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We love Charlie and Lola everso much. And U.K.-based executive producer Claudia Lloyd is awfully charming, too. Sit down with some biscuits and juice and read our email interview with her after the jump. 

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You might not know Dr. Laura Brown by name, but thanks in large part to her, the shows your preschoolers are watching are smart. Get an explanation (and read our interview with Laura) after the jump.

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Today, part two of our interview with the Imagination Movers. Could we have edited some of this down? Oh yeah, probably. But these four men will be in your living room every Saturday morning, entertaining your offspring. You probably want to know exactly how they got there and what their intentions are…right?

You know the drill: Read the interview. Catch the clip. Set your TiVo and watch. Then let us know what you think.

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If I like something, I really, really like it. But don’t let that Pollyanna-ish habit of mine dull my loudly ringing bells-and-whistles endorsement of the new Playhouse Disney show, Imagination Movers. Check out the first part of our Q&A with the guys (three-fourths of whom are dads to young kids) as well as a clip of the show after the jump. 

 – Posted by Stephanie Booth

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Dan Povenmire and Jeff “Swampy” Marsh first met back in the nineties as layout artists on The Simpsons. It took a looong time for them to get their own animated comedy on the air, but they persisted. You might have heard of their little show that could – Phineas and Ferb? Which airs on The Disney Channel? And ranks as, oh, TV’s #1 animated series among kids 6-11? And just got picked up for a 39-ep second season? And just got nominated for two Emmys? Sorry. Are we gushing?

The point is, the show’s brilliantly funny – without sacrificing niceness. Povenmire and Marsh, Phineas and Ferb’s creators and co-exec producers, took a few minutes out of their busy day to explain why. Read the rest of this entry »

No one can accuse Dade Hayes of being a slacker. The dad of two young kids and the assistant managing editor of Variety, he’s also just penned a compulsively readable book, Anytime Playdate: Inside the Preschool Entertainment Boom, or How Television Became My Baby’s Best Friend. Some of our fave parts: Learning that Dora (yes, that Dora) was first an Irish redhead named Nina, and a raccoon before that. Why you’ll never see a “Baby Goodall” on the shelf next to all those Baby Einsteins. And the revelation of just how insidious TV merchandising is.

Check out our interview with Dade after the jump. You’ll finally understand why kids adore Barney, even though he makes your skin crawl.

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