Cloudco Entertainment in the United States, in conjunction with co-production partners, Watchnext Media in France and Kavaleer Productions in Ireland, announced the greenlight and production commencement of Season 3 of their animated hit comedy series Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese.
Season 3’s additional 52 x 11’ episodes have been commisioned by the French television network Gulli while simultaneously ordered by the BBC in the U.K., KidsME (the children’s content division of De Agostini Group) in Italy and Ireland’s RTE. This latest order will bring the total number of 11’ animated episodes to 156.
Based on an original IP from Cloudco Entertainment, Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese is described as “The Brady Bunch meets Modern Family” in an animated comedic take on a blended family sitcom, with Dad’s “sons” (a boy, a dog and a mouse) and Mom’s “daughters” (a girl, a cat and a piece of anthropomorphic cheese) learning to live together under one roof.
“Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese – the show itself, but especially its title characters – have all become fun, hilarious, and indelible members of our own collective families at Watchnext Media, Kavaleer Productions and Cloudco Entertainment. Suprising, quirky, competitive, and entertaining, we’re all excited by the opportunity to bring more of their stories to life in Season 3, and in doing so, sharing more of what makes them the funniest, most loveable, animated blended family known to kids today.” said Philippe Alessandri, President of Watchnext Media; Andrew Kavanagh, President of Kavaleer Productions; and Sean Gorman, President of Cloudco Entertainment in a joint statement.
Launching late last year to consistently high ratings on both the BBC and DeAKids, Season 1 debuted in late May 2020 on Gulli as the #1 rated show in France for both children (ages 4-10) and teens (ages 11-14). Season 2 production recently wrapped and episodes have already debuted in many territories globally, including Germany (SuperRTL), the U.K. (CBBC), Gulli (France), Canada (Family Channel), SIC Impresa (Portugal) and DeAKids (Italy), with launches coming soon in Benelux and CEE (Disney), Spain (EITB), the Baltics (Duo Media Networks/Kidzone), Ireland (RTE) and the Middle East (MBC).
“We are very proud of the success of this original French series that was launched over 2 years ago now on Gulli. In 2021 it has been part of the Top 3 animated series (all channels combined) most watched by children. More than 70% of them followed the show this year! A huge success for this hilarious and resolutely modern sitcom established as a must,” noted Philippe Bony, President of Gulli. “Kids will be delighted to discover, on their favorite channel, the new adventures this family like no other and yet so endearing!”
Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese production is supported in part by France’s Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée (CNC), Irish Film Relief (Section 481 Film Tax Credit), and Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland. Its executive producers are Alessandri and Sylvain Huchet (Watchnext Media); Kavanagh and Gary Timpson (Kavaleer Productions), and Sean Gorman, Ryan Weisbrock, Daniel Barnes and Ian Lambur (Cloudco Entertainment), as well as Season 3 story editor Tom Krajewski and directors Ophélie Mahé and Mireille Tram.
