Pound Puppies | |
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Genre | Comedy Adventure Musical Children's animation Fantasy |
Developed by | Wendy Moss Klein Nancy Steingard Paul Germain Joe Ansolabehere |
Voices of | Eric McCormack René Auberjonois Yvette Nicole Brown John DiMaggio Michael Rapaport Alanna Ubach M. Emmet Walsh Brooke Goldner Cree Summer Jessica DiCicco Betty White |
Theme music composer | Jonathan Evans |
Opening theme | "Pound Puppies" |
Ending theme | "Pound Puppies" |
Composers | Daniel Ingram Steffan Andrews |
Country of origin | Canada United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 65 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producers | Wendy Moss Klein (seasons 1 and 2) Nancy Steingard (seasons 1 and 2) Paul Germain (season 1) Joe Ansolabehere (season 1) Vince Commisso (episodes 1–7) Steve Jarosz (episodes 1–7) Chris Bartleman (episodes 8–65) Blair Peters (episodes 8–26) Kirsten Newlands (episodes 8–65) Bart Jennett (season 3) Stephen Davis |
Producers | Paul Germain (episodes 1–8) Joe Ansolabehere (episodes 1–8) Marissa Collyer (episodes 1–8) Elana Adair (episodes 8–65) Alfred Gimeno (episodes 12–39) Kimberly Small (season 3) |
Running time | 22 minutes |
Production companies | Paul & Joe Productions (season 1) 9 Story Entertainment (episodes 1–7) DHX Media Vancouver (episodes 8–65) Hasbro Studios |
Original release | |
Network | The Hub/Hub Network |
Release | October 10, 2010 November 16, 2013 | –
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Pound Puppies is an animated children's television series developed by Wendy Klein Moss, Nancy Steingard, Paul Germain and Joe Ansolabehere for the Hub Network. It premiered on October 10, 2010 in the United States as the first Hub "original series".[1] It also aired on YTV in Canada and on Boomerang in the UK, Ireland and Australia. Produced by Hasbro Studios, it was the second series (after the 1986 series) to adapt Pound Puppies into a cartoon format. Originally a property by Tonka, Hasbro acquired Tonka itself and currently manages Pound Puppies. The plot style and music were similar to the 1960s TV series Hogan's Heroes and to films like Stalag 17 and The Great Escape.[2] The first seven episodes of the series were animated by 9 Story Entertainment, but DHX Media/Vancouver took over to animate the series from episode 8 onwards.[3]
The show is known for being one of four original series from The Hub to win the CINE Golden Eagle Award for high quality production and storytelling in July 2012;[4] one month later, the Season 1 episode "I Never Barked for My Father" was honored with the HUMANITAS Prize for excellence in writing for children's television animation.[5] 65 episodes were produced.