Nickelodeon is immersed in the new preschool series "Baby Sharks Big Show"

Nickelodeon is expanding the underwater world with Baby shark with the go-ahead for a new animated series for kindergarten children, The great show of Baby Shark! (tentative title), based on the famous phenomenon of pop culture.

Co-produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studio and SmartStudy, the global entertainment company behind famed children's brand Pinkfong, the 2D animated series (26 half-hour episodes) will follow Baby Shark and best friend William as they travel in a comedy full of fun. fun adventures in the Carnivore Cove community, where they meet new friends and sing catchy and original tunes along the way.

“Having the opportunity to dive deeper into this amazing world and create entirely new stories has been extremely exciting and our preschool head Eryk Casemiro and his team are looking forward to helping them grow. Baby Shark and his world with a stunning new series that captures the heart and spirit of this beloved property, ”said Ramsey Naito, Executive Vice President, Production and Development for Nickelodeon Animation.

The great show of Baby Shark!  will debut on Nickelodeon this December with a new original holiday special, with releases on their preschool platforms in spring 2021. Following its US release, the series will be released on Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. channels internationally. In addition to the partnership of Nickelodeon and SmartStudy for production The great show of Baby Shark!ViacomCBS Consumer Products (VCP) manages consumer product licenses worldwide, excluding China, Korea and Southeast Asia, for the Baby Shark property.

The great show of Baby Shark! is executive producer of Gary "Doodles" DiRaffaele (Bread winners) and Tommy Sica (Bread winners), with Whitney Ralls (My Little Pony: Equestria Girls) as executive co-producer. The series is produced by the Nickelodeon Animation Studio in Burbank, California, with production overseen by Eryk Casemiro, Senior Vice President, Nickelodeon Preschool.

Baby shark It was launched on YouTube in November 2015 and shocked the world, accumulating 5,7 billion views and becoming the second most viewed video in the history of the platform. With music, characters, story and dance combined, the song recorded a 20-week streak on the Billboard Hot 100 and spawned a viral #BabySharkChallenge phenomenon, generating over a million cover videos worldwide.

The great show of Baby Shark! is the latest series to join Nickelodeon's powerful preschool lineup that it includes The Ryan Playdate Mystery, Bubble Guppies e Blaze and the monster machines. The series is part of Nick's strategy to host the largest franchises that children and families love and expands the growing portfolio of influential property networks that it already includes SpongeBob, Dog Patrol, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Blue's Clues & You!, the first spin-off of SpongeBob, Kamp Koral, The Smurfs and a new animation Star Trek Series.