

A spin-off called Blue's Room premiered in 2004.

Until recently, the sixth season has not aired on Noggin, but it began on New Year's Day, 2006 with two episodes and a new one airing each day throughout the week.īlue's Clues, shown in over sixty countries, was first hosted by Steven Burns, and later by Donovan Patton (whose character is named Joe). This season had previously been available only in other markets, which the exception of a couple stories available on commercial video. and the fifth season was soon added to the Noggin line-up. The show immediately became very popular in the U.S.

In 2003, Nickelodeon was the main United States broadcaster for the series, but then the new Noggin digital cable/satellite channel for preschoolers started to show all four seasons of Franklin, introducing the show to American preschoolers (many of whom were already familiar with the books). The television series is produced by Nelvana Entertainment the books have been published by Kids Can Press (which was acquired by Nelvana in 1998). The series first aired on Nickelodeon in 1997, and at one point, six seasons had been produced, but only the first four were widely available, as the fifth had only been available on Canada's Family Channel. The 2001 episodes were produced by 20th Century Fox Television, but the later episodes were produced by Universal Television. It was produced by PolyGram Visual Programming, Ltd. and later as Universal Visual Programming, Ltd. when PolyGram folded into Universal. The animated series keeps the charming two-dimensional look and feel of the books. A mellow-voiced announcer narrates the action and communicates with the characters while the animals go through their paces without speaking they instead grunt, yowl, mumble, moan, and make various odd sounds and noises. Maisy lives in a yellow house with a red roof. Maisy has adventures and plays with her friends Charley the Crocodile, Tallulah the Baby Chicken, Cyril Squirrel, and Eddie Elephant. The British version of the show features Neil Morrissey as narrator, and he also sings on the theme tune. As of November 3, 2008, the series airs daily on qubo at 9:00 AM and 12:00 Noon (EST). It uses a reggae-influenced theme song and voice characterizations by the Umbilical Brothers. Maisy is also an animated series developed by Nickelodeon from 1999-2001 and aired on Nick Jr. from Apto November 2007.
