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− | '''Dora the Explorer''' is an American animated television series created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh, and Eric Weiner. Dora the Explorer became a regular series in 2000. The show is carried on the [[Nickelodeon]] cable television network, including the associated [[Nick Jr.]] channel. It aired on CBS until September 2006. A Spanish-dubbed version first aired as part of a Nick en español block on NBC Universal-owned Telemundo through September 2006; since April 2008, this version of the program has been carried on Univision as part of the Planeta U block. The show is still replaying episodes on Treehouse TV |
+ | '''Dora the Explorer''' is an American animated television series created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh, and Eric Weiner. Dora the Explorer became a regular series in 2000. The show is carried on the [[Nickelodeon]] cable television network, including the associated [[Nick Jr.]] channel. It aired on CBS until September 2006. A Spanish-dubbed version first aired as part of a Nick en español block on NBC Universal-owned Telemundo through September 2006; since April 2008, this version of the program has been carried on Univision as part of the Planeta U block. The show is still replaying episodes on Treehouse TV. |
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+ | The series went on a hiatus on June 5, 2014. [[Dora's Super Soccer Showdown]] was the last episode to premiere in 2014. Five years later, the series aired the final five episodes in 2019 to promote [[Dora and the Lost City of Gold|the movie]]. Though the last five episodes premiered in 2019, the series had seized production five years prior. |
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Revision as of 19:05, 3 August 2020
Dora the Explorer is an American animated television series created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh, and Eric Weiner. Dora the Explorer became a regular series in 2000. The show is carried on the Nickelodeon cable television network, including the associated Nick Jr. channel. It aired on CBS until September 2006. A Spanish-dubbed version first aired as part of a Nick en español block on NBC Universal-owned Telemundo through September 2006; since April 2008, this version of the program has been carried on Univision as part of the Planeta U block. The show is still replaying episodes on Treehouse TV. The series went on a hiatus on June 5, 2014. Dora's Super Soccer Showdown was the last episode to premiere in 2014. Five years later, the series aired the final five episodes in 2019 to promote the movie. Though the last five episodes premiered in 2019, the series had seized production five years prior. PremiseThe series is about a seven year old girl named Dora, who goes on adventures with her friend, Boots. In her adventures, Dora invites young viewers at home to complete a goal. Checking Map to find the way, and using Backpack to get what she needs, Dora and the viewer must solve problems and overcome obstacles along the way to their goal. The viewers would also learn some Spanish too. At the end of each adventure, everybody cheers and celebrate by dancing to Dora's signature "We Did It!" dance. Series overview
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HistoryDora the Explorer's history started as early as 1997. At a meeting in December of 1997, Nickelodeon executives asked the network's in-house development team to come up with ideas for new shows. The execs had been working with outside creators to conceptualize shows, but were not satisfied with the results. Valerie Walsh, a Nickelodeon employee who was in film school at the time, was at the meeting. Walsh brought her ideas to the group's next meeting and found that she and another Nickelodeon employee, Chris Gifford, had a similar concept: a story-driven interactive show starring a little girl heroine. Nickelodeon executives, intrigued with the concept, asked Walsh and Gifford to flesh out their ideas into a TV show. About four months later, "Dora the Explorer" was born. Walsh and Gifford considered other characters for their concepts before they decided on Dora. One version told the story of Dora the rabbit and her friends who lived in the woods. The creators preferred a little girl all along as the lead character, but initially were restricted by monetary considerations. Soon enough, animation became an option for the show. Nina, the past Dora, was supposed to be a character that lived in the computer, had a sidekick named Boots named for the computer term “reboot” who was a monkey, and together they solved math and language problems. Around this time, the working title for the show was called "Nina's Pop-up Puzzle". On August 14, 2000, Dora the Explorer premiered at 11AM (eastern time) after an episode of Franklin. At the time of the series premiere, it became the highest rated show in Nick Jr. history. The premiere scored a 11.22/43 rating/share (1.3 million viewers) among kids of the ages of 2-5. To top its own success, the second airing at 11:30 scored a 12.85/48 rating/share (1.5 million viewers) among kids 2-5 years old. The series even surpassed the September 8, 1996 premiere of Blue's Clues. The primetime airing of Dora at 8PM (eastern time) also scored the highest rating among kids 2-11 (5.66/22), kids 2-5 (5.35/23) and 6-11 (5.86/21) for that time slot. Trivia
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