Watching TV will turn your child’s brain to mush—unless, of course, she happens to be engrossed in one of these whip-smart, trendsetting series.
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Our experts
• Bob Boyle, creator and executive producer of Nick Jr’s Wow Wow Wubbzy
• Polly Draper, creator of The Naked Brothers Band, sometime actress (Thirtysomething)
• Louise A. Gikow, writer for Muppet Babies
• David W. Kleeman, president of the American Center for Children and Media
• Linda Simensky, vice president of kids’ programming at PBS
• Sally Syberg, executive producer of the animation studio Speakeasy FX
• Pat Tobin, founder of Relevant Research, a children’s-media research firm
• Nat and Alex Wolff, stars of The Naked Brothers Band
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