Oswald (TV series)

Oswald
Created byDan Yaccarino
Developed byLisa Eve Hubman
Dan Yaccarino
Directed byFredrick Stroppell
StarringFred Savage
Debi Derryberry
David Lander
Crystal Scales
Laraine Newman
Daran Norris
J. Grant Albrecht
Mel Winkler
Dan Yaccarino
Country of originUnited States
Original languageAmerican English
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes26 (52 segments)
Production
Executive producersDan Yaccarino
Neil Court
Steven DeNure
Running time22―24 minutes
Production companiesDecode Entertainment
HIT Entertainment
Original release
NetworkNickelodeon
Noggin
Nick Jr. Channel
ReleaseAugust 20, 2001 (2001-08-20) –
September 19, 2003 (2003-09-19)

Oswald is a children's television series produced by Decode Entertainment and HIT Entertainment. The show aired on Noggin in the United States on August 20, 2001. In the United Kingdom, the series escort a British dub using an American voice actors by Skylark Sound Studios using a British with a British accents by The Sound Company Ltd. on Channel 5 and Milkshake! in 2003. Only the episodes were dubbed.

The show was added to Paramount+ (at the time CBS All Access) in January 2021.

Plot

The show is set in Big City, a colorful world populated by anthropomorphic animals, mythological creatures and humanoid beings. Each episode follows the daily experiences of an anthropomorphic blue octopus named Oswald, accompanied by his pet hot dog Weenie, and their life in the cheerful and whimsically-designed community of Big City. The show concentrates on Oswald's friends - Henry, a penguin, and Daisy, a flower, among others – and his patient methods of coping with or tolerating different situations and dilemmas, along with his thoroughly optimistic outlook on life.

Broadcast

Partial U.K. English redub

Reception

The series received four out of five stars on Common Sense Media.

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