TVO’s Opie says hi to Ontario tots

TORONTO - TVO will soon premiere a new children's series, Hi Opie!, about a 5-year-old who navigates his way through the struggles and successes of kindergarten for the first time.Hi Opie! is a TVO developed (marblemedia-produced) live-action series, teaching preschoolers kindergarten readiness skills, helping to ease their transition from home to school, says the public broadcaster’s release. The show features Opie, a custom-built puppet created by Jim Henson's Creature Shop, as he interacts with new real kid friends, gets to know his teachers and discovers a whole new world, all while learning important life lessons.Targeted to ages 3-5, preschoolers and...