The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!

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The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!
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Genre Children's television
Musical
Educational
Comedy
Adventure
Based on The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
Directed byTony Collingwood
Voices of Martin Short
Jacob Ewaniuk
Deandray Hamilton
Alexa Torrington
Halle Nunes
Robert Tinkler
Theme music composerDavid Schweitzer
Opening theme"The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!" sung by the cast
Ending theme"The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!" (instrumental)
ComposersDavid Schweitzer (score)
various (songs)
Country of originCanada
United Kingdom
United States [1]
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes80 (160 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersLisa Olfman
Joy Rosen
Tony Collingwood
ProducersJulie Stall
Helen Stroud
Running time30 minutes
Production company
Original release
Network Treehouse TV (Canada)
Kids' CBC (Canada)
CITV (United Kingdom)
PBS Kids (United States)
ReleaseSeptember 6, 2010 (2010-09-06) –
October 14, 2018 (2018-10-14)
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The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!is an animated musical educational children's television series feature starring Martin Short as The Cat in the Hat. The series premiered on Treehouse TV in Canada on August 7, 2010, also airing on YTV and Nickelodeon Canada on weekday mornings from 2012 to 2013, [2] and on PBS Kids and PBS Kids Preschool Block in the US on September 6, 2010; it also aired on CITV and Tiny Pop in the UK, and Disney Junior India. [3] The series is based on Random House's Beginner Books franchise and The Cat in the Hat's Learning Library, [4] itself based on the 1957 children's book The Cat in the Hat .

Contents

The series was produced by Portfolio Entertainment, Random House Children Entertainment, and Collingwood O'Hare Productions, in conjunction with KQED, PBS, Treehouse TV, and Kids' CBC. [5] The first season has 40 half-hour episodes and ended on September 17, 2012. [6]

In early 2012, the series was renewed a second season of 20 episodes, which premiered on September 10, 2012. After the second season finale, the series stayed in a hiatus until it started a third and final season has 20 episodes. The third season premiered on March 2, 2018. [7]

In September 2018, the series was canceled after three seasons before the finale aired on October 14, 2018. 80 episodes (160 segments) were produced.

Premise

In the show, The Cat in the Hat leads neighbors Nick, Sally (and sometimes the Fish and Thing One and Thing Two) on a variety of adventures in his "Thinga-ma-jigger", a Seussian contraption that can sprout wings, fly, pontoons, booster rockets, change size and do just about anything else necessary to further the adventure. Each episode is prompted by a question posed by either Nick or Sally at the beginning of each episode (along with the "Travelling Song" — a rock-'n'-roll song, with The Cat in the Hat saying a varied quote from Dr. Seuss that ends with a vowel —), [5] that in turn inevitably leads them around the world to make natural science discoveries. [6]

Like other PBS Kids-produced shows (such as Curious George and Sid the Science Kid ), the show focuses on introducing preschoolers to various science and learning concepts.

Episodes

SeasonEpisodesOriginally released
First releasedLast released
1 40September 6, 2010 (2010-09-06)September 17, 2012 (2012-09-17)
2 20September 10, 2012 (2012-09-10)June 23, 2015 (2015-06-23)
3 20March 2, 2018 (2018-03-02)October 14, 2018 (2018-10-14)
Specials 5November 21, 2012 (2012-11-21)December 26, 2016 (2016-12-26)


Characters

Main

Supporting

Home media

NCircle Entertainment released DVDs from October 25, 2010 to June 27, 2016: each being in region 1, subtitled in English and Spanish; approximately 60 minutes (with a few exceptions); in Dolby Digital, in 5.1 surround and Dolby surround stereo in Spanish. Also, each has the bonus segments from the show.

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Official Program Credits". PBS . Retrieved August 27, 2010.
  2. ↑ "YTV Shows: Cat in the Hat, The". archive.web.org. Archived from the original on May 26, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
  3. ↑ "The Cat in the Hat". pbs.org. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Cat in the Hat's Learning Library". Penguin Random House . Retrieved August 4, 2019.
  5. 1 2 "THE CAT IN THE HAT KNOWS A LOT ABOUT THAT! DEBUTS ON PBS KIDS THIS LABOR DAY". pbs.org. April 6, 2010. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
  6. 1 2 "1st Official Press Release". PBS . May 11, 2009. Retrieved June 9, 2010.
  7. ↑ "Season Three for Portfolio's Cat in the Hat Series". Worldscreen. February 14, 2017. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Awards". pbs.org. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
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