Ridley Jones

Ridley Jones
Season 1 promotional poster
GenrePreschool
Action
Adventure
Musical
Fantasy
Comedy drama
Created byChris Nee[1]
Directed by
  • John Musumeci
  • Rob Byrne
Voices of
  • Iara Nemirovsky
  • Iris Menas
  • Tyler Shamy
  • Ashlyn Madden
Theme music composer
  • Chris Nee
  • Christopher Dimond
  • Michael Kooman
Composers
Country of origin
  • United States
  • Ireland
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons5
No. of episodes35 (53 segments)
Production
Executive producers
  • Chris Nee
  • For Brown Bag Films:
  • Cathal Gaffney
  • Darragh O'Connell
Producers
  • Theresa Mayer
  • PeeDee Shindell
Animators
  • Francesco Malin
  • Abhishek Srivastav
  • Shradha Tripathy
Editors
  • Thomas Byrne
  • Beth Elston
Running time27–28 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkNetflix
ReleaseJuly 13, 2021 (2021-07-13) –
March 6, 2023 (2023-03-06)
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Ridley Jones[2] is an animated preschool television series[3] created and executive produced by Chris Nee for Netflix.[4][2] The series premiered on July 13, 2021.[5] A second season debuted on a November 2 release.[6] A third season was released on February 15, 2022.[7] A fourth season was released on August 22, 2022.[8] A fifth season was released on March 6, 2023. The series was allegedly cancelled as a reaction to the introduction of a non-binary character.[9]

  1. ^ Low, Elaine (July 7, 2021). "'Doc McStuffins' Creator Chris Nee on Her First Netflix Show, 'Ridley Jones': Adventurous Girls, Museum Life and a Nonbinary Bison Named Fred". Variety. Archived from the original on August 20, 2021. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Chris Nee Unveils First Slate of Netflix Animated Preschool Series For Kids Around The World". Netflix Media Center (Press release). October 15, 2020. Archived from the original on December 30, 2020. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  3. ^ Vanderberg, Madison (June 13, 2021). "'Ridley Jones' To Feature First Nonbinary Character In A Netflix Preschool Show". Scary Mommy. Archived from the original on August 20, 2021. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
  4. ^ Haridasani Gupta, Alisha (June 20, 2021). "She Never Saw Herself in Children's TV Shows. So She Created Her Own". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 22, 2021. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
  5. ^ "Netflix Releases Trailer and Poster for Chris Nee's 'Ridley Jones'". Animation World Network. June 8, 2021. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
  6. ^ Netflix Jr. (September 30, 2021). "Ridley Jones Season 2 Trailer". Archived from the original on September 30, 2021. Retrieved September 30, 2021 – via YouTube.
  7. ^ "Global TV & Streaming News Bytes". January 7, 2022. Archived from the original on January 8, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
  8. ^ "Global TV & Streaming News Bytes". July 8, 2022.
  9. ^ Nee, Chris [@chrisdocnee] (March 9, 2023). "Oh and yes, this is the end of the series. They cancelled us after what they just put out..." (Tweet). Archived from the original on March 16, 2023. Retrieved March 16, 2023 – via Twitter.