We've all assumed Saturday Night Live mainstay Kenan Thompson got his start on Nickelodeon's All That. Then, along comes a long forgotten TBS series, resurfacing on YouTube.
Real News For Kids was a Saturday morning newsmagazine that ran for about a year or two on TBS in the 90's, but, good luck finding a lot of background material on the half hour program, which led into Bonanza reruns as of this October 1993 episode. Thompson appears in the final "article" on the show, promoting Tim Burton's "Nightmare Before Christmas".
Edit, 11/15/22: Had to change the video. This is a more generic package, with a lot more Kenan Thompson.
What this program needed was some help from sister network CNN, aside from the production staff. Host Jenn Harris is just fine. Thompson, nearly 30 years later, is one busy dude, between his self-titled NBC sitcom, SNL, and his new endorsement deal with AutoTrader.com.
Rating: B-.
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