HIT Ent. and Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN), the first national aboriginal television network in the world, have partnered to launch THE PINGU SHOW this fall during the APTN Kids programming block. This is the first time that HIT has partnered with the network that reaches approximately 10 million households across Canada.
APTN will air 74 episodes of THE PINGU SHOW in English and French.
THE PINGU SHOW was created by Swiss animators Otmar Gitman and Harold Muecke. The unique and quirky show follows the adventures of a sometimes mischievous and clumsy penguin as he plays and interacts with his family and friends. Pingu lives in the Antarctic and does all of the things one might do as a young penguin -- discover vast musical ice caves, play fish tennis, misplace your sister, find a treasure map and periodically enrage most of the local penguin population in one way or another. Exceptionally expressive, Pingu's special "Penguinese" language is fun and imaginative.
THE PINGU SHOW airs on APTN's kids' programming block in English on Wednesdays at 8 a.m. and Thursdays at 8:30 a.m. The program airs in French on Sundays and Mondays at 8 a.m. For local listings, visit www.aptn.ca.
