I support this petition because my 13 month old daughter loves Melanie. Her face lights up when she hears Melanie's voice. Melanie's spunk and personality made the Good Night Show what it is...will never be the same without her!
We are disgusted at PBS's decision. We sent an email to them expressing our thoughts, but did not get a response...doubt we will ever! We have stopped watching the show. Bring Melanie back!!
I think Melanie is a great hostess! She is one of the good things on TV today. Kids just love her!!!
It is unfair to fire her for some videos made in her past, long before she started the show. It isn't like she made them yesterday while workingon the show!-Melanie is now a mother of a toddler, I don't think she would do anyhting like that again. She knows better now.
Melanie has a great connection with the children out there. Now many children ask, where is Melanie??-she will not be forgotten...
If anyone remembers the the 1970's show Land of the Lost when the dad is sent home for unexplained reasons-many children in my generation asked why? how?..and over 30 years later, people are still asking about that...think about that!-Now what PBS had done to Melanie is put her into that same type of situation the "what ever happened to.." lore...many kids will ask why is she gone? what happened? and many parents are either going to have to lie or be brutally honest about why she was fired to their kids and that is not fair to the kids.
We have al done things in our past that we have regretted and I am sure Melanie Martinez fits into this category too. I think she was dealt with too harshly compared to what others have said and done. Melanie shouldn't be made as an exmaple like that!
Melanie is one good thing for kids to se eon TV, wihtout her, they might feel lost and confused. They'll always wonder why Melanie left them without saying good-bye at least. I still feel that about the Dad from land of the Lost-he never said good-bye to kids like me and I really never felt closure from that.
Melanie is good thing the kids can count on these days-and one good thing on TV..who can say that about other shows, cartoons or other things out there.
Melanie is a delightful, creative, artist, and a very good teacher too!-she bonds well with the kids and they like her very much..She is geunine, smart and p
I find it inappropriate that you decide to fire someone on the basis of an acting job, when you hired an actress. PBS Sprout and the Goodnight Show should be ashamed of the way this incident has been handled. Shall I tell my child that if she doesn't like something about a person past, she should cut them out of her life? Is this the impression you want to give my child?
PBS certainly underestimated the repercussions of Melanie's firing from families worldwide, and grossly overreacted in giving her the 'penality' for her 'crime'.
How trivial can PBS SPROUT be? I kept looking at Thomas the Train and seeing George Carlin's name there, and wondered if it was the same person. I am totally shocked that PBS would stoop to remove such a wonderful Hostess. I was so impressed with Melanie, that I tried to find out information about her some time ago. I thought perhaps she had taken another job. I am a caregiver of two little girls 4 and 5 and have a 3 yr old granddaughter, and I am so saddened to learn of this decision to dismiss Melanie Martinez. You can rest assure that we will NOT be viewing THE GOOD NIGHT SHOW until and unless Melanie comes back. The girls love and I loved her and looked forward to each afternoon, sitting down together and listening and watching Melanie...
MELANIE... WE'RE PRAYING THAT YOU CAN COME BACK !!!
YOU ARE MISSED!!!
This young woman does a wonderful job of hosting The Good Night Show. Children love her! What her role as an actress 7 years ago has nothing to do with the role she is currently playing. Melanie is the Sprout Good Night Show-without her it's worthless to watch. Also email huggies threatening a boycot!
What did you do 7 yrs ago Mr. PBS. Ever drive drunk? You're Fired! Ever cut someone off in traffic? You're Fired! Ever took a paper clip from work? You're Fired!.Ever used foul language? YOU'RE FIRED!! Get off you high horse you stinking Communist. Melanie was the only reason my daughter watched the show anyway. By the way I will be asking Directv to replace your progamming with something more appropriate for my kids, so they don't have to be part of your Maoist, Stalinist, Castro thought policing, self righteous propoganda. You are pigs!!!!!
I think Melaine should be aloud to stay what we do in our life should not always be judged or held against us...So everyone makes a misteaks...Besides does it really matter to our young children what she did NO! The viewers for her show are to young to know the difference...Give the girl a break she is wonderful for our children..My four yr old just loves to watch her and ask to watch her everynight...She will be heart broken when I tell have to tell her when she asks where is Melaine and I have to say she won't be on anymore..
because there appears to be a vicious double standard here that is more damaging to my daughter than a young actress making a PG-13 film skit. Good luck Melanie - you deserve better and so do our kids.
because we LOVE Melanie at our house. We are a very conserative family but strongly disagree with her firing. There wouldn't be anyone left on TV if you knit-picked everything out of their past and used PBS's moral rate-o-meter on them!
We want our MELANIE!!
What 2-5 yr old would ever know that she said such a thing. In fact I would not have know for the fact that you published it. The fact is she is good at what she does. She engages the children and makes them smile. To me that is the most important part of her job. BRING HER BACK, or let us look into the excs pasts.
My daughter and niece's adore Melanie.It will be a shame to have our children upset and sad because Melanie is no longer on their nightly show.How do I explain to them why she is no longer on the air. The kids will be so disappointed. Thanks alot PBS.
While I appreciate PBS' efforts to protect our children this is clearly a case of over-reacting. Put Melanie back on before she comes to her senses and sues with parental support!
PBS needs to realize that the firing of Melanie is creating more negative publicity than the actual video. Please find someone else to be your sacrificial lamb, . . .My child LOVES her, and misses singing and dancing with her.
My 3 year old daughter just loves melanie onthe Goodnight Show, especially when it's "time to say goodnight to Hush".
We all do stuff when we are young we are not now proud of.To fire her over this video is ludicrous.
my 3-year-old daughter really liked watching Melanie. She seemed like such a nice young woman. Bring her back, please. We certainly don't care what she did or didn't do off the Sprouts stage.
My children love Melanie (although they were not too crazy about star)as part of their bedtime routine between bath time and reading and they are asking for Melanie. Perhaps you should have offered the information to the public and let them decide what they felt was appropriate.
because my son loves watching her. He enjoys her puppet shows her good night song he loves the way she talks to the fish he loves everything. It's funny how most of would have never even known about the video had it not been for this article. Why you young children ever watch this movie so how can it create a conflict? Melanie is by far the main reason my son watches the GOODNIGHT SHOW. Bring her back!!!!
We love Melanie. I don't think the videos should hurt her in the least. Maybe her next stop should be on SNL. On the other hand, maybe we should look at things PBS execs have done in the past on their way up.
PBS's decision is completely hypocritical. George Carlin, Whoopi Goldberg, Robin Williams, various SNL actors & many far more controversial individuals are openly invited to appear in PBS shows geared toward children. My child would never be exposed to watch a video called "Technovirgin" so I am positive there would NEVER be any role-confusion. PBS made a mistake on this one.....the children want to see Melanie back on the GNS.
My 3 yr old daughter is very upset that Melanie is gone and does'nt give a rat's tail that she made some video. Get her back or we will have to stop supporting public TV and find something else to watch. Shame on you PBS for upsetting all these children who will probably never see this video in their lifetime anyway.
I support this petition. Melanie does a wonderful job. Our four children adore her and look forward to seeing her. As a parent who lets her children watch no t.v. other than two hours of the Goodnight Show, I can tell you this; Melanie is the most decent thing on t.v. today. Let's bring her back.
Melanie is wonderful! My preschool children won't be watching her previous work but her job hosting Goodnight is fantastic and they love her! Give her back her job and get over yourselves PBS! George Carlin does childrens television and he certainly has done worse! So did Ringo Starr!
I find the decision to let Melanie go terrible with contradictory politics. George Carlin is way more controversial! She targeted another audience group and was misguided. That doesn't mean she'll remain that way. I'm sure she'll promise to not do it again!
Credibility lies with adults, not toddlers. As an adult, I have no issue with her credibility...and I know my 4 year doesn't either. This is stupid.....just plain stupid.
I have 3 children ages 2,5,&6 who enjoy the show and host, what do i tell them about Melanie's demise? Bring her back, now please. i will not be renewing my PBS membership in protest.
yea melanie was great...while your at it please sign my petition to try and get the government to do something about global warming...petitionspot.co m/petitions/stopwarming
because we love melanie!!!! My foutr year was very upset and wanted to know where Melanie was. She wants to see her every night and because she's not on she wants the channel changed.
Please bring Melanie back. This harsh decision by PBS was taken to quickly. As you can see parents are not concerned about their kids viewing "Technical Virgin". By the time they are old enough to understand that, they won't be interested in PBS Kids anymore! She is an ACTRESS and that was her job. There are many actors that make racy movies or comedy shows and then do things for kids. Angelina Jolie is an embassador for kids in foreign countries and look at all the stuff she's been through. Melanie had a job and did it well. PBS should be proud of their Good Night Show creation....don't let this destroy it. People will find somewhere else to go because watching those cartoons without the host does not make it an experience my child and I can participate in together anymore...now it would just be "watching TV" and that was not the point of watching in the evening. Bring her back.
The children that watch The Goodnite Show do not understand why it and Melanie are gone. The past should be left in the past. It's absolutely ridiculous to fire Melanie over this!
My 2 and 1/2 year old daughter has a speech problem and one of the most interactive ways she tried to communicate was when Melanie was on tv. We would mute the shows and when Melannie was on my daughter would sing and dance with her. My daughter or any other child watching this show would not ever see the videos. I watched them and to be fired for something like that done 7 years ago is absolutely ridiculous.
My three-year-old twins love Melanie -- we plan to boycott Sprout & PBS, and stop contributing to local/national PBS unless Ms. Martinez is reinstated as host of the Good Night Show.
because it seems wildly hypocritical that they let George Carlin (one of the most notorious names in stand up) be a host, but kicks this poor gal off for making some very obscure video that didn't sound like anything worse than late night tv.
Children grow attached to her and you're suddenly taking her off the air - its not right. It should be the parent's decision if they don't think she is appropriate for their child to watch after being in that 30 second spoof years ago.
My wife and I have a two year old child who loved to watch Melanie. We found the video on the net, and feel that this should not have cost her, her job. Her audiance, my two year old son and children like him, would not even understand the video, he just wants Melanie back.
She's a fine actress and a good host; her appearance years ago on the Technical Virgin site (one of the funniest things ever written) has nothing to do with her performance on a show aimed at kids who weren't even born when Technical Virgin came down.
The 125 people before me have already said it all. I hope 24,875 others follow them quickly. In view of the obvious double standard in evidence, and the lack of sensitivity ( to the children) exhibited by PBS, I have to wonder what other agenda you are serving. What's the REAL reason, hmmm?? Did some controller of the meager funds you get from the government threaten you? Or if you have some other beef with Melanie, this is not the way to handle it. Viewers are jerked around enough by regular broadcast TV; it shouldn't start when they are little kids.
I think that taking off the host that kids loved watching will do more harm than her having appeared in some silly thing (that the kids will never see) sever years ago. C'mon Sprout, be sensible. Kids love her.
PBS needs to hire her back. We all have skeleton's in the closet. My 2 daughters love Melanie and have already asked why she is not on. Thank you PBS for giving me the responsiblity of telling my daughters that they can no longer watch PBS television as I will not allow them to watch such a low, degrading television network.
As has been pointed out, Dr. Ruth and George Carlin have also been on kid's shows. This is blatantly hypocritical of Sprout's management. Besides, what 2 year old is going to find and watch the Technical Virgin video.
My daughter misses Melanie terribly. She is crying for her now. PBS please come here and explain to this 5 year old why you did what you did. She refuses to watch the Show until Melanie is back on!!!
Let me get this straight: The network that had George "7 Words You Can't Say on Television" hosting a kids' show for years, while he was still doing tours of his stand-up routine, has fired Melanie for some satirical internet videos she did seven years ago? Are you people nuts?
How many toddlers do you think watched those videos made before they were born? They know nothing about them... and would still be in happy ignorance, watching their friend Melanie, if you hadn't gone off your rockers and decided this would be a good way to pander to the loud minority of right-wing-nuts who can't stand reality, let alone humour, in any form.
Grow up! There's still time for you to pass off Melanie's absence as a vacation if you re-hire her quickly. With an apology. To her and to the millions of anxious children whom you've just devastated far more than Melanie ever did.
Sheesh!
My job is to make the right parental choices for my children. PBS's job is to run cartoons. My two year old loves Melanie on the show and I doubt she'll be surfing the net to find something she did as an ACTRESS several years ago.
because it is the right thing to do. As a toddler teacher, I teach my students about making positive life choices, but also forgiveness. PBS has put parents in the position of having to lie to their children. I see this as an opportunity to teach our children that even though we sometimes make mistakes (and I don't think I would call Melanie's participation in these videos a mistake) we can change our life around by making positive choices for ourselves. Melanie, we're behind you 150%. Hang in there.
It was a dumb move and hopefully we can get it resolved so these kids don't have to face disappointment so early in life that was a stupid mistake. Kids love her, parents do too. Bring back Melanie so we can all put this behind us. I don't want to have to sit down and lie or try to explain what happened. Right now I lied and told my son and daughter she is on vacation. I hope this will be the case and save us all from continueing this farce. BRING HER BACK PBS.
Alec Baldwin is not a positive role model. Nor does Carlin hold a record for saying the best things. Will you also let them go or do that have to much STAR POWER and Melanie got fired because she didn't have the same star power? Bring her back and make up for the mistake you made PBS. The kids miss her terribly!
You took a positive and made it a negative. Melanie was a person that our kids watched and loved and ended each day with dance and music and turned it into just another boring time slot. These kids will never know or care what some dope posted on the internet. If we teach our kids forgiveness how do we explain you fired someone for a past mistake that seems very trivial? With all the negatives on the radio and TV this was a positive and productive time slot for all the parents and kids. The fact there are so many parents and grandparents who are upset and writing in should be telling you that PBS made a BIG mistake. Melanie wasn't just a person to these kids she was their friend. How do you suggest we explain her disappearance? Sure seems like PBS didn't worry about taking the time to explain. One night she is on and the next she is fired and you leave us wondering what happened and now we learn we have to come up with some lie to cover up a mistake you people made to the kids. This is the lesson you wanted to tach these kids when you fired her for making some video where she says a few words that you didn't like? This is a major problem the internet has. Idiots who don't stop to think before putting things on there that people in their pasts have done. Let's all stand up and be judged. Can we all stand up to that trial? Make whole again what you messed up and bring Melanie back!
