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 by | Tony Collingwood |
Voices of | Martin Short Jacob Ewaniuk Deandray Hamilton Alexa Torrington Halle Nunes Robert Tinkler |
Theme music composer | David 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) |
Composers | David Schweitzer Harold Beckett ("Traveling Song" only) |
Country of origin | Canada United Kingdom United States [1] |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 80 (160 segments) (list of episodes) |
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Executive producers | Lisa Olfman Joy Rosen Tony Collingwood |
Producers | Julie Stall Helen Stroud |
Cinematography | Treehouse TV Kids CBC |
Running time | 30 minutes |
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Original release | |
Network | Treehouse TV (Canada) Kids' CBC (Canada) CITV (United Kingdom) PBS Kids (United States) |
Release | September 6, 2010 – October 14, 2018 |
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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 .
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.
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 written by Harold Beckett, 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]
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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.
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