Raggs
| Raggs | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Children's Television Series |
| Created by | Toni Steedman |
| Written by | Kym Goldsworthy (lead writer) |
| Directed by | Ian Munro Ralph Strasser Peter Nathan Daniel Nettheim Jonathan Geraghty |
| Starring | The original RAGGS was played by April L. Kresken |
| Theme music composer | Rebecca Kent Story & Michael McGinnis, Concentrix Music and Sound Design |
| Composer(s) | Fred Story, Rebecca Kent Story, Michael McGinnis, Erin Odani, David Floyd, Barbara Lewis, Jamie Hoover |
| Country of origin |
Australia United States |
| Original language(s) | English (distributed with Australian or American dubbing) |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 73 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Noel Price Toni Steedman |
| Production company(s) |
Principal Production: ABC Studios, Sydney (2006-2009) Supplemental Production: Blue Socks Media LLC (2009-2012) Co-Production: Raggs LLC (Blue Socks Media LLC) and Southern Star International |
| Distributor |
US: KQED / American Public Television PBS Kids (2008-2012) |
| Release | |
| Original network |
Seven Network (Australia) Qubo (United States) |
| Original release | 4 February 2008 – 18 February 2009 |
Raggs is a live action and animated musical preschool television series originally produced in Sydney, Australia, with additional U.S. production in English and Spanish. "Raggs"’ expansive library includes 195 finished half hour episodes and 200 original songs in multiple languages. The entertaining and educational series is based on the original characters created by Toni Steedman, a Charlotte, NC, advertising executive, for her then six‐year‐old daughter Alison. The rock n’ roll story of five canine characters is growing an international brand that includes TV distribution, multi-platform digital distribution, CDs, DVDs, toys, books and touring. With over 4,000 live performances around the world, The Raggs Band’s touring, live show and event experience has expanded to include a new partnership called "Play at Palladium with Raggs" with the Palladium Hotel Group at their resorts in Mexico and the Caribbean. It was broadcast on 4 February 2008 on PBS Kids In 2014, The Raggs Band reunited to record 20 of the top classic kids songs to accompany new "Raggs" animation to be included in the show and distributed on the "Raggs" YouTube channel, RaggsTV. "Raggs" and all rights are owned by Blue Socks Media, Charlotte, NC.
"Raggs" currently airs in the US and Canada on Qubo in English, Telemundo in Spanish, and in Latin America on FETV Canal-Panama, RTV-Ecuador, Canal Dos-El Salvador, Guest Choice Cable-Dominican Republic and Corporación Televicentro-Honduras. "Raggs" YouTube channel, RaggsTV, features newly edited episodes and new, unaired animations to classic kids songs. "Raggs" episodes are also available for purchase on iTunes.
Raggs was originally created in 1990 by U.S. advertising executive Toni Steedman for her then six-year-old daughter, Alison, as a series of carpool stories. Steedman later used the Raggs character for a regional mall promotion and advertising campaign. By 2001, the successful mall programs encouraged Steedman, along with former HBO producer Carole Rosen, to create a one-hour music video-inspired pilot called "Pawsuuup," which was shot in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and New York City in August 2001. While Steedman shopped the pilot for a production or broadcast partner, The Raggs Band (also known as the Raggs Kids Club Band because of the regional mall kids clubs for which Raggs served as mascot) began playing concerts at fairs, festivals and performing arts venues.
In 2005, Steedman and her company, Raggs LLC, entered into a co-production relationship with Southern Star International (now Endemol Australia) to produce the Raggs series for the Seven Network in Sydney, Australia. Production began in 2005 at the ABC Studios in Sydney, and the first episode of Series 1 began airing daily at 9 am on Seven in January 2006. Series 1 consisted of 65 half hours episodes. Raggs quickly garnered strong ratings and, within a few months of airing, Seven ordered Series 2, an additional 65 episodes. In 2007, Seven ordered Series 3, also 65 episodes, bringing the total to 195 original half hours by 2009. Each episode featured original Raggs’ music, written and produced in the U.S. by Concentrix Music and Sound Design, requiring over 200 original songs for the 195 half hours of shows.
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