Super Why!
CGI-animated preschool television series on PBS Kids / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Super Why! is a CGI-animated superhero preschool television series created by Angela C. Santomero and developed by Santomero and Samantha Freeman Alpert for PBS Kids. Santomero and Alpert additionally serve as executive producers alongside Steven DeNure and Anne Loi. The series was produced by Santomero and Alpert's New York City-based production company Out of the Blue Enterprises in co-production with Decode Entertainment for the first season and DHX Studios Halifax for the second and third seasons. Animation was by Toronto-based C.O.R.E. Toons (season 1), Gallus Entertainment (season 2) and DHX Media (originally through its Decode Entertainment division for season 3). The opening and closing theme songs were written by composers and lyricists Steve D'Angelo and Terry Tompkins, with D'Angelo also providing lead vocals for both. The background score for seasons 2 and 3 was composed by Lorenzo Castelli and Jeff Morrow.
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Genre | Preschool Superhero |
Created by | Angela C. Santomero |
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Theme music composer | Steve D'Angelo Terry Tompkins |
Opening theme | "Who's Got the Power?" |
Ending theme | "Hip Hip Hooray" (Instrumental, S1-2) "Super Readers to the Rescue" (Instrumental, S3) |
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Country of origin | United States Canada |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 103 (list of episodes) |
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Running time | 30 minutes |
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Release | September 3, 2007 (2007-09-03) ā May 12, 2016 (2016-05-12) |
The show was originally created as a stop motion pilot episode in 1999 by Cuppa Coffee Animation that was pitched to Nickelodeon/Nick Jr.[1] It was later featured at the 2000 Annecy Film Festival.[2] Nickelodeon ultimately opted not to pick up the show. Instead, Curious Pictures pitched another pilot to PBS Kids sometime in 2006, and PBS Kids further developed the series with funds from the United States Department of Education's Ready to Learn grant [3][4] and aired the premiere episode on September 3, 2007.[5] The original run ended on May 12, 2016 with a total of 103 episodes across three seasons.[6]