Netflix Helps Parents Fool Kids With Fake New Year’s Countdown
NEW YORK — Netflix claims most parents fool their kids (or try to, anyway) into believing that midnight happens earlier than it actually does on New Year’s. Netflix helps them by offering a streaming three-minute countdown led by characters from kid’s show.
Netflix offered the programming last year with King Julien, a wacky critter from “Madagascar.”
It’s expanding the service this year with a list of kid characters:
- Time traveling talk show hosts “Mr. Peabody & Sherman,” with the robots of “Dinotrux”
- Oona and Baba, the cuddly denizens of “Puffin Rock”
- The ultracool tween girl stars of “Project Mc2”
- The telescoping cyborg “Inspector Gadget”
- The pastel-colored “Care Bears & Cousins”
Parents can set the countdown for any time they want. Happy New Year!
Source: CNN Money