The Backstreet Boys Bring Down The House On
ARTHUR
Source: Yahoo News
New Back-To-School Prime-Time Special Premieres On PBS
September 1, 2002 www.pbskids.org/arthur/backstreet
BOSTON, MA--(INTERNET WIRE)--Aug 27, 2002 -- The Backstreet Boys--Kevin, AJ,
Howie D., Brian, and Nick--will guest star as animated versions of themselves in the
back-to-school prime time special, ARTHUR "It's Only Rock 'n' Roll," premiering on PBS
Sunday, September 1, 2002, from 8 to 9pm ET (check local listings). "It's Only Rock 'n'
Roll" clips and activities are live now on the ARTHUR Web site at
www.pbskids.org/arthur/backstreet/ Currently one of the most popular Web destinations
for kids, Arthur's Web site logs an average of more than one million visitors per month.
Features available on the ARTHUR "It's Only
Rock 'n' Roll" site:
Watch music video clips from the "It's Only
Rock 'n' Roll" special featuring the Backstreet
Boys. (Available in Quicktime or Real Player)
Download the lyrics for the two original songs
written for the special.
Print out the official ARTHUR "It's Only Rock 'n'
Roll" poster featuring the Backstreet Boys
alongside Arthur and his friends.
Print out coloring sheets of the Backstreet Boys
as ARTHUR characters, as well as Francine's
own band, U Stink.
www.pbskids.org/arthur/backstreet/
ARTHUR is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston
and CINAR Corporation. Executive producers
are Carol Greenwald and Peter Moss. Bill
Shribman is the executive producer of the
ARTHUR Web site. Funding for ARTHUR is
provided by a Ready-To-Learn Television
Cooperative Agreement for the U.S.
Department of Education, through the Public Broadcasting Service, and public
television viewers. Corporate funding is provided by Libby's� Juicy Juice�, Post�
Alpha-Bits� Cereal, and LEGO�. ARTHUR is closed captioned for deaf and
hard-of-hearing viewers by The Caption Center at WGBH Boston and described for
blind and visually impaired audiences by Descriptive Video Service� (DVS�) at WGBH.
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features more than 100,000 pages of content as well as companion Web sites for
nearly 400 PBS programs and specials. In January 2000, Yahoo! put PBS.org at the
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