Little Einsteins
Little Einsteins | |
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Buena Vista International Television | |
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Network | Playhouse Disney |
Release | October 9, 2005 December 22, 2009 | –
Little Einsteins is an American
Little Einsteins was announced in November 2001, when Disney purchased The Baby Einstein Company. Press releases stated "there are already plans to extend the Baby Einstein brand into a Little Einstein product line aimed at preschoolers."
Little Einsteins started out with a direct-to-video film, Our Huge Adventure, that was released on August 23, 2005. The series proper premiered on Playhouse Disney on October 9, 2005, and ended on December 22, 2009, after two seasons and 67 episodes.
Overview
Little Einsteins was designed to teach the target demographic art and music appreciation by integrating famous or culturally significant art works (usually, but not exclusively, paintings) and classical music (most typically from the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic eras) into the scenery, story and soundtrack of each episode. The show is also designed to encourage viewer interaction (such as encouraging the audience to pat their knees, gesture or sing along to help the characters succeed on their "mission").
Broadcast
The first regular episode of Little Einsteins premiered in the United States on October 9, 2005 on Disney Channel, through the Playhouse Disney block. The final regular episode aired on December 22, 2009, and a standalone special titled "Rocket's Firebird Rescue" was released direct-to-DVD on August 21, 2007. The series continued to air in reruns afterward, including after Playhouse Disney was rebranded as Disney Junior on February 14, 2011, through March 25, 2019. The show is currently available on Disney+ and DisneyNow.[4] In Canada, the show aired on Family Channel.
In the UK dub, the Little Einsteins are voiced by Piers Stubbs (Leo), Poppy Lee Friar (June), Mitchell Zhangazha (Quincy), and Kirsty Hickey (Annie), and certain American terms are changed to fit within British English, such as changing mentions of candy canes to those of "sweetie sticks".
Reception
The series was given a 5-star rating by Common Sense Media.[3]
In other media
A video game based on the show was released for the Game Boy Advance in 2006.
Notes
References
- ^ "The Baby Einstein Company Grows Beyond Video Aisle and into Preschool Television" (Press release).
- ^ Maughan, Shannon. "Disney Buys Baby Einstein". Publishers Weekly.
- ^ a b "Little Einsteins TV Review". Common Sense Media. 27 November 2007. Archived from the original on February 18, 2015. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
- ISBN 9781476672939.
External links
- Official website
- Little Einsteins at IMDb