Carmen Sandiego (TV series)

Carmen Sandiego
Picture of opening intro with Carmen Sandiego in the background
Genre
Based onCarmen Sandiego
by Broderbund
Developed byDuane Capizzi
Directed by
  • Jos Humphrey
  • Kenny Park
  • Mike West
Voices of
Theme music composerJared Lee Gosselin
Opening theme"Carmen Sandiego"
performed by Raquel Castro
Composers
  • Steve D'Angelo
  • Lorenzo Castelli
Country of origin
  • Canada
  • United States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes32 (+1 special)
Production
Executive producers
  • Caroline Fraser
  • C.J. Kettler (S1–2)
  • Anne Loi
  • Kirsten Newlands (S1–2)
  • Amir Nasrabadi (S3–4)
ProducerBrian Hulme
Running time33 minutes (episodes 1–2)
24 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkNetflix
ReleaseJanuary 18, 2019 (2019-01-18) 
January 15, 2021 (2021-01-15)
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Carmen Sandiego is an animated television series based on the media franchise by Broderbund. It is the fourth series in the franchise following the PBS game shows Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (1991–1995) and Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? (1994–1999), and the Fox Kids animated series Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? (1994–1999).

Produced by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and WildBrain, the series presents a "serialized look at Carmen's backstory that is told from her perspective", and features many characters drawn from the franchise's 35-year history: Carmen herself, who debuted in the original World video game; The Chief, who took her current form in the World game show; Player, Zack, and Ivy from the Earth animated series; Chase Devineaux from the video game Word Detective and Julia Argent from the video game Treasures of Knowledge.

The first season was released on January 18, 2019, on Netflix. A second season was released on October 1, 2019. A third season was announced on April 24, 2020, and was released on October 1. A fourth and final season was announced on October 2, 2020, and was released on January 15, 2021. In September 2024, it was announced that a puzzle-adventure game which visually resembles and takes "plot cues" from the series would be released in the first quarter of 2025.