Clifford the Big Red Dog (2000 TV series)

Clifford the Big Red Dog
Also known asClifford
Genre
Created by
Based on
Developed by
Directed by
Voices of
Theme music composer
Opening theme"Clifford the Big Red Dog" performed by Jason Michael
Ending theme"Clifford the Big Red Dog" (instrumental)
Composers
  • Josh Mancell
  • Mark Mothersbaugh
Country of origin
  • United States[1]
  • United Kingdom[1]
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes65 (130 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerDeborah Forte
Producers
  • Martha Atwater
  • Jef Kaminsky (season 2)
Running time26 minutes (US version)
15 minutes (UK version)[2]
Production companies
Original release
NetworkPBS Kids (US)
CBeebies (UK)
ReleaseSeptember 4, 2000 (2000-09-04) –
February 25, 2003 (2003-02-25)
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Clifford the Big Red Dog is an animated educational children's television series, based upon Norman Bridwell's children's book series of the same name.[4] Produced by Scholastic Productions, it was originally aired on PBS Kids from September 4, 2000, to February 25, 2003.[5] A UK version (dubbed with British voice actors replacing the original American soundtrack) originally aired on BBC Two in April 2002.[6]

Internationally, German-based TV-Loonland AG handled broadcast rights to the series, while Entertainment Rights held merchandising and home media rights.[2]

John Ritter voices Clifford in every episode. By the time the series ended production and the subsequent film Clifford's Really Big Movie were completed, Ritter was back on ABC's prime time schedule, starring in 8 Simple Rules. Ritter's death on September 11, 2003, came ten days after the debut of Clifford's Puppy Days (it is often mistakenly cited as the reason the spin-off was created in lieu of a third season).

Though production of Clifford ended before Ritter's death, voice actors for the main characters have reprised some of their roles for the Ready to Learn PBS Kids PSAs. Clifford's Really Big Movie served as the series finale, Clifford's Puppy Days still continued to air until its cancellation in 2006.

On May 16, 2018, Scholastic announced a reboot of the series, which was released on December 6, 2019, on Amazon Prime Video and December 7, 2019, on PBS Kids, starring Adam Sanders as the new voice of Clifford.[7][8] PBS Kids continued to air reruns of the 2000 series on some PBS stations until 2022. Select PBS member stations still continue to carry the show.

As of 2021, the show is currently distributed worldwide by 9 Story Media Group.

  1. ^ a b "Clifford the Big Red Dog (TV series) (2000)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on November 4, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  2. ^ a b "CBBC picks up second series of Clifford". C21Media.net.
  3. ^ "He's Big! He's Red! He's Coming to PBS Kids! Scholastic Productions' "Clifford the Big Red Dog" Animated Series Debuts on PBS Fall 2000" (Press release). PBS. January 7, 2000. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  4. ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 128–129. ISBN 978-1538103739.
  5. ^ Zurawik, David (July 13, 2000). "PBS gives kids new Saturday morning shows". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on May 31, 2014. Retrieved May 31, 2014.
  6. ^ "Search Results - BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference reboot was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference Milligan_June2019 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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