{"id":23178,"date":"2022-06-08T09:00:31","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T13:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2022-06-08T09:15:02","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T13:15:02","slug":"sky-kids-prebuys-123-number-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/sky-kids-prebuys-123-number-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"Sky Kids Prebuys 123 Number Squad!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Omens Studios has presold its brand-new preschool series <em>123 Number Squad!<\/em> to the U.K.\u2019s Sky Kids.<\/p>\n<p>Aimed at children aged 3 to 6, the show follows three best friends with a shared love of numbers who hang out together in their playroom at 123 Numberville. Whenever a Numberville citizen has a problem, they call the friends for emergency help.<\/p>\n<p><em>123 Number Squad!<\/em> is executive produced by Sally Marchant, with Sacha Goedegebure serving as showrunner and Debbie Macdonald as head writer. The writing team in the U.K. and Asia includes up-and-coming writers and veterans, including Ian Carney (<em>Deer Squad<\/em>, <em>Go Jetters<\/em>, <em>Chuggington<\/em>, <em>Bob the Builder<\/em>), Darren Jones (<em>P. King Duckling<\/em>, <em>Fireman Sam<\/em>, <em>Peter Rabbit<\/em>), Nicole Davis (<em>JoJo and Gran Gran<\/em>, <em>Pop Paper City<\/em>), Becky Overton (<em>Thomas and Friends<\/em>, <em>Miffy&#8217;s Adventures Big &amp; Small<\/em>), Helena Smee (<em>Tickle<\/em>, <em>Patch &amp; Friends<\/em>) and several others.<\/p>\n<p>The first season is slated to start airing in February 2023. It will be available on the Sky Kids on-demand channel, as well as the streaming service NOW.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany on the writing team on <em>123 Number Squad!<\/em> has a raft of credentials, and it\u2019s a pleasure for us to be working with talent of such high caliber and the wonderful team at Sky Kids,\u201d Marchant said.<\/p>\n<p>Chi Sim Tang, CEO of Omens Studios, added, \u201cWhen we launched our U.K. office two years ago, we wanted to tap into U.K. creative talent to develop our shows. Working with Sky is such an amazing achievement for Omens Studios, and we are thrilled to be collaborating on <em>123 Number Squad!<\/em> Our talented team of creatives and writers have indeed produced a show that will excite and educate preschoolers both in the U.K. and globally.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Omens Studios has presold its brand-new preschool series 123 Number Squad! to the U.K.\u2019s Sky Kids.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":23179,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[5466,976],"class_list":["post-23178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-omens-studios","tag-sky-kids","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sky Kids Prebuys 123 Number Squad! - TVKIDS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/sky-kids-prebuys-123-number-squad\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sky Kids Prebuys 123 Number Squad! - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Omens Studios has presold its brand-new preschool series 123 Number Squad! to the U.K.\u2019s Sky Kids.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/sky-kids-prebuys-123-number-squad\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-06-08T13:00:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-06-08T13:15:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/07\/OmensStudios-123NumberSquad-0622.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"338\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/sky-kids-prebuys-123-number-squad\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/sky-kids-prebuys-123-number-squad\/\",\"name\":\"Sky Kids Prebuys 123 Number Squad! - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-06-08T13:00:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-06-08T13:15:02+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/sky-kids-prebuys-123-number-squad\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/sky-kids-prebuys-123-number-squad\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/sky-kids-prebuys-123-number-squad\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sky Kids Prebuys 123 Number Squad!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\",\"name\":\"TVKIDS\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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