Interrupting Chicken (TV series)

Interrupting Chicken is a children's animated television series for Apple TV+. The series is based on the children's book of the same name by David Ezra Stein. The first season was released on November 18, 2022.^[1] Later, the second season premiered on September 29, 2023.^[2]

Interrupting Chicken
Genre	Children's Animated Educational
Based on	Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein
Developed by	Ron Holsey
Directed by	Christian Larocque Emma Gignac Eden Riegel (voice)
Voices of	Sterling K. Brown Juliet Donenfeld Luke Lowe Maximus Tran Jakari Fraser Sarah Elizabeth Thompson
Opening theme	"Interrupting Chicken Theme" performed by The Big Moon
Composer	Leo Birenberg
Country of origin	United States Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	17
Production
Executive producers	Loris Kramer Lunsford Ron Holsey David Ezra Stein Clint Eland
Running time	23–26 minutes
Production company	Mercury Filmworks
Original release
Network	Apple TV+
Release	November 18, 2022 (2022-11-18) – September 29, 2023 (2023-09-29)

Premise

The series follows a little red chicken named Piper who is a writer and likes to jump in to rewrite stories with imagination.

Cast and characters

• Sterling K. Brown as Papa
• Juliet Donenfeld as Piper
• Luke Lowe as Duckston
• Maximus Riegel (credited as Maximus Tran) as Benjamin
• Jakari Fraser as Theodore
• Sarah Elizabeth Thompson as CJ
• Mary Faber as Mom

Episodes

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	9		November 18, 2022 (2022-11-18)	December 2, 2022 (2022-12-02)
2	8		September 29, 2023 (2023-09-29)

Season 1 (2022)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date [3]
1	1	"Not So Bad Wolf"	Christian Larocque and Emma Gignac	Ron Holsey	November 18, 2022 (2022-11-18)
		"Chicken of the Sea"
2	2	"The Elephant of Surprise"	Christian Larocque and Emma Gignac	Ron Holsey	November 18, 2022 (2022-11-18)
		"The Chicken and the Egg"		Josh Riley Brown
3	3	"Hercul-easy"	Christian Larocque and Emma Gignac	Jennifer Keene	November 18, 2022 (2022-11-18)
		"The Lion, the Mouse and the Chicken"		Laura Kleinbaum
4	4	"Where's the Party?"	Christian Larocque and Emma Gignac	Scott Gray	November 18, 2022 (2022-11-18)
		"Chicken Out West"		Jessica Welsh
5	5	"Disco Chickens"	Christian Larocque and Emma Gignac	Alex Mack	November 18, 2022 (2022-11-18)
		"Little Red and Little Red Chicken"		Dave Polsky
6	6	"Dawn of Wonder Chicken"	Christian Larocque and Emma Gignac	Josh Riley Brown	November 18, 2022 (2022-11-18)
		"The Chicken Who Cried Wolf"		Lazar Saric
7	7	"Arizona Chickenstone and the Temple of the Troll"	Christian Larocque and Emma Gignac	Scott Gray	November 18, 2022 (2022-11-18)
		"The Chicken and the Beanstalk"		Jennifer Keene
8	8	"Dr. Chickenstein"	Christian Larocque and Emma Gignac	Tim McKeon	November 18, 2022 (2022-11-18)
		"The Sorcerer's Thesaurus"		Mark De Angelis
9	9	"A Chicken Carol"	Christian Larocque and Emma Gignac	Ron Holsey	December 2, 2022 (2022-12-02)

Season 2 (2023)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date [3]
10	1	"Captain Claw's Clawsome Quest"	Christian Larocque and Emma Gignac	Laura Kleinbaum	September 29, 2023 (2023-09-29)
		"Cinderella's Story"		Alex Mack
11	2	"Funky Chicken"	Christian Larocque and Emma Gignac	Ron Holsey	September 29, 2023 (2023-09-29)
		"Hansel & Gretel and the Chicken"		Jessica Welsh
12	3	"Save the Stalk!"	Christian Larocque and Emma Gignac	Scott Gray	September 29, 2023 (2023-09-29)
		"Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?"		Andrew Blanchette
13	4	"Mary Had a Little Chicken"	Christian Larocque and Emma Gignac	Josh Riley Brown	September 29, 2023 (2023-09-29)
		"The Princess, the Chicken, and the Pea"		Andrew Blanchette
14	5	"The Magnificent Magician of the Mailbox"	Christian Larocque and Emma Gignac	Isabel Galupo	September 29, 2023 (2023-09-29)
		"Once Upon a Chicken"		Jessica Welsh
15	6	"The Royal Rollercoaster"	Christian Larocque and Emma Gignac	Laura Kleinbaum	September 29, 2023 (2023-09-29)
		"Clucky Sinclair and the Three Bears"		Dave Polsky
16	7	"Wonder Chicken Returns"	Christian Larocque and Emma Gignac	Laura Kleinbaum	September 29, 2023 (2023-09-29)
		"Professor Goose Visits"		Ron Holsey
17	8	"Starting From Scratch"	Christian Larocque and Emma Gignac	Mark De Angelis	September 29, 2023 (2023-09-29)
		"Snow White's Seven"		Robby Hoffman

Release

On August 29, 2022, Apple announced new kids and family programs for fall 2022. Which Interrupting Chicken was one of the series to be released.^[4] The first season was released on November 18, 2022. With the holiday episode which is also the season finale was released on December 2, 2022.^[1][5] The second season was released on September 29, 2023.^[2]

Accolades

Interrupting Chicken was nominated for Outstanding Younger Voice Performer in an Animated or Preschool Animated Program for Juliet Donenfeld and Outstanding Writing for a Preschool Animated Program at the 2nd Children's and Family Emmy Awards.^[6] It is also nominated for Outstanding Preschool Animated Series at the 3rd Children's and Family Emmy Awards.^[7]