| Ni Hao, Kai-Lan | |
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| Genre | Fantasy Comedy |
| Created by | Karen Chau |
| Developed by | Mary Harrington Karen Chau Judy Rothman Sascha Paladino |
| Written by | Sascha Paladino (Head Writer) Bradley Zweig (Staff Writer) |
| Directed by | David Marshall |
| Voices of | Jade-Lianna Peters Clem Cheung Ben Wang Jack Samson Khamani Griffin Angie Wu Beverly Duan Terence Hardy Hsiang Lo |
| Theme music composer | Matt Mahaffey |
| Opening theme | Theme song composed by Matt Mahaffey, lyrics by Sascha Paladino |
| Composer | Doug Califano |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original languages | English Mandarin |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 42 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Mary Harrington |
| Producer | Sascha Paladino |
| Running time | 24 minutes |
| Production companies | Harringtoons Productions Nickelodeon Animation Studio (credited as Nick Jr. Productions for season 1)[a] |
| Original release | |
| Network | Nickelodeon Nick Jr. Channel |
| Release | February 7, 2008 – August 21, 2011 |
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Ni Hao, Kai-Lan is an American animated children's television series produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studio. It began as a series of three interstitial shorts on Nick Jr. called Downward Doghouse.[2] The first full episode was initially set to premiere in fall 2007[3][4] on Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. block in the United States, but it was pushed back to February 7, 2008, coinciding with Chinese New Year.[3]
Ni Hao, Kai-Lan is based on the childhood memories of the show's creator, Karen Chau, who grew up in a bicultural (Chinese-American) household.[5] "Ni hao" (你好 nǐ hǎo) means "Hello" in Mandarin, and Kai-Lan (凯兰 Kǎilán) is the Chinese name Chau was given at birth, which was later anglicized to Karen.
The first two seasons had 20 episodes each. The third season consisted of a two-part series finale. Sascha Paladino was the head writer and developer for the show.
The entire series was released on Paramount+ (at the time CBS All Access) on January 19, 2021.
- ^ "Monday, January 14th, 2008". Cynopsis Media. January 14, 2008. Archived from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
- ^ "'Ni Hao, Kai-lan': Tigers and Dragons and Mandarin Lessons". Animation World Network. Archived from the original on 2021-05-25. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
- ^ a b Hale, Mike (February 7, 2008). "A Pint-Size Peacemaker With a Lot to Teach". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 6, 2020. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
- ^ Davis, Micheal (April 15, 2007). "Cartoons With Heart ... and a Little Mandarin". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 15, 2018. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
- ^ "HOW 'KAI-LAN' GOT HER GROOVE". Hartford Courant. March 9, 2008. Archived from the original on 2020-04-06. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
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