Curious George (TV series)

Curious George
Genre	Adventure Comedy Edutainment
Based on	Curious George by H.A. Rey Margret Rey Alan Shalleck
Developed by	Joe Fallon
Voices of	Frank Welker Jeff Bennett Rob Paulsen Jim Cummings Debi Derryberry Bill Chott Lex Lang Dee Bradley Baker B. J. Ward E. G. Daily Grey DeLisle Susan Silo Lara Jill Miller Kevin Michael Richardson James Arnold Taylor Tara Strong Carlos Alazraqui Jess Harnell Amber Hood Annie Mumolo Rolonda Watts Kath Soucie
Narrated by	William H. Macy Rino Romano
Theme music composer	Rocco Gagliese Steve D'Angelo Terry Tompkins
Opening theme	"Like Curious George!" performed by Dr. John
Ending theme	"Like Curious George!" (instrumental)
Composer	Nick Nolan
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	15
No. of episodes	198 (389 segments + 3 specials) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Ron Howard Dorothea Gillim Brian Grazer David Kirschner Jon Shapiro Ellen Cockrill
Editor	Kirk Demorest
Running time	22 minutes (11 minutes per segment)
Production companies	Imagine Entertainment (seasons 1–9, 12, 14–15) Universal Animation Studios WGBH Boston (seasons 1–12) Universal 1440 Entertainment (season 10–15)
Original release
Network	PBS Kids (seasons 1–15) Family Jr. (seasons 10–12) Peacock (seasons 13–15)
Release	September 4, 2006 (2006-09-04) – April 1, 2015 (2015-04-01)
Release	September 3, 2018 (2018-09-03) – March 17, 2022 (2022-03-17)[1]
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Curious George is an American children's animated television series based on the children's book series of the same name for PBS Kids and a sequel series to the 2006 animated film Curious George. Frank Welker, who voiced George in the 2006 film, reprises the role in the series while Jeff Bennett co-stars as the voice of "The Man with the Yellow Hat" (whose name is revealed in the film to be Ted Shackelford), replacing Will Ferrell.^[2] The show premiered on PBS Kids on September 4, 2006, not long after the film's release,^[3] and originally ended after nine seasons on April 1, 2015 before returning in 2018. Later seasons were released on Peacock, and the series concluded on March 17, 2022 after a total of 15 seasons. This is the second animated series from Imagine Entertainment, following 1999’s The PJs.

Season 10 premiered on September 3, 2018 on Family Jr. in Canada. Seasons 10–13 debuted on NBCUniversal's streaming service Peacock in the United States when it launched in July 2020.^[4] Seasons 1–9 are available to stream for Peacock Premium subscribers since September 20, 2020, which is also available to stream on Hulu.^[5] Season 10 premiered on PBS on October 5 the same year.^[6]

Curious George is a production of Universal 1440 Entertainment (Universal Studios Family Productions before 2013^[7]), Imagine Entertainment, and WGBH-TV (WGBH Kids) (before season 13),^[8] and animation production by Toon City in some seasons.^[9] From seasons 1–9, each episode has two animated segments per half hour episode, and a short live-action segment after each. The live-action shorts illustrate and explain various STEM concepts, and shows a class with kids engaging in experiments that demonstrate a concept within the previous episode's script. After the ninth season, the STEM featurettes were phased out.