CAT TAKES ON ARCH-NEMESIS RONALD IN FOUR EXCITING NEW-TO-DVD EPISODES IN “NATURE CAT AND MR. HIDE”

CAT TAKES ON ARCH-NEMESIS RONALD

IN FOUR EXCITING NEW-TO-DVD EPISODES IN

“NATURE CAT AND MR. HIDE”

DVD Available from PBS Distribution January 15

 

“NATURE CAT” airs on PBS Stations (check local listings), the PBS KIDS 24/7 channel and streams on PBS KIDS digital platforms

 

Arlington, VA – January 2, 2019 – PBS Distribution today announced the release of four new-to-DVD episodes from PBS KIDS’ series NATURE CAT, featuring the adventure-loving house cat, Fred, in “NATURE CAT: NATURE CAT AND MR. HIDE.” The episodes on this DVD include: Nature Cat and Mr. Hide, The Glow Games, The Shell Game, and Enter the Dragonfly.

 

“NATURE CAT: NATURE CAT AND MR. HIDE” ($6.99 SRP) will be available on DVD beginning January 15, 2019. The DVD has a run time of approximately 50 minutes.

 

In the headlining episode, Nature Cat and Mr. Hide, Nature Cat hopes to finally dethrone Ronald as the Neighborhood Hide ‘N’ Seek Champion (Cat Edition!).  But in order to do this, Nature Cat will have to learn the art of camouflage to stay hidden in plain sight. In Glow Games, Team Nature Cat must learn about bioluminescence to face off against Ronald in finding three bioluminescent animals before Team Ronald. The team that wins receives The Golden Glow Trophy! Nature Cat and his friends square off against Ronald once again in The Shell Game, where Nature Cat and friends must find a fifth volleyball player so they don’t have to forfeit The Animal Beach Volleyball Championship to Ronald. And in Enter the Dragonfly, Nature Cat and his pals send Ronald on an adventure to become a Knight of Nature by going a quest to find a dragonfly.

 

NATURE CAT reaches more than 10 million viewers* each month and nearly 454,000** unique monthly visitors on pbskids.org/naturecat. The characters voiced by Taran Killam (Nature Cat), Kate McKinnon (Squeeks), Bobby Moynihan (Hal), Kenan Thompson/Chris Knowings (Ronald), and Kate Micucci (Daisy).

 

Other titles available from PBS Distribution include: “NATURE CAT: ONWARD + PONDWARD,” “DINOSAUR TRAIN: MEETING NEW FRIENDS,” “DINOSAUR TRAIN: BIG POND ADVENTURES,” and “WILD KRATTS: WILD REPTILES.”

Episodes featured on this DVD will also be streaming on PBS KIDS Prime Channel.

 

*  Nielsen NPOWER L+7, PBS Avg Mo Prog Reach, 11/27/17-11/25/18, all Nature Cat programming, P2+, Std Mo Unif, 1+ min.

** Source: Google Analytics Nov ’17 – Oct’18

 

 

About Spiffy Pictures

Spiffy Pictures, founded in 2003 by David and Adam Rudman, is a creative development and production company specializing in family entertainment.  The Emmy Award-winning creative team has created, produced, written and directed live-action and animated projects for PBS Kids, Nickelodeon, Disney, MTV, Comedy Central, Sesame Street and Warner Brothers. 

Spiffy’s projects include creating and producing the Emmy & Prix Jeunesse-nominated Jack’s Big Music Show for Nick Jr, the Emmy-nominated Bunnytown for Disney and Nick Jr.’s Parent’s Choice Award-winning Curious Buddies brand of home videos. Spiffy Pictures recently produced a puppet adaptation of Scooby Doo for Warner Brothers, titled Scooby-Doo! Adventures, The Mystery Map. Spiffy’s current animated production Nature Cat premiered on PBS Kids November 25th, 2015. Nature Cat is designed to encourage kids to explore and develop connections with the natural world, starting in their own backyard.

About PBS KIDS

PBS KIDS, the number one educational media brand for kids, offers children ages 2-8 the opportunity to explore new ideas and new worlds through television, digital media and community-based programs. PBS KIDS and local stations across the country support the entire ecosystem in which children learn, including their teachers, parents and community. Provided by stations, the free PBS KIDS 24/7 channel and live stream is available to more than 95% of U.S. TV households. Kidscreen- and Webby Award-winning pbskids.org provides engaging interactive content, including digital games and streaming video. PBS KIDS offers mobile apps to help support young children’s learning, including the PBS KIDS Video app, which is available on a variety of mobile devices and on platforms such as Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Android TV and Chromecast. PBS KIDS also offers parent and teacher resources to support children’s learning anytime and anywhere. For more information on PBS KIDS content and initiatives supporting school readiness and more, visit pbs.org/pressroom, or follow PBS KIDS on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

About PBS Distribution

PBS Distribution is a leading distributor of public media content around the world, reaching audiences through multiple platforms and formats including direct-to-consumer subscription video-on-demand (DTC-SVOD), transactional video-on-demand (TVOD), subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) licensing, and physical products on DVD and Blu-ray.  In addition, the company operates two Prime Video channels - PBS MASTERPIECE and PBS KIDS, as well as a theatrical releasing division, and educational, non-theatrical, inflight and international licensing businesses.    

PBS Distribution offers consumers and educators over 4,000 programming hours of the highest quality factual, scripted and children’s programming, including films from producer Ken Burns, hit dramas from MASTERPIECE, entertaining and educational children’s series and award-winning documentaries from NOVA, FRONTLINE, AMERICAN MASTERS, NATURE, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE and many independent producers. For over 20 years, the company has extended the reach of programming beyond broadcast while generating revenue for the public television system, stations and producers.

 

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NATURE CAT: NATURE CAT AND MR. HIDE

Street Date: January 15, 2019

Genre: Kids

Run Time: Approx. 50 Minutes on 1 Disc

SRP: DVD, $6.99

Format: DVD and Digital