Kate & Mim-Mim

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Kate & Mim-Mim
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Genre Children's television series
Created byScott Stewart
Julie Stewart
Directed byScott Stewart
Voices of
Theme music composer Daniel Ingram
Opening theme"You and Me, Kate & Mim-Mim", performed by Jessica Zraly
Ending theme"You and Me, Kate & Mim-Mim" (instrumental)
Composer Michael Richard Plowman
Country of originCanada
United Kingdom [1]
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes96
Production
Executive producersScott Stewart
Julie Stewart
Producer Asaph Fipke
Running time21 minutes (2 11–minute segments)
Production companies
Original release
Network
Release1 September 2014 (2014-09-01) 
23 March 2018 (2018-03-23)

Kate & Mim-Mim is an animated children's television series created by husband-and-wife duo, Scott and Julie Stewart. [3] Produced by Nerd Corps Entertainment [2] in season 1 and later by DHX Media in season 2 with FremantleMedia Kids & Family, the first episode premiered on Disney Junior in the United States on December 19, 2014 until July 2, 2017 when Disney Junior lost the rights to air the series. [4] The series also premiered in the United Kingdom on CBeebies on October 30, 2016. [5]

Contents

The show focuses on the friendship and adventures of a little girl named Kate and her favorite toy, a plush bunny named Mim-Mim who go on daring adventures in the fictional world of Mimiloo. [6]

Characters

Episodes

Season 1 (2014-15)

No. overallNo. in seasonTitleOriginal air date
11Rip Roaring Race1 September 2014
22The Need for Seed2 September 2014
33Color Me Happy3 September 2014
44Kittens and Mittens4 September 2014
55Tail Tale5 September 2014
66Mirror Mirror8 September 2014
77Boomer Size9 September 2014
88Mim Mim's Moon Mishap10 September 2014
99Tee Hee Rex11 September 2014
1010Mega Music Maker12 September 2014
1111Lost Island15 September 2014
1212Flight of the Flowers16 September 2014
1313A Case of the Giggles17 September 2014
1414Hiccups and Night Fun18 September 2014
1515Cloud Castle19 September 2014
1616Snow Bowling22 September 2014
1717Valentine Friends23 September 2014
1818A Storybook Ending24 September 2014
1919Balloon Buddies25 September 2014
2020Twinkle Twinkle26 September 2014
2121Snifferific29 September 2014
2222Summer Funday Drive30 September 2014
2323Mega Mim1 October 2014
2424Kate the Great2 October 2014
2525Clean Sweep3 October 2014
2626Princess Kate17 November 2014
2727Lighter than Air18 November 2014
2828Gobble's Gift19 November 2014
2929A Christmas Wish (special)22 December 2014
3030Babysitting Squoosh5 January 2015
3131Chilly the Snowman6 January 2015
3232The Curious Case of the Chamelippo7 January 2015
3333Bubble Subbli8 January 2015
3434Kate's Dragon Quest9 January 2015
3535Butterfly Flowers12 January 2015
3636Kate's Turtle Drive13 January 2015
3737Make Up a Game Day14 January 2015
3838Lily's Café15 January 2015
3939Leapfrog Underfrog16 January 2015
4040The Big Idea Box19 January 2015
4141Happy Mim Day20 January 2015
4242Super Kate21 January 2015
4343Boom Chicka Bees22 January 2015
4444The Mimiloo Zoo23 January 2015
4545A Bunch o'Boomers4 May 2015
4646Lily and the Unihorn5 May 2015
4747Small Wonders6 May 2015
4848Teenie Genie7 May 2015
4949Catch a Critter8 May 2015
5050Follow the Leader11 May 2015
5151Treasure of Tut-n-Bunny12 May 2015

Season 2 (2016-18)

No. overallNo. in seasonTitleOriginal air date
521Bathtime for Boomer18 April 2016
532Mimiloo Express19 April 2016
543Jurassic Tee Hees20 April 2016
554Tack and the Beanstalk21 April 2016
565Mim-Mim's Eggscellent Easter22 April 2016
576Lilly's Ballet Recital25 April 2016
587Eggy Boomer26 April 2016
598Chariots of Fun27 April 2016
609Boomer's Blanky28 April 2016
6110Boogedie Bear Hair29 April 2016
6211Mimiloo Clubhouse2 May 2016
6312The Fluff Between Your Ears3 May 2016
6413Lights, Camera, Mim-Mim!4 May 2016
6514The Sky is Falling5 May 2016
6615Friendship Day6 May 2016
6716Octo-Mim9 May 2016
6817Small Blunders10 May 2016
6918Lunar or Later11 May 2016
7019Sprite Lights12 May 2016
7120Wild Boomer13 May 2016
7221Grabby the Crab16 May 2016
7322Secret Superhero17 May 2016
7423Boomer's New Pet18 May 2016
7524Gobble's Gizmos and Gadgets19 May 2016
7625Little Kate Riding Hood20 May 2016
7726Glowing Up23 May 2016
7827Lil' Boo24 May 2016
7928Boomer's Three Wishes25 May 2016
8029Me and My Shadow26 May 2016
8130Twirly Scouts27 May 2016
8231Remember When?5 June 2017
8332The Mimiloo Mystery Friend6 June 2017
8433King Boomer7 June 2017
8534So You Think You Can Trumpet8 June 2017
8635Kate in Oz (special)9 June 2017
8736The Mimiloo Safari12 March 2018
8837Baby Gobble13 March 2018
8938Lucky Funny Bunny14 March 2018
9039Mim-Mim on Ice15 March 2018
9140Kate's Surprise16 March 2018
9241Fun for Zoom Zoom19 March 2018
9342Boomer's First Flight20 March 2018
9443Tack's Obstacle Course21 March 2018
9544Boomer's Masterpiece22 March 2018
9645The Story of Tack (special)23 March 2018

Broadcast

Other international broadcasters that have picked up the series include Clan (Spain), DR (Denmark), JimJam (Central and Eastern Europe), Okto (Singapore), Panda (Portugal), PBS (Thailand), Super RTL (Germany), SVT (Sweden), and Tiji (France).

Home media

A DVD release of the series, titled "Funny Bunny Friend", was released by FremantleMedia Home Entertainment in the United Kingdom on 23 March 2015, a year prior to its TV premiere. [7]

Awards

In 2015, Kate & Mim-Mim was nominated for a Leo Award for Best Overall Sound in an Animation Program or Series (for the episode titled "Bunch O' Boomers"). [8]

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