Little Charmers

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Little Charmers
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Genre Fantasy
Created byJennifer Dodge
Irene Weibel
Developed byCarolyn Hay
Directed byJason Groh
Sean V. Jeffrey
Voices of Addison Holley
Alexa Torrington
Matilda Gilbert
Narrated bySnow White Scott
Opening themeLittle Charmers Theme Song
Ending theme"Little Charmers Theme Song" (Instrumental)
ComposersAsher Lenz
Stephan Skratt
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes57 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersJennifer Dodge
Patricia Burns
Noah Luke
Toni Stevens
Running time22 minutes
Production companies Atomic Cartoons [1]
Spin Master Entertainment
Nelvana
Original release
Network Treehouse TV
ReleaseJanuary 12, 2015 (2015-01-12) [2]  
April 15, 2017 (2017-04-15)

Little Charmers is a Canadian CGI-animated television series produced by Nelvana and Spin Master Entertainment for Treehouse TV. The series premiered on Nickelodeon in the United States on January 12, 2015, and ended on April 15, 2017. [3] Treehouse TV announced a week later that it was scheduled in Canada on January 31; [4] however, the second episode debuted six days after this announcement, and six days prior to the scheduled debut. 57 episodes were produced.

Contents

Characters

Main

Recurring

Episodes

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1 44January 12, 2015 (2015-01-12)June 17, 2016 (2016-06-17)
2 13April 10, 2017 (2017-04-10)April 15, 2017 (2017-04-15)

Merchandise

All 14 toys based on the series were made in Canada, United States, and Europe. [8] Spin Master made toys including dolls, figurines, plushies and RPGs. [9] Additionally, bedding was made by Baby Boom Consumer Products, [9] cake decorations by Bakery Crafts [9] Halloween costumes by Rubie's Costume Company, [9] and other products by Scholastic. [9]

Four games for the series, Charmers in Training, [10] [11] Hazel Eyes, [12] Junior Brooms, [13] [14] and Sparkle Up! [15] [16] were made as well.

Broadcast and home media

Little Charmers premiered on Nickelodeon in the U.S. on January 12, 2015, on Nick Jr. in Australia and New Zealand on May 4, 2015, [17] [18] on Nick Jr. Too in the United Kingdom and Ireland on June 22, [19] on Nick Jr. in Southeast Asia and Europe on July 6, [20] and on 3Kids in Ireland. It was shown in Spacetoon in the Middle East. Until December 2022, Starz Kids & Family also aired the series in every even-numbered month, but only at its first season due to its second and final one being unavailable.

In the mid-late 2010s, eOne released DVDs along with kaBOOM! in North America.

As of 2023, the series is now streaming on Tubi, but not at episodes 21 through 44 (labeled as part of "season 2").

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