According to NPR.org, the family-friendly PBS show “Reading Rainbow” aired its final episode today.

The article states that, though the show is still popular, PBS cannot afford the broadcast renewal fee they faced this year.  People directly involved with “Reading Rainbow,” however, claimed that the show was facing extinction in the current educational climate because it promotes reading, but not how to read.

“Rainbow” viewers are using Twitter to share their devotion to the show, as well as their sadness about its ending, landing it in Trending Topics for most of the day.

1. 
   ThatJincy reading rainbow is being cancelled after 26 years. what is the world coming to?
2. 
   pentney RIP Reading Rainbow. Sad. (Trending Topics clued me in.)
3. 
   sadknob @levarburton ’s work with WNED on “Reading Rainbow” will live on for generations. My children have been forever touched by it. All My Best
4. 
   gcolleton RT @questlove: goodbye Reading Rainbow. (heoll gnrreton of nno reeadrs)- so so sad! The youth will go awry!
5. 
   ericcblock So sad! RT @washingtonpost: Did Education Dept.’s Shift Help Kill PBS’s ‘Reading Rainbow’? http://bit.ly/triCa (via @edatpost)
6. 
   snapefantasy @Eggface I can go anywhere. Friends to know and ways to grow, a Reading Rainbow!

The show was a PBS staple for the past 26 years, only surpassed by “Sesame Street” and “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.”

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