Interrupting Chicken | |
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Genre | Children’s Animated Educational |
Based on | Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein |
Developed by | Ron Holsey |
Directed by | Christian Larocque and Emma Gignac |
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Opening theme | "Interrupting Chicken Theme" performed by The Big Moon |
Composer | Leo Birenberg |
Country of origin | United States Canada |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 17 |
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Running time | 23–26 minutes |
Production company | Mercury Filmworks |
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Network | Apple TV+ |
Release | November 18, 2022 – present |
Interrupting Chicken is an children's animated television series for Apple TV+. The series is based on the children's book of the same name by David Ezra Stein. The first season was released on November 18, 2022. [1] Later, the second season premiered on September 29, 2023. [2]
The series follows a little red chicken named Piper who is a writer and likes to jumps in to rewrite stories with imagination and creative writing.
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date [3] |
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1 | 1 | "Not So Bad Wolf" | Christian Larocque and Emma Gignac | Ron Holsey | November 18, 2022 |
"Chicken of the Sea" | |||||
2 | 2 | "The Elephant of Surprise" | Christian Larocque and Emma Gignac | Ron Holsey | November 18, 2022 |
"The Chicken and the Egg" | Josh Riley Brown | ||||
3 | 3 | "Hercul-easy" | Christian Larocque and Emma Gignac | Jennifer Keene | November 18, 2022 |
"The Lion, the Mouse and the Chicken" | Laura Kleinbaum | ||||
4 | 4 | "Where's the Party?" | Christian Larocque and Emma Gignac | Scott Gray | November 18, 2022 |
"Chicken Out West" | Jessica Welsh | ||||
5 | 5 | "Disco Chickens" | Christian Larocque and Emma Gignac | Alex Mack | November 18, 2022 |
"Little Red and Little Red Chicken" | Dave Polsky | ||||
6 | 6 | "Dawn of Wonder Chicken" | Christian Larocque and Emma Gignac | Josh Riley Brown | November 18, 2022 |
"The Chicken Who Cried Wolf" | Lazar Saric | ||||
7 | 7 | "Arizona Chickenstone and the Temple of the Troll" | Christian Larocque and Emma Gignac | Scott Gray | November 18, 2022 |
"The Chicken and the Beanstalk" | Jennifer Keene | ||||
8 | 8 | "Dr. Chickenstein" | Christian Larocque and Emma Gignac | Tim McKeon | November 18, 2022 |
"The Sorcerer’s Thesaurus" | Mark De Angelis | ||||
9 | 9 | "A Chicken Carol" | Christian Larocque and Emma Gignac | Ron Holsey | December 2, 2022 |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date [3] |
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10 | 1 | "Captain Claw's Clawsome Quest" | Christian Larocque and Emma Gignac | Laura Kleinbaum | September 29, 2023 |
"Cinderella's Story" | Alex Mack | ||||
11 | 2 | "Funky Chicken" | Christian Larocque and Emma Gignac | Ron Holsey | September 29, 2023 |
"Hansel & Gretel and the Chicken" | Jessica Welsh | ||||
12 | 3 | "Save the Stalk!" | Christian Larocque and Emma Gignac | Scott Gray | September 29, 2023 |
"Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?" | Andrew Blanchette | ||||
13 | 4 | "Mary Had a Little Chicken" | Christian Larocque and Emma Gignac | Josh Riley Brown | September 29, 2023 |
"The Princess, the Chicken, and the Pea" | Andrew Blanchette | ||||
14 | 5 | "The Magnificent Magician of the Mailbox" | Christian Larocque and Emma Gignac | Isabel Galupo | September 29, 2023 |
"Once Upon a Chicken" | Jessica Welsh | ||||
15 | 6 | "The Royal Rollercoaster" | Christian Larocque and Emma Gignac | Laura Kleinbaum | September 29, 2023 |
"Clucky Sinclair and the Three Bears" | Dave Polsky | ||||
16 | 7 | "Wonder Chicken Returns" | Christian Larocque and Emma Gignac | Laura Kleinbaum | September 29, 2023 |
"Professor Goose Visits" | Ron Holsey | ||||
17 | 8 | "Starting From Scratch" | Christian Larocque and Emma Gignac | Mark De Angelis | September 29, 2023 |
"Snow White's Seven" | Robby Hoffman | ||||
On August 29, 2022, Apple announced new kids and family programs for fall 2022. Which Interrupting Chicken was one of the series to be released. [4] The first season was released on November 18, 2022. With the holiday episode which is also the season finale was released on December 2, 2022. [1] [5] The second season was released on September 29, 2023. [2]
Interrupting Chicken is nominated for Outstanding Younger Voice Performer in an Animated or Preschool Animated Program for Juliet Donenfeld and Outstanding Writing for a Preschool Animated Program at the 2nd Children's and Family Emmy Awards. [6]
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