Franklin and Friends
TV ShowTitle | Franklin and Friends |
User score | 3.6 |
Release date | Feb 14, 2011 |
Release date of last episode | Dec 22, 2013 |
Genre | Animation, Kids, Comedy |
Director | Paulette Bourgeois |
Production country | Canada, Singapore |
Production companies | Infinite Frameworks, Nelvana |
Series status | Ended |
Seasons count | 2 (List of episodes) |
Episodes count | 103 |
Run time | 22 min. |
Franklin and Friends is a Canadian CGI children's television series produced by Nelvana that is a reboot of the original Franklin series. It is the second adaptation of the classic characters from the Franklin the Turtle series of children's books written by Paulette Bourgeois and illustrated by Brenda Clark, the first of which was Franklin, which was also produced by Nelvana. The new series was announced by Nelvana on September 28, 2010, and it debuted on Treehouse TV on March 4, 2011. The theme song itself is a revamped up to date version of the original series theme, "Hey It's Franklin". It premiered in the United States on Nickelodeon on February 13, 2012 and Nick Jr. on March 1, 2012. It also premiered in the Singapore on Mediacorp on February 15, 2012.