Go, Diego, Go!

Go, Diego, Go! is a half-hour animated children's television show on Nickelodeon, with a target audience of preschoolers. In this spin-off of Dora the Explorer, Dora's eight-year-old cousin, Diego Márquez (Jake T. Austin, then Brandon Zambrano), helps animals in danger. A fun-loving adventurous kid, Diego's mission in each episode is to help rescue an animal in trouble. He uses a special backpack, field equipment, and help from viewers on the other side of the small screen to save the animals. While figuring out how to help each animal in need, Diego learns about each one and teaches viewers about how that animal moves, what sounds it makes, where it lives, what it eats, and what it looks like. Diego is also of Hispanic descent, like Dora, and occasionally uses Spanish words, all of which he defines for viewers so that they may learn as well. A bi-lingual, multi-cultural, interactive educational television program, Go, Diego, Go! is a show that parents can feel good about letting their children watch. MORE