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Sid the Science Kid also known as Jim Henson's Sid the Science Kid is an American half-hour computer-animated series on PBS Kids It aired from September 1 2008 to March 25 2013 with a total of 68 half-hour episodes produced over two seasons The computer generated show is produced by The Jim Henson Company and PBS member KCET in Los Angeles California using the Henson Digital Puppetry Studio The show is produced by motion capture which allows puppeteers to voice digitally animated characters in real time Production began in the fall of 2008 with 42 half-hour episodes of Sid the Science Kid having been ordered The series debuted on PBS Kids along with Martha Speaks on September 1 2008 Labor Day 2008 with a two-year on-air commitment The original working title for the series was What's the Big Idea and the central character Sid was originally named Josh The series is the second CGI animated show to use the motion capture technique after Donkey Kong Country KOCE the current primary PBS member for the Los Angeles area began co-producing the show after KCET disaffiliated with PBS on December 31 2010 though the station later returned to PBS as a secondary member for the area in 2019

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