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Astroblast! | |
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Genre | |
Created by | Bob Kolar |
Directed by | Dan Flynn
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Composers | Terry Tompkins and Steve D'Angelo for Eggplant LF |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 52 (aired) (list of episodes) |
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Executive producer | Deborah Forte |
Running time | 15 minutes |
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Original release | |
Network | Sprout |
Release | July 12, 2014 – February 7, 2015 |
Astroblast! is an American animated science fiction children's television series created by Bob Kolar for Sprout. Based on the book series Astroblast! by author and illustrator Bob Kolar, the series is co-produced by Scholastic Media [1] and Soup2Nuts and debuted on July 12, 2014. The series also started airing on NBC Kids, the Saturday morning programming block on NBC in October 2014. [1] It was the final show produced by Soup2Nuts before its closure in August 2015.
In 2021, FilmRise picked up the show for distribution. [2] The show is currently available for streaming on the FilmRise multimedia platform, and on The Roku Channel, Pluto TV and Tubi TV in the United States, as well as on the Clan television channel and RTVE Play in Spain. The series is available more than 10 languages and has aired in over 20 countries internationally.
Five high-spirited and fun-loving animals: Comet the dog, Sputnik the pig, Halley the rabbit, Radar the monkey, and Jet the alligator, who live with their alien octopus friend named Sal in the Astroblast Space Station, which also houses a large library and a smoothie café called the Frosty Star.
Individual air dates for stories as a 15-minute program:
# | Title | Writer(s) | Original airdate |
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101 | Spic 'n Span | Jack Ferraiolo | 21 July 2014 |
102 | Smoothie Operator | Susan Kim | 14 July 2014 |
103 | Take Off! | Susan Kim | 15 July 2014 |
104 | Oh, Brother… | Jack Ferraiolo | 12 July 2014 |
105 | Bend it Like Radar | Jill Cozza-Turner | 16 July 2014 |
106 | Lost and Found | Ed Valentine | 17 July 2014 |
107 | I'll Save You! | Frederick Stroppel | 18 July 2014 |
108 | Growin' Crazy | Jack Ferraiolo & Susan Kim & Allan Neuwirth | 14 July 2014 |
109 | Twice the Talent | Jonathan Greenberg | 15 July 2014 |
110 | Building the Perfect Present | Jen Klein | 12 July 2014 |
111 | Glippi's Visit | Ed Valentine | 15 July 2014 |
112 | Don't Touch! | Adam Rudman | 17 July 2014 |
113 | Are You My Piffin? | Melinda LaRose | 18 July 2014 |
114 | Halley's Wannabe | Jill Cozza-Turner | 19 July 2014 |
115 | Sputnik the Spoiler | Susan Kim | 20 July 2014 |
116 | Don’t Fear the Surfboard | Frederick Stroppel | date needed |
117 | Billy Starrider | Kacey Arnold | 21 July 2014 |
118 | Sore Loser | Denise Brossman | 22 July 2014 |
119 | Halley Goes Solo | Elizabeth Keyishian | 23 July 2014 |
120 | Z-Max Mania | Rogelio Martinez | 12 July 2014 |
121 | What a Mess! | Jen Klein | 13 July 2014 |
122 | Beck and Call | Pamela Hickey & Dennys McCoy | 13 July 2014 |
123 | Sputnik Takes Charge | Jonathan Greenberg | 22 July 2014 |
124 | The Clean Machine | Susan Kim | 23 July 2014 |
125 | Comet's Gift | Ed Valentine | 24 July 2014 |
126 | A Star Is Born | Jill Cozza-Turner | date needed |
201 | A Bird in the Hand | Susan Kim | |
202 | How Do You Get to Carnegie Nebula? | Melinda LaRose | |
203 | Who Let the Stuffie Out? | Jonathan Greenberg | |
204 | Lights Out | Kacey Arnold | |
205 | Shape Up! | Jack Ferraiolo | |
206 | Surfin' Space Safari | Susan Kim | date needed |
207 | I Love a Parade…Sometimes | Rogelio Martinez | 8 November 2015 or 9 May 2015 or earlier |
208 | Radar Sleeps Over | Denise Brossman | as above |
209 | Stop Booging Me! | Jill Cozza-Turner | 15 November 2015 or 16 May 2015 or earlier |
210 | Just Peachy | Liz Keyishian | 9 February 2015 or 16 May 2015 or 15 November 2015 |
211 | Hole in One | Jack Ferraiolo & Susan Kim | 10 February 2015 |
212 | Treasure Hunt | Jonathan Greenberg | 11 February 2015 |
213 | Something Borrowed, Someone Blue | Susan Kim | 19 January 2015 |
214 | Be Mine | Ed Valentine | 14 February 2015 |
215 | GamGam Knows Best [3] aka Gam Gam Knows Best[ citation needed ] | Kacey Arnold | 19 January 2015[ citation needed ] or 9 September 2015 [3] |
216 | Three's a Crowd | Denise Brossman | 21 January 2015 |
217 | Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Alligator? [4] aka Big Bad Alligator [5] | Jill Cozza-Turner | 23 January 2015[ citation needed ] or 6 June 2015 [4] or 1 October 2015 [5] |
218 | Sing Along to the Bouncing Monkey | Susan Kim | 12 February 2015[ citation needed ] or 6 June 2015 [4] |
219 | I Feel Fine! | Jonathan Greenberg | 26 January 2015 |
220 | Shoes Blues | Ed Valentine | 13 February 2015 |
221 | Radar for a Day | Susan Kim | 28 January 2015[ citation needed ] or 3 November 2015 [6] |
222 | A Gift From Halley | Liz Keyishian | 30 January 2015[ citation needed ] or 3 November 2015 [7] |
223 | Best Guests | Susan Kim | 2 February 2015[ citation needed ] or 3 November 2015 [8] |
224 | Puzzle Hunt | Ed Valentine | 4 February 2015 |
225 | Bop 'til You Drop [9] aka Bop Til You Drop[ citation needed ] | Jonathan Greenberg | 6 February 2015[ citation needed ] or 27 June 2015 [9] |
226 | Kapowsers! | Susan Kim | 7 February 2015[ citation needed ] or 27 June 2015 [9] |
Coupled air dates as a 30-minute program:
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Original air date: 06-JUN-15
A family of new customers are scared of Jet. Season 1, Episode 43 10/01/2015
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Original air date: 27-JUN-15