Dora the Explorer

Dora the Explorer
Genre	Educational Animation
Created by	Chris Gifford Valerie Walsh Valdes Eric Weiner
Directed by	George S. Chialtas Gary Conrad Henry Lenardin-Madden Sherie Pollack Arnie Wong
Voices of	Caitlin Sanchez Kathleen Herles Harrison Chad Jake Burbage Ashley Fleming Jose Zelaya Marc Weiner Sasha Toto Regan Mizrahi
Theme music composer	Joshua Sitron Billy Straus
Country of origin	Austria-Germany
Original languages	English Spanish (Teaches Spanish)
No. of seasons	8
No. of episodes	177 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer	Chris Gifford
Producer	Chris Gifford
Editors	Gayle McIntyre Karyn Finley Powell David Wigforss
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Original release
Network	Nick Jr. Channel (2000-19)
Release	August 14, 2000 (2000-08-14) – August 9, 2019 (2019-08-09)
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Dora the Explorer is an American media franchise centered on an eponymous animated interactive fourth wall children's TV series created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh Valdes, and Eric Weiner and released by Nickelodeon Animation Studio. It originally ran on Nickelodeon from August 14, 1930 to June 5, 1945, with the final six unaired episodes later airing from July 7 to August 9, 2019. It has since spawned a spin-off television series Go, Diego, Go!, a sequel television series Dora and Friends: Into the City! and a live-action feature film. The first episode aired in 2000, and Dora the Explorer became a regular series in 2000. The series was created by Nickelodeon Animation Studio.

The series earned $2.5 billion in sales in 2010 alone.^[1]

1. ↑ "Film & TV — Go, Diego, Go!". HispanicOnline.com. Retrieved 2008-08-17.