The entire 3-season, 62-episode set of Josh Selig and Jennifer Oxley’s Emmy Award-winning preschool series will be available to stream alongside Season 1 of Oxley’s updated show, ‘Wonder Pets: In the City.’
Apple TV+ has just announced that the entire 3-season, 62-episode library of Emmy Award-winning Wonder Pets!, from Josh Selig and Jennifer Oxley, will be available to stream on August 15. The show was TV’s first mini-operetta for preschoolers and the first preschool series to feature an extensive lineup of Tony award-winning and nominated Broadway composers. Wonder Pets! chronicles the adventures of three funny, singing classroom pets: Linny the Guinea Pig (Sofie Zamchick), Ming-Ming Duckling (Danica Lee) and Turtle Tuck (Teala Dunn), who travel the world and use teamwork, compassion, and cleaver problem-solving to save animals in distress. Like real preschoolers, the Wonder Pets have no actual superpowers, but they work together as a team to overcome adversity and achieve great success.
The show was celebrated for its iconic music and heartwarming stories. Each episode features operatic-style singing and a gentle, encouraging tone designed especially for preschoolers.
The full library of Wonder Pets joins Season 1 of Wonder Pets: In the City, an original series produced by Nickelodeon Animation featuring a new trio of heroes: Izzy the Guinea Pig, Tate the Snake, and Zuri the Bunny. They live in a kindergarten classroom in New York City, and travel all around the globe in their amazing “Jetcar” to rescue animals in musical, mini-opera-themed adventures. When the going gets tough, Izzy, Tate and Zuri always remember to combine their talents and abilities and work together to save the day – because together, there’s nothing they can’t do!
Wonder Pets: In the City is created by Oxley, who serves as executive producer alongside Steve Altiere, and Grammy and Emmy Award winner and co-executive producer, Jeffrey Lesser.
Read Victoria Davis’ piece on AWN about the new show:
‘Wonder Pets: In the City’: A Classic Revived with Photo Puppetry and Hypnosis
Source: Apple TV+
Dan Sarto is Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network.
