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6.6 2 Seasons • 27 Episodes

Sheep in the Big City

Sheep in the Big City is an American animated television series which ran on Cartoon Network for two seasons, from November 17, 2000, to April 7, 2002. The series' pilot first premiered as part of Cartoon Network's "Cartoon Cartoon Summer" on August 18, 2000. Created by Mo Willems, the bulk of the show follows a runaway sheep, Sheep, in its new life in "the Big City". It also features several unrelated sketches and shorts, similar to The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show. With an emphasis on more "sophisticated" humor, using multiple forms of rhetoric from the characters to the plots, it was more popular with older audiences. It was also unusual in featuring many comic references to film-making and television broadcasting. At the time, the premiere of Sheep in the Big City was the highest-rated premiere for a Cartoon Network original series.

Seasons

Top Cast

  • Kevin Seal

    Kevin Seal

    Sheep / General Specific / Ranting Swede (voice)

  • Ken Schatz

    Ken Schatz

    Ben Plotz / Victor / Jay / Great Scott (voice)

  • Stephanie D'Abruzzo

    Stephanie D'Abruzzo

    Lady Virginia Richington / Lisa Rental / The Plot Device (voice)

  • Mo Willems

    Mo Willems

    The Angry Scientist / Announcer (voice)

  • Joey Mazzarino

    Joey Mazzarino

    General Lee Outrageous

  • Jerry Nelson

    Jerry Nelson

    General Public

  • Fran Brill

    Fran Brill

    Little Girl

  • James Godwin

    James Godwin

    Farmer John / Private Public (voice)

Overview

Sheep in the Big City is an American animated television series which ran on Cartoon Network for two seasons, from November 17, 2000, to April 7, 2002. The series' pilot first premiered as part of Cartoon Network's "Cartoon Cartoon Summer" on August 18, 2000. Created by Mo Willems, the bulk of the show follows a runaway sheep, Sheep, in its new life in "the Big City". It also features several unrelated sketches and shorts, similar to The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show. With an emphasis on more "sophisticated" humor, using multiple forms of rhetoric from the characters to the plots, it was more popular with older audiences. It was also unusual in featuring many comic references to film-making and television broadcasting. At the time, the premiere of Sheep in the Big City was the highest-rated premiere for a Cartoon Network original series.

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