Curious George (TV series)

Curious George
GenreAdventure
Comedy
Edutainment
Based on
Curious George
by
Developed byJoe Fallon
Voices of
Narrated by
Theme music composer
  • Rocco Gagliese
  • Steve D'Angelo
  • Terry Tompkins
Opening theme"Like Curious George!" performed by Dr. John
Ending theme"Like Curious George!" (instrumental)
ComposerNick Nolan
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons15
No. of episodes198 (400 segments + 3 specials) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • Patty Jausoro
  • David Wilcox
  • Melanie Pal
Editors
Running time22 minutes (11 minutes per segment)
Production companies
Original release
NetworkPBS Kids
ReleaseSeptember 4, 2006 (2006-09-04) 
April 1, 2015 (2015-04-01)
NetworkFamily Jr.
ReleaseSeptember 18, 2018 (2018-09-18) 
February 21, 2020 (2020-02-21)
NetworkPeacock
ReleaseJuly 15, 2020 (2020-07-15) 
March 17, 2022 (2022-03-17)

Curious George is an American children's animated television series based on the children's book series of the same name for PBS Kids and a sequel series to the 2006 animated film Curious George. Frank Welker, who voiced George in the 2006 film, reprises the role in the series while Jeff Bennett co-stars as the voice of "The Man with the Yellow Hat" (whose name is revealed in the film to be Ted Shackelfield), replacing Will Ferrell. The show premiered on PBS Kids on September 4, 2006, not long after the film's release, and originally ended after nine seasons on April 1, 2015 before returning in 2018. Later seasons were released on Peacock, and the series concluded on March 17, 2022 after a total of 15 seasons. This is the second animated series from Imagine Entertainment, following 1999’s The PJs.

Season 10 premiered on September 3, 2018 on Family Jr. in Canada. Seasons 10–13 debuted on NBCUniversal's streaming service Peacock in the United States when it launched in July 2020. Seasons 1–9 are available to stream for Peacock Premium subscribers since September 20, 2020, which is also available to stream on Hulu. Season 10 premiered on PBS on October 5 the same year.

Curious George is a production of Universal 1440 Entertainment (Universal Studios Family Productions before 2013), Imagine Entertainment, and WGBH-TV (WGBH Kids) (before season 13), and animation production by Toon City in some seasons. From seasons 1–9, each episode has two animated segments per half hour episode, and a short live-action segment after each. The live-action shorts illustrate and explain various STEM concepts, and shows a class with kids engaging in experiments that demonstrate a concept within the previous episode's script. After the ninth season, the STEM featurettes were phased out.