Curious George (TV series)

This article is about the television series shown from 2006. For the 1982 television series, see Curious George (1982 TV series).
Curious George
GenreAdventure
Comedy
Edutainment
Based on
Curious George
by
Developed byJoe Fallon
Voices of
Narrated by
Theme music composer
  • Rocco Gagliese
  • Steve D'Angelo
  • Terry Tompkins
Opening theme"Like Curious George!" performed by Dr. John
Ending theme"Like Curious George!" (instrumental)
ComposerNick Nolan
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons15
No. of episodes198 (389 segments + 3 specials) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
EditorKirk Demorest
Running time22 minutes (11 minutes per segment)
Production companies
Original release
Network
ReleaseSeptember 4, 2006 (2006-09-04) –
April 1, 2015 (2015-04-01)
ReleaseSeptember 3, 2018 (2018-09-03) –
March 17, 2022 (2022-03-17)[1]
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Curious George is an American children's animated television series based on the children's book series of the same name for PBS Kids and a sequel series to the 2006 animated film Curious George. Frank Welker, who voiced George in the 2006 film, reprises the role in the series while Jeff Bennett co-stars as the voice of "The Man with the Yellow Hat" (whose name is revealed in the film to be Ted Shackelford), replacing Will Ferrell.[2] The show premiered on PBS Kids on September 4, 2006, not long after the film's release,[3] and originally ended after nine seasons on April 1, 2015 before returning in 2018. Later seasons were released on Peacock, and the series concluded on March 17, 2022 after a total of 15 seasons. This is the second animated series from Imagine Entertainment, following 1999’s The PJs.

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.[4] Seasons 1–9 are available to stream for Peacock Premium subscribers since September 20, 2020, which is also available to stream on Hulu.[5] Season 10 premiered on PBS on October 5 the same year.[6]

Curious George is a production of Universal 1440 Entertainment (Universal Studios Family Productions before 2013[7]), Imagine Entertainment, and WGBH-TV (WGBH Kids) (before season 13),[8] and animation production by Toon City in some seasons.[9] 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 STEM concepts, and shows a class with kids engaging in experiments that demonstrate a concept within the previous episode's script. After the ninth season, the STEM featurettes were phased out.

  1. ^ "Curious George".
  2. ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 143. ISBN 978-1538103739.
  3. ^ Publicity, Pbs (2005-01-15). "Curious George In Production for PBS KIDS". About PBS - Main. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
  4. ^ "NBCUNIVERSAL UNVEILS PEACOCK, A FREE PREMIUM AD-SUPPORTED STREAMING SERVICE WITH SUBSCRIPTION TIERS". NBCUNIVERSAL MEDIA. 2020-01-16. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  5. ^ "Curious George New Movie, TV Series Seasons Streaming Free on Peacock". Variety. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
  6. ^ @ItsPeebs (2020-08-20). "Beginning October 5, 2020, Season 10 of Curious George will debut on PBS! 5 "new" episodes will air that week. These episodes are already available on Peacock" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ^ "Curious George – Program Summary". PBS. Archived from the original on October 31, 2012. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
  8. ^ "Curious George – Program Summary". PBS. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
  9. ^ "Curious George – TV Credits". PBS. Retrieved September 18, 2016.