The Evening Show

**The Evening Show** was a Nighttime Block that aired on Kidville from July 27, 1995 (the same day as Kidville's launch) to March 31, 2007 (a month before Omniversal Kids was announced, and launched in July that year).

## Premise

This block is designed to get children ready to go to sleep.

Activities and games generally revolve around a theme, and take place between theme-appropriate episodes of Kidville shows. These themes include issues of interest to pre-school children and their parents, such as imaginary friends, teddy bears, pirates, space, trains, or watermelons.

## Hosts and Characters

* Celina (portrayed by Caroline Burruss) - A woman who does activities to wind down Roly Mo every night.
* Roly Mo - A yellow mole who wants to have fun instead of going to bed, but does so at the end of the block.
* Harper - Celina's pet hamster, whom she and the Kidvillelets would often turn to "make a wish" at the end of the block.
* Louie - Celina's firefly who would light the way to Kidville shows.
* Paul McGinnis - Hosted the block from September to December 1996, replacing Meredith and was later replaced by Celina.
* Meredith Baker - The original host of the block.

## Structure

When Mouse, Dragonfly, and Unicorn launched, the characters would put on a reminder before 6 PM that they are “going home” and would say goodbye right after The show that aired 5:30 PM.

When The Kidville Programming Show came along in 2004, Like Mouse, Dragonfly, and Unicorn, Laila and Tyler did Put on a reminder.

It would start 6 PM, when Celina and Roly have just came home after an exciting day. They would discuss the viewers about what they did today. The first show on the Block is You & Me.

The 2nd and 3rd Shows are "Today's Birthdays" (from The Kidville House Show) and Tristan & Friends.

After discussing the day, the (most of the time) first song, “Cleaning Up” would be sung by Celina while Roly listens, leading into Young Hercules.

Then after Elliot Moose (later Bedtime Business), another song would be heard called “Nice n' Clean”, which was sung by Roly as he cleaned himself. Then it transitions to the next show, Bath Tubbies.

After the Clean song, Celina would get Roly ready for bed, leading into Morcar.

Then right after the last show of the Day (Kipper, which later switched places with Tristian), Celina would make a wish with Harper and say goodnight. After that, either an online promo or the Bedtime Business song plays shortly before *Ian*. The Block would air repeats at 9:00pm and 12:00am.

By 2007, shortly before Kidville rebranded as Omniversal Kids, The Evening Show was let go. However, the block lives on in a spin-off called Celina's World, which focuses on Celina's animated life as a kid. Roly, Harper, and Louie are present as well.

## Shows aired

* *Camberwick Green*
* *Ovide and the Gang*
* *Garfield & Friends*
* *James the Ferret*
* *You & Me*
* *Tristan & Friends*
* *Elliot Moose*
* *Bedtime Business*
* *Step Inside*
* *Bobby's World*
* *Ian*
* *Manon*
* *Young Hercules*
* *Charlotte, the French Cat*
* *The Story Makers*
* *Celina's World*
* *Celina's Little Stories*
* *71 Jungle Avenue*
* *Poko*
* *Nanalan'*
* *Leonie Lionheart*
* *Squeaky, Hoot, and Don*
* *Bill and Ben*
* *Ovide and the Gang*
* *Bath Tubbies*
* *Morcar*

## Critiscm and Controversy

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Original host Meredith Baker was in a PSA called Older (1991). The PSA is inappropriate for a preschool audience, since it was about not getting pregnant. After Meredith became a host of The Evening Show when Kidville launched, the PSA was removed from the website it was on, technicalvirgin.com. Meredith complained to the Kidville technical crew about the PSA. She was subsequently fired.

A 1999 study proved this block was making kids sleep less.

## Trivia

* On Holidays like Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve, Kidville showed Kidville's Snooze-a-Thon, a continuous stream of Characters sleeping order to convince kids to do the same.