Thursday, August 28th TV listings for TVO (TV Ontario)
Zamzoom's Animal Adventures Tortoise
In the Seychelles, Zamzoom and Orbie stumble upon some ancient giant tortoises and discover just how long the tortoises can live and some other cool facts.
PAW Patrol Pups Save Ace's Birthday Surprise; Pups Save a Tower of Pizza
Rocky and the pups fix an old junk car for Ace Sorensen's birthday; Adventure Bay works hard to earn the record for having the world's highest tower of pizzas.
TVOkids Hosted Breaks Ontario Staycation Destinations: Riverside Park
Ontario staycation tips from Gabrielle!
Rosie's Rules Rosie the Reporter; The Jalapeno Giant
Rosie tries to be a reporter but has trouble finding things that are newsworthy; Rosie and Jun believe there is a jalapeno giant on the loose.
Donkey Hodie Mountain Climb Time
Donkey and Panda try to climb Mt. Really High Up.
BooSnoo! Trains
A unique blend of calm and exploration provides the chance to reset as a red ball embarks on a fantastical adventure filled with art and creativity.
Kid-E-Cats Kid-E-Quest
The kittens meet their friend Boris at the playground; Boris invites the kittens to a Pirate Kid-e-Quest and they happily join him; they are so excited to complete their quest that they finish all the missions without Boris' help.
Garbology Hot Drink Cup
A hot beverage container describes its short life and near eternal afterlife.
Momolu and Friends And The Beat Goes On
DJ Bass lends Pepe her headphones while she's away, but Pepe accidentally breaks them; Momolu, Nooni and Banni try and help fix the headphones; Pepe learns that making mistakes can result in something special.
Pip and Posy Magico Mystico
Baby Baby Baby's Firsts
Babies have so many firsts; baby milestones include rolling over, crawling, eating solid food, taking their first steps and celebrating their 1st birthday.
Little Malabar is very curious and very lucky; he gets to travel into the universe as if it were a big playground, and talk to planets and stars to understand how the world took form.
Kids TV Interstitials Witch's Puzzle - Knight
The witch Beatrix brews a brave knight.
Numberblocks We Need Another Hero
The adventures of friends who can always count on each other.
Kids TV Interstitials Sherlock's Puzzle - Riddle
Solving Watson's riddle.
Polkaroo Reads Letter V
Joining Polkaroo for a vibrant day at a campground with Susan and Emily; Polkaroo wears a fun vest, puts flowers in a vase, and stumbles upon Susan's van.
Five friends who travel through space exploring fantastic planets with one big mission, to discover, play and collect all the games in the universe.
Canada Crew Canadians
Bebe and Mo learn what it means to be Canadian with kids on a playground; Gavin visits Sainte Marie and learns about First Nations people and early Canadian settlers.
The Coco Boo Swoopy Swoop
It's the kite festival. After some mishaps, the Coco Boo create an accidental but oh-so-beautiful art piece!
Gabby's Farm Count With Gabby: Seven (Tomatoes)
Gabby sees how the tomatoes grow at Farmer Shauna's; she counts to seven as she helps to harvest the ones that are ready for picking.
B.O.T. and The Beasties Fruity Tapper
The Fruity Tapper is hunting for fruit; its unusual method of fruit collection causes B.O.T. to be rattled, bounced about and covered in sticky fruit juice.
Dino Dexter Bumper Dinos
Dad and Uncle Ravi beat Dex and Kayla in a game of whirly-ball, but when Dex and Kayla spot the Triceratops, Elasmotherium and Ankylosaurus, they realize they can use prehistoric power to figure out which creature had the strongest ramming force.
Carl the Collector The Sticker Collection; The Baby Stuff Collection
Carl's favorite sour pickle scratch-n-sniff sticker loses its smell; Carl notices that his baby blanket, Knit-Knit, has a hole in it.
Wacky Number Songs The Importance of Struggling
Ava struggles with her math homework.
PAW Patrol Ultimate Rescue: Pups Stop the Junk-Monster
When Wingnut's junk pile and Oscar go missing at the same time, Chase and team are called in to solve the mystery.
TVOkids Hosted Breaks Arts and Crafts: Cloud Slime
Learn how to make slime!
Wordsville The Case of the Soothing Solution
Scientist Cosmo had been working on a new soothing machine designed to make anyone feel calm; the machine's missing and everyone in town feels agitated; Word Detectives Gabby and Sly talk to Singer Melody and Artist Clay to find out what happened.
Urban Tails Oh Deer
In his video for, "Oh Deer," Grandmaster Buck gives a concert performance in the park for all his fellow fallow deer; every king needs a crown and this deer has palm-shaped antlers with several points, his pride and joy.
Secrets Of The Forest Marvelous Mycorrhizae
Taviss discovers the special relationship between plants and fungi, uncovering the underground networks that sustain plant life.
Kids TV Interstitials Coach & Quinoa - Oblique Crunches
Coach Strong and Quinoa demonstrate oblique crunches.
Sunny's Quest Nyla
Nyla dreams of becoming Canada's first Black Prime Minister; she talks about her love for ju-jitsu, gymnastics, school and making traditional meals.
My Home My Life Nasir- Ghanaian Cooking
Nasir cooks Ghanaian food.
Abby Hatcher Grumbles' First Cut
Grumbles needs a haircut, but is afraid to get one.
JoJo & Gran Gran Summer: It's Time to Be a Superhero
Animated series about an almost 5-year-old girl and her fun and wise grandmother. Based on the children's book series by early childhood education expert Laura Henry.
Kids TV Interstitials Princess Olivia: Feathers Into Basket Challenge
Princess Olivia feathers into Basket Challenge.
Animanimals Ant
The ants work together, but one ant does everything differently.
Bumpadoo! Hiccups
When Bumpi gets a zany case of the hiccups, LiLi and Edgar try everything they can think of to cure him. How many things can Bumpi morph into before they find something that - HICCUP - works?
Ginger and the Vegesaurs Slippery Skins
Ginger the Tricarrotops explores the world of the crunchiest era.
Let's Go for a Walk Bear House and Football Walk
Ranger Hamza and the Ramblers walk through the city to a place where they can play football; they count the windows in a building, make happy faces, say hello to a bug and even see a house that looks like a bear.
Kids TV Interstitials Sherlock's Puzzle - Sun
What word associates with each of these words?
Kid-E-Cats Not All Trash is Rubbish
Mommy sends the kittens to take the garbage out and asks them not to forget to sort it; the kittens get distracted and forget; Daddy helps them chase down the garbage truck to fix their mistake.
Numberblocks How Rectangly!
Twenty-One helps some new friends find out how many rectangles they can make.
Mia & Codie Sound Collector
Mia and her bro-bot Codie turn the ordinary into the extraordinary as Mia grows as a coder, thinker, big sister and learns more about coding her world.
Opie's Home Opie vs. the Spider
Opie is afraid of a spider in his room, until Lucas helps him channel the bravery of his favorite action figure Knightosaur to confront the spider and discover that he's just a lost knight too.
It Matters Gossip and Lies
Atshani stands up to bullies who tell lies about her.
Book Hungry Bears Scout and the Loggieloo Boo
Scout discovers that the frightening "LoggieLooBoo," a mysterious creature Melody told him about, is really just two squirrels playing in a hollow log.
Children play with puppies and dogs in backyard setting.
ABC SingSong Long
Terribly bad; lousy; not very good; it's a song about the word atrocious.
Kangaroo Beach Turtle Toddlers
During a beach cricket match, Gemma finds a nest of turtle eggs and vows to protect them from seagulls, crabs and flying cricket balls.
Zerby Derby Zerby Go Round
Zack and Axle design a race course that goes right through the middle of Zerby Town; they plan many types of courses before deciding on one.
Polkaroo Counts! Ten
Polkaroo shows off terrific talents at the bowling alley in search of 10, and wait, there's 10 in the backyard; Avery hangs out at the Polkaroo Counting Lab, counting and finding different iterations of the number 10.
Now You Know Fruit
Howie and Baboo visit farmer Darlene at an apple orchard and learn about seeds and how fruit like apples help seeds grow into new apple trees!
Donkey Hodie The Goalies; Mousy Hodie
Donkey and Panda set big goals to achieve throughout the day; Donkey shows Mousy how to play "the Donkey way."
Isadora Moon Three's a Crowd
PAW Patrol Pups Save a Humdinger Doll; Pups Save a Sand Sculpture Contest
The PAW Patrol must rescue Mayor Humdinger; Mayor Humdinger tries to cheat at the Adventure Bay sand sculpture contest.
TVOkids Hosted Breaks Fun and Games: Let's Do a Madlib #1
Write a fun madlib story with Gabrielle.
Wacky Word Songs Izzy the Hamster
A noun is a word for a person, place or thing and there are two kinds: common nouns and proper nouns; Zoey sings all about them.
Galapagos X Glitter Volcano
In the future it's raining glitter, which is both horrible and fabulous at the same time. The team goes back in time to discover how Doc Crock's unrecyclable plastic glitter created a mountain of trouble.
Teeny Tiny Stories The Next Family Storyteller
At Kwanzaa, the love of storytelling gets passed on to the next generation with a magical book.
Wordsville The Case of The Cautionary Tale
Firefighter Ember's caution sign disappears and accidents rise all over; no one in Wordsville is cautious or careful.
Science Max: Experiments at Large Hydraulics
Using a small, syringe-powered hydraulic arm, Phil learns how to use hydraulics to crush stuff.
Create Origami: Pigeon
Odd Squad The Weight of the World Depends on Orla; Substitute Agents
Orla shares the story of how she was chosen to protect the 44-leaf clover to stop the villain Jellybean Joe from causing oddness to the Mobile Unit van.
All-Round Champion Synchronized Diving - Part 2
Perdita takes a leap of faith years in the making, showcasing her own bravery and determination in a display of courage; Elli loses confidence and regresses.
Wild Kratts Pangolin Rescue
The Wild Kratts set out to save the pangolins from Chef Gourmand Gaston, who is using the pangolin scales to make smoothies.
The Brilliant World of Tom Gates Are We Nearly There Yet
Tom's family is off on a long car journey, but Tom has left his snacks and doodling kit at home; Tom has to find another way to keep everyone entertained while they are stuck in traffic.
Olga da Polga A Tale of a Tail
Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum I Am Mary Seacole
Xavier and Yadina find out there are many ways to help Brad feel better after he falls off his bike.
Leo's Pollinators BFFs
We all need our best friends. Chloe is about to find out all about the Lorquin's Admiral Butterfly and it's BFF Oceanspray with the team from Parks Canada.
Go Green With The Grimwades Reuse Plastic Bottles
Ella and Tim Grimwade and their six children challenge themselves to go green.
Joining Christa Couture for a visit to her hometown, Edmonton, Alberta; reconnecting with friends old and new, straight for the action with a trapshooting lesson, hoop dancing performance and a crash course in pro wrestling.
Main Street Ontario Mississauga
A Mississauga grocery store is created out of a lack of authentic Caribbean foods.
Ontario Hubs Combatting Carp with Christmas Trees
A garden center attempts to keep carp out of Hamilton's marshes and ponds; Jeyen investigates the need for more trees.
Chuck's World Hong Kong
Chuck meets Hong Kong local Ashley Pang.
TVO Digital Media Name That Town: Cobalt
The town of Cobalt, once the site of a silver rush, is named after another metal.
TVO Today Live: Democracy and Canada's Highest Court
The Chief Justice of Canada, the Right Honorable Richard Wagner, sits down with Steve Paikin for a conversation about the importance of judicial independence, the rule of law, and access to justice in fortifying democracy in Canada.
All Too Clear The Last Whitefish
Following the lifecycle of the hero species, the lake whitefish; joining the scientists who are studying how mussels have completely changed the way the Great Lakes work, re-ordered the food web, and made the lakes about three times clearer.
From green roofs to vertical forests and pioneering 3D-printed mud homes, radical eco-designs worldwide are reshaping schools, cities, workplaces, hospitals, and homes toward a more sustainable future.
Ontario Hubs Growing Vertical in Northern Ontario
Jeyan visits a modular farm in Chelmsford, Ontario.
TVO Today Live: Democracy and Canada's Highest Court
The Chief Justice of Canada, the Right Honorable Richard Wagner, sits down with Steve Paikin for a conversation about the importance of judicial independence, the rule of law, and access to justice in fortifying democracy in Canada.
All Too Clear The Last Whitefish
Following the lifecycle of the hero species, the lake whitefish; joining the scientists who are studying how mussels have completely changed the way the Great Lakes work, re-ordered the food web, and made the lakes about three times clearer.
From green roofs to vertical forests and pioneering 3D-printed mud homes, radical eco-designs worldwide are reshaping schools, cities, workplaces, hospitals, and homes toward a more sustainable future.
Ontario Hubs Growing Vertical in Northern Ontario
Jeyan visits a modular farm in Chelmsford, Ontario.
Joining Christa Couture for a visit to her hometown, Edmonton, Alberta; reconnecting with friends old and new, straight for the action with a trapshooting lesson, hoop dancing performance and a crash course in pro wrestling.
Ontario Hubs Combatting Carp with Christmas Trees
A garden center attempts to keep carp out of Hamilton's marshes and ponds; Jeyen investigates the need for more trees.
Main Street Ontario Mississauga
A Mississauga grocery store is created out of a lack of authentic Caribbean foods.
Chuck's World Hong Kong
Chuck meets Hong Kong local Ashley Pang.
TVO Digital Media Name That Town: Cobalt
The town of Cobalt, once the site of a silver rush, is named after another metal.
Chatsworth House: A Great British Year
It's March 2020, the house emerges from deep winter hibernation anticipating a bumper year of visitors and events; but just a few days before the grand opening, corona virus starts to infect the process.
TVO Arts Christi Belcourt: the Wisdom of the Universe
In a distinctive style inspired by tradition, Christi Belcourt's "The Wisdom of the Universe" reveals that the wonders of the natural world are worth fighting for.
Canada's National Parks Ivvavik
Exploring Ivvavik National Park located high above the Arctic Circle in the northwest of the Yukon territory, far from any modern civilization; the crown jewel of Canada's national parks.
Nerds On Politics What's First Past the Post?
Steve Paikin explains Ontario's system of electing a premier.
TVO Today Live: Democracy and Canada's Highest Court
The Chief Justice of Canada, the Right Honorable Richard Wagner, sits down with Steve Paikin for a conversation about the importance of judicial independence, the rule of law, and access to justice in fortifying democracy in Canada.
Book Hungry Bears Melody and the Big Hill; Crystal's Surprise
Melody keeps slowing down the other Bears as they climb a really big hill; Boomer and Melody try to make a surprise for Crystal and Scout.
Clifford the Big Red Dog Picture This
Emily Elizabeth, Clifford and friends set out on a journey across the island to help Samantha capture the perfect photo.
Donkey Hodie A Lot of Hot!
Donkey and Duck Duck want to cool everyone off with lemonade.
Numberblocks Numberblobs
The Numberblocks and their favorite friends sing along to the Numberblobs counting song.
Gabby's Farm Making Hay
Gabby and her dad use the haybine machine to make more hay bales for all the farm animals to eat.
Trading Skills Commercial Painter
Brody meets up with Mandy, a passionate commercial painter. Mandy shows Brody how to prep and paint a room, use a paint sprayer, and install a wall covering.
Animanimals Schwan
The swan falls in love with a swan lady, but she only sees her own reflection.
PAW Patrol Pups Save the Spider Spies
The Turbot cousins try to spot a rare spider but get stuck in its web.
TVOkids Hosted Breaks Summer Artwork
Gabrielle shows off some of your wonderful artwork!
Wild Kratts Choose Your Swordfish
Martin and Chris must choose a sword when Aviva challenges them to a fencing duel, which leads them on a mission to explore the world of billfish.
Makeaway Takeaway Bec Bot
Project Rube Operation Soccer Shootout
Morley loves soccer and has been inspired to create a Rube Golderbg machine that can play; with the help of his science team they use the simple machine and the inclined plane to create a machine that kicks a soccer ball and scores a goal.
Urban Tails Spot the Champ
Spot Sizzle is the slickest cat on four feet; he is pound for pound the champ of the feline world; Spot Sizzle drops facts on his new track, "Spot the Champ."
Chuggington Rock-a-Bye Chatsworth
Chatsworth has had a very busy day and wants a quick snooze, but everything and everyone conspires to keep him awake.
Messy Goes to OKIDO A Rainy Sunny Day
It's a grey and rainy day in the real world; Messy can see something amazing outside his window; a beautiful arch of colors magically appears across the sky.
Curious Crafting DIY Kaleidoscope
Noah and Khamari enter the world of kaleidoscopes as Madisa teaches them how to craft their own using a recycled paper towel roll; the kids see how combining mirror strips and sparkling plastic gemstones creates the kaleidoscopes' dazzling effect.
Dr. Cheddar In a Pickle
Annie is writing an exciting new story, and it's nearly finished, but she has no idea how to end it; she calls Dr. Cheddar, who suggests she may have writer's block and needs to step away from the story for a while before being able to finish.