"Reading Rainbow is returning to TV with a new host: Mychal Threets, also known as Mychal the Librarian, a Bay Area librarian immensely popular on TikTok and Instagram. News of the show's return with Threets was announced on Monday. There, he began posting motivational videos on TikTok about books, self-confidence and overcoming personal challenges - themes inherent to the original run of Reading Rainbow. He has since amassed more than 800,000 followers on both TikTok and Instagram."
"'My overall message with these videos is just to remind people of one, that the library exists,' Threets told KQED in 2023. 'But more importantly, just remind people that they do belong.' In 2024, Threets announced that he was stepping away from the Fairfield library to focus on his mental health. He has been the resident librarian for PBS ever since."
Reading Rainbow is returning to television with Mychal Threets as the new host. Threets gained popularity as Mychal the Librarian on TikTok and Instagram, posting motivational videos about books, self-confidence and overcoming personal challenges. He amassed more than 800,000 followers across both platforms. The revived series will feature celebrity guests including John Legend, Chrissy Teigen, Adam Devine and Gabrielle Union. No exact premiere date has been announced. In 2024 Threets stepped away from his Fairfield library job to focus on mental health and became the resident librarian for PBS. The original series ran from 1983 to 2006 with host LeVar Burton.
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