9 Story Entertainment has announced that it has secured multiple sales of the award-winning animated preschool series, Peg + Cat (80 x 12’). The show has been acquired by TFO (French-speaking Ontario), Télé-Québec (Quebec), RTP (Portugal) and MBC Kids (UAE). The series originally debuted on PBS Kids in the fall of 2013 and recently won three Emmy awards, including Outstanding Pre-School Children’s Animation Program.
The series was previously licensed to Treehouse (Canada), SVT (Sweden), YLE (Finland), TVNZ (New Zealand), Canal+ Family together (France and French-speaking territories), CSC (UK), TG4 (Ireland) Super RTL (Germany and German-speaking Europe), ABC TV Australia, Disney (Korea), HOP (Israel), Mini-Mini (Poland), E-Junior (UAE) and Zee Learn (India).
Created by Emmy award-winning creative director, animator and children’s writer Jennifer Oxley (Little Bill, The Wonder Pets!) and Billy Aronson (Rent, Postcards from Buster), Peg + Cat is co-produced by 9 Story Entertainment and The Fred Rogers Company for PBS Kids. 9 Story has international distribution rights to the series.
The series follows an adorable spirited little girl, Peg, and her sidekick, Cat, as they encounter unexpected problems that require fun and creative solutions. In order to solve the problems, Peg and her cat must add, subtract and apply basic arithmetic. Their adventures take them to historical far-away lands, art centers in bustling metropolises and the colourful cosmos, all the while demonstrating that it’s never too early to start learning the magic of numbers.