

Hick or Treat/ Mr. Alwaysright

Tales of Grotesquely Grim Bunny/ Pet Projects

CAILLOU

Caillou Loves the Fall

Fall Is in the Air

THE CAT IN THE HAT KNOWS A LOT ABOUT THAT!

Trick or Treat/ King Cecil the Seahorse

Aye Aye!/ Trick or Treat

CURIOUS GEORGE

CURIOUS GEORGE: A Halloween Boo Fest

Night of the Weiner Dog/ Animal Trackers

DANIEL TIGER'S NEIGHBORHOOD

Katerina's Costumes/ Dress up Day

DINOSAUR TRAIN

Haunted Roundhouse/ Big Pond Pumpkin Patch

One Big Frog/ Caving with Vlad

Night Train/ Fossil Fred

MARTHA SPEAKS

Martha Gets Spooked/ Martha Changes Her Luck

Martha: Deadline Doggie/ It's the Giant Pumpkin, Martha

TD's Magic/ Scaredy Cat

PEG CAT

The Halloween Problem

THOMAS & FRIENDS

Tricks & Tales

Spooky Charms

WILD KRATTS

Secrets of the Spider's Web

A Bat in the Brownies

Little Howler

WORDGIRL

Tobey's Tricks and Treats/ Escape Wham

Images, descriptions and other materials from all PBS KIDS series are available on PBS PressRoom.

ODD SQUAD and PEG CAT are funded in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and the U.S. Department of Education through the Ready To Learn Initiative, which supports the development of innovative educational television and digital media targeted at preschool and early elementary school children and their families.

About PBS KIDS

PBS KIDS, the number one educational media brand for kids, offers all children the opportunity to explore new ideas and new worlds through television, digital platforms and community-based programs. Kidscreen- and Webby-award winning pbskids.org provides engaging interactive content, including digital games and streaming video. PBS KIDS also offers mobile apps to help support young children's learning. The PBS KIDS Video App is available on a variety of mobile devices and on platforms such as Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, Xbox One and Chromecast. For more information on specific PBS KIDS content supporting literacy, science, math and more, visit pbs.org/pressroom, or follow PBS KIDS on Twitter and Facebook.

About CPB

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), a private, nonprofit corporation created by Congress in 1967, is the steward of the federal governments investment in public broadcasting. It helps support the operations of more than 1,400 locally owned and operated public television and radio stations nationwide, and is the largest single source of funding for research, technology and prog

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