GerbertHome Sweet Home Educational Media Co.(1990)

About the show

Gerbert is a Christian-based children's television series, the namesake of which is a puppet reflecting moral positivity. The series was produced by Emmy award-winning producer David Freyss. The Gerbert character was created and performed by Andy Holmes, of Abilene, Texas. Holmes first developed a program using Gerbert for hospitals to show children to help them get over their fears of hospitalization. The Gerbert TV series was created by HSH Educational Media Inc. in 1987. It first aired on the CBN Cable Network, which later changed its name to CBN Family Channel and then to the Family Channel. Along with Andy Holmes, other writers include Greg Perkins and Mark Holmes. The first shows were taped in Virginia Beach, Virginia at the CBN studios and all other shows were taped in Irving, Texas at the Studios at Las Colinas. Gerbert first aired in the mornings on the Christian Broadcasting Network's The Family Channel from 1988 to 1991, and was also sold as a video series in Wal-Mart and Christian book stores. It has aired on Christian television stations and networks continuously since its 1988 debut. A secular version, with the religious material edited out and replaced, was produced for PBS in the mid-1990s. It aired in the late 2000s on Kidmango. It currently airs on Smile of a Child.