Caillou
Sign in to saveCaillou (; ; , stylized in lowercase) is an animated children's television series that aired on Teletoon (both English and French versions), with the first episode airing on the former channel on September 15, 1997 until the fourth season. After that, the fifth season channel was moved to Treehouse TV, and the series finale aired on April 17, 2011. It also aired on PBS and the PBS Kids channel from 2000 to 2020. A series reboot was announced in 2023 with a release date set to debut later that year on Peacock with 52 eleven-minute episodes. Still, it was delayed for undisclosed reasons to Febru
Key facts
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- Caillou new logo.png
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- Caillou logo
- Television.genre
- Children's television series
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- Bryn McAuleyJaclyn LinetskyAnnie BovairdBrigid TierneyJesse VinetJennifer SeguinPat FryPauline LittleGeorge MorrisJohanne GarneauJonathan KoensgenGraeme JokicSophie UretskyAmanda TilsonHolly Gauthier-FrankelEllen David
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- 5
- Television.num_episodes
- 92 (345 segments)
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- List of Caillou episodes
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- 22 minutes (3–4 5-minute segments)
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Wikidata facts
- Country of origin
- Canada
- Original language
- French
- Official website
- www.caillou.com
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- original broadcaster
- Treehouse TV
- number of seasons
- 5
- number of episodes
- 92
- start time
- 1997-09-15
- distributed by
- WildBrain
- different from
- Kaiyō-chō
- end time
- 2010-10-03
- date of first performance
- 1997-00-00
- social media followers
- 3150000
- fabrication method
- traditional animation
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Encyclopedic overview
20 sectionsContents
- Premise
- Format
- Characters
- Major characters
- Caillou
- Caillou's family
- Caillou's friends, neighbours, and associates
- The puppets
- Episodes
- Production
- Reception and legacy
- Broadcast and streaming
- Home video releases
- Music
- Revival
- YouTube series
- Reboot and specials
- See also
- References
- External links
Caillou (; ; , stylized in lowercase) is an animated children's television series that aired on Teletoon (both English and French versions), with the first episode airing on the former channel on September 15, 1997 until the fourth season. After that, the fifth season channel was moved to Treehouse TV, and the series finale aired on April 17, 2011. It also aired on PBS and the PBS Kids channel from 2000 to 2020. A series reboot was announced in 2023 with a release date set to debut later that year on Peacock with 52 eleven-minute episodes. Still, it was delayed for undisclosed reasons to February 15, 2024, with a batch of seven episodes.
Based on the books by Hélène Desputeaux, it focuses on a four-year-old boy named Caillou who is fascinated by the world around him. The series was produced in Canada by the CINAR Corporation (later Cookie Jar Entertainment), while the fifth and final season was produced in association with the South African studio Clockwork Zoo.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Caillou” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.