Gabby's Dollhouse | |
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Genre |
Preschool Adventure Fantasy Children's |
Created by |
Traci Paige Johnson Jennifer Twomey |
Presented by | Laila Lockhart Kraner |
Voices of | Tucker Chandler Logan Bailey Juliet Donenfeld Eduardo Franco Sainty Nelsen Maggie Lowe Tara Strong Donovan Patton Carla Tassara Secunda Wood |
Opening theme | "Hey Gabby!" by PT Walkley |
Composer | PT Walkley |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 9 |
No. of episodes | 64 ( list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producers | Traci Paige Johnson Jennifer Twomey |
Running time | 25 minutes |
Production company | DreamWorks Animation Television |
Original release | |
Network | Netflix |
Release | January 5, 2021 present | –
Gabby's Dollhouse is an American live-action/animated interactive preschool television series created by Blue's Clues veterans Traci Paige Johnson and Jennifer Twomey for Netflix which first premiered on January 5, 2021. In the series, Gabby (voiced and portrayed by Laila Lockhart Kraner) and her cat friends called the Gabby Cats go on adventures inside the dollhouse. [1] [2]
Gabby's Dollhouse has built-in silences designed to encourage audience participation.
Each episode begins with the live-action Gabby playing in her bedroom. She then unboxes a miniature package received in the Dollhouse Delivery brought to her Meow-Meow Mailbox that is the catalyst for an adventure inside the animated world of her dollhouse. [3] Gabby puts on her cat ears headband and shrinks down with her stuffed toy Pandy Paws who comes alive to surprise Gabby with a "hug attack". Common rituals may involve an encounter with CatRat, who often randomly appears in one of the rooms in the dollhouse.
The dollhouse has seven key cat-themed rooms where Gabby's adventures take place with the various Gabby Cats:
At the end of each episode is a "Gabby Cat of the Day" segment where one of the Gabby Cats is selected to guide the viewer one-on-one in crafting, cooking, singing, or other activities with a few episodes having Gabby in the selection. Then it goes back to live-action Gabby who closes out the episode. [3]
Season | Episodes | Originally released | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 10 | January 5, 2021 | ||
2 | 8 | August 10, 2021 | ||
3 | 7 | October 19, 2021 | ||
4 | 8 | February 1, 2022 | ||
5 | 6 | July 25, 2022 | ||
6 | 6 | November 1, 2022 | ||
7 | 6 | March 20, 2023 | ||
8 | 7 | 6 | August 7, 2023 | |
1 | November 6, 2023 | |||
9 | 6 | March 25, 2024 | ||
10 | TBA | August 5, 2024 |
The first episode was released as a sneak peek on YouTube on August 22, 2020, while the series itself was released on January 5, 2021. [4] [5] The second season premiered on August 10, 2021, [6] while the third season premiered on October 19, 2021. [7] The fourth season premiered on February 1, 2022, [8] the fifth season premiered on July 25, 2022, [9] the sixth season premiered on November 1, 2022, [10] the seventh season premiered on March 20, 2023, [11] and the eighth season premiered on August 7, 2023. [12] "The Mermaid Christmas Cruise" aired on November 6, 2023, as part of Season 8. [13] The ninth season premiered on March 25, 2024. [14] The tenth season will premiere in August 5, 2024 [15]
The show was created early in the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the first DreamWorks property where the creators were based in New York City instead of Los Angeles, and the whole production team, including the creators, were connected via videoconferencing, also a first for a DreamWorks production. [16]
The basic themes of the show — dollhouses, miniatures, and cats — were creators Traci Page Johnson and Jennifer Twomey's favorites, while the concept of the "dollhouse deliveries" was inspired by unboxing videos, although tweaked so that instead of "unboxing a product", they "unbox a story". [17] Initially, cats were not the main theme of the show — for example, the character of DJ Catnip was originally supposed to be a clock — but this was changed based on the trend of cat videos. [16]
Early in the show's production, the creators came across Carol Dweck's book The Growth Mindset, which has led to the production team adopting the idea of celebrating mistakes and "failing fantastically", which is promoted on the show. [16] [18]
The soundtrack of the show includes genres not often found in children's shows, such as disco/pop (the genre used for DJ Catnip's theme song "The Music In You"), which is due to the creators not liking "saccharine-y sweet music". [17]
Animation production for the show was provided by Technicolor Animation Productions (later Mikros Animation) (seasons 1-4 only), Dave Enterprises, CGCG, Doberman Pictures, Saffronic, Inc. (starting with "The Mermaid Christmas Cruise") and Gabby Gabby Hey Productions, Ltd. with live action provided by One-Take Floyd.[ citation needed]
The show made its linear debut on Cartoonito in Latin America on April 18, 2022, on Treehouse TV in Canada on October 15, 2022, and on Tiny Pop in the United Kingdom on October 17, 2022. [19] The show made its American linear premiere on the Nick Jr. Channel on May 1, 2023, [20] Nickelodeon on June 5, 2023, and Mick Kids Latinoamerica, where it is dubbed in Spanish. [20] Gabby's Dollhouse was removed from Nickelodeon on June 8, 2023. [20] The show airs in the Philippines on TV5, where it is dubbed in Tagalog. [21] The Japanese-dubbed Gabby's Dollhouse airs on TV Tokyo in Japan. [22]
In Poland the series made its debut on linear TV on MiniMini+ on December 20, 2021.
Gabby's Dollhouse also aired on Pop Max in the UK in 2024.
The show was nominated for a Kidscreen award in 2021 and released a series of show-themed toys for the 2021 holiday season. [23] [24] For the episode "Cakey's Cupcake Cousins", it was nominated for Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production for Preschool Children at the 50th Annie Awards. [25]
On April 25, 2024, Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation announced a feature-length film based on Gabby's Dollhouse, titled Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie, set for release on September 26, 2025, with Ryan Crego attached to direct and Steven Schweickart producing, while Traci Paige Johnson and Jennifer Twomey would serve as executive producers. [26] In the film, Gabby goes on a road trip to Cat Francisco with her grandmother GiGi, but when the dollhouse ends up in the possession of a cat lady named Vera, Gabby must set off on an adventure through the real world to save the dollhouse and the Gabby Cats.
Gabby's Dollhouse | |
---|---|
Genre |
Preschool Adventure Fantasy Children's |
Created by |
Traci Paige Johnson Jennifer Twomey |
Presented by | Laila Lockhart Kraner |
Voices of | Tucker Chandler Logan Bailey Juliet Donenfeld Eduardo Franco Sainty Nelsen Maggie Lowe Tara Strong Donovan Patton Carla Tassara Secunda Wood |
Opening theme | "Hey Gabby!" by PT Walkley |
Composer | PT Walkley |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 9 |
No. of episodes | 64 ( list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producers | Traci Paige Johnson Jennifer Twomey |
Running time | 25 minutes |
Production company | DreamWorks Animation Television |
Original release | |
Network | Netflix |
Release | January 5, 2021 present | –
Gabby's Dollhouse is an American live-action/animated interactive preschool television series created by Blue's Clues veterans Traci Paige Johnson and Jennifer Twomey for Netflix which first premiered on January 5, 2021. In the series, Gabby (voiced and portrayed by Laila Lockhart Kraner) and her cat friends called the Gabby Cats go on adventures inside the dollhouse. [1] [2]
Gabby's Dollhouse has built-in silences designed to encourage audience participation.
Each episode begins with the live-action Gabby playing in her bedroom. She then unboxes a miniature package received in the Dollhouse Delivery brought to her Meow-Meow Mailbox that is the catalyst for an adventure inside the animated world of her dollhouse. [3] Gabby puts on her cat ears headband and shrinks down with her stuffed toy Pandy Paws who comes alive to surprise Gabby with a "hug attack". Common rituals may involve an encounter with CatRat, who often randomly appears in one of the rooms in the dollhouse.
The dollhouse has seven key cat-themed rooms where Gabby's adventures take place with the various Gabby Cats:
At the end of each episode is a "Gabby Cat of the Day" segment where one of the Gabby Cats is selected to guide the viewer one-on-one in crafting, cooking, singing, or other activities with a few episodes having Gabby in the selection. Then it goes back to live-action Gabby who closes out the episode. [3]
Season | Episodes | Originally released | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 10 | January 5, 2021 | ||
2 | 8 | August 10, 2021 | ||
3 | 7 | October 19, 2021 | ||
4 | 8 | February 1, 2022 | ||
5 | 6 | July 25, 2022 | ||
6 | 6 | November 1, 2022 | ||
7 | 6 | March 20, 2023 | ||
8 | 7 | 6 | August 7, 2023 | |
1 | November 6, 2023 | |||
9 | 6 | March 25, 2024 | ||
10 | TBA | August 5, 2024 |
The first episode was released as a sneak peek on YouTube on August 22, 2020, while the series itself was released on January 5, 2021. [4] [5] The second season premiered on August 10, 2021, [6] while the third season premiered on October 19, 2021. [7] The fourth season premiered on February 1, 2022, [8] the fifth season premiered on July 25, 2022, [9] the sixth season premiered on November 1, 2022, [10] the seventh season premiered on March 20, 2023, [11] and the eighth season premiered on August 7, 2023. [12] "The Mermaid Christmas Cruise" aired on November 6, 2023, as part of Season 8. [13] The ninth season premiered on March 25, 2024. [14] The tenth season will premiere in August 5, 2024 [15]
The show was created early in the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the first DreamWorks property where the creators were based in New York City instead of Los Angeles, and the whole production team, including the creators, were connected via videoconferencing, also a first for a DreamWorks production. [16]
The basic themes of the show — dollhouses, miniatures, and cats — were creators Traci Page Johnson and Jennifer Twomey's favorites, while the concept of the "dollhouse deliveries" was inspired by unboxing videos, although tweaked so that instead of "unboxing a product", they "unbox a story". [17] Initially, cats were not the main theme of the show — for example, the character of DJ Catnip was originally supposed to be a clock — but this was changed based on the trend of cat videos. [16]
Early in the show's production, the creators came across Carol Dweck's book The Growth Mindset, which has led to the production team adopting the idea of celebrating mistakes and "failing fantastically", which is promoted on the show. [16] [18]
The soundtrack of the show includes genres not often found in children's shows, such as disco/pop (the genre used for DJ Catnip's theme song "The Music In You"), which is due to the creators not liking "saccharine-y sweet music". [17]
Animation production for the show was provided by Technicolor Animation Productions (later Mikros Animation) (seasons 1-4 only), Dave Enterprises, CGCG, Doberman Pictures, Saffronic, Inc. (starting with "The Mermaid Christmas Cruise") and Gabby Gabby Hey Productions, Ltd. with live action provided by One-Take Floyd.[ citation needed]
The show made its linear debut on Cartoonito in Latin America on April 18, 2022, on Treehouse TV in Canada on October 15, 2022, and on Tiny Pop in the United Kingdom on October 17, 2022. [19] The show made its American linear premiere on the Nick Jr. Channel on May 1, 2023, [20] Nickelodeon on June 5, 2023, and Mick Kids Latinoamerica, where it is dubbed in Spanish. [20] Gabby's Dollhouse was removed from Nickelodeon on June 8, 2023. [20] The show airs in the Philippines on TV5, where it is dubbed in Tagalog. [21] The Japanese-dubbed Gabby's Dollhouse airs on TV Tokyo in Japan. [22]
In Poland the series made its debut on linear TV on MiniMini+ on December 20, 2021.
Gabby's Dollhouse also aired on Pop Max in the UK in 2024.
The show was nominated for a Kidscreen award in 2021 and released a series of show-themed toys for the 2021 holiday season. [23] [24] For the episode "Cakey's Cupcake Cousins", it was nominated for Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production for Preschool Children at the 50th Annie Awards. [25]
On April 25, 2024, Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation announced a feature-length film based on Gabby's Dollhouse, titled Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie, set for release on September 26, 2025, with Ryan Crego attached to direct and Steven Schweickart producing, while Traci Paige Johnson and Jennifer Twomey would serve as executive producers. [26] In the film, Gabby goes on a road trip to Cat Francisco with her grandmother GiGi, but when the dollhouse ends up in the possession of a cat lady named Vera, Gabby must set off on an adventure through the real world to save the dollhouse and the Gabby Cats.