Sheep in the Big City

*Sheep in the Big City*
Sheep in the Big City
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Mo Willems
Written by	Mo Willems; David Wain; Joey Mazzarino;
Directed by	Karen Villarreal; Maurice Joyce; Sue Perrotto; Tom Warburton;
Voices of	Kevin Seal; James Godwin; Ken Schatz; Stephanie D'Abruzzo; Mo Willems; Christine Walters; Ruth Buzzi; Bradley Glenn; Fran Brill; Joey Mazzarino; Jerry Nelson;
Narrated by	Ken Schatz
Theme music composer	Julian Harris
Composer	Julian Harris
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	26 (list of episodes) Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox television with "list_episodes" parameter using self-link. See Infobox instructions and MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE.
Production
Executive producers	Mo Willems; Steve Oakes; Susan Holden; David Starr; Richard Winkler (for Curious Pictures); Linda Simensky; Jay Bastian; Khaki Jones (for Cartoon Network);
Producers	Kris Greengrove (season 1); Bruce Knapp (season 2);
Editor	Dave Courter
Running time	22 minutes
Production company	Curious Pictures
Original release
Network	Cartoon Network
Release	November 17, 2000 –; April 7, 2002
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Sheep in the Big City is an American animated television series created by Mo Willems for Cartoon Network. The 9th of the network's Cartoon Cartoons, the series' pilot first premiered as part of Cartoon Network's "Cartoon Cartoon Summer" on August 18, 2000, before its official debut on November 17, 2000. It aired until April 7, 2002, with repeats airing until 2003.^[1]

Willems previously created The Off-Beats for Nickelodeon's KaBlam! before working on this animated show. The series follows a runaway sheep named Sheep in his new life in "the Big City", where he tries to avoid a secret military organization.^[2] It also features several unrelated sketches and shorts, similar to those from The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends.^[3] With an emphasis on sophisticated (in particular, literal) humor, using different forms of rhetoric from characters to plots, it included comic references to filmmaking and television broadcasting.

At the time, the premiere of Sheep in the Big City was the highest-rated premiere for a Cartoon Network original series.^[4] The animation services for the series were handled by the Korean animation studio Rough Draft Korea.

^ "Cartoon Cartoon Summer". Cartoon Network. Archived from the original on August 15, 2000. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 545. ISBN 978-1538103739.
^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Company. pp. 732–733. ISBN 978-1476665993.
^ Finnigan, David (March 12, 2001). "Eliciting a Sheepish Grin - Cartoon Network's Campaign for Sheep in the City - Brief Article". FindArticles.com. Brandweek. Archived from the original on 2009-08-15. Retrieved 2008-07-02.

[1] "Cartoon Cartoon Summer". Cartoon Network. Archived from the original on August 15, 2000. Retrieved 2012-12-28.

[Perlmutter-2] Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 545. ISBN 978-1538103739.

[3] Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Company. pp. 732–733. ISBN 978-1476665993.

[4] Finnigan, David (March 12, 2001). "Eliciting a Sheepish Grin - Cartoon Network's Campaign for Sheep in the City - Brief Article". FindArticles.com. Brandweek. Archived from the original on 2009-08-15. Retrieved 2008-07-02.

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