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from TV Kids March 2023
by World Screen
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Our Playground is Getting Bigger
In-Demand: Edutainment & DNI
Big Blue
Commissioners: CBC, Radio-Canada
Producer: Guru Studio
Distributor: Worldwide content and L&M rights from Guru Studio.
Description: (6-9 comedy, 52x11 min.) Siblings Lettie and Lemo lead their quirky submarine crew to solve the ocean’s mysteries and find the origins of a new magical recruit named Bacon Berry.
DNI Component: Created by Ghanaian-Canadian artist Gyimah Gariba and produced by award-winning entertainment company Guru Studio, Big Blue offers young viewers a zany yet heartfelt look at what it truly means to be part of a tightly-knit family. Gariba’s vision was to create a show where kids of all backgrounds, specifically Black children, could see themselves reflected on screen.
Pitch Perfect: The show underscores the values of discovering our differences and caring for our planet. Kids learn the important role we can play in protecting our planet and that sometimes the smallest creatures in the sea can make the biggest waves.
Sales Contact: Corey Caplan, Senior Director, International Sales.
In-Demand: Edutainment & DNI
Rosie’s Rules
Commissioner: PBS KIDS
Producers: 9 Story Media Group, Brown Bag Films
Distributor: 9 Story Distribution International in all territories, excluding the U.S.
Description: (3-5, 80x11 min. & 20x1 min.) Follows the adventures of Rosie Fuentes, an inquisitive and hilarious 5-year-old girl, as she learns about the wow-mazing world beyond her family walls.
Educational Components: Social studies—geography, history, civics and government, economics and more.
Pitch Perfect: Rosie ’s Rules is an animated preschool series that teaches social studies through fun everyday lessons and character-based stories. With humor and tons of catchy songs, parents and kids will fall in love with Rosie! Recently named a Common Sense selection for families and one of the eight best educational shows for kids by Parents.com.
Slot Winner: Rosie’s Rules premiered on October 3, 2022, on PBS KIDS and, to date, has had 76 million cross-platform streams and 19.5 million gameplays on the app and pbskids.org in its first four months.
Sales Contact: Alix Wiseman, SVP, Distribution & Acquisitions.
