Donald Liebenson

Amy Tan's best-selling children's book "Sagwa, the Chinese Cat" is about to get another life as a PBS animated series. Set in ancient China, "Sagwa" joins Nickelodeon's "Dora the Explorer"...

Vote for "Major Flake"! This partisan announcement is made in anticipation of Sunday's "Big Pick," when Cartoon Network announces at 8 p.m. which one of 10 animated cartoons viewers have...

"Oswald," premiering at 7 p.m. Monday, is a delightfully off-center addition to Nickelodeon's stable of preschool franchises. Created by award-winning children's author and illustrator Dan Yaccarino, Oswald is a cheerful...

Just when you thought it was safe to turn on Discovery Channel, its 14th annual "Shark Week" begins at 8 p.m. Sunday with "Air Jaws: Sharks of South Africa." This...

Bobby and Peter Farrelly would seem to be in their element with "Osmosis Jones," opening Friday. Bodily functions have played a major role in the brothers' gross-out oeuvre ("There's Something...

Two theatrical releases opening Friday may split audiences into Mars and Venus camps, with the arrival of PG-13-rated "Rush Hour 2" and Disney's G-rated "The Princess Diaries." "Rush Hour 2"...

Producers call Tim Burton's PG-13-rated "Planet of the Apes" (opening Friday) a "revisit" rather than a remake. But fans of the original won't recognize the place. Don't look for the...

"Jurassic Park III," opening Wednesday, is one of this summer's few remaining E-ticket movies vying for blockbuster status. Sam Neill is back in action as paleontologist Dr. Alan Grant, who...

On "Dragon Tales," the popular PBS preschool series, Emmy, 6, and her brother Max, 4, learn invaluable life lessons in each 10-minute cartoon. For beleaguered parents who don't live in...

As America readies to celebrate the 4th of July, Cartoon Network gets into the patriotic spirit with a very special hourlong edition of "Toon Heads," its weekly foray into the...