NELVANA BRINGS THREE POPULAR KIDS’ TELEVISION SERIES TO PEACOCK
August 13, 2024
Internationally Adored Animated Series Agent Binky: Pets of the Universe, The Dog & Pony Show and Super Wish will Premiere on Peacock Across the USA
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TORONTO, August 13, 2024 – Corus Entertainment’s Nelvana, a world-leading international producer, distributor, and licensor of children animated and live-action content, has partnered with Peacock, to officially launch three of its hit redknot-produced animated kids’ television series in the U.S. Starting August 15th, U.S. viewers will be able to stream all three seasons of paws-itively hilarious Agent Binky: Pets of the Universe, followed by The Dog & Pony Show in September and Super Wish in October.
“Each of these shows are adored by audiences worldwide for their respective humour, wit and adventure,” says Mellany Welsh, VP and Head of Nelvana and Kids Can Press “and this partnership with Peacock is an opportunity to bring more of Nelvana’s captivating content to viewers in the U.S. We remain dedicated to introducing new stories to kids’ worldwide and we are excited for fans to fall in love with our engaging characters.”
Peacock will exclusively premiere all three seasons of Agent Binky: Pets of the Universe (78 x 22min) in the U.S. on August 15, 2024. The 3D animated series produced by redknot, a joint venture between Nelvana and Warner Bros. Discovery, is based on the best-selling books by Ashley Spires and published by Corus Entertainment’s Kids Can Press. Agent Binky and his fellow P.U.R.S.T. Agents are all geared up and ready as ever to protect their human families from aliens, robots and the W.U.R.S.T. villain – Chirpy McChirp! Featuring characters, adventures and cool gadgets, this furr-tastic team is certified for action and determined to go where no pet has gone before.
The Dog & Pony Show (26 x 22 min) will also have its U.S. premiere on Peacock, with episodes launching September 15th, 2024. Produced by redknot and created by 10-time daytime Emmy® Award winning writer Josh Selig, the hilarious 2D animated series features two very different best friends, Dog and Pony, who leave their magical world of Rainbow Fjörd to move to the not-so-magical big city of Unicity. Between Pony’s outrageous ideas and Dog’s fascination with the mundane, things never quite go as planned igniting chaotic adventures.
Additionally, Super Wish (26 x 22min), the 2D animated series produced by redknot and created by Nelvana’s very own Vanessa Esteves and Emmy® Award winning Adrian Thatcher, will debut on October 10th on Peacock in the US. In the series, when Jesse Cameron accidentally wishes his birthday party to disappear, he and his friends must venture through a magical realm known as The Happy Land of Birthdays to track down and un-do his Super Wish in order to get back home. As they encounter wondrous characters and action-packed adventures, Jesse and his friends rediscover the magic of birthdays and just how great it is to be a kid.
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About Nelvana
Entertaining kids for over 50 years, Nelvana is a world-leading international producer and distributor of children’s animated and live-action content. Nelvana produces a stable of award-winning and globally renowned brands that focus on comedies, preschool and action series, and ancillary consumer products programs. Nelvana’s content airs on Corus Entertainment’s kids channels in Canada and in over 180 countries around the world. The Nelvana library has well over 5,000 episodes of programming and has received over 70 major international program awards including Emmys® and Canadian Screen Awards. Visit the Nelvana website at nelvana.com.
About Corus Entertainment Inc.
Corus Entertainment Inc. (TSX: CJR.B) is a leading media and content company that develops and delivers high quality brands and content across platforms for audiences around the world. Engaging audiences since 1999, the company’s portfolio of multimedia offerings encompass 33 specialty television services, 39 radio stations, 15 conventional television stations, digital and streaming platforms, and technology and media services. Corus is an internationally-renowned content creator and distributor through Nelvana, a world class animation studio expert in all formats and Corus Studios, a globally recognized producer of hit scripted and unscripted content. The company also owns full-service social digital agency so.da, lifestyle entertainment company Kin Canada, and children’s book publishing house, Kids Can Press. Corus’ roster of premium brands includes Global Television, W Network, HGTV Canada, Food Network Canada, Magnolia Network Canada, The HISTORY® Channel, Showcase, Adult Swim, National Geographic, Disney Channel Canada, YTV, Global News, Globalnews.ca, Q107, Country 105, and CFOX, along with streaming platforms STACKTV, TELETOON+, the Global TV App and Curiouscast. Corus is the domestic advertising representative and an original content partner for Pluto TV, a Paramount Company, which is the leading free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) service. For more information visit www.corusent.com.
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