Preschool Series Returns to Noggin

NEW YORK, August 22: The
second season of the animated preschool series Pinky Dinky Doo will premiere on Noggin September 7 as part of the
network’s Get Ready to Read month.

The season-two launch will
air during an all-day marathon of literacy-themed episodes, including Dora
the Explorer, Little Bill, Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! and Max & Ruby, among others, as part of September’s Get Ready To
Read month. The back-to-back Pinky Dinky Doo prime-time premiere episodes will be followed by
an entire week of new episodes from September 8 to 12 at 3 p.m. with an encore
episode at 3:30 p.m.

Pinky Dinky Doo is Noggin’s original animated series based on the
popular books by Cartoon Pizza president Jim Jinkins (Doug, PB&J Otter) and is dedicated to enhancing early literacy.

Sesame Workshop and
Cartoon Pizza have partnered with Abrams/Gentile Entertainment and
Canadian-based animation company Keyframe to shift the show’s flash-animation
style to a different visual technique. The sets now have 3-D depth, enabling a
greater variety of shots and the characters to travel about the environment
more freely.

Beginning September 8,
season two episodes will be available on Noggin VOD via Comcast, Time Warner
Cable, Charter, Cablevision, Verizon FiOS and Cox. Additionally, Noggin.com
will feature new printable activities for parents and preschoolers to do
together, plus episode clips and a Pinky-themed doodle pad.

“In Pinky’s imagination
anything is possible, and this season’s new 3-D animation style and story lines
reflect just that,” said Jinkins. “Through both new technology and imaginative
storylines that approach literacy head-on, season two expands Pinky’s already
open mind to a new realm of possibilities that are more imaginative and
downright hilarious!”

—By Jackie Stewart