Oswald | |
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Created by | Dan Yaccarino |
Developed by | Lisa Eve Hubman Dan Yaccarino |
Directed by | Fredrick Stroppell Debra Bronzon Henry Lenardin-Madden |
Starring |
Fred Savage Debi Derryberry David Lander Crystal Scales Laraine Newman Daran Norris |
Country of origin |
United States United Kingdom |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 26 (52 Segments)(list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Dan Yaccarino |
Producer(s) |
HIT Entertainment Nick Jr. Productions |
Running time | 22–24 minutes |
Release | |
Original network |
Nick Jr. (US) Channel 5 (UK) |
Original release | August 20, 2001 | – September 19, 2003
Website |
Oswald is an American-British children's animated television series originally airing on Nickelodeon as part of the Nick Jr. block. It first aired on August 20, 2001 in the United States. The show was created by Dan Yaccarino and co-produced by HIT Entertainment. It was also broadcast on Noggin and CBS (during the Nick Jr. on CBS programming block) in reruns.
The series is set in Big City, a colorful world populated by a cast of anthropomorphic animals, mythological creatures, and humanoid beings. Each episode follows the daily experiences of an anthropomorphic blue octopus named Oswald (voiced by Fred Savage), accompanied by his beloved pet hot dog Weenie, and their life in the cheerful and whimsically-designed community of Big City. Commonly, the program concentrates on Oswald's experiences with friends, acquaintances, and neighbors—including Henry, a talking penguin and Daisy, an anthropomorphic flower, among others—and his patient methods of coping with or tolerating different situations and dilemmas, along with his thoroughly optimistic outlook on life.
Oswald first aired on the Nick Jr. block on Nickelodeon in the United States on August 20, 2001 and was removed from the lineup in 2005. On April 7, 2003, Oswald started airing on Noggin and continued to air after September 28, 2009 when it was renamed as Nick Jr..
In the UK, the show was aired on the Tiny Living strand on Living TV (now Sky Living) and on Five (now Channel 5), with UK voices instead of the US voices. Sammy Starfish has his regular US voice instead of dubbing him with a UK voice actor.
In Australia, the show has aired on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.