PBS KIDS Premieres Five All-new Episodes of Top-rated DANIEL TIGER S NEIGHBORHOOD with Daniel s Big Feelings Week

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Image Credit: Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood 2014 The Fred Rogers Company

PBS KIDS PREMIERES FIVE ALL-NEW EPISODES OF TOP-RATED DANIEL TIGER'S NEIGHBORHOOD WITH DANIEL'S BIG FEELINGS WEEK

In new episodes, airing February 17-21, Daniel and his friends learn to tackle the emotions that come with being a little kid in a big world.

Arlington, VA, January 23, 2014 This February, PBS KIDS will feature a special week of the top-rated DANIEL TIGER'S NEIGHBORHOOD, with the debut of five new episodes that focus on the big emotions that young children experience. In Daniel's Big Feelings Week, which airs from February 17 to 21, Daniel Tiger and his friends will help children and families learn strategies for dealing with feelings of jealousy, disappointment, frustration and empathy. Episodes from Daniel's Big Feelings Week will be available on DVD starting February 25, when the first DANIEL TIGER'S NEIGHBORHOOD DVDs, Daniel's Big Feelings and Life's Little Lessons, will be released wherever DVDs are sold.

A new DANIEL TIGER'S NEIGHBORHOOD game, Let's Make Believe, launches on pbskids.org/daniel in February. In this game, children make choices for Daniel's make-believe play, finding encouragement for their own imaginative ideas and building creative thinking, visualizing and problem-solving skills.

DANIEL TIGER'S NEIGHBORHOOD helps our youngest viewers build the skills that research shows are critical for success in school and in life, said Lesli Rotenberg, General Manager, Children's Programming, PBS. With Daniel's Big Feelings Week,' we are excited to offer families new strategies to help them deal with challenging emotions that arise in the life of any preschooler from how to cope with feeling sad or left out to managing frustration. Other episodes of the popular series throughout the week will help children learn important concepts like empathy and understanding differences between people.

Fred Rogers understood that it is vital for young children to develop positive emotional and social skills, and the five new episodes in Daniel's Big Feelings Week' bring his gentle lessons to today's preschool viewers in a fun and memorable way, said Paul Siefken, Vice President, Broadcast and Digital Media, The Fred Rogers Company. The new stories will help further Fred's enduring legacy with both parents and children, and we are excited to introduce this week of special shows for Daniel fans of all ages.

Angela C. Santomero, Series Creator and Co-Executive Producer, added, In Daniel's Big Feelings Week,' and in every episode, Daniel brings young viewers directly into his world so that they can learn right alongside him and his friends as they navigate life from a preschool perspective. The catchy musical strategies that are an integral part of each story stick with kids and parents and continue to support them long after the episode is over.

DANIEL TIGER'S NEIGHBORHOOD, which debuted on PBS KIDS in September 2012, is the first television series produced by The Fred Rogers Company since the iconic MISTER ROGERS' NEIGHBORHOOD. Every episode of the well-loved show features two endearing stories starring four-year-old Daniel Tiger and his best friends, who invite young viewers to come with them on fun adventures as they explore the colorful Neighborhood of Make-Believe. Series creator Angela C. Santomero (SUPER WHY, Blue's Clues), from lead production partner Out of the Blue Enterprises, is co-executive producer of the show, along with Kevin Morrison of The Fred Rogers Company and Vince Commisso of the award-winning animation studio 9 Story Entertainment.

Episode air dates and descriptions follow. High-resolution images from Daniel's Big Feelings Week are available on PBS PressRoom; screeners and clips are available upon request.

Daniel's Big Feelings Week Episode Air Dates and Descriptions

Duckling Goes Home/Daniel Feels Left Out (#135) Premieres February 17, 2014

Duckling Goes Home : Today at school, the children find out that Ducky has grown too big to be their classroom pet and it's time to take him back to the farm. This news is very upsetting, especially to Daniel and Miss Elaina. The children cope with their sadness in different ways and soon they feel a little bit better.

Daniel Feels Left Out : On their way home from the Neighborhood grocery store, Dad and Daniel stop by the Treehouse to say hello. O the Owl and Katerina Kittycat have been playing together all day, and are even going to have dinner together. When it is time to go home with Dad, Daniel feels left out and sad. Back at home, Mom and Dad Tiger help Daniel with his sad feelings and he soon starts to feel better.

Strategy: It's ok to feel sad sometimes; little by little youll feel better.

Daniel Gets Frustrated/Frustration at School (#136) Premieres February 18, 2014

Daniel Gets Frustrated : Daniel is staying at home with Mom Tiger today. He really wants to play with Prince Wednesday, but the prince is visiting his cousin Chrissie. He asks Mom if they can go to Music Man Stan's shop, but they cant because it is closed. Daniel gets really frustrated when it seems that he's unable to do anything he wants to do. With some guidance from Mom, Daniel learns how to work through his frustration.

Frustration at School : Daniel and his friends are playing restaurant at school and Daniel feels frustrated when he can't find the toy he is looking for. Teacher Harriet helps him realize that the right thing to do is to take a step back and ask for help.

Strategy: When you're frustrated, take a step back and ask for help.

Daniel Is Jealous/Jealousy at the Treehouse (#138) Premieres February 19, 2014

Daniel Is Jealous : Daniel and Katerina are

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