{"id":618,"date":"2013-06-06T12:08:13","date_gmt":"2013-06-06T18:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/ranny\/2013\/06\/06\/618\/"},"modified":"2013-06-05T14:57:12","modified_gmt":"2013-06-05T20:57:12","slug":"618","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/ranny\/2013\/618\/","title":{"rendered":"Wordgirl Returns for a Sixth Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scholastic Media announced today that its Emmy\u00ae Award-winning animated series WordGirl\u00ae, produced by its animation studio Soup2Nuts, will premiere a sixth season of all-new episodes on PBS KIDS (check local listings) beginning Monday, August 5, 2013. The season kicks off with \u2018What\u2019s Up With WordGirl Week\u2019 featuring five new episodes. The season will include 13 episodes in total.<\/p>\n<p>The sixth season of WordGirl will find fifth grader Becky Botsford (and her alter-ego WordGirl) facing some of her toughest challenges yet, against the series\u2019 most popular villains. The definition dynamo will be tricked by Mr. Birg (a Mr. Big doppelganger) and will combat Seymour Smooth \u2013 more than once! \u2013 as he tries to commit crime through game play. Audiences also will see Victoria Best mistaken for WordGirl &#8211; until the real WordGirl is able to prove Victoria has been fibbing, and WordGirl must battle Dr. Two Brains to save the world from being hit by a giant cheese asteroid.<\/p>\n<p>Returning voice talent for the sixth season includes Dannah Phirman (\u201cMadTV\u201d) as WordGirl, Chris Parnell (\u201c30 Rock,\u201d \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d) as the Narrator, Maria Bamford (\u201cLouie,\u201d \u201cKick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil\u201d) as Mrs. Botsford, Ryan Raddatz as Mr. Botsford and Scoops, James Adomian (\u201cLast Comic Standing\u201d) as Mr. Birg, Daran Norris (\u201cThe Fairly OddParents,\u201d \u201cBig Time Rush\u201d) as Seymour Smooth, Kristen Schaal (\u201cThe Daily Show with Jon Stewart,\u201d \u201c30 Rock\u201d) as Victoria Best, Tom Kenny (\u201cSpongeBob Squarepants\u201d) as Dr. Two Brains, TJ and Beau Handsome, John C. McGinley (\u201cScrubs,\u201d \u201cBurn Notice\u201d) as Whammer, Patton Oswalt (\u201cJustified,\u201d \u201cTwo and a Half Men\u201d) as Tobey, and Jeffrey Tambor (\u201cArrested Development\u201d) as Mr. Big, among others. Jane Lynch (\u201cGlee\u201d) guest stars as Miss Power in \u2018The Rise of Miss Power\u2019special, originally broadcast in 2012, which will air in Season 6 over the course of two episodes.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on WordGirl, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/mediaroom.scholastic.com\/wordgirl\">mediaroom.scholastic.com\/wordgirl<\/a>,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scholastic Media announced today that its Emmy\u00ae Award-winning animated series WordGirl\u00ae, produced by its animation studio Soup2Nuts, will premiere a sixth season of all-new episodes on PBS KIDS (check local listings) beginning Monday, August 5, 2013. The season kicks off with \u2018What\u2019s Up With WordGirl Week\u2019 featuring five new episodes. 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