"We have always believed that 'Small Potatoes' would achieve a Beatles-like following among children, teens and adults and, thanks to the internet, this appears to be happening much faster than we had anticipated," said Selig.  "Our social media campaign has exceeded our wildest dreams and now provides us with a growing, passionate and international fan base."

The short-form TV series premiered in the U.K. on CBeebies in the spring, where it took three of the top five spots on the CBeebies iPlayer during its very first week, including the #1 spot.  The series has also had successful launches on the ABC in Australia and Canal+ and Piwi in France.

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About Little Airplane Productions
Founded by Josh Selig in 1999, Little Airplane Productions created and produced "The Wonder Pets!" for Nick Jr. (winner of the 2009 Japan Prize for Best Television Series), "Small Potatoes" for Disney Junior and "3rd & Bird" for Disney Junior and the BBC's CBeebies.  Additionally, Josh Selig was the Head Writer for "Little Bill" on Nick Jr.  He has received ten Emmy Awards for his writing on "Sesame Street" and was the Resident Producer of the historic Israeli/Palestinian "Sesame Street" co-production (winner of the 1998 Japan Prize).  Josh writes a weekly column for KidScreen Magazine called "Planet Preschool" which can be read at www.kidscreen.com.  Little Airplane has also launched the Little Light Foundation (www.littlelightfoundation.org).  The mission of the Little Light Foundation is to create programming that will help children around the world learn about conflict resolution and mutual respect.  For more information about Little Airplane Productions please visit www.littleairplane.com.