History Main / EdutainmentShow

[[caption-width-right:350:A proper balance between education and entertainment.]]

[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin As the trope's title implies]], the Edutainment Show combines educational content with entertainment. As such, most shows in this genre are aimed at children; of course, some more mature fare may fit this definition, such as ''Series/MythBusters''. {{Cooking Show}}s, {{Science Show}}s, {{Nature Show}}s, and other TVDocumentary formats (especially DocuDrama programs) may also count, if they are entertaining enough. Additionally, the definition has become somewhat blurred - these days networks often pass children's programs in particular as "edutainment," when their only actual educational content is pro-social themes, such as "[[TeamSpirit work together as a team]]", "{{Reading Is Cool|Aesop}}" or "be a good friend to others" (as seen in the "Life Lessons" folder below).

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Shelldon}}'' - very much on the "pro-social values" end of the spectrum. The premiere episode, "Crabby's School Daze," actually focuses on Shelldon helping an adult friend, Crabby, to get his G.E.D. (adult diploma)

* ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicKey'': Teaches grammar, , as well as a few other things (such as some loosely-defined "elements of storytelling") one might find in an elementary school [=ELA=] class.

** ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicSchoolBusRidesAgain'': a 2017 sequel/reboot.

* ''Series/WatchMrWizard'': Don Herbert conducting science experiments - often simple ones, easily replicated at home - with various children serving as his assistants.

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* ''Podcast/EighteenSixtyFive'' The attention to historical detail, plus the bonus episodes exploring the history behind the fiction, mean that is is possible to learn quite a bit about the history of the Johnson Administration and the politics of late 1860s America. Likewise, the bonus episodes also provide quite a bit of information about what goes into the making of an audio drama podcast.

-->'''[[TheStinger Statler]]:''' Say, Waldorf, do you think this show counts as edutainment?\\

* ''WesternAnimation/SchoolhouseRock'': Animated shorts, set to music, that would play between {{Saturday morning cartoon}}s on Creator/{{ABC}}. Topics discussed include parts of speech, multiplication, science, American history, and economics.

* ''Music/HereComeTheABCs'': A music abulm made by They Might Be Giants that teaches about the letters of the alphabet. It has music videos that teach this subject.

* ''Lunar Jim''

* Some ''[[Music/HelloProject [=MiniMoni=]]]'' songs teach educational concepts due to the group being aimed at a younger demographic of kids than ''Morning Musume''. For instance, "Rock n' Roll Kenchoushozaichi" teaches the names of all 48 prefectures of Japan, and "[=MiniMoni=] Kazoeuta" teaches how to count to twenty, with the "Ofuro version" having an entire verse where they count to twenty in English.

* ''{{Animation/Ibi}}" (mathematics, science and general problem-solving]]

* ''Piccolo, Saxo Et Compagnie'', a French audio story produced by Andre Popp that educated kids about the instruments of the symphony orchestra. Its sequels, ''Passeport pour Piccolo Saxo et Compagnie'' and ''Piccolo et Saxo à Music City'' did a similar thing but for folk and electronic instruments. (The other two sequels [[labelnote:Which are…]]''Piccolo Saxo Et Le Cirque Jolibois'' and ''Piccolo Saxo et la Symphonie écologique''[[/labelnote]] and the 2008 AnimatedAdaptation are… decidedly less educational.)

* ''Little Amadeus'': Introduced children to “the classics” via the adventures of a [[YoungFutureFamousPeople young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]].

* ''Orchestra!'', a 1991 mini-series by Creator/DudleyMoore explaining the constituents of the symphony orchestra. In 1993, it received a SpiritualSuccessor in ''Concerto!'', which explained the works of the great masters.

* ''Razzberry Jazzberry Jam'' teaches about the fundamentals of music, with more of a modernistic spin.

* ''WesternAnimation/LylaInTheLoop'': The show teaches STEM while entertaining with comedy.

* ''VideoGame/JumpStart Music''