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Tutenstein is an American animated television series, produced by PorchLight Entertainment for Discovery Kids based on the comics by Jay Stephens. The series was first premiered on Discovery Kids' Saturday morning block on NBC on November 1, 2003. It ended on October 11, 2008. The series features young mummy Tutankhensetamun (based on real-life Tutankhamun and usually called "Tutenstein" as in the title) who is awakened about 3,000 years after his accidental death and now must face the fact that his kingdom is gone. The name is a portmanteau of Tutankhamun and Frankenstein.

Key facts

Television.image
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Television.creator
Jay Stephens
Television.composer
Guy Michelmore
Television.country
United States
Television.language
English
Television.num_seasons
3
Television.num_episodes
39 + 1 film
Television.editor
Tony Mark
Television.runtime
18–22 minutes per episode
Television.company
PorchLight Entertainment
Television.network
Discovery Kids

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

18 sections
Contents
  • Plot
  • Characters
  • Main
  • Supporting
  • The Egyptian Gods
  • Episodes
  • Series overview
  • Season 1 (2003–04)
  • Season 2 (2004–05)
  • Season 3 (2006–07)
  • Television film (2008)
  • Production
  • Historical accuracy
  • Critical reception
  • Awards and nominations
  • Broadcast
  • References
  • External links

Tutenstein is an American animated television series, produced by PorchLight Entertainment for Discovery Kids based on the comics by Jay Stephens. The series was first premiered on Discovery Kids' Saturday morning block on NBC on November 1, 2003. It ended on October 11, 2008. The series features young mummy Tutankhensetamun (based on real-life Tutankhamun and usually called "Tutenstein" as in the title) who is awakened about 3,000 years after his accidental death and now must face the fact that his kingdom is gone. The name is a portmanteau of Tutankhamun and Frankenstein.

Beginning in August 2020, Yippee TV, the current owners of the series, made the series officially available for streaming on YouTube.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tutenstein” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.