Animated Musical Short ‘Everybody Gets a Vote’ Debuts on Disney Junior and DisneyNOW Oct 25
‘Ready for Preschool’ series teaches kids ages 2-7 to be positive about themselves and their communities.
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One Animation Inks Disney Channel US Deal for ‘Oddbods’ Seasonal Specials
Halloween-themed special ‘Party Monsters’ and Christmas themed ‘The Festive Menace’ will air on Disney XD, Disney Junior and in Disney Now; Season 3 of the animated series was recently shortlisted for an International Emmy Kids Award.
Disney Channel’s ‘Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure’ Wins Three Daytime Emmys
‘Elena of Avalor,’ and ‘Disney Mickey Mouse’ bring home multiple awards at the virtual 47th annual Daytime Emmy Awards: Children’s, Lifestyle & Animation.
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WIA Announces Women in Animation Virtual Summit Program for Annecy 2020 Online
Summit will focus on the pandemic, the recently reinvigorated global call for social justice, and their tremendous effects on the animation industry.
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Disney Brings India’s Vibrant Culture to US Preschoolers in ‘Mira, Royal Detective’
Showrunner Sascha Paladino and art director Dorothea Gerassimova discuss the challenges and rewards of celebrating India’s wonderful cultural diversity with an international kids’ audience.
BBC Preschool Series ‘Bluey’ Launches on Disney+
Popular Australian show explores modern family life and encourages imagination and learning through play.
eOne Greenlights Season 5 of ‘PJ Masks’ for Spring 2021 Delivery
Season 4 of popular kids’ series to launch globally on Disney Junior in spring of 2020.
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Jamie Mitchell Helps Kids Embrace Their Uniqueness in Disney Junior’s ‘Fancy Nancy’
With Season 2 launching October 4, and a Season 3 renewal in hand, the show’s executive producer discusses his series about an eccentric 6-year-old girl that is aspirational, relatable, and funny.
Amid Break with Sony, Marvel Announces Animated Spider-Man Preschool Series
‘Marvel’s Spidey and His Amazing Friends’ is the studio’s first Disney Junior series and comes on the heels of their recent exit from Sony’s ‘Spider-Man’ franchise and likely Spider-Man exit from the MCU.
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Women in Animation Summit Set for July 29 at SIGGRAPH 2019
Condensed version of WIA’s annual Summit to feature keynote by Dr. Stacy L. Smith, who will present landmark USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative study.
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Women in Animation Launches WIA Global Fund
Founding donors contribute more than $500,000 to support organization’s programs and international outreach initiatives.
Boabab Studios’ ‘Crow: The Legend’ Scores Four Daytime Emmys
Nickelodeon’s ‘The Loud House,’ Netflix’s ‘Ask the Storybots,’ Amazon’s ‘Tumble Leaf’ and Disney Channel’s ‘Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventures’ each take home two at Friday’s gala ceremony.
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TV Academy Announces Nominees for 46th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards
Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards Gala to be held on Friday, May 3; Daytime Emmy Awards to be held on Sunday, May 5.
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Disney Junior Promotes Joe D’Ambrosia to General Manager
Key roles realigned, with SVP Meredith Roberts to oversee Emily Hart, Shane Prigmore and Alyssa Sapire in leading the development of animated programming for Disney Channel, Disney Junior and the upcoming Disney+ streaming service.
Guru Studio Names Playmates Toys Master Toy Partner For ‘Pikwik’
Playmates Toys to develop a range of preschool toys based on the new series coming to Disney Junior.
Netflix Enters Into Overall Deal with ‘Doc McStuffins’ Creator Chris Nee
Peabody, Emmy, and Humanitas Prize-winning children’s television screenwriter and producer to write and produce new animated and live action series for preschool and all audiences exclusively for Netflix.
Disney Junior Travels to India with New Animated Series ‘Mira, Royal Detective’
Inspired by the cultures and customs of India, new animated series developed by Becca Topol and executive produced by Sascha Paladino in production at Wild Canary.
Animation Writer Nicole Dubuc Receives WGAW Career Achievement Award
Prolific writer-producer-actress and showrunner of the forthcoming Disney Junior series ‘The Rocketeer’ honored with the Writers Guild of America West’s 2018 Animation Writers Caucus Animation Writing Award.
WATCH: Disney Junior Releases New ‘Fancy Nancy’ Animated Nursery Rhyme
AWN readers get to watch ‘A Tisket, a Tasket’ ahead of its August 13 premiere, the latest addition to the growing short collection aimed at the network's youngest fans.
Disney Channels Names Meredith Roberts SVP, Animation Strategy
Newly created role will be responsible for unifying animated content vision across company’s various viewing platforms.
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Guru Studio’s ‘Pikwik’ Coming to Disney Junior
Original animated preschool comedy series set to air in U.S., Australia-New Zealand, Korea and India.
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Disney Junior Greenlights ‘T.O.T.S.’ for 2019 Debut
Comedy series about a pals who work at delivery service for baby animals created by Travis Braun.
Disney Junior Starts on New 'Rocketeer' Series
Series will feature a new, young heroine who follows in the footsteps of comic-book creator Dave Stevens’ iconic original creations.
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Five Animated Features, Two Series Earn PGA Noms
Tie puts 11 titles -- including ‘Dunkirk,’ ‘The Shape of Water’ and ‘Wonder Woman’ -- in contention for top feature award.
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Disney Junior Latin America Gets Spicy with Xilam’s ‘Paprika’
Award-winning French animation company’s 2D-animated preschool comedy series to air on Disney Junior across Latin America, including Brazil.
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