Gabby's Dollhouse

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Gabby's Dollhouse
Genre Preschool
Adventure
Fantasy
Created by Traci Paige Johnson
Jennifer Twomey
Presented byLaila Lockhart Kraner
Voices ofTucker Chandler
Logan Bailey
Juliet Donenfeld
Eduardo Franco
Sainty Nelsen
Maggie Lowe
Tara Strong
Donovan Patton
Carla Tassara
Secunda Wood
Opening theme"Hey Gabby!" by PT Walkley
Composer PT Walkley
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons9
No. of episodes64 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersTraci Paige Johnson
Jennifer Twomey
Running time25 minutes
Production company DreamWorks Animation Television
Original release
Network Netflix
ReleaseJanuary 5, 2021 (2021-01-05) 
present

Gabby's Dollhouse is an American live-action/computer-animated preschool interactive television series created by Blue's Clues veterans Traci Paige Johnson and Jennifer Twomey for Netflix which first premiered on January 5, 2021. In the series, Gabby (voiced and portrayed by Lalia Lockhart Kraner) and her cat friends called the Gabby Cats go on adventures inside the dollhouse. [1] [2]

Contents

Premise

Gabby's Dollhouse has built-in silences designed to encourage audience participation.

Each episode begins with the live-action Gabby playing in her bedroom. She then unboxes a miniature package received in the Dollhouse Delivery brought to her Meow-Meow Mailbox that is the catalyst for an adventure inside the animated world of her dollhouse. [3] Gabby puts on her cat ears headband and shrinks down with her stuffed toy Pandy Paws who comes alive to surprise Gabby with a "hug attack". Common rituals may involve an encounter with CatRat, who often randomly appears in one of the rooms in the dollhouse.

The dollhouse has seven key cat-themed rooms where Gabby’s adventures take place with the various Gabby Cats:

At the end of each episode is a "Gabby Cat of the Day" segment where one of the Gabby Cats is selected to guide the viewer one-on-one in crafting, cooking, singing, or other activities with a few episodes having Gabby in the selection. Then it goes back to live-action Gabby who closes out the episode. [3]

Characters

Main

Gabby Cats

Supporting

Episodes

SeasonEpisodesOriginally released
First releasedLast released
1 10January 5, 2021 (2021-01-05)
2 8August 10, 2021 (2021-08-10)
3 7October 19, 2021 (2021-10-19)
4 8February 1, 2022 (2022-02-01)
5 6July 25, 2022 (2022-07-25)
6 6November 1, 2022 (2022-11-01)
7 6March 20, 2023 (2023-03-20)
8 7August 7, 2023 (2023-08-07)November 6, 2023 (2023-11-06)
9 6March 25, 2024 (2024-03-25)

The first episode was released as a sneak peek on YouTube on August 22, 2020, while the series itself was released on January 5, 2021. [4] [5] The second season premiered on August 10, 2021, [6] while the third season premiered on October 19, 2021. [7] The fourth season premiered on February 1, 2022, [8] the fifth season premiered on July 25, 2022, [9] the sixth season premiered on November 1, 2022, [10] the seventh season premiered on March 20, 2023, [11] and the eighth season premiered on August 7, 2023. [12] "The Mermaid Christmas Cruise" aired on November 6, 2023, as part of Season 8. [13] The ninth season premiered on March 25, 2024. [14]

Production and development

The show was created early in the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the first DreamWorks property where the creators were based in New York City instead of Los Angeles, and the whole production team, including the creators, were connected via videoconferencing, also a first for a DreamWorks production. [15]

The basic themes of the show — dollhouses, miniatures, and cats — were creators Traci Page Johnson and Jennifer Twomey's favorites, while the concept of the "dollhouse deliveries" was inspired by unboxing videos, although tweaked so that instead of "unboxing a product", they "unbox a story". [16] Initially, cats were not the main theme of the show — for example, the character of DJ Catnip was originally supposed to be a clock — but this was changed based on the trend of cat videos. [15]

Early in the show's production, the creators came across Carol Dweck's book The Growth Mindset, which has led to the production team adopting the idea of celebrating mistakes and "failing fantastically", which is promoted on the show. [15] [17]

The soundtrack of the show includes genres not often found in children's shows, such as disco/pop (the genre used for DJ Catnip's theme song "The Music In You"), which is due to the creators not liking "saccharine-y sweet music". [16]

Animation production for the show was provided by Technicolor Animation Productions (later Mikros Animation) (Seasons 1-6 only), Dave Enterprises, CGCG, and Gabby Gabby Hey Productions, Ltd. with live action provided by One-Take Floyd.[ citation needed ]

Broadcast

The show made its linear debut on Cartoonito in Latin America on April 18, 2022, on Treehouse TV in Canada on October 15, 2022, and on Tiny Pop in the United Kingdom on October 17, 2022. [18] The show made its American linear premiere on the Nick Jr. Channel on May 1, 2023, [19] Nickelodeon on June 5, 2023, and Mick Kids Latinoamerica, where it is dubbed in Spanish. [19] Gabby's Dollhouse was removed from Nickelodeon on June 8, 2023. [19] The show airs in the Philippines on TV5, where it is dubbed in Tagalog. [20]

In Poland series made debut on linear tv on channel MiniMini+ on 20 December 2021.

Reception

The show was nominated for a Kidscreen award in 2021 and released a series of show-themed toys for the 2021 holiday season. [21] [22] For the episode "Cakey's Cupcake Cousins", it was nominated for Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production for Preschool Children at the 50th Annie Awards. [23]

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