It was good while it lasted. As Current writes:
Former Reading Rainbow host LeVar Burton no longer licenses the show’s brand from the public TV station that created the program, a result of two lawsuits that concluded Friday.
Details of the settlement, reached in August, are confidential, said Nancy Hammond, COO of WNED in Buffalo, N.Y. The cases concluded after legal action “took longer than expected to complete,” she said.
“WNED is currently working on the next chapter of Reading Rainbow and will continue its mission of fostering education for a new generation,” Hammond said.
WNED initially licensed the Reading Rainbow brand to Burton’s RRKidz organization in 2011. The deal allowed RRKidz to market and distribute original Reading Rainbow episodes on digital platforms and sell certain merchandise, with WNED receiving a revenue cut.