Diego is very different than Dora. He doesn't voyage out to Strawberry Mountain but does good things for the environment. He cleans up landscapes and helps baby animals find where they belong. He wears proper attire and of course, Rescue Pack provides everything else.He is supposed to be a male Dora, but he does way more than Dora does. He talks about exotic animals that my two year old niece recites perfectly with him. Diego does deal with dangerous animals, but as he says "He is an animal rescuer" and had to work for his Animal Rescuer Patch, which is easily explained to children. Diego is fun and light hearted with catchy beats.

My 3 year old daughter never really gravitated to Dora, but they showed a Dora episode introducing Diego and she was hooked. She has learned a lot about other animals than the normal ones they teach in pre-school. She has learned about animals that my wife and I didn't even know existed. Because it is only on 2-3 times during the day, it can be on at the wrong times. Thank god for Tivo. She will watch the same one 2-3 times in a row before I have to convince her to watch another one. The secret is to record from Tivo to a DVD with a recordable DVD player. Saves a lot of money from buying the individual DVDs at $15-20 each. We all know that kids this age cycle through shows about every 2-3 months (except Clifford). That one has stood the test of time.

My 4 year old daughter and 2 year old son are both HUGE Dora fans. Now, they have to watch Dora and Diego both, and if they happen to miss Diego for the day, I have VERY upset kiddos. Their 7 year old brother also enjoys Diego on his days off of school, or when (thanks to inDemand) I've "rented" Diego for his sibs. We love Rosie Perez as Click(s?) and my 2 year old just loves Baby Jaguar as Diego's constant companion. And I have to agree with the other commenter here, that I find myself occasionally dancing in my seat to the music, and FREQUENTLY find myself singing "Click! Take a pic! Click! Take a pic!" late in the evening much to my annoyance. The songs are annoyingly catchy and get stuck in your head, but they're so cute that you don't mind.

"Go, Diego, Go!" was obviously intended to be a show that was better-suited for boys than "Dora the Explorer." My 2-year old son tolerated Dora for about a three-week stint, then abandoned her. (Thank God. That show is insufferable.) But he is a devoted Diego fan, despite the fact that they've only had about eight different episodes to spread out over their first four weeks. He doesn't care.Unlike Dora, who just stares into space for five minutes while you look for Strawberry Mountain like she's brain-damaged, Diego does smart, intricate things like identify animals by their individual cries and their paw prints. The other good thing is that, by focusing on South American animals, it teaches kids that there's more to nature than just cows, pigs, and chickens. It's a wonderful start to getting kids to realize that there's a bigger world out there.My final thought? It's one of the few shows on Nick that I can actually sit through, so that's pretty good.