Kate & Mim-Mim

Kate & Mim-Mim is an animated children's television series created by husband-and-wife duo, Scott and Julie Stewart.^[3] The series aired on Knowledge Kids on 1 September 2014 (2014-09-01) to 23 March 2018 (2018-03-23), it was produced by Nerd Corps Entertainment^[2] in the first season and later by DHX Studios in the second season with FremantleMedia Kids & Family Entertainment.

Kate & Mim-Mim
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Genre	Adventure Children Fantasy
Created by	Scott Stewart Julie Stewart
Directed by	Clint Butler Scott Stewart Julie Stewart
Starring	Maryke Hendrikse Lee Tockar Tabitha St. Germain Brian Drummond Matt Hill
Theme music composer	Daniel Ingram
Opening theme	"You and Me, Kate & Mim-Mim", performed by Jessica Zraly
Ending theme	"You and Me, Kate & Mim-Mim" (instrumental)
Composer	Michael Richard Plowman
Country of origin	Canada United Kingdom[1]
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	47 (94 segments + 2 specials) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Asaph Fipke Chuck Johnson (season 1) Ken Faier Bob Higgins Kirsten Newlands (season 2) Scott Stewart Julie Stewart
Producer	Asaph Fipke
Running time	21 minutes (2 11–minute segments)
Production companies	FremantleMedia Kids & Family Entertainment Nerd Corps Entertainment[2] (season 1) DHX Studios (season 2)
Original release
Network	Knowledge Kids BBC Kids CBeebies
Release	1 September 2014 (2014-09-01) – 23 March 2018 (2018-03-23)

The series focuses on the friendship and adventures of a little girl named Kate and her favourite toy, a plush bunny named Mim-Mim who go on daring adventures in the fictional world of Mimiloo.^[4]

Characters

• Kate (voiced by Maryke Hendrikse in Canada and Jessica Hann in the UK) – she is a 5-year-old protagonist girl. She wears a pink shirt, a purple sweater underneath, blue-violet pants and white shoes. She is best friends with a stuffed bunny named Mim-Mim.
• Mim-Mim (voiced by Lee Tockar in Canada and by Rob Foster in the UK) – he is a purple plush bunny with a pair of aviator goggles around his head, is Kate's best friend.
• Valerie (voiced by Nicole Oliver in Canada and Joanna Ruiz in the UK) – she is Kate's mother. She wears a light blue shirt, blue pants and black heels.
• Marco (voiced by David Godfrey in Canada and Charlie Ryan in the UK) – he is Kate's father. He wears a white shirt with blue sleeves, blue pants and black sneakers.
• Boomer (voiced by Maryke Hendrikse in Canada and Joanna Ruiz in the UK) – he is a blue creature and Lily's younger brother with a smaller rooster-like comb on his head with little legs and blue eyes. He loves making trouble with Tack's gadgets and sometimes like making a mess and Lily protect him.
• Lily (voiced by Tabitha St. Germain in Canada and Jess Robinson in the UK) – she is a pink creature and Boomer's older sister with a rooster-like comb on her head and frills around her waste like a makeshift dress and blue eyes. She loves flowers and cooking as she takes care of Boomer.
• Gobble (voiced by Brian Drummond in Canada and Terrence Mann in the UK) – he is a giant brown groundhog with brown eyes, a pink nose and a light brown belly. He loves his garden, planting seeds and sometimes helping others.
• Tack (voiced by Matt Hill in Canada and Charlie Ryan in the UK) – he is an orange-yellow tree frog with orange with red tips on his ears and feet, a yellow belly, wears purple goggles with blue frames, has a blotch on his back and a stubby tail the same colour. He loves inventing things with using gadgets.

Episodes

Main article: List of Kate & Mim-Mim episodes

Season	Segments	Episodes		Originally released
				First released	Last released	Network
1	51	26		1 September 2014 (2014-09-01) 4 August 2014 (2014-08-04)	12 May 2015 (2015-05-12) 6 April 2015 (2015-04-06)	UK: CBeebies Canada: Knowledge Network and BBC Kids
2	45	23		18 April 2016 (2016-04-18) 21 December 2015 (2015-12-21)	23 March 2018 (2018-03-23) 13 September 2017 (2017-09-13)

Distribution

Broadcast

Kate & Mim-Mim airs on Knowledge Network and BBC Kids in Canada on 1 September 2014 (2014-09-01). The first episode premiered on Disney Jr. in the United States on 19 December 2014 (2014-12-19) until 2 July 2017 (2017-07-02) when Disney Jr. lost the rights to air the series.^[5]

The series also premiered in the United Kingdom on CBeebies on 4 August 2014 (2014-08-04).^[6]

Other broadcasters included:

Country	Also known as	Channel	Release date
Canada	Kate and Mim-Mim Kate et Mim-Mim	Family Channel Family Jr. Télémagino	1 September 2014 (2014-09-01) 5 September 2015 (2015-09-05) 9 January 2017 (2017-01-09)
Denmark	Kate og Mim-Mim	DR	2014 (2014)
France	Kate et Mim-Mim	Tiji	2014 (2014)
Germany	Kati und Mim-Mim	Super RTL	3 November 2014 (2014-11-03)
Lithuania	Kate ir Mim-Mim	JimJam	2014 (2014)
Portugal	Kate e Mim-Mim	Panda	2015 (2015)
Singapore	Kate and Mim-Mim	Okto	2015 (2015)
Spain	Kate y Mim-Mim	Clan	19 December 2014 (2014-12-19)
Sweden	Kate och Mim-Mim	SVT	2015 (2015)
Thailand	เคทและมิมมิม	PBS	2015 (2015)
United States	Kate and Mim-Mim	Netflix Qubo	1 December 2015 (2015-12-01)–1 October 2019 (2019-10-01) 7 December 2020 (2020-12-07)–26 February 2021 (2021-02-26)

Home media

On 23 March 2015 (2015-03-23), Funny Bunny Friend was released in DVD by FremantleMedia Home Entertainment in the United Kingdom, a year prior to its TV premiere.^[7]

DVDs are found in North America:

• A Christmas Wish (9 November 2015 (2015-11-09))
• Flight of the Flowers (1 May 2016 (2016-05-01))
• Balloon Buddies (24 May 2016 (2016-05-24))
• The Mimiloo Zoo (20 September 2016 (2016-09-20))
• Musical Mimiloo (21 March 2017 (2017-03-21))
• Super Kate (8 August 2017 (2017-08-08))

Awards

In 2015 (2015), Kate & Mim-Mim was nominated for a Leo Award for Best Overall Sound in an Animation Program or Series (for the episode titled "Bunch o' Boomers").^[8]