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[[File:Reading Rainbow.jpg|thumb|Promotional still for ''Reading Rainbow'' featuring LeVar Burton]]
 
[[File:Reading Rainbow.jpg|thumb|Promotional still for ''Reading Rainbow'' featuring LeVar Burton]]
'''''Reading Rainbow''''' was a television show broadcast by [[PBS|Public Broadcasting Service]] (PBS) that ran from 1983 to 2006, spanning 21 seasons and 155 twenty-minute episodes. Hosted by [[LeVar Burton]], the goal of the show was to inspire a love of books among young viewers. Of particular interest to ''[[Star Trek]]'' was the first episode of season 6 titled "The Bionic Bunny Show".
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'''''Reading Rainbow''''' was a television show broadcast by [[PBS|Public Broadcasting Service]] (PBS) that ran from 1983 to 2006, spanning 21 seasons and 155 twenty-minute episodes. Hosted by [[LeVar Burton]], the goal of the show was to inspire a love of books among young viewers. Of particular relevance to ''[[Star Trek]]'' was the first episode of season 6 titled "The Bionic Bunny Show".
   
Broadcast on {{d|15|August|1988}}, Burton took the viewers on a tour exploring the various behind-the-scenes aspects of shooting a ''Star Trek'' show. Made during the shooting of [[TNG Season 1|TNG first season's]] {{e|Symbiosis}}, it stands amongst the very first "making-of" documentaries of the series (the first according to [[Larry Nemecek]] [http://larrynemecek.blogspot.com/2009/08/closer-look-that-tngreading-rainbow.html]) featuring, among others, interviews with [[Robert Legato]] and a blooper reel. [http://www.tv.com/reading-rainbow/the-bionic-bunny-show/episode/253088/summary.html?tag=ep_guide;summary]
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First broadcast on {{d|15|August|1988}}, Burton took the viewers on a tour exploring the various behind-the-scenes aspects of shooting a ''Star Trek'' show. Made during the shooting of [[TNG Season 1|TNG first season's]] {{e|Symbiosis}}, it stands amongst the very first "making-of" documentaries of the series (''the'' first according to [[Larry Nemecek]] [http://larrynemecek.blogspot.com/2009/08/closer-look-that-tngreading-rainbow.html]) featuring, among others, interviews with [[Robert Legato]] and a blooper reel. [http://www.tv.com/reading-rainbow/the-bionic-bunny-show/episode/253088/summary.html?tag=ep_guide;summary]
   
 
Twenty-four years after it first aired, the segment was included as part of the Bonus Features on disc one of the 2012 [[TNG Season 2 Blu-ray]] set.
 
Twenty-four years after it first aired, the segment was included as part of the Bonus Features on disc one of the 2012 [[TNG Season 2 Blu-ray]] set.

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Reading Rainbow

Promotional still for Reading Rainbow featuring LeVar Burton

Reading Rainbow was a television show broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) that ran from 1983 to 2006, spanning 21 seasons and 155 twenty-minute episodes. Hosted by LeVar Burton, the goal of the show was to inspire a love of books among young viewers. Of particular relevance to Star Trek was the first episode of season 6 titled "The Bionic Bunny Show".

First broadcast on 15 August 1988, Burton took the viewers on a tour exploring the various behind-the-scenes aspects of shooting a Star Trek show. Made during the shooting of TNG first season's "Symbiosis", it stands amongst the very first "making-of" documentaries of the series (the first according to Larry Nemecek [1]) featuring, among others, interviews with Robert Legato and a blooper reel. [2]

Twenty-four years after it first aired, the segment was included as part of the Bonus Features on disc one of the 2012 TNG Season 2 Blu-ray set.

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