{"id":537,"date":"2006-09-07T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-09-07T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2006\/09\/nbcs-veggietales-adventure.html"},"modified":"2006-09-07T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-09-07T12:00:00","slug":"nbcs-veggietales-adventure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2006\/09\/nbcs-veggietales-adventure.html","title":{"rendered":"NBC&#8217;s VeggieTales Adventure"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n<p>Starting this Saturday, NBC\u2019s new morning children\u2019s programming will feature a goofy cucumber, a spunky tomato, and some very cute French peas. Yes, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigidea.com\" target=\"_new\">Big Idea Productions, <\/a>the force behind the hugely successful VeggieTales series of videos, recently signed a deal to provide a two-hour block of programming on NBC as well as Spanish programming for sister network Telemundo and other VeggieTales programming for the \u201cI\u201d network&#8211;formerly  known as the Pax Network&#8211;every Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Not all of the VeggieTales episodes on NBC will be original stories&#8211;at least not at first&#8211;but carefully edited versions of previous Veggie adventures, including the &#8220;Larry Boy&#8221; and &#8220;3-2-1 Penguins&#8221; series, that will align with NBC standards. 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