44 Cats Season Two Launches in Italy

The second chapter of the Rainbow animated series 44 Cats is debuting today, March 2, on Italy’s Rai Yoyo.

The two main pay-TV partners, Discovery Kids (LatAm) and Nickelodeon (rest of the world), will follow with exclusive launches in Q2 and Q3, and the show will later land on free-to-air broadcasters from fall 2020. In the 52-episode second season, the Buffycats and Granny Pina will be joined by new animal and human friends.

The first season of 44 Cats established record ratings since it first launched in November 2018. 44 Cats is on the air in over 100 countries and in more than 20 languages. On Carousel Russia, 44 Cats reaches over 2 million viewers a day, and China’s CCTV 14 launched the show early in February with ratings that confirm 44 Cats a leading show on the channel.

Produced by Rainbow in collaboration with Antoniano and Rai Ragazzi, the series is already on air on the major pay- and free-to-air TV networks in the world and on leading digital platforms such as Netflix, Tencent and YOUKU in China, Start.ru and Yandex in Russia. The official YouTube channels for the series have surpassed 320 million views in just 14 months.