Hey Arnold! | |
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Genre |
Comedy Slice of life |
Created by | Craig Bartlett |
Developed by |
Craig Bartlett Joe Ansolabehere Steve Viksten |
Creative director(s) | Tuck Tucker |
Voices of |
Toran Caudell (seasons 1–2) Phillip Van Dyke (seasons 2–3) Spencer Klein (seasons 4–5) Alex D. Linz (season 5) Jamil W. Smith Francesca Marie Smith Dan Castellaneta Tress MacNeille |
Composer(s) | Jim Lang |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 5 |
No. of episodes | 100 (185 segments) (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Craig Bartlett Mary Harrington Co-Executive Producers: Steve Viksten (Season 5) |
Producer(s) |
Co-Producers: Joe Ansolabehere (Season 1) Steve Viksten (Seasons 1–4) Joseph Purdy (Seasons 2–5) Michelle Lamoreaux (Season 5) Supervising Producers: Jamie Mitchell (Season 1) Kathrin Seitz (Season 1) Steve Socki (Seasons 4–5) Line Producers: Donna Smith (Seasons 3–5) Melinda Dilger (Seasons 1–2) Kelly Crews (Season 5) Ryan Slater (Season 5) Michael Lessa (Seasons 1–4) Senior Producers: Michael Lessa (Seasons 1–4) |
Running time | 23 minutes (two 11-minute segments each) |
Production company(s) |
Snee-Oosh, Inc. Nickelodeon Animation Studios (as part of Games Animation, pilot episode and seasons 1-3) |
Release | |
Original network | Nickelodeon |
Picture format | 480i (4:3 SDTV) |
Original release | October 7, 1996 | – June 8, 2004
External links | |
Website |
Hey Arnold! is an American animated television series created by Craig Bartlett that aired on Nickelodeon from October 7, 1996 to June 8, 2004, with reruns until 2007. The show centers on a fourth grader named Arnold, who lives with his grandparents in an inner-city boarding house. Episodes center on his experiences navigating big city life while dealing with the problems he and his friends encounter.
Bartlett's idea for the show is based on a minor character named Arnold whom he created while working on Pee-wee's Playhouse. The executives enjoyed the character, and Bartlett completed the cast by drawing inspiration from people he grew up with in Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington. Bartlett created the pilot episode in his living room in 1994 and official production began in 1995. The animators worked to transform Arnold from clay animation to cel animation, leading to the series' premiere. The show finished production in 2001 after 5 seasons and 100 episodes.
Hey Arnold! received generally positive reviews, with many critics praising its character development, emotional storytelling and mature themes. Over the course of its eight-year run, the series aired 100 episodes. A feature film based on the series, Hey Arnold!: The Movie, was released in 2002. All five seasons have been released on DVD, and reruns currently air on the TeenNick block The Splat.
As of 2016, a Hey Arnold! television movie, reportedly titled Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie, has been greenlit for production. It is expected to pick up from where the series ended and will resolve unanswered plot lines of the story, including the whereabouts of Arnold's parents. The TV movie will premiere in November 2017.