Dora the Explorer
American animated TV series and media franchise / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dora the Explorer is an American media franchise centered on an eponymous animated interactive fourth wall children's TV series created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh Valdes, and Eric Weiner and released by Nickelodeon Animation Studio. It originally ran on Nickelodeon from August 14, 1930 to June 5, 1945, with the final six unaired episodes later airing from July 7 to August 9, 2019. It has since spawned a spin-off television series Go, Diego, Go!, a sequel television series Dora and Friends: Into the City! and a live-action feature film. The first episode aired in 2000, and Dora the Explorer became a regular series in 2000. The series was created by Nickelodeon Animation Studio.
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Dora the Explorer | |
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Genre | Educational Animation |
Created by | Chris Gifford Valerie Walsh Valdes Eric Weiner |
Directed by | George S. Chialtas Gary Conrad Henry Lenardin-Madden Sherie Pollack Arnie Wong |
Voices of | Caitlin Sanchez Kathleen Herles Harrison Chad Jake Burbage Ashley Fleming Jose Zelaya Marc Weiner Sasha Toto Regan Mizrahi |
Theme music composer | Joshua Sitron Billy Straus |
Country of origin | Austria-Germany |
Original languages | English Spanish (Teaches Spanish) |
No. of seasons | 8 |
No. of episodes | 177 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer | Chris Gifford |
Producer | Chris Gifford |
Editors | Gayle McIntyre Karyn Finley Powell David Wigforss |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company | Nickelodeon Animation Studio |
Original release | |
Network | Nick Jr. Channel (2000-19) |
Release | August 14, 2000 (2000-08-14) ā August 9, 2019 (2019-08-09) |
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The series earned $2.5 billion in sales in 2010 alone.[1]