The Berenstain Bears (2003 TV series)
2003 Canadian American TV series adaptation of the Berenstain Bears picture books
The Berenstain Bears is an American preschool children's animated television comedy series. It was made by Nelvana and AGOGO Entertainment with Treehouse and PBS Kids. The series is based on the children's book series of the same name by Stan and Jan Berenstain.[1] The series is about the lives of a family of anthropomorphic bears.
| The Berenstain Bears | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Animation Children's series Comedy |
| Created by | Stan and Jan Berenstain |
| Voices of | Camilla Scott Ben Campbell Michael Cera Michael D'Ascenzo Tajja Isen Corinne Conley Leslie Carlson Amanda Soha Marc McMulkin |
| Theme music composer | Stan Meissner |
| Opening theme | "The Berenstain Bears" by Lee Ann Womack |
| Ending theme | "The Berenstain Bears" (Instrumental) |
| Composers | Ray Parker Tom Szczesniak |
| Country of origin | Canada Hong Kong |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 40 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Stan and Jan Berenstain Steven Ching Scott Dyer Michael Hirsh |
| Producers | Lan Lamon Supervising producers: Patricia R. Burns Jocelyn Hamilton Michelle Melanson Cynthia Taylor |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production companies | Nelvana Limited AGOGO Entertainment |
| Original release | |
| Network | PBS Kids (US) Treehouse (Canada) |
| Release | January 6, 2003 – September 10, 2004 |
The series first broadcast on PBS Kids in the United States on January 6, 2003. It ended on December 6, 2017. It saw shown on Sprout starting in 2005.[2]
Cast
change- Michael Cera as Brother Bear (Season 1-2; 2002)
- Michael D'Ascenzo as Brother Bear (Season 3; 2003)
- Tajja Isen as Sister Bear
- Benedict Campbell as Papa Q. Bear
- Camilla Scott as Mama Bear
Broadcast
changePBS Kids and Sprout (United States) CBeebies (United Kingdom) France 2 (France) Treehouse TV and YTV (Canada) EBS (Korea) Kids 1 (South Korea)
References
change- ↑ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 77–78. ISBN 978-1538103739.
- ↑ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 133–134. ISBN 978-1476665993.
Other websites
change- The Berenstain Bears on IMDb
- 3 seasons of to 40 episodes
