Disney Channel will debut the first Mickey Mouse series created specifically for preschoolers on Friday, May 5, at 7:30 p.m. (ET/PT). Following the special primetime debut, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse will then settle into its regular Playhouse Disney timeslot on Saturday, May 6, at 9 a.m. (ET/PT). A coordinated global launch will see the series premiere on 22 Disney Channels and five Playhouse Disney channels across North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Japan.
Mickey, Minnie, Donnald, Goofy, Pluto and the rest of the gang have been rendered in 3D for DVD movies such as Mickey’s Twice Upon a Christmas, but Mickey Mouse Clubhouse will be the first CG-animated TV series starring the “Sensational Six.” According to Disney, the character designs will referece classic 1940s drawings while updating the iconic characters fror the digital age. Otgher recurring characters will include Professor Von Drake, Clarabelle Cow, Chip & Dale and Mickey’s perennial nemesis, Pete the Cat.
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is produced by Walt Disney Television Animation and a team of children’s entertainment and child development experts led by exec producer Bobs Gannaway. The series is guided by a specific curriculum designed to introduce problem solving and early mathematics skills to preschoolers in a fun way. Mickey will speak directly to young viewers, asking questions and encouraging them to play games, participate in special phrases or cheers, and to solve puzzles to reach a goal. Each episode will also feature the theme song, ‘Hot Dog!,” written and performed by Grammy Award-winning band They Might Be Giants.
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