Kit Laybourne is a TV producer and educator. Laybourne was an executive producer of animation, documentary and interactive shows at

Oxygen Network Oxygen (branded on air as Oxygen True Crime) is an American television channel owned by the NBCUniversal Television and Streaming unit of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast, through its Cable Entertainment Group subsidiary. The channel prima ...

a company co-founded by his wife Geraldine and

Oprah Winfrey Oprah Gail Winfrey (; born Orpah Gail Winfrey; January 29, 1954), or simply Oprah, is an American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropist. She is best known for her talk show, ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'', b ...

. His major production credits include '' Braingames'' for HBO, ''

Eureeka's Castle ''Eureeka's Castle'' is an American children's television series created by Debby Beece and Judy Katschke. It originally aired on Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. block from September 4, 1989 to November 10, 1991. The program featured various puppet char ...

'' and '' Gullah Gullah Island'' for

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, ''

Liquid Television ''Liquid Television'' was an animation showcase that appeared on MTV from 1991 to 1995. It has served as the launching point for several high-profile original cartoons, including ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' and '' Æon Flux''. The bulk of ''Liquid ...

'' for

MTV MTV (Originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable channel that launched on August 1, 1981. Based in New York City, it serves as the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group, part of Paramount Media Networks, a di ...

, and ''Media Probes'' for PBS. In 2021, he became chief creative officer for The Whistle, a media company focusing on sports for kids. For a dozen years, Laybourne and partner Eli Noyes ran Noyes & Laybourne, an independent animation & branding studio in

TriBeCa Tribeca (), originally written as TriBeCa, is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan in New York City. Its name is a syllabic abbreviation of "Triangle Below Canal Street". The "triangle" (more accurately a quadrilateral) is bounded by Canal Stree ...

. Most of its major works included ID's for

and

, shorts for the

Children's Television Workshop Sesame Workshop (SW), originally known as the Children's Television Workshop (CTW), is an American nonprofit organization that has been responsible for the production of several educational children's programs—including its first and best-know ...

, and shows for Scholastic and

Nick Jr Nick Jr. (known on-air as the Nick Jr. Channel) is an American pay television channel spun off from Nickelodeon's long-running programming block of the same name. It is run by Paramount Global through its networks division's Kids and Family ...

Writings

*''The Animation Book : A Complete Guide to Animated Filmmaking--From Flip-Books to Sound Cartoons''. New York: Three Rivers Press. The book was originally published in 1979, but upon further research into digital animation techniques, a new edition was released in 1998. *"Mediapedia", published in 2009 by Globe Pequot Press.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Laybourne, Kit Living people American television producers Year of birth missing (living people)