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Jim Henson's Pajanimals is an original series created by Sprout, The Jim Henson Company, 4KIDS, and Sixteen South. It is a show about a group of puppets who sing songs about bedtime. The show started out as a short-form series shown during The Good Night Show, and it was later turned into a long-form show.

Plot[]

"Meet The Pajanimals - CowBella, Apollo, Sweetpea Sue, and Squacky - four friends who snuggle together every night to sing sweet night time songs to their preschool friends at home." (link)

History on Sprout[]

The show premiered as a short-form series on November 3rd, 2008. There were ten short music videos produced for the series, each was three minutes long and they would often air during The Good Night Show. The characters appeared in a PSA for The Great Sprout Tuck-In with Nina the same year.

"Pajanimals premiere on Sprout! These cuddly sleepy-time friends will air every evening at 7:00pm and 8:45pm ET during The Good Night Show." (link)

On October 10th, 2011, a full-time series with 52 11-minute episodes premiered on Sprout and aired at 8PM ET. Afterwards, a sneak peek preview of the sixth season of The Good Night Show, which premiered a month later, aired.

The show got its own special block, "Pajanimals Pajama Party," which aired in 2012 from 6AM to 9AM ET.

The series proved popular enough to survive both the tenth anniversary and the Universal Kids rebranding, though it was pulled on May 20, 2018.

The show also got an app, "Pajanimals Playtime," and a few DVD releases.

To promote the long-form series, Sprout held a "Dreamin' with the Pajanimals" on Facebook contest to win a trip to Hollywood.

The series also aired on NBC Kids.

Games[]

  • Pajamarama Bounce
  • Heart Catcher
  • Sweet Pea Sue's Balloon Ride
  • Adventure Game
  • Jiggle Jumble Jump
  • Apollo's Rocket Blastoff
  • Dream Carriage

Notes[]

  • After the full-length series premiered, the original shorts were removed from Sprout because Cowbella had an Italian accent in the shorts, and was given a new, American accent in the series.
  • Even though the original interstitial series were aired in between programs on The Good Night Show, they were given a next sign anyways.
  • Before the interstitials aired on Sprout (usually on The Good Night Show), instead of a Nina and Star segment, a Sproutorama bumper would play, with a kid's voice saying "And now, visit with the Pajanimals, here on the Good Night Show on Sprout!"
  • When the full-length show aired, there would be a nighttime background with stars.
  • Each night after The Good Night Show from 2011 to 2016, Sprout played "La La Lullaby" over clips of characters sleeping, which were also used in Sprout's Snooze-a-Thon. When the interstitial segments aired, "La La Lullaby" previously played before the final Good Night Show segment. At the end, a female announcer would say "Say sweet dreams with the Pajanimals and all your Sprout friends, every night on The Good Night Show, only on Sprout."
  • After the show premiered, five 10-minute segments featuring professional, practical sleep advice from pediatric sleep specialists, family therapists and coauthors of The Sleepeasy Solution, Jill Spivack, LCSW and Jennifer Waldburger, LCSW were available on Sprout on Demand.

Episodes[]

See Pajanimals/Episode Guide

Gallery[]

See Pajanimals/Gallery

Videos[]

References[]

External links[]

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