Curious George | |
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Genre | Family Adventure Comedy Education Children's television series |
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Developed by | Joe Fallon |
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Opening theme | "Like Curious George!" performed by Dr. John |
Ending theme | "Like Curious George!" (instrumental) |
Composer | Nick Nolan |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 15 |
No. of episodes | 198 (389 segments + 3 specials) ( list of episodes) |
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Executive producers |
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Editor | Kirk Demorest |
Running time | 22 minutes (11 minutes per segment) |
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Release | September 4, 2006 March 17, 2022 [2] | –
Curious George is an American children's animated television series based on the children's book series of the same name for PBS Kids which features Jeff Bennett as the voice of Ted Shackelford (credited as "The Man with the Yellow Hat", formerly called that in the original series books and telefilm books). Frank Welker, who voiced George in the 2006 feature film, reprises the role in the series. [3] The show premiered on PBS Kids on September 4, 2006, [4] and originally ended after nine seasons on April 1, 2015 before returning in 2018. The series concluded after 15 seasons on Peacock by March 17th, 2022.
Season 10 premiered on September 3, 2018 on Family Jr. in Canada. Seasons 10-13 debuted on NBCUniversal's streaming service Peacock in the United States when it launched in July 2020. [5] Seasons 1-9 are available to stream for Peacock Premium subscribers since September 20, 2020, which is also available to stream on Hulu. [6] Season 10 premiered on PBS on October 5 the same year. [7]
Curious George is a production of Universal 1440 Entertainment ( Universal Studios Family Productions before 2013 [8]), Imagine Entertainment, and WGBH-TV ( WGBH Kids) (before season 13), [9] and animated by Toon City. [10] From seasons 1-9, each episode has two animated segments per half hour episode, and a short live-action segment after each. The live-action shorts illustrate and explain various concepts in math and science, and shows a class with kids engaging in experiments, that teach the math or science concept featured in the previous story. Season 10 eliminated them, leaving only the animated segments left.
The setting for most episodes is either the city, where George lives in an apartment building with the Man in the Yellow Hat, or the country, where they share a small house near a lake called Lake Wanasinklake (on rare occasions, both settings are featured). This allows George to mirror the experiences of kids who live in an urban environment and those who live on farms and in suburbs. A few episodes take place in alternate but familiar settings, like an airport or a train station.
Season | Segments | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
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First aired | Last aired | Network | ||||
1 | 60 | 30 | September 4, 2006 | February 23, 2007 | PBS Kids | |
2 | 40 | 20 | September 3, 2007 | April 22, 2008 | ||
3 | 22 | 11 | September 1, 2008 | April 22, 2009 | ||
4 | 18 | 9 | September 8, 2009 | June 14, 2010 | ||
5 | 20 | 10 | September 6, 2010 | May 6, 2011 | ||
6 | 20 | 10 | September 5, 2011 | June 25, 2012 | ||
7 | 12 | 6 | December 3, 2012 | April 24, 2013 | ||
8 | 12 | 6 | February 10, 2014 | May 21, 2014 | ||
9 | 12 | 6 | October 28, 2014 | April 1, 2015 | ||
10 | 28 | 15 | September 3, 2018 | December 10, 2018 | Family Jr. | |
11 | 29 | 15 | May 6, 2019 | August 12, 2019 | ||
12 | 29 | 15 | February 3, 2020 | February 21, 2020 | ||
13 | 30 | 15 | July 15, 2020 | December 11, 2020 | Peacock | |
14 | 29 | 15 | October 21, 2021 | |||
15 | 28 | 15 | March 17, 2022 |
The show premiered on PBS through PBS Kids in the United States and through CITV in the United Kingdom in 2006 and Family Jr. in Canada in 2015. Season 10 premiered on PBS and the series made its debut on the PBS Kids 24/7 channel the same day. All seasons are available on Peacock and PBS Kids with the first 9 seasons exclusive to Peacock Premium and Hulu.
Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas, an animated television film, was released on November 25, 2009. It was distributed by PBS and produced by Imagine Entertainment and Universal Animation Studios. The film is a holiday television special featuring George, as featured in the TV series, wondering what to give The Man in The Yellow Hat who is also wondering what to give George. It is shown every Christmas season on PBS Kids.
Curious George | |
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Genre | Family Adventure Comedy Education Children's television series |
Based on | |
Developed by | Joe Fallon |
Voices of | |
Narrated by | |
Theme music composer |
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Opening theme | "Like Curious George!" performed by Dr. John |
Ending theme | "Like Curious George!" (instrumental) |
Composer | Nick Nolan |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 15 |
No. of episodes | 198 (389 segments + 3 specials) ( list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producers |
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Editor | Kirk Demorest |
Running time | 22 minutes (11 minutes per segment) |
Production companies |
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Animation services |
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Original release | |
Network |
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Release | September 4, 2006 March 17, 2022 [2] | –
Curious George is an American children's animated television series based on the children's book series of the same name for PBS Kids which features Jeff Bennett as the voice of Ted Shackelford (credited as "The Man with the Yellow Hat", formerly called that in the original series books and telefilm books). Frank Welker, who voiced George in the 2006 feature film, reprises the role in the series. [3] The show premiered on PBS Kids on September 4, 2006, [4] and originally ended after nine seasons on April 1, 2015 before returning in 2018. The series concluded after 15 seasons on Peacock by March 17th, 2022.
Season 10 premiered on September 3, 2018 on Family Jr. in Canada. Seasons 10-13 debuted on NBCUniversal's streaming service Peacock in the United States when it launched in July 2020. [5] Seasons 1-9 are available to stream for Peacock Premium subscribers since September 20, 2020, which is also available to stream on Hulu. [6] Season 10 premiered on PBS on October 5 the same year. [7]
Curious George is a production of Universal 1440 Entertainment ( Universal Studios Family Productions before 2013 [8]), Imagine Entertainment, and WGBH-TV ( WGBH Kids) (before season 13), [9] and animated by Toon City. [10] From seasons 1-9, each episode has two animated segments per half hour episode, and a short live-action segment after each. The live-action shorts illustrate and explain various concepts in math and science, and shows a class with kids engaging in experiments, that teach the math or science concept featured in the previous story. Season 10 eliminated them, leaving only the animated segments left.
The setting for most episodes is either the city, where George lives in an apartment building with the Man in the Yellow Hat, or the country, where they share a small house near a lake called Lake Wanasinklake (on rare occasions, both settings are featured). This allows George to mirror the experiences of kids who live in an urban environment and those who live on farms and in suburbs. A few episodes take place in alternate but familiar settings, like an airport or a train station.
Season | Segments | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
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First aired | Last aired | Network | ||||
1 | 60 | 30 | September 4, 2006 | February 23, 2007 | PBS Kids | |
2 | 40 | 20 | September 3, 2007 | April 22, 2008 | ||
3 | 22 | 11 | September 1, 2008 | April 22, 2009 | ||
4 | 18 | 9 | September 8, 2009 | June 14, 2010 | ||
5 | 20 | 10 | September 6, 2010 | May 6, 2011 | ||
6 | 20 | 10 | September 5, 2011 | June 25, 2012 | ||
7 | 12 | 6 | December 3, 2012 | April 24, 2013 | ||
8 | 12 | 6 | February 10, 2014 | May 21, 2014 | ||
9 | 12 | 6 | October 28, 2014 | April 1, 2015 | ||
10 | 28 | 15 | September 3, 2018 | December 10, 2018 | Family Jr. | |
11 | 29 | 15 | May 6, 2019 | August 12, 2019 | ||
12 | 29 | 15 | February 3, 2020 | February 21, 2020 | ||
13 | 30 | 15 | July 15, 2020 | December 11, 2020 | Peacock | |
14 | 29 | 15 | October 21, 2021 | |||
15 | 28 | 15 | March 17, 2022 |
The show premiered on PBS through PBS Kids in the United States and through CITV in the United Kingdom in 2006 and Family Jr. in Canada in 2015. Season 10 premiered on PBS and the series made its debut on the PBS Kids 24/7 channel the same day. All seasons are available on Peacock and PBS Kids with the first 9 seasons exclusive to Peacock Premium and Hulu.
Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas, an animated television film, was released on November 25, 2009. It was distributed by PBS and produced by Imagine Entertainment and Universal Animation Studios. The film is a holiday television special featuring George, as featured in the TV series, wondering what to give The Man in The Yellow Hat who is also wondering what to give George. It is shown every Christmas season on PBS Kids.