Madeline (TV series)
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| Genre | Children's television series |
| Country of origin | United States Canada France |
| Original language(s) | English French (teaches) |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 59 |
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| Executive producer(s) |
Andy Heyward Michael Maliani Robby London Saul Cooper Pancho Kohner |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
DIC Entertainment DHX Media |
| Distributor | The Family Channel |
| Release | |
| Original release | September 14, 1993 – March 1, 2001 |
Madeline is a television series, part of the Madeline media franchise. It began as a series of television specials, and then was continued as various seasons of the TV show.
In 1960, the Madeline stories were adapted to a one-hour color episode for the NBC series The Shirley Temple Show. Madeline was played by Gina Gillespie, child actor Michel Petit played Pepito, and Imogene Coca portrayed Miss Clavel. It was Madeline's first appearance on television. The episode has been released to DVD.
In 1988, DIC Entertainment and CINAR (later Cookie Jar Entertainment; both are now subsidiaries of DHX Media) adapted the first book into an animated television special for HBO. The screenplay was written by Judy Rothman, who was writer, lyricist and story editor for nearly all subsequent Madeline animated projects. The special was narrated by Christopher Plummer, and featured original music and songs by veteran Sesame Street songwriter and composer Joe Raposo with lyrics by Judy Rothman and Howard Ashman. The special was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (One Hour or Less). In 1990, the special was released onto VHS by Hi-Tops Video, which erronously credits it only to DIC Entertainment.
Between 1990 and 1991, CINAR and France Animation produced animated adaptations of the other five original books for The Family Channel, with Christopher Plummer returning as narrator and Marsha Moreau returning to voice Madeline. Each special featured new songs, with lyrics by Rothman and music by Jeffrey Zahn, who replaced Raposo after his death in 1989. "I'm Madeline", Madeline's theme song from the original special, was reprised. The specials were released on video by Golden Book Video.
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