Viva Piñata (TV series)

Viva Piñata
The lead characters (l-r): Franklin, Hudson, Paulie, Fergy
Developed by	Norman J. Grossfeld Lloyd Golfdine
Directed by	Paul Griffin Eric Stuart (voice)
Voices of	Dan Green Marc Thompson David Wills Kathleen Delaney Jamie McGonnigal Brian Maillard
Theme music composer	John Siegler Norman J. Grossfeld
Composer(s)	Louis Cortelezzi Elik Alvarez Peter Lurye Matt McGuire Ralph Schuckett Freddy Sheinfeld Dan Stein Russell Velazquez
Country of origin	Canada United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	52 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Deina Bhesania Norman J. Grossfeld Alfred R. Kahn Barry Ward Lloyd Goldfine
Running time	20 minutes
Production company(s)	Bardel Entertainment 4Kids Entertainment Rare Ltd.
Distributor	4Kids Entertainment (former) 4Licensing Corporation (currently)
Release
Original network	YTV (Canada) 4Kids TV The CW4Kids
Original release	August 26, 2006 – January 18, 2009
Website

Viva Piñata is a Canadian-American animated television series seen around the world. It is based upon the Xbox 360 video game of the same name. It is produced by an American company, 4Kids Productions and Bardel Entertainment, a children's animation company in Canada.It aired to high ratings as part of the 4Kids TV programming block and later moved to The CW4Kids before being removed from the schedule on October 25, 2008. It is aired on YTV in Canada, Nicktoons Network and CITV in the UK and on Nickelodeon in Australia.

Viva Pinata was executive produced by Lloyd Goldfine (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Pokémon) at 4Kids in New York and Paul Griffin at Bardel in Vancouver. The stories are edited by Mike deSeve, leading a team that includes the award-winning Daria head-writer Anne Bernstein and Courage the Cowardly Dog story editor David Steven Cohen.

The series has ended its run on January 18, 2009 in Canada. 4Kids TV and The CW4Kids in the United States stopped airing the show on August 2, 2008 and October 25, 2008 respectively, but it continued to air in Canada on YTV until June 24, 2011.

In a garden on Piñata Island, a multitude of happy, colorful Piñata species live, frolic, dance, and grow. The goal of the piñatas is to fill themselves with candy, so they can be chosen by Piñata Central to entertain at birthday parties or retirement parties and other special celebrations. The piñatas have their own gardens and love to party. Each species is a portmanteau of an animal and a sweet type of food.