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Nickelodeon’s Animated Series ‘Bossy Bear’ Debuts March 6

The all-new preschool show follows Bossy Bear and Turtle, two unlikely friends, as they navigate their childhood (mis)adventures; Season 1 features Lance Bass and Michael Turchin in recurring guest voice roles.

Nickelodeon’s brand-new animated preschool series Bossy Bear, based on the popular book series by David Horvath, debuts Monday, March 6, at 11 a.m. (ET/PT). From husband-and-wife team Horvath and Sun-Min Kim (UglyDolls), the series (30 episodes) follows Bossy Bear, an overly enthusiastic extrovert, and Turtle, a thoughtful introvert -- unlikely besties who make the perfect team for navigating silly childhood adventures in their Koreatown-inspired city of Pleasantburg. Produced in partnership with Imagine Kids+Family, the show will roll out new episodes Monday through Thursday at 11 a.m. (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon during the month of March, with a series launch on Nick Jr. channels internationally later this year.

Who doesn’t love silly childhood adventures!

The first season of Bossy Bear features real-life couple Lance Bass and Michael Turchin in recurring guest voice roles as Tyler, a laid-back owl, and Greg, an intense chipmunk, respectively, who run a vegetarian and kosher food truck called Latke Love, and are parents to Ginger (Beahlen Deacon), Bossy Bear’s older sister Bissy’s bestie, aka her “squirrelfriend.”  

Other series regulars include Jayden Ham (Sea of Lights, Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge) as Bossy, an extroverted bear whose big imagination and endless enthusiasm lands him in hilarious situations; Jaba Keh (Sesame Street) as Turtle, Bossy’s patient, pure-hearted and empathetic best friend; Claudia Choi (HerSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) as Bossy’s Mom, the funny and athletic mother who has eyes in the back of her head and Gran-Gran, Turtle’s wise, loving grandmother who knows how to have a good time; and Shaun Baer (Chicago PD) as Bossy’s Dad, the store manager of an electronics shop who has a PhD in Dad jokes; and Viva Lee (PolarisDeadly Class) as Bissy, Bossy’s older sister who thinks she knows everything about being an adult and can play an okay keytar.

In the March 6 series premiere, “Ultimate Hype Bear/The Chrysalis Crew/Just Say No,” Bissy is nervous to meet her favorite K-Pop band, so Bossy acts as her “Hype Bear” to give her confidence. Then, Bossy and Turtle discover a fallen chrysalis and become the “Chrysalis Crew” to protect it. Finally, Turtle learns to speak up when Bossy and friends want to use his favorite toy as a soccer ball.  

Bossy Bear is executive produced by Imagine Entertainment Executive Chairmen Brian Grazer and Ron Howard; Imagine Kids+Family’s Elly Kramer Posner; Stephanie Sperber; Horvath and Kim; Bob Mittenthal (It’s PonyThe Loud House) for Nickelodeon Animation; and Ashley Postlewaite (Tom and Jerry in New YorkThe Mr. Men Show) for Renegade Animation. Jeff D’Elia (Captain UnderpantsDoug UnplugsRugrats) serves as story editor and Chil Kong is consulting producer. 

Production of Bossy Bear for Nickelodeon Animation is overseen by Eryk Casemiro, Executive Vice President, Nickelodeon Animation, Global Series Content. Max Goodman serves as Nickelodeon’s Executive in Charge of Production for the series. Paramount Consumer Products will lead consumer products licensing for the Bossy Bear property worldwide in partnership with Imagine Kids+Family.

Bossy Bear marks Nickelodeon’s third project with Imagine Kids+Family, following live-action adventure series The Astronauts and The Tiny Chef Show, starring the titular social media sensation and herbivore.

Source: Nickelodeon

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Whitney is a freelance writer focusing on VFX-driven fantasy film & TV as well as preschool animation.