TVKIDS
Mittens & Pants has been greenlit for a third 45-episode season by commissioning broadcaster CBC in Canada, with Sky Kids in the U.K. and Ireland on board as a broadcast partner.
A Thunderbird Distribution acquisition from Toronto-based Windy Isle Entertainment, Mittens & Pants’ third season will air on CBC and CBC Gem later this year. The order brings the episode total to 126 episodes.
Mittens & Pants features best friends Mittens the kitten and Pants the puppy who live in the all-animal town of Kibble Corners, where each day is a new adventure for these unlikely best friends. Season three will also feature special Halloween, holiday and musical episodes.
Thunderbird Distribution has also secured more international sales for seasons one and two of the live-action preschool series. In the U.S., Peacock, HappyKids and Kidoodle.TV picked up season two, while Canadian French-language broadcasters TFO and Radio-Canada scooped up season one. The series is now available in 78 territories.
Mittens & Pants has landed on the Roblox platform with the My Carrots Simulator game, featuring the series’ breakout carrot-farming bunny, Monsieur LaFleur. Officially launched this winter, My Carrots Simulator is being continually updated with new quest systems and weekly leaderboards.
Mittens & Pants has seen growth in the last six months on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok. The series now boasts more than 318,000 followers, 65 million views and 7.3 million interactions across the three digital platforms.
“We’re so excited to see how much these characters have connected with audiences on a global scale,” said Mittens & Pants creator and showrunner Phil McCordic. “The puppies and kittens (and bunnies, guinea pigs and hamsters) are endlessly surprising and delightful. It’s as fun a show to make as it is to watch.”
“I knew from the outset that Mittens & Pants was something special and unique in the current landscape of preschool entertainment,” said Richard Goldsmith, president of global distribution and consumer products at Thunderbird. “And with an exciting third season in the works, increased distribution, expansion into digital mediums and great growth across social media and YouTube, we are confident that Mittens & Pants is on track to be a global brand.”
