The Berenstain Bears (2003 TV series)
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7.8/10 TV First episode date 6 January 2003 | 7.3/10 IMDb Genre Children's showComedy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Voices of Michael CeraMichael D'AscenzoTajja IsenCamilla ScottBenedict CampbellAmanda SohaMike McCulkinCorinne ConleyGage KnoxNikki MarshallMark Rendall Ending theme "The Berenstain Bears" (Instrumental) Cast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Berenstain Bears is a Canadian/American Gemini Award-nominated animated television series based on the children's book series of the same name by Stan and Jan Berenstain. The series follows the lives of a family of anthropomorphic bears who learn a moral or safety-related lesson during the course of each episode.
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- The berenstain bears count their blessings full episode
- The berenstain bears bears for all seasons full episode
- Synopsis
- Production
- Main cast
- Family
- Friends
- Citizens
- Music
- Broadcast
- References
The series debuted on PBS Kids in the United States on January 6, 2003 and ended on September 28, 2004.
The berenstain bears bears for all seasons full episode
Synopsis
The series is set in a world populated solely by anthropomorphic bears and primarily centers around the Berenstain Bears, a family residing in the rural community of Bear Country consisting of Mama Bear, Papa Bear, Brother Bear, and Sister Bear. Albeit numerous episodes are based on the books and promote the same morals as encouraged in the picture books from which their plots originated, the program's faithfulness to the original series is slightly mixed on account of a number of later episodes follow original storylines. Nonetheless, they mostly portray the same environment depicted in the original Berenstain Bears storybooks quite accurately and concentrate on the messages and lessons learned by the family through their different experiences, such as gratitude and responsibility, as well as the daily lives of the bears.
Production
The show was produced by the Canadian animation company Nelvana for the PBS Kids and the Treehouse TV channel. Eighty 15 minute episodes were produced adapted from the books and also a few new stories as well, similar to the 1985 production. However, due to Canadian laws requiring Nelvana to employ only Canadian writers and artists, the Berenstains' involvement in the program was limited; They sought to exert their influence on some details, according to Stan. "Our bears don't wear shoes, and Papa wouldn't wear his hat in the house...And we try to keep complete, total banality out of the stories." Common practicalities of animation did force some minor costume changes from the books, such as eliminating polka dots and plaids. (This issue also occurred in previous animated series and specials. Only a limited amount of polka dots was allowed in the five specials.) The show's theme song is performed by Lee Ann Womack.
The series is supposed to supplement the 1985 series because new books were released since then. Even though the two series have radically different production style as well as a change of in-universe elements. Another issue is the two series are never seen together.
Main cast
Family
Friends
Citizens
Music
Country music singer-songwriter Lee Ann Womack sings the series' theme song, which was written by Stan Meissner.
Broadcast
The show can currently be seen on YTV (2006–07; 2009–present) in Canada and Sprout in the United States. The series was also seen on Treehouse TV (Canada; 2002–09) (and often fluctuated between the two channels), Knowledge (British Columbia), Tiny Pop and KidsCo (UK), and OBS (South Korea). Originally, it aired together with Seven Little Monsters but the two shows were eventually separated.