September 4, 2006 (2006-09-04) – February 23, 2008 (2008-02-23)
Bali is a children'sanimated television series, based on a series of French children's books by Magdalena Richard and Laurent Richard that were published by Editions Flammarion. It was produced by Paris-based PlanetNemo Animation and Subsequence Entertainment, in association with SRC Radio-Canada, TVOntario, Knowledge Network, France 5, Disney Channel France and RTBF, and with the participation of the Shaw Rocket Fund, the Quebec Film and Television Tax Credit, Telefilm Canada, the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit, and the Canadian Television Fund (or the Fonds canadien de television in French). PlanetNemo Animation has licensed the television program to more than 20 countries worldwide and has sold U.S. media and merchandising rights.[1]
The show first premiered in Canada on SRC Radio-Canada in 2006. It was also shown on PBS Kids in the USA in 2010 until 2013.[2] Currently, it is airing on independent TV stations KUEN-TV, WNYE-TV, Semillitas, a Spanish-speaking U.S. television network, and PBS affiliate Arkansas PBS. Episodes are available to stream on Amazon Prime Video, through the PBS Kids subscription service.
Premise
The show follows the adventures of Bali, a modern preschool puppy; his parents; his younger sister Lea; and Kikou, his stuffed animal in a city apartment in New York City.
Characters
Bali
Elliot
Mary
Lea
Madame Olga
Maman
Nanou
Tito
Tamara
Sacha
Charlie
Suan
Saba
Mateo
Episodes
Each episode consists of two segments:
Season 1 (2006)
Brrr! It's Cold!/Lollipops Everywhere!
I Need A Haircut/Nanou To The Rescue
I'm Not Scared/Need To Keep Going
I'm the Cook/Go Team, Go!
I Want To Be Tall!/We Need to Stay Awake
Vroom, Vroom!/My Little Fish
Searching for Treasure/My Papili's Garden
A Present for Nana/I'm So Hot!
Season 2 (2007)
I Don't Want to Give it Back/Robobear to the Rescue!
I'm Sleeping at Tamara's/I Don't Want New Shoes
A Surprise Adventure/Roll Camera, Action!
It's Wrong to Cheat/Too Many Stories
I'm Not Sharing!/You're Mean
My New Friend Mateo/Come on, Dad, Let's Go, Let's Go!
Splish, Splash, I'm Swimming!/Don't Cry, Tamara!
I'm So Upset/Oh No! I'm Lost
Season 3 (2008)
Look at That, and That, and That!/When I Grow Up
Welcome, Saba!/It Was an Accident!
What a Mess!/But We're Not Tired
Boo!/Quiet, Dad and Lea are Sick!
I Don't Like Parents Arguing/Ow, It Hurts!
Nana and Papi are Lost!/I Want to Race
Old Toys Are Fun!/Yum Yum, It's Dinner Time!
It's A Fun Party!/I'm Not Having Fun
I'm Making New Friends/Wow! It's Not So Easy!
Nooo, I Want To See The Movie!/Yahoo! It's Christmas!
^Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 348. ISBN9781476672939.