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Wimzie's House - Season 1

Wimzie's House is a Canadian children's television program which ran on YTV from 1995 to 1996, and in the United States on Public Broadcasting Service from October 1, 1997 to September 28, 2001. The show has also aired at least as early as 1995 and through the late-1990s on CBC Television, and on Radio-Canada. The show also aired on Nickelodeon's preschool programming block Nick Jr. from January 21, 2000 – April 26, 2002, and on CBS as part of Nick Jr. on CBS from September 16, 2000 – September 7, 2002, then returned after a four-year hiatus from September 17, 2005 and was seen through September 9, 2006. Reruns of the show currently air in the United States on qubo on January 7, 2008, and in Canada on the Cookie Jar Toons block on This TV and in syndication as part of the Cookie Jar Network block. The series was produced by Cinar, with the PBS telecasts presented by Maryland Public Television, and Children's Television Workshop from 1997 – 2000, then Sesame Workshop from 2000 – 2002. The show's puppetry is in the style of Sesame Street, which led to some legal troubles with The Jim Henson Company, in 1999.

Seasons

Top Cast

  • Bruce Dinsmore

    Bruce Dinsmore

    Horace (voice)

  • Holly Gauthier-Frankel

    Holly Gauthier-Frankel

    Loulou (voice)

  • Tyrone Benskin

    Tyrone Benskin

    Rousso (voice)

  • Sonja Ball

    Sonja Ball

    Wimzie (voice)

  • Jennifer Seguin

    Jennifer Seguin

    Graziella (voice)

  • Thor Bishopric

    Thor Bishopric

    Jonas (voice)

  • Jane Woods

    Jane Woods

    Yaya (voice)

Overview

Wimzie's House is a Canadian children's television program which ran on YTV from 1995 to 1996, and in the United States on Public Broadcasting Service from October 1, 1997 to September 28, 2001. The show has also aired at least as early as 1995 and through the late-1990s on CBC Television, and on Radio-Canada. The show also aired on Nickelodeon's preschool programming block Nick Jr. from January 21, 2000 – April 26, 2002, and on CBS as part of Nick Jr. on CBS from September 16, 2000 – September 7, 2002, then returned after a four-year hiatus from September 17, 2005 and was seen through September 9, 2006. Reruns of the show currently air in the United States on qubo on January 7, 2008, and in Canada on the Cookie Jar Toons block on This TV and in syndication as part of the Cookie Jar Network block. The series was produced by Cinar, with the PBS telecasts presented by Maryland Public Television, and Children's Television Workshop from 1997 – 2000, then Sesame Workshop from 2000 – 2002. The show's puppetry is in the style of Sesame Street, which led to some legal troubles with The Jim Henson Company, in 1999.

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