{"id":14345,"date":"2018-05-15T10:07:07","date_gmt":"2018-05-15T14:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/moon-set-universal-kids\/"},"modified":"2018-05-15T10:19:29","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T14:19:29","slug":"moon-and-me-set-for-universal-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/moon-and-me-set-for-universal-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Moon and\u00a0Me Set for Universal\u00a0Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"
Sutikki has secured an agreement to bring the preschool series Moon and\u00a0Me<\/em> from creator Andrew Davenport (Teletubbies<\/em>) to Universal\u00a0Kids in the U.S.<\/p>\n Moon and\u00a0Me<\/em> will premiere on Universal\u00a0Kids this fall. The 50×22-minute show was developed by Davenport, who created Teletubbies<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0In the Night Garden<\/em>. Produced by Davenport\u2019s Foundling Bird and Sutikki, which also handles global distribution and L&M,\u00a0Moon and Me<\/em> will premiere on CBeebies in the U.K. this year as well.<\/p>\n The property combines traditional storytelling, comedy and music with the latest production methods to produce a picture-book world for kids.\u00a0Sutikki is the kids\u2019 and family division of\u00a0Bento Box Entertainment.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s wonderful to work with Universal Kids,\u201d said Davenport. \u201cWe jointly share a passion for creating premium programming for a global preschool audience. I can\u2019t think of a better launch partner in the U.S. and I\u2019m excited to begin working with the team on the launch of\u00a0Moon and Me<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAndrew Davenport is truly one of the great creators of children\u2019s content and the Universal Kids team is incredibly excited to be the U.S. home for Moon and Me<\/em>,\u201d added Deirdre Brennan, the general manager of Universal Kids. \u201cThis show is totally unique\u2014the stories, the look, the characters\u2014combined with this level of production innovation,\u00a0Moon and Me<\/em>\u00a0will be a spectacular addition to our preschool slate.\u201d<\/p>\n Irene\u00a0Weibel\u00a0and\u00a0Andrew\u00a0Kerr,\u00a0co-founders\u00a0of\u00a0Sutikki, commented, \u201cUniversal Kids is the ideal U.S. home for Sutikki\u2019s first preschool series,\u00a0and we are looking forward to growing with Moon and Me\u00a0<\/em>for\u00a0many\u00a0successful\u00a0years\u00a0to\u00a0come.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sutikki has secured an agreement to bring the preschool series Moon and\u00a0Me from creator Andrew Davenport (Teletubbies) to Universal\u00a0Kids in the U.S.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[1906,1907,2340,1908,2578],"class_list":["post-14345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-andrew-davenport","tag-bento-box-entertainment","tag-moon-and-me","tag-sutikki","tag-universal-kids","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n