The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!

The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!

The Cat in the Hat pilots the Thinga-ma-jigger
Genre Children's television/education/comedy
Directed by Tony Collingwood
Voices of Martin Short
Jacob Ewaniuk
Alexa Torrington
Rob Tinkler
Theme music composer David Schweitzer
Composer(s) David Schweitzer
Country of origin Canada
United Kingdom[1]
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 60 (episodes)
Production
Running time 30 minutes
Production company(s) Collingwood O'Hare Productions
Portfolio Entertainment
Random House Children's Entertainment
Treehouse TV
Distributor PBS (U.S.)
Release
Original network Treehouse TV (Canada)
PBS Kids (U.S.)
CITV (U.K.)[1]
Picture format 480i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Original release August 7, 2010 – present
External links
Website

The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! is a Canadian–British co-produced[1] animated television series that premiered August 7, 2010 on Treehouse TV in Canada, on September 6, 2010 on PBS Kids in the US and also in the UK on CITV and Cartoonito. The award-winning series is based on Random House's Beginner Books franchise, The Cat in the Hat's Learning Library, and is developed by Portfolio Entertainment, Random House Children Entertainment and Collingwood O'Hare Productions.[2] The first season has 40 half-hour episodes.[3] PBS Kids renewed it for a second season of 20 episodes which premiered on September 10, 2012.[4]

Each episode features The Cat in the Hat (voiced by Martin Short),[1] who leads six-year-old neighbours Nick and Sally, 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, pontoons, booster rockets, change size, and do just about anything else necessary to further the adventure. The adventures are prompted by a question posed by either Nick or Sally at the beginning of each episode,[5] which will inevitably lead them around the globe to "make natural science discoveries."[3] Similar to other PBS Kids series such as Curious George and Sid the Science Kid, The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! focuses on introducing preschoolers to various science and learning concepts.

Characters

Major characters

Animals

Cast

Episodes

Awards

DVDs

Various DVDs were released by NCircle Entertainment beginning in late October 2010 where every DVD is in region 1, subtitled in English and Spanish, approximately 60 minutes except for a few, in Dolby Digital, in 5.1 surround and Dolby surround stereo in Spanish. Every DVD has the bonus segments from the show.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Official Program Credits". Retrieved August 27, 2010.
  2. ↑ Press Release: THE CAT IN THE HAT KNOWS A LOT ABOUT THAT! DEBUTS ON PBS KIDS® THIS LABOR DAY(pdf)
  3. 1 2 "1st Official Press Release". May 11, 2009. Retrieved June 9, 2010.
  4. ↑ http://www.ket.org/tvschedules/episode.php?nola=CITH++000201&cd=1
  5. ↑ "April Press Release". April 6, 2010. Retrieved June 9, 2010.

External links

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