As a way of promoting the release of SPY KIDS 3D: GAME OVER on July 25, 2003, Discovery Kids on NBC will be airing a special kids edition of the TLC TV series TRADING SPACES, featuring SPY KIDS stars Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara. Hitting the airwaves Saturday, July 19 from 11:00-11:30 am (ET)/9:00 -9:30 AM (PT), BOYS VS. GIRLS has Alexa joining 13-year-old Kali as she turns her brothers room into a spy-training obstacle course, featuring monkey bars, tire steps and a climbing wall. Daryl will team with Eli to change Kalis bedroom into a retro soda shop. Both teams were given two days, a designer and a carpenter to help them along. Designers Scott Sicari and Jordin Ruderman and carpenters Ginene Licata and Barte Shadlow were enlisted to help the kids.
TRADING SPACES is produced by Banyan Productions. Susan Cohen-Dickler, Jan Dickler and Ray Murray were exec producers for Banyan and Karen Stein Solomon was exec producer for TLC. For Discovery Kids, Jim Rapsas was exec producer and Marjorie Kaplan served as the exec in charge of production.
The Saturday morning block on NBC and the Discovery Kids (www.kids.discovery.com) 24-hour digital channel offer entertaining, real-world programming for kids, which explores areas of science, adventure, exploration and natural history.