Curious George (TV series)

This article is about the television series shown from 2006. For the 1980s television series, see Curious George § Television.

Curious George
Created by	Margret Rey (books) H. A. Rey (books) Alan J. Shalleck (books)
Based on	Curious George by Margret Rey H.A. Rey Alan J. Shalleck
Developed by	Joe Fallon
Directed by	Scott Heming Frank Marino Cathy Malkasian
Starring	Frank Welker Jeff Bennett
Voices of	Rob Paulsen Jim Cummings Debi Derryberry Bill Chott Lex Lang Susan Silo Kath Soucie
Narrated by	William H. Macy (season 1) Rino Romano
Opening theme	"Like Curious George!" by Dr. John
Ending theme	"Like Curious George!" (instrumental)
Composer	Nick Nolan
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	11
No. of episodes	138 (273 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Ron Howard Brian Grazer David Kirschner Jon Shapiro
Editor	Kirk Demorest
Camera setup	Jaclyn Brick
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Imagine Entertainment Universal 1440 Entertainment (Universal Studios Family Productions before 2013) WGBH Boston
Original release
Network	PBS Kids (U.S.), Family Jr. (Canada)
Release	September 4, 2006 (2006-09-04) – August 12, 2019 (2019-08-12)

Curious George is an American animated television series based on the children's book series of the same name which features Jeff Bennett as the voice of The Man with the Yellow Hat. Frank Welker, who voiced George in the 2006 feature film, returns as the voice of George. This show follows the 2006 film of the same name. Since the series' cancellation, reruns of the show are airing on PBS Kids. The show premiered on September 4, 2006, and ended on April 1, 2015 (but returned in fall 2018, after three years), after nine seasons and 108 episodes. However, on Family Jr., the show aired Seasons 10 and 11 in Canada and never aired in the United States. It is unknown whether or not PBS will air those unseen episodes.

Curious George is a production of Universal 1440 Entertainment (Universal Studios Family Productions before 2013), Imagine Entertainment, and WGBH Boston, and animated by Toon City. Each episode has two animated segments per half hour episode, and a short live action segment after each. Production began in 2005, and the copyrighted byline was created in July 2005.

The live action shorts illustrate and explain various concepts in math and science, and show schoolchildren engaging in experiments, that teach the math or science concept featured in the previous story.

Settings

• The City: George and the Man with the Yellow Hat live in an apartment in "The City". The Doorman keeps a pigeon coop on the roof and is the guardian of Hundley, his dachshund dog. The apartment is near Endless Park, the museum where Professor Wiseman works, and a zoo. Chef Pisghetti's restaurant is nearby, as are a donut shop, Dulson's Toy Store, Mabel's Department Store (a parody of Macy's and its erstwhile competitor Gimbels), a supermarket and a pet shop. These are recurring locations.
• The Country: George and the Man with the Yellow Hat vacation in a small house in the country. The house is near Lake Wanasink, a stream, and a river that eventually flows past the city and to the ocean. George is friends there with 5-year-old Allie and the teenage paperboy, Bill.

Characters

Main article: List of Curious George characters

• Curious George (voiced by Frank Welker): A tailless monkey who is the protagonist of the show. He is excessively curious and often causes unintentional problems. He is used as the "teachable" character in the show, and he is the one to whom new concepts are explained in detail by the other characters. He is written as having the mind of a young child.
• The Man with the Yellow Hat (voiced by Jeff Bennett): The man who first befriended George and also acts as his primary teacher and mentor. He does not wear his hat at home but wears it when going in public.

Episodes

Main article: List of Curious George episodes

The setting for most episodes is either The City, where George lives in an apartment building with The Man with the Yellow Hat, or the country, where they share a small house near a lake called Lake Wanasinklake. This allows George to mirror the experiences of kids who live in an urban environment and those who live on farms and in suburbs. A few episodes take place in alternate but familiar settings, like an airport or a train station.

Season	Segments	Episodes		Originally aired
				First aired	Last aired	Network
1	60	30		September 4, 2006 (2006-09-04)	February 23, 2007 (2007-02-23)	PBS Kids
2	40	20		September 3, 2007 (2007-09-03)	April 22, 2008 (2008-04-22)
3	22	11		September 1, 2008 (2008-09-01)	April 22, 2009 (2009-04-22)
4	18	9		September 8, 2009 (2009-09-08)	June 14, 2010 (2010-06-14)
5	20	10		September 6, 2010 (2010-09-06)	May 6, 2011 (2011-05-06)
6	20	10		September 5, 2011 (2011-09-05)	June 25, 2012 (2012-06-25)
7	12	6		December 3, 2012 (2012-12-03)	April 24, 2013 (2013-04-24)
8	12	6		February 10, 2014 (2014-02-10)	May 21, 2014 (2014-05-21)
9	12	6		October 28, 2014 (2014-10-28)	April 1, 2015 (2015-04-01)
10	28	15		September 3, 2018 (2018-09-03)	December 10, 2018 (2018-12-10)	Family Jr.
11	29	15		May 6, 2019 (2019-05-06)	August 12, 2019 (2019-08-12)
12	29	15		February 3, 2020 (2020-02-03)	February 21, 2020 (2020-02-21)
13	30	15		July 15, 2020 (2020-07-15)	December 11, 2020 (2020-12-11)	Peacock
14	29	15		October 21, 2021 (2021-10-21)
15	28	15		March 17, 2022 (2022-03-17)

Broadcast history

United States

• PBS Kids (2006-present)

Trinidad & Tobago

• CCN TV6

United Kingdom

• CITV (2006-2015)
• Disney Junior (2011-2018)
• Cartoonito (2018–present)
• LittleBe (TBA)

Canada

• Family (2007–present)
• Playhouse Disney Tele (2010–present)

Indonesia

• Antv (2008–present)

Sweden

• SVTB (2007–present)

Iceland

• Rúv (2006–present)

Australia

• ABC
• ABC1
• ABC2
• ABC 4 Kids

Ireland

• RTÉ2
• RTÉjr
• TG4
• Cúla 4

Awards

Emmy Award

• 2008 – Outstanding Children's Animated Program
• 2010 – Outstanding Children's Animated Program