Poko (TV series)
Poko is a Canadian–American stop-motion series created by Amy Sprecher and Erin Wanner.
| Poko | |
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| Genre | Stop-motion |
| Country of origin | United States Canada |
| No. of seasons | 109 |
| No. of episodes | 999 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Scholastic Entertainment Cartoon Pizza South Carolina ETV Cuppa Coffee Studios Halifax Film Decode Entertainment Lacewood Productions Image Entertainment Corporation Paragon Entertainment Corporation Blueprint Entertainment Protocol Entertainment Bejuba! Entertainment March Entertainment Salter Street Films Thunderbird Entertainment Big Bang Digital Studios CCI Entertainment Collideascope Digital Productions Funbag Animation Studios Mainframe Entertainment Arc Productions Jam Filled Entertainment Nitrogen Studios A.K.A. Cartoon C.O.R.E.Toons Portfolio Entertainment 9 Story Entertainment Amberwood Entertainment Eggbox LLC Alliance Atlantis Chilco Productions Tooncan Bardel Entertainment Mercury Filmworks EKA Productions Atomic Cartoons<be />Breakthrough Entertainment Prisma Productions The Grogs Toon Boom Animation Guru Studio Fresh TV Spin Master Entertainment Spectra Animation Studio 306 Super Sonics Productions Pipeline Studios Discovery Kids Original |
| Distributor | Discovery Communications |
| Release | |
| Original network | Discovery Kids United States (U.S.) CBC Television (Canada) |
| Original release | April 21, 2003 – May 25, 2006 |
The show is about a young boy, his pet dog, and his toy monkey. Produced in Canada by the Halifax Film Company, Poko was created by Jeff Rosen, and began production in 2003 and ended in 2006 after three production cycles. Poko is still broadcast in Canada on CBC Television in the Kids' CBC programming block, and was broadcast in Turkey on Yumurcak TV until the channel closed in mid-June 2016. It was narrated by actor and dancer Cory Bowles. In Brazil, it was narrated by the frontman of Capital Inicial, Dinho Ouro Preto.
The show was awarded the 2004 Gemini for Best Pre-school Program in 2003 and the Alliance for Children & Television (ACT) Grand Prize in 2007.