Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood

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Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood
Also known asDaniel Tiger's Neighbourhood (outside the US)
Genre
Created by
Angela C. Santomero
Based onMister Rogers' Neighborhood and the work of Fred Rogers
Written byAngela C. Santomero[1][2]
Voices ofSee Characters section
Theme music composer
  • Fred Rogers
  • David Kelly
  • James Chapple
  • Brian Pickett
  • Graeme Cornies
Opening theme"Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood Theme (Won't You Be My Neighbor)"
Ending theme"It's Such a Good Feeling" (closing song, interstitials)
It's You I Like (instrumental version, closing credits)
Country of origin
  • United States
  • Canada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons6
No. of episodes138 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersAngela C. Santomero
Kevin Morrison (seasons 1–4)
Ellen Doherty (seasons 5–present)
Vince Commisso
Production locations
Camera setup
Animated
Running time22-28 minutes[citation needed] (full episode)
11 minutes (single episode)
20 minutes (Won't You Sing Along With Me? only)
44-51 minutes (special episodes)
Production companiesFred Rogers Productions
9 Story USA
9 Story Media Group/Brown Bag Films Toronto
Original release
NetworkPBS Kids
ReleaseSeptember 3, 2012 (2012-09-03) –
present (present)
Related

Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood (known as Daniel Tiger's Neighbourhood in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand,[4] and often abbreviated to Daniel Tiger) is a Flash animated musical television series aimed at pre-school children aged 2–4. It was produced by Fred Rogers Productions, 9 Story Media Group, and Out Of The Blue Enterprises (which also produces Blue's Room and Super Why!). It debuted on September 3, 2012 on PBS Kids, eleven years after the end of production for Mister Rogers' Neighborhood and nine years after Fred Rogers' death. It is based on the Neighborhood of Make-Believe from Mister Rogers, the family-oriented television series created and hosted by Rogers that aired from 1968 to 2001. In 2019, the series was renewed for a fifth season, which premiered on August 17, 2020 with Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood: Won't You Sing Along with Me?, a musical special that dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic.[5][6] On August 20, 2021, the series was renewed for a sixth season, which premiered on September 5, 2022.[7] A one-hour television movie, Daniel Visits a New Neighborhood, aired on June 20, 2022.[8]

Premise

The character Daniel Tiger is based on Fred Rogers, and elements of his home are based on the set of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.

The series centers around Daniel Tiger (son of Mom Tiger and Dad Tiger). It also features other children of the characters from the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, such as Katerina Kittycat (daughter of Henrietta Pussycat), Miss Elaina (daughter of Lady Elaine Fairchilde and Music Man Stan), O the Owl (nephew of X the Owl) and Prince Wednesday (King Friday and Queen Sara Saturday's youngest son and Prince Tuesday's little brother). Two 11-minute segments are linked by a common socio-emotional theme, such as disappointment and sadness or anger and thankfulness. The theme also uses a musical motif phrase, which the show calls "strategy songs," to reinforce the theme and help children remember the life lessons. Many of the "strategy songs" are available in albums or as singles under the artist name "Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood."[9] The program is targeted at preschool-aged children; it teaches emotional intelligence, kindness, and human respect. Its content follows a curriculum based on Fred Rogers' teaching and new research into child development.[10]

Episodes

Season Episodes Originally aired
First aired Last aired
1 40 September 3, 2012 (2012-09-03) February 21, 2014 (2014-02-21)
2 20 August 18, 2014 (2014-08-18) July 4, 2016 (2016-07-04)
3 25[11] September 5, 2016 (2016-09-05) July 10, 2018 (2018-07-10)
4 18[12] July 11, 2018 (2018-07-11) January 10, 2020 (2020-01-10)
5 20[13] August 17, 2020 (2020-08-17) May 18, 2022 (2022-05-18)
6 18[14] September 5, 2022 (2022-09-05) TBA


Characters

Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood characters include Daniel, his little sister Margaret and their parents Mr. and Mrs. Tiger. Teacher Harriet is his kindergarten teacher and his classmates are Miss Elaina, O the Owl, Katerina, and Prince Wednesday. They ride Trolley, a semi-sentient trolley like the one seen in the original Mister Rogers.

Tiger family

Owl family

Cat family

Royal family

Museum-Go-Round family

  • Miss Elaina (voiced by Addison Holley from Season 1-4 and Markeda McKay starting with Season 5) is a silly and playful girl with afro puffs who enjoys doing things backwards and lives with her parents, Lady Elaine and Music Man Stan, in the Museum-Go-Round. She is one of Daniel's five classmates and often imagines space travel and robots. Her favorite toy is "Astrid the Astronaut" and her catchphrase is "Hiya, toots!"
  • Music Man Stan (voiced by Jeremiah Sparks) is Miss Elaina's father who owns the Neighborhood Music Shop, one of Daniel's favorite places to visit. He is also a firefighter with Dr. Anna and is in the musical duo "Bread and Jam" with Baker Aker. Music Man Stan is based on the actor Stanley Bennett Clay and his character he played on Christmastime with Mr. Rogers called The Music Man.
  • Lady Elaine (voiced by Teresa Pavlinek) is Miss Elaina's mother who works at the crayon factory and is a curator of the Museum-Go-Round.

Platypus family

  • Jodi Platypus (voiced by Laaibah Alvi) is a 4-year-old platypus who is shy around new acquaintances, but can be silly once she gets comfortable. She loves to play hide and seek and is resourceful, with a well-stocked pocket of supplies. Her catchphrase is "Yippee Skippy!" Her favorite toy is Benji, a stuffed hedgehog. Jodi has asthma.[19]
  • Dr. Platypus (voiced by Miku Graham) is a mother to Jodi, Leo, and Teddy, and the daughter of Nana Platypus. Sometimes, she calls her daughter Jodi Jojo Bean. She works as the new neighborhood dentist.
  • Teddy Platypus (voiced by Bryn McAuley) is a 2-year-old twin to Leo and one of Jodi's younger brothers who is fast, rambunctious and loves to play hide-and-seek.
  • Leo Platypus (voiced by Milo Torriel-Gibbon) is a 2-year-old twin to Teddy and one of Jodi's younger brothers who is careful and shy, but loves to cheer on his family.
  • Nana Platypus (voiced by Elizabeth Hanna) is Jodi's grandmother who lives with her grandchildren Jodi, Teddy and Leo and works as a hairdresser.
  • Jodi's Dad (voiced by TBA) is Jodi's father who only appears in a picture in Jodi, Teddy and Leo's room.

Teacher Harriet's family

  • Teacher Harriet (voiced by Shawne Jackson) is Daniel's kindergarten teacher. Her class consists of seven students: Daniel Tiger, Miss Elaina, Prince Wednesday, Princess Chrissie, O the Owl, Katerina Kittycat and Jodi Platypus. Teacher Harriet the human may be based on the Mister Rogers character Harriet Elizabeth Cow from the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, who appears in Donkey Hodie, another spin-off.
  • Max (voiced by Israel Thomas-Bruce) is Teacher Harriet's
    autistic
    nephew. He loves all things buses and bugs.
  • Amira (voiced by Mikaela Blake) is the niece of Teacher Harriet and Max's big sister. Daniel & Jodi pretends that their toys are riding Trains with their train sounds with the stationmaster owl and telling a story about trains and has books about big old train with a steam engine in his room. Occasionally playing engineer, she said "Choo-choo!"

Juan Carlos' family

  • Juan Carlos (voiced by Desmond Sivan) is Daniel's pen pal and lives in another neighborhood than Daniel. He is Latino.
  • Valentina is Mom Tiger's friend and Juan Carlos' mother.
  • Felipe (voiced by Keram Malicki Sanchez) is Juan Carlos' father.

Other neighbors

  • Baker Aker (voiced by Jon Filici) owns and runs the neighborhood bakery. He is Cuban, as he says in a 2016 segment called "A Visit with Baker Aker." He has baked pastries for Daniel and his family on many occasions and plays with Music Man Stan in Bread & Jam. He is based on the Mister Rogers character Chef Brockett and his name is an homage to Neighbor Aber, Charles R. Aber, of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. He marries Dr. Anna in the episode 'The Neighborhood Wedding'.
  • Mr. McFeely (voiced by Derek McGrath) is the neighborhood mailman who is often on his bicycle delivering parcels and arrives and departs by saying "Speedy delivery!" He is the only human character from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood to be brought to Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood.
  • Dr. Anna (voiced by Laara Sadiq) is the neighborhood physician; she is Indian. She assisted Mom Tiger give birth to Baby Margaret, got new eyeglasses for Prince Wednesday and has helped other characters with injuries or illnesses to recuperate. She is also a firefighter with Music Man Stan. She is allergic to peanuts. In the episode 'The Neighborhood Wedding', she gets married to Baker Aker. Though human, she shares several characteristics of the platypus family of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood: their patriarch, Bill Platypus, was the neighborhood physician and spoke with a foreign accent (Scottish, in his case) and his daughter was named Ana.
  • Dr. Lee (voiced by Samantha Wan) is the doctor who helps Daniel Tiger with his surgery in the Season 5 episode "Daniel Goes to the Hospital".
  • Trolley is a red, autonomous, semi-sentient trolley that transports Daniel and his friends anywhere in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. It understands verbal commands clearly and replies by ringing its bell and blowing its whistle twice, which Daniel often imitates. It is the same trolley from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.

Production

The series is co-produced by the

Out of the Blue Enterprises and Toronto-based 9 Story Media Group, and animated by Adobe Animate (formerly Adobe Flash Professional) and music created at Voodoo Highway Music & Post.[20][21]

Release and availability

In 2006, three years after Fred Rogers' death and after the end of production of

Amazon Prime Video went into effect.[26] A smaller selection of current episodes is also available through the PBS Kids app on several digital media player and tablet/smartphone platforms. It also now airs on international CBeebies channels around the world. Indonesian kids TV Cable Channel's Next Hungama premiered the show on April 1, 2023.[citation needed
]

Awards and nominations

Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood has won and been nominated for several awards in children's broadcasting. It won Silver Parents' Choice Awards in 2013 and 2014, was nominated for the Television Critics' Association Award for Outstanding Achievement in Youth Programming in 2013 and 2014 and was a 2014 Prix Jeunesse International Selection.[17][27][28][29] In 2019, it won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Pre-School Children's Animated Program.[30]

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