Blue's Clues & You!

This article is about the revival series. For the 1996-2006 original series, see Blue's Clues.

Blue's Clues & You! is an interactive educational children's television series developed by Traci Paige Johnson and Angela C. Santomero for Nickelodeon. Combining live-action and animation, it is a revival of the 1996–2006 Blue's Clues television series, which was created by Johnson, Santomero, and Todd Kessler. The revival features a new host, Josh Dela Cruz, and is produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studio, 9 Story Media Group, and Brown Bag Films Toronto. It premiered on Nickelodeon on November 11, 2019.^[1]

Blue's Clues & You!
Genre	Educational
Created by	Traci Paige Johnson Todd Kessler Angela C. Santomero
Based on	Blue's Clues
Developed by	Traci Paige Johnson Angela C. Santomero
Presented by	Josh Dela Cruz
Voices of	Traci Paige Johnson Doug Murray Liyou Abere Shazdeh Kapadia Brad Adamson Gisele Rousseau Shechinah Mpumlwana Abigail Nicholson Abigail Oliver Jaiden Cannatelli Niko Ceci Leo Orgil Nathan Sayavong Jordana Blake Michela Luci Ava Augustin Jacob Soley Skywalker Hughes
Opening theme	"Blue's Clues & You! Theme Song" by Josh Dela Cruz
Composers	PT Walkley Michael Rubin (original songs) Nick Balaban (original songs)
Country of origin	United States Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	90
Production
Executive producers	Traci Paige Johnson Angela C. Santomero Todd Kessler Vince Commisso Wendy Harris Jennifer Twomey
Production companies	9 Story Media Group Brown Bag Films Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Original release
Network	Nickelodeon (United States, 2019–2023) Nick Jr. (United States, 2023–2024) Treehouse TV (Canada) YouTube (2024–present)
Release	November 11, 2019 (2019-11-11) – present
Related
Blue's Clues Blue's Room

Premise

Similar to the 1996-2006 original series, this series has live-action and animation. The series features new production designs, and the characters (aside from the host) are animated digitally, though the visual style remains similar to the style used in the original series.

Like the original show, Blue's Clues & You! depends upon built-in silences designed to encourage audience participation and what The New York Times called "direct address inviting preschoolers to play along with games and solve mini-mysteries".^[2] The show's producers factored in the impact of the previous series, and that although young children had more access to technology and were more visual than preschoolers before, they still had the same developmental and emotional needs to "slow down".^[2]

Cast and characters

See also: List of Blue's Clues characters

Main

• Blue (vocal effects by Traci Paige Johnson)^[3][4] – A blue puppy who leaves pawprints on objects (and occasionally characters) as clues to what she wants to do.
• Josh (portrayed by Josh Dela Cruz)^[3][4] – The host of the series. He is a cousin of Steve and Joe from the original series.^[5]
• Mailbox (voiced by Doug Murray)^[4] – A mailbox who delivers a letter or e-mail to Josh every day.
• Sidetable Drawer (voiced by Liyou Abere in season one, Shazdeh Kapadia from seasons two to four, and Skywalker Hughes in season five)^[3] – The keeper of the Handy Dandy Notebook, who lives in the living room.
• Mr. Salt (voiced by Brad Adamson from seasons one to four and Nick Balaban in Blue's Big City Adventure and season five) and Ms. Pepper (voiced by Gisele Rousseau)^[4] – A married couple of condiment dispensers who live in the kitchen.
• Paprika (voiced by Shechinah Mpumlwana in season one, Abigail Nicholson in seasons two and three, and Abigail Oliver in season four onwards)^[4] – Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper's eldest child. She carries a smartphone made from a graham cracker.
• Cinnamon (voiced by Jaiden Cannatelli in season one, Niko Ceci from seasons two to four, and Jayd Reroché in season five onwards)^[4] – A cinnamon shaker who is Paprika's younger brother. He wears a baseball cap.
• Sage and Ginger – Paprika and Cinnamon's 1 year old youngest brother and sister.
• Shovel (voiced by Leo Orgil from seasons one to three, Nathan Sayavong in season four and Luke Dietz in season five) and his sister Pail (voiced by Jordana Blake from seasons one to three and Michela Luci in season four onwards) – A brother and sister who live in the backyard.
• Tickety Tock (voiced by Ava Augustin from seasons one to four and Maja Vujicic in season five)^[4] – An alarm clock who wakes the residents of the Blue's Clues House each morning.
• Slippery Soap (voiced by Jacob Soley from seasons one to four and Lexi Perri in season five)^[4] – A bar of soap who lives in the bathroom sink. He slides around everywhere he goes.

Recurring

• Magenta (vocal effects by Diane Salema)^[4] – A magenta puppy who is Blue's best friend from school.
• Periwinkle (voiced by Luxton Handspiker in season three and Peter Laurie in season four onwards)^[6] – A kitten who made his debut in the third season.^[7]
• Rainbow Puppy (voiced by Brianna Bryan)^[6] – A rainbow-colored puppy who is Periwinkle's friend from the city.
• Steve (portrayed by Steve Burns)^[4] – Josh's cousin and Joe's older brother, a college graduate who works at the Blue Prints Detective Agency (a nod to the title of the pilot for the original series). He was the first host of the original series.
• Joe (portrayed by Donovan Patton)^[4] – Josh's other cousin and Steve's younger brother, who works at the Present Store. He was the second host of the original series.
• Lola (portrayed by Carolyn Fe)^[7] – Josh's grandmother, originally from the Philippines (lola translates to "grandmother" in Filipino).

Episodes

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired	Network
1	17		November 11, 2019 (2019-11-11)	July 14, 2020 (2020-07-14)	Nickelodeon
2	21		August 19, 2020 (2020-08-19)	September 17, 2021 (2021-09-17)
3	18		October 1, 2021 (2021-10-01)	October 6, 2022 (2022-10-06)
4	30	14	October 20, 2022 (2022-10-20)	September 11, 2023 (2023-09-11)
		16	October 9, 2023 (2023-10-09)	February 15, 2024 (2024-02-15)	Nick Jr.
5	26		September 27, 2024 (2024-09-27)	TBA	YouTube

Season 1 (2019–2020)

No. overall	No. in season	Title [8][9]	Directed by	Written by	Original air date [8][9]	Prod. code [8]	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"Meet Josh!"	M.R. Horhager & Jennifer Sherman	Angela C. Santomero	November 11, 2019 (2019-11-11)[note 1]	101	0.87[12]
2	2	"Playdate with Magenta"	Steve Burns & M.R. Horhager	Original script : Alice Wilder & Michael Smith Edited by : Angela C. Santomero & Becky Friedman Lowitt	November 12, 2019 (2019-11-12)[note 1]	103	N/A
3	3	"Big News with Blue"	Steve Burns & Jennifer Sherman	Original script : Angela C. Santomero Edited by : Angela C. Santomero & Becky Friedman Lowitt	November 13, 2019 (2019-11-13)[note 1]	104	0.55[13]
4	4	"ABC's with Blue"	Steve Wright & M.R. Horhager	Original script : Angela C. Santomero Edited by : Angela C. Santomero & Becky Friedman Lowitt	November 14, 2019 (2019-11-14)	105	0.59[14]
5	5	"123's with Blue"	Steve Wright & Jennifer Sherman	Original script : Angela C. Santomero Edited by : Angela C. Santomero & Becky Friedman Lowitt	November 18, 2019 (2019-11-18)	106	0.53[15]
6	6	"Sad Day with Blue"	Steve Wright & M.R. Horhager	Angela C. Santomero	November 19, 2019 (2019-11-19)	107	0.66[16]
7	7	"Laugh with Blue"	Steve Wright & Jennifer Sherman	Original script : Adam Peltzman Edited by : Angela C. Santomero	November 20, 2019 (2019-11-20)	108	0.49[17]
8	8	"Song Time with Blue"	Steve Wright & M.R. Horhager	Original script : Angela C. Santomero Edited by : Angela C. Santomero & Becky Friedman Lowitt	November 21, 2019 (2019-11-21)	109	0.49[18]
9	9	"Getting Glasses with Magenta"	Steve Wright & M.R. Horhager	Original script : Angela C. Santomero Edited by : Angela C. Santomero & Becky Friedman Lowitt	December 13, 2019 (2019-12-13)	111	0.61[19]
10	10	"Growing with Blue"	Steve Wright & Jennifer Sherman	Original script : Angela C. Santomero Edited by : Angela C. Santomero & Becky Friedman Lowitt	January 10, 2020 (2020-01-10)	110	0.50[20]
11	11	"Happy Birthday Blue"	M.R. Horhager & Jennifer Sherman	Original script : Angela C. Santomero Edited by : Angela C. Santomero & Becky Friedman Lowitt	February 7, 2020 (2020-02-07)	102	0.77[21]
12	12	"Story Time with Blue"	Steve Wright & M.R. Horhager	Original script : Angela C. Santomero Edited by : Angela C. Santomero & Becky Friedman Lowitt	March 6, 2020 (2020-03-06)	113	0.49[22]
13	13	"The Thinking Squad"	Steve Wright & Jennifer Sherman	Original script : Adam Peltzman & Michael T. Smith Edited by : Alyson Piekarsky	April 3, 2020 (2020-04-03)	116	0.58[23]
14	14	"Science with Blue"	Jeremy Slutskin & Jennifer Sherman	Original script : Angela C. Santomero Edited by : Angela C. Santomero & Becky Friedman Lowitt	May 5, 2020 (2020-05-05)	112	0.51[24]
15	15	"Colors Everywhere with Blue"	M.R. Horhager	Original script : Jennifer Twomey Edited by : Angela C. Santomero	June 2, 2020 (2020-06-02)	117	0.52[25]
16	16	"Pajama Party with Blue"	Steve Wright & Jennifer Sherman	Original script : Adam Peltzman Edited by : Angela C. Santomero & Becky Friedman Lowitt	June 16, 2020 (2020-06-16)	118	0.56[26]
17	17	"Bluestock" "Blue's Sing-Along Spectacular"[27][28]	Jeremy Slutskin & M.R. Horhager	Original script : Sascha Paladino Edited by : Angela C. Santomero	July 14, 2020 (2020-07-14)	115	0.45[29]

Season 2 (2020–2021)

No. overall	No. in season	Title [8][30]	Directed by	Written by	Original air date [8][30]	Prod. code [8]	U.S. viewers (millions)
18	1	"Blue's Big Beat Band"	Jeremy Slutskin & Jennifer Sherman	Jorge Aguirre	August 19, 2020 (2020-08-19)	201	0.42[31]
19	2	"Hide and Seek with Blue"	Steve Wright & M.R. Horhager	Pammy Salmon	September 16, 2020 (2020-09-16)	202	0.50[32]
20	3	"Blue's Treasure Hunt"	Steve Wright & Jennifer Sherman	Alyson Piekarsky	September 30, 2020 (2020-09-30)	203	0.48[33]
21	4	"Spooky Costume Party with Blue"	Steve Wright & M.R. Horhager	Original script : Alice Wilder & Michael Smith Edited by : Angela C. Santomero & Becky Friedman Lowitt	October 16, 2020 (2020-10-16)	119	0.50[34]
22	5	"Thankful with Blue"	Steve Wright & Jennifer Sherman	Original script : Jennifer Brackenbury & Angela C. Santomero Edited by : Angela C. Santomero & Becky Friedman Lowitt	November 6, 2020 (2020-11-06)	120	0.59[35]
23	6	"Welcome to Blue's Bistro"	Steve Burns & M.R. Horhager	Steve Burns	November 13, 2020 (2020-11-13)	206	0.43[36]
24	7	"Blue's Big Baking Show"	Jeremy Slutskin & M.R. Horhager	Jorge Aguirre	November 20, 2020 (2020-11-20)	204	0.40[37]
25	8	"Blue's Night Before Christmas"	Steve Burns & M.R. Horhager	Steve Burns	December 4, 2020 (2020-12-04)	208	0.52[38]
26	9	"Sleepy Singalong with Blue"	Jeremy Slutskin & Jennifer Sherman	Mary Jacobson	December 18, 2020 (2020-12-18)	207	0.49[39]
27	10	"Blue's Big Dance Party"	Steve Wright & Jennifer Sherman	Pammy Salmon	January 1, 2021 (2021-01-01)	205	0.45[40]
28	11	"Blue's Big Imagination"	Donovan Patton & Jennifer Sherman	Angela C. Santomero	January 22, 2021 (2021-01-22)	209	0.44[41]
29	12	"What I Like About Blue"	Steve Wright & M.R. Horhager	Pammy Salmon	February 12, 2021 (2021-02-12)	214	0.31[42]
30	13	"Blue's Show and Tell Surprise"	Steve Wright & Jennifer Sherman	Caitlin Hodson	March 5, 2021 (2021-03-05)	213	0.38[43]
31	14	"Blue's Rainy Day Rainbow"	Steve Wright & Jennifer Sherman	Caitlin Hodson	March 12, 2021 (2021-03-12)	211	0.40[44]
32	15	"Spring is Here!"	Steve Wright & Jennifer Sherman	Alyson Piekarsky	April 23, 2021 (2021-04-23)	217	0.34[45]
33	16	"Blue's Big Neighborhood Adventure"	Steve Wright & Jennifer Sherman	Jorge Aguirre	May 21, 2021 (2021-05-21)	215	0.34[46]
34	17	"Blue's Beach Bonanza"	Steve Burns & Jennifer Sherman	Steve Burns	June 4, 2021 (2021-06-04)	219	0.40[47]
35	18	"Blue's Anywhere Box Surprise"	Steve Wright & M.R. Horhager	Jorge Aguirre	June 25, 2021 (2021-06-25)	212	0.42[48]
36	19	"Mystery of the Missing Pies"	Steve Wright & M.R. Horhager	Jill Cozza-Turner	July 2, 2021 (2021-07-02)	220	0.32[49]
37	20	"Blue Makes a Movie with YOU!"	Steve Wright & M.R. Horhager	Caitlin Hodson	August 20, 2021 (2021-08-20)	218	0.32[50]
38	21	"It's YOUR Birthday!"	Steve Wright & M.R. Horhager	Pammy Salmon	September 17, 2021 (2021-09-17)	216	0.31[51]

Season 3 (2021–2022)

No. overall	No. in season	Title [8][52]	Directed by	Written by	Original air date [8][52]	Prod. code [8]	U.S. viewers (millions)
39	1	"Our New Neighbor!"	Jeremy Slutskin & Jennifer Sherman	Kevin Del Aguila	October 1, 2021 (2021-10-01)	301	0.17[53]
40	2	"The Ghost of the Living Room"	Alyson Court & M.R. Horhager	Steve Burns	October 18, 2021 (2021-10-18)	304	0.29[54]
41	3	"Blue's Big Costume Parade"	Steve Wright & M.R. Horhager	Alyson Piekarsky	October 29, 2021 (2021-10-29)	210	0.28[55]
42	4	"A Blue's Clues Festival of Lights"	Steve Wright & M.R. Horhager	Alyson Piekarsky	November 26, 2021 (2021-11-26)	306	0.29[56]
43	5	"Blue's Snowy Day Surprise"	Steve Wright & Jennifer Sherman	Caitlin Hodson	December 6, 2021 (2021-12-06)	307	0.31[57]
44	6	"Blue's Dino Clues"	Donovan Patton & M.R. Horhager	Alyson Piekarsky	January 14, 2022 (2022-01-14)	302	0.29[58]
45	7	"Building with Blue"	Alyson Court & Jennifer Sherman	Kevin Del Aguila	February 4, 2022 (2022-02-04)	305	0.34[59]
46	8	"Blue's Backyard Sports Spectacular"	Steve Wright & M.R. Horhager	Alyson Piekarsky	February 8, 2022 (2022-02-08)	308	0.22[60]
47	9	"Blue's Mystery Present"	Jeremy Slutskin & Jennifer Sherman	Caitlin Hodson	March 18, 2022 (2022-03-18)	303	0.28[61]
48	10	"Mailtime Mystery"	Steve Wright & Jennifer Sherman	Kevin Del Aguila	March 18, 2022 (2022-03-18)	309	0.28[61]
49	11	"Magenta's Case of the Giggles"	Nicole Stamp & Jennifer Sherman	Kevin Del Aguila	April 1, 2022 (2022-04-01)	315	0.28[62]
50	12	"Rainbow Puppy's Skidoo Adventure"	Jeremy Slutskin & M.R. Horhager	Alyson Piekarsky	May 13, 2022 (2022-05-13)	318	0.18[63]
51	13	"Blue's Treasure of Clue Lagoon"	Jeremy Slutskin & Jennifer Sherman	Caitlin Hodson	June 22, 2022 (2022-06-22)	319	0.33[64]
52	14	"Blue and Little Rainbow Riding Hood"	Jeremy Slutskin & M.R. Horhager	Kevin Del Aguila	August 5, 2022 (2022-08-05)	320	0.18[65]
53	15	"Blue's Storytime with Camila"	Steve Wright & M.R. Horhager	Steve Burns	October 3, 2022 (2022-10-03)	310	0.18[66]
54	16	"Tickety's Big Musical Morning"	Steve Wright & Jennifer Sherman	Caitlin Hodson	October 4, 2022 (2022-10-04)	311	0.22[67]
55	17	"Something New at Blue's School"	Steve Wright & M.R. Horhager	Kevin Del Aguila	October 5, 2022 (2022-10-05)	312	0.26[68]
56	18	"Feelin' Filipino"	M.R. Horhager	Billy Lopez	October 6, 2022 (2022-10-06)	316	0.20[69]

Season 4 (2022–2024)

No. overall	No. in season	Title [8][70]	Directed by	Written by	Original air date [8][70]	Prod. code [8][71]	U.S. viewers (millions)
Nickelodeon
57	1	"The Legend of the Jack O'Lantern"	Steve Wright & Jennifer Sherman	Caitlin Hodson	October 20, 2022 (2022-10-20)	402	0.18[72]
58	2	"Into the Blueniverse!"	Jeremy Slutskin & Jennifer Sherman	Caitlin Hodson	November 7, 2022 (2022-11-07)	317	0.20[73]
59	3	"Sage & Ginger's Baby Book"	Steve Wright & Jennifer Sherman	Alyson Piekarsky	November 8, 2022 (2022-11-08)	313	0.24[74]
60	4	"Joshini the Amazing"	Steve Wright & M.R. Horhager	Steve Burns	November 9, 2022 (2022-11-09)	314	0.23[75]
61	5	"Getting Healthy with Blue"	Steve Wright & Jennifer Sherman	Original script : Angela C. Santomero Edited by : Angela C. Santomero & Becky Friedman Lowitt	November 10, 2022 (2022-11-10)	114	0.22[76]
62	6	"A Blue Christmas with You!"	Steve Wright & M.R. Horhager	Kevin Del Aguila	November 29, 2022 (2022-11-29)	406	0.17[77]
63	7	"Blue's Wish Comes True!"	Steve Wright & Jennifer Sherman	Kevin Del Aguila	February 3, 2023 (2023-02-03)	401	0.18[78]
64	8	"Thank You Day"	Alyson Court & M.R. Horhager	Darnell Lamont Walker	February 10, 2023 (2023-02-10)	404	0.12[79]
65	9	"Firefighter Blue to the Rescue!"	Steve Wright & Jennifer Sherman	Alyson Piekarsky	March 3, 2023 (2023-03-03)	403	0.20[80]
66	10	"Knights of the Snack Table"	Kevin Del Aguila & M.R. Horhager	Steve Burns	May 5, 2023 (2023-05-05)	405	0.13[81]
67	11	"Night at the Blueseum"	Nicole Stamp & Jennifer Sherman	Caitlin Hodson & Donovan Patton	May 12, 2023 (2023-05-12)	407	0.12[82]
68	12	"A Tale of Shovel & Pail"	M.R. Horhager	Caitlin Hodson	May 19, 2023 (2023-05-19)	408	0.14[83]
69	13	"The Case of the Missing Thinking Chair"	Steve Burns & Jennifer Sherman	Steve Burns	May 26, 2023 (2023-05-26)	411	0.16[84]
70	14	"Return of the Thinking Squad"	Steve Wright & Jennifer Sherman	Caitlin Hodson & Donovan Patton	September 11, 2023 (2023-09-11)	417	0.08[85]
Nick Jr.
71	15	"Rainbow Puppy's Big Farm Fair" "A Blue-Ribbon Prize"	Nicole Stamp & Jennifer Sherman	Alyson Piekarsky	October 9, 2023 (2023-10-09)	409	0.11[71]
72	16	"Pearl's Kickball Championship"	Donovan Patton & M.R. Horhager	Kevin Del Aguila	October 10, 2023 (2023-10-10)	410	0.07[71]
73	17	"The Big Blue Derby"	Steve Wright & M.R. Horhager	Alyson Piekarsky	October 11, 2023 (2023-10-11)	412	N/A
74	18	"Blue's New Pet"	Steve Wright & Jennifer Sherman	Kevin Del Aguila	October 12, 2023 (2023-10-12)	413	0.14[71]
75	19	"The Wizard of Skidoo"	Steve Wright & M.R. Horhager	Caitlin Hodson	October 16, 2023 (2023-10-16)	414	0.08[71]
76	20	"Josh's Crummy Day"	Alyson Court & Jennifer Sherman	Kevin Del Aguila	October 17, 2023 (2023-10-17)	415	0.09[71]
77	21	"Josh and Blue's Ice Cream Shoppe"	M.R. Horhager	Alyson Piekarsky	October 18, 2023 (2023-10-18)	416	N/A
78	22	"The Smelly Smell"	Steve Wright & M.R. Horhager	Caitlin Hodson	October 19, 2023 (2023-10-19)	418	N/A
79	23	"Rock On, Rainbow Puppy!"	Steve Wright & M.R. Horhager	Alyson Piekarsky	October 23, 2023 (2023-10-23)	420	N/A
80	24	"¡Hola, Mexico City!"	Steve Wright & Jennifer Sherman	Kevin Del Aguila	October 24, 2023 (2023-10-24)	421	0.10[71]
81	25	"Josh Visits the Philippines!" "Kamusta, Philippines!"	M.R. Horhager	Emman Sadorra & Caitlin Hodson	October 25, 2023 (2023-10-25)	422	N/A
82	26	"Happy Birthday, Sage & Ginger"	Steve Wright & Jennifer Sherman	Darnell Lamont Walker	October 26, 2023 (2023-10-26)	419	N/A
83	27	"If You Don't See It, Be It!"	Steve Wright & M.R. Horhager	Kevin Del Aguila	February 12, 2024 (2024-02-12)	426	0.08[71]
84	28	"Hotel Blue"	Alyson Court & Jennifer Sherman	Alyson Piekarsky	February 13, 2024 (2024-02-13)	423	N/A
85	29	"Blue's Breaking News"	Alyson Court & M.R. Horhager	Steve Burns	February 14, 2024 (2024-02-14)	424	0.09[71]
86	30	"Blue's Countdown Celebration"	Steve Wright & Jennifer Sherman	Caitlin Hodson	February 15, 2024 (2024-02-15)	425	0.08[71]

Season 5 (2024)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code
87	1	"Blue Goes Green"	Steve Wright & Jennifer Sherman	Caitlin Hodson	September 27, 2024 (2024-09-27)	TBA
88	2	"Welcome to Camp Clue"	Steve Wright & Jennifer Sherman	Caitlin Hodson & Ava X. Rigelhaupt	September 27, 2024 (2024-09-27)	TBA
89	3	"Camp Clue Hits the Trail"	M.R. Horhager	Alyson Piekarsky	September 27, 2024 (2024-09-27)	TBA
90	4	"Blue's Big Backyard Carnival Prize"	Steve Wright & M.R. Horhager	Alyson Piekarsky	September 27, 2024 (2024-09-27)	TBA

Notes

1. These episodes were released early to Vudu on September 27, 2019.^[10][11]

Production

Josh Dela Cruz, the host of the series

In 2017, the show's original creators, Angela C. Santomero and Traci Paige Johnson, after many years of trying to bring Blue's Clues back to Nickelodeon, were given permission to develop a reboot for 20 episodes.^[2]

On April 17, 2018, Nickelodeon posted a video discussing the audition process for the revival. Over a thousand people participated in the auditions.^[86]

On September 13, 2018, Nickelodeon announced that Josh Dela Cruz, best known as an understudy for Disney's Aladdin on Broadway for five years, would be the series' new host. Dela Cruz, who grew up in New Jersey, watched the original run of the show with his younger sister and is the first Asian-American to host Blue's Clues. Traci Paige Johnson, who co-created the series and voiced Blue, reprises the role in the revival. Steve Burns, the first host of the series, participated in the casting process.^[2][87]

9 Story Media Group's live-action and animation division co-produces the series with animators from Brown Bag Films.^[88] The animators updated the show with objects familiar to preschoolers of the modern age; for example, the handy dandy notebook doubles as a smartphone and emails arrive during mail time.^[2] The series is being filmed in 9 Story's Toronto studio.^[89]

On May 27, 2019, a first-look trailer was released to the public.^[90] On August 2, an extended version of the theme song was released.^[91]

On August 26, 2019, it was announced that the series would premiere on November 11, and that the show's two original hosts, Burns and Donovan Patton, would be returning to portray their respective characters in the series premiere episode.^[5] The New York Times reported that Burns was at first reluctant to continue his association with the show, but was persuaded by its fans on social media to write, direct, and appear on the show.^[2]

On November 19, 2019, the series was renewed for a second season of 20 episodes.^[92][93] The series was later renewed for a third season of 20 episodes on February 19, 2020,^[7] a fourth season of 26 episodes on February 18, 2021,^[94][95] and a fifth season of 26 episodes on March 24, 2022.^[96][97]

Release

The series premiered on Nickelodeon on November 11, 2019.^[98][1] Three episodes were made available to stream for free on Vudu on September 27, ahead of the official release on Nickelodeon.^[10][11] In Canada, the series premiered on Treehouse TV on the same day as the U.S. date.^[99]

On March 28, 2024, the series was removed from Paramount+ as part of a "strategic decision to focus on content with mass global appeal".^[100]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Result	Ref.
2020	47th Daytime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Preschool Children's Series	Nominated	[101]
		Outstanding Interactive Media for a Daytime Program	Nominated
	Cynopsis Best of the Best Awards	Best Preschool Series	Nominated	[102]
2021	Kidscreen Awards	Best Mixed-Media Series	Nominated	[103][104]
	48th Daytime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Writing Team for a Preschool, Children's or Family Viewing Program	Nominated	[105]
		Outstanding Directing Team for a Preschool, Children’s or Family Viewing Program	Nominated
	4th Annual Gay Emmys	Outstanding Animated Series	Nominated	[106]
2024	4th Astra TV Awards	Best Children or Family Series	Pending	[107]

Other media

Film

Main article: Blue's Big City Adventure

On July 12, 2021, it was revealed that an animated movie for the series would be made, marking the 25th anniversary of the franchise. In the film, Josh and Blue attempt to audition for a Broadway musical. Directed by Matt Stawski and written by Angela Santomero and Liz Maccie, the film began production in summer 2021.^[108] On February 15, 2022, the title was revealed as Blue's Big City Adventure.^[109] The film was released on Paramount+ on November 18, 2022.^[110]

Merchandising

In July 2019, Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Products announced that Just Play, a Florida toy company, would produce plush, figurines, playsets, and roleplay merchandise based on the series, while VTech, a Hong Kong company, would produce "early learning toys with modern tech features".^[10] Cardinal, a New York-based company, will manage games and puzzles. The products became available for purchase in fall 2020.^[111]

Tour

On March 8, 2022, a touring production titled Blue’s Clues & You! Live On Stage was announced. The tour, which ran from September 24, 2022 to February 11, 2023, traveled across the United States.^{[112][113][114]}

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External links

• Blue's Clues & You! at IMDb