Donald Liebenson

Lifeline Theatre's "Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch" is a happy and heartwarming 50 minutes that ranks with the ensemble's best KidSeries productions. Based on Eileen Spinelli's beloved book, this inventively...

`Harold' navigates his way onto HBO Family channel HBO Family is looking to draw in preschoolers with "Harold and the Purple Crayon," a delightful new animated series airing this week...

New Year's Eve B.C. (Before Cable) offered families the promise of midnights around the television watching such classic fare as Hope-Crosby "Road" movies, Astaire-Rogers musicals and Marx Brothers comedies. These...

Jumpin' Jupiter! Nickelodeon's hoped-for Next Big Thing, "Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius," is now playing in theaters. This G-rated computer-animated adventure originated as an award-winning 1995 video short. Created by director...

What makes America great? Out of the mouths of babes comes "Mini Maestro: America the Beautiful," a celebration of this country's freedoms and opportunities and a salute to "the brave...

"Isn't there anyone," Charlie Brown once lamented, "who knows what Christmas is all about?" It's all about "close friends and family," according to holiday episodes premiering this week on two...

"Walt Disney Treasures," a new collection of Disney DVD sets, dusts off vintage Disney cartoons, nostalgic TV series and specials. "Silly Symphonies," one of four two-disc sets available Tuesday, is...

Mordachei, a quiet little mouse, lives in a noisy synagogue. It's Hanukkah. And then...? Award-winning Chicago storyteller Naomi Leithold is helping families get into the holiday spirit by encouraging children...

It is rare that family films top the annual box-office charts two years running. With the release earlier this month of "Shrek" (currently the best-selling DVD of all time) and...

A little magic may be necessary to conjure up tickets for the eagerly anticipated opening Friday of Chris Columbus' film of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," starring newcomer Daniel...