Dino Ranch

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Dino Ranch
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Series Posters
Genre
Created byMatthew Fernandes
Voices of
  • Tyler Nathan
  • Jacob Soley
  • Ava Ro
  • Jacob Mazeral
  • Elliott Couillard
  • Scott Gorman
  • Athena Karkanis
  • Joshua Graham
Theme music composer
ComposerLorenzo Castelli
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes64 (128 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Arthur Spanos
  • Matthew Fernandes
  • Tammy Semen
  • Jon Rutherford
  • Bob Higgins
  • David Fortier
  • Ivan Schneeberg
Producers
  • Anna Keenan
  • Stephanie Gauthier Watson
  • Pascale LeBlanc
Running time22 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network CBC Kids
ReleaseJanuary 16, 2021 (2021-01-16) 
present (present)

Dino Ranch is a Canadian CGI animated children's television series created by Matthew Fernandes, co-founder and chief creative officer of Industrial Brothers. Dino Ranch follows the adventures of the Cassidy family as they tackle life on the ranch in a fantastical, prehistoric and Wild West-inspired setting where dinosaurs roam. The series debuted on CBC in Canada on January 16, 2021, and on Disney Junior in the United States on January 18, 2021, and later on Disney+ on June 18, 2021.

Contents

On July 28, 2021, it was announced that the series was renewed for a second season. [1] On June 29, 2022, the second season premiered on Disney Junior in the United States. On October 13, 2022, it was announced that the series was renewed for a third season which premiered on September 11, 2023. [2]

Premise

Dino Ranch is set in a world where humans and dinosaurs live alongside each other. While Dino Ranch is first and foremost a working, self-sustained ranch run by the Cassidy family, it also serves as a dinosaur sanctuary.

Characters

Dino Ranch is operated by the Cassidy family, consisting of Bo and Jane Cassidy and their 3 adopted children, Jon, Min, and Miguel, and dinosaurs.

Main

Recurring

Episodes

SeasonSegmentsEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1 5226January 16, 2021 (2021-01-16)April 15, 2022 (2022-04-15)
2 5226July 22, 2022 (2022-07-22)July 8, 2023 (2023-07-08)
3 5226September 11, 2023 (2023-09-11)TBA

Merchandise

Florida-based Jazwares is Dino Ranch's global master toy partner. [3] Scholastic Corporation has the rights to design and produce a range of English-language consumer products, including readers, sticker story books, novelty items, activity books and audio books. [4]

On August 25, 2021, Boat Rocker announced five new merchandising partnerships for Dino Ranch, including Baby Boom Consumer Products, High Point Design, Kurt S. Adler, Rubies, and Kennedy Publishing. [5]

Release

In Canada, Dino Ranch is aired on CBC Television as well as its streaming website and mobile app CBC Gem. In the United States, the series is shown on Disney Junior, and its streaming video website and app DisneyNow, and later on Disney+ on 18 June 2021.

The series has subsequently been sold to Super RTL and Toggo Plus (Germany); Gulli, TiJi and Gulli Africa (France); NRK (Norway); YLE (Finland); Sveriges Television (Sweden); [6] Croatian Radiotelevision (Croatia); Telewizja Polska (Poland); and DR (Denmark). [7] On March 3, it was announced Dino Ranch was also sold to Disney+ U.K., Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. [8] In United Kingdom, it debuted on Tiny Pop in 2022, Cartoonito in Italy, and in Australia, it will debut on ABC Kids soon. In Africa, it debuted on Boomerang on December 13, 2021. [9] After 3 months later, Dino Ranch along new episodes will premiere on Boomerang Africa in April 2022 part of the Cartoonito block. [10] in Brazil it started to be shown by TV Cultura in 2023.

Dino Ranch premiered on Boomerang Turkey in January 2022 while, the series also premiered on Cartoon Network on February 7, 2022, part of the Cartoonito Block. [11] While in MENA, Dino Ranch will premiered on Boomerang in April 2022. [12] Dino Ranch premiered on Boomerang Italy in March 2022. [13]

In Asia, it debuted on Cartoon Network on 28 March 2022 part of the Cartoonito block [14] [15] while, this show also sit in a dedicated Cartoonito programming rail on the regional streaming service HBO GO in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan, a launch event was in April 2022. [16] While in Japan, the show already premiered on Disney Junior in February 2022. [14] In Spain, the series debuted on Clan in 2022.

Reception

Dino Ranch was released on Disney Junior in the US as the number one cable series among kids, boys and girls 2–5. In the six weeks since the launch of the official Dino Ranch YouTube channel, it accumulated over three million views. [8]

Dino Ranch is being adapted into a stage show by Fierylight and Terrapin Station Entertainment. [17]

The series was one of the finalists for the audience-voted Shaw Rocket Fund Kids Choice Award, and Best Pre-School Program or Series at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021. [18] Dino Ranch's first season was also nominated at the Rockie Awards of the Banff World Media Festival in the Preschool Animation category. [19]

Dino Ranch was featured in Entertainment Weekly in April, 2022, under "EW-approved streams for kids." [20]

Awards and nominations

Awards
YearAwardCategoryRecipients and nomineesResultRef.
2022 Canadian Screen Awards Canadian Screen Award for Best Pre-School Program or Series Dino RanchNominated [21]
2022 Canadian Screen Awards Shaw Rocket Fund Kid's Choice AwardDino RanchNominated [22]
2022 Banff World Media Festival Best Animation: PreschoolDino RanchNominated [23]
2022Cynopsis Media AwardsBest Animation: PreschoolDino RanchWon [24]
2023 Canadian Screen Awards Best Writing, Pre-SchoolRichard Young - Light Touch TangoNominated [25]
2023 Canadian Screen Awards Shaw Rocket Fund Kid's Choice AwardDino RanchNominated [26]
2023 Writers Guild of Canada WGC Screenwriting Awards - PreschoolBen Joseph & Mike D'Ascenzo - Wings Over Dino RanchWon [27]
2023 Banff World Media Festival Best Animation: PreschoolDino RanchPending [28]
2023 GLAAD Award Outstanding Kids & Family ProgrammingAdoptasaurus RexWon [29]

See also

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