Interrupting Chicken (TV series)
Children's animated series on Apple TV+ From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Interrupting Chicken is a children's animated television series for Apple TV+. The series is based on the children's book of the same name by David Ezra Stein. The first season was released on November 18, 2022.[1] Later, the second season premiered on September 29, 2023.[2]
| Interrupting Chicken | |
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| Genre | Children's Animated Educational |
| Based on | Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein |
| Developed by | Ron Holsey |
| Directed by |
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| Voices of |
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| Opening theme | "Interrupting Chicken Theme" performed by The Big Moon |
| Composer | Leo Birenberg |
| Country of origin | United States Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 17 |
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| Running time | 23–26 minutes |
| Production company | Mercury Filmworks |
| Original release | |
| Network | Apple TV+ |
| Release | November 18, 2022 – September 29, 2023 |
The series follows a little red chicken named Piper who is a writer and likes to jumps in to rewrite stories with imagination and creative writing.
- Sterling K. Brown as Papa
- Juliet Donenfeld as Piper
- Luke Lowe as Duckston
- Maximus Riegel (credited as Maximus Tran) as Benjamin
- Jakari Fraser as Theodore
- Sarah Elizabeth Thompson as CJ
- Mary Faber as Mom
Series overview
Season 1 (2022)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date [3] |
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| 1 | 1 | "Not So Bad Wolf" | Christian Larocque and Emma Gignac | Ron Holsey | November 18, 2022 |
| "Chicken of the Sea" | |||||
| 2 | 2 | "The Elephant of Surprise" | Christian Larocque and Emma Gignac | Ron Holsey | November 18, 2022 |
| "The Chicken and the Egg" | Josh Riley Brown | ||||
| 3 | 3 | "Hercul-easy" | Christian Larocque and Emma Gignac | Jennifer Keene | November 18, 2022 |
| "The Lion, the Mouse and the Chicken" | Laura Kleinbaum | ||||
| 4 | 4 | "Where's the Party?" | Christian Larocque and Emma Gignac | Scott Gray | November 18, 2022 |
| "Chicken Out West" | Jessica Welsh | ||||
| 5 | 5 | "Disco Chickens" | Christian Larocque and Emma Gignac | Alex Mack | November 18, 2022 |
| "Little Red and Little Red Chicken" | Dave Polsky | ||||
| 6 | 6 | "Dawn of Wonder Chicken" | Christian Larocque and Emma Gignac | Josh Riley Brown | November 18, 2022 |
| "The Chicken Who Cried Wolf" | Lazar Saric | ||||
| 7 | 7 | "Arizona Chickenstone and the Temple of the Troll" | Christian Larocque and Emma Gignac | Scott Gray | November 18, 2022 |
| "The Chicken and the Beanstalk" | Jennifer Keene | ||||
| 8 | 8 | "Dr. Chickenstein" | Christian Larocque and Emma Gignac | Tim McKeon | November 18, 2022 |
| "The Sorcerer's Thesaurus" | Mark De Angelis | ||||
| 9 | 9 | "A Chicken Carol" | Christian Larocque and Emma Gignac | Ron Holsey | December 2, 2022 |
Season 2 (2023)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date [3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 1 | "Captain Claw's Clawsome Quest" | Christian Larocque and Emma Gignac | Laura Kleinbaum | September 29, 2023 |
| "Cinderella's Story" | Alex Mack | ||||
| 11 | 2 | "Funky Chicken" | Christian Larocque and Emma Gignac | Ron Holsey | September 29, 2023 |
| "Hansel & Gretel and the Chicken" | Jessica Welsh | ||||
| 12 | 3 | "Save the Stalk!" | Christian Larocque and Emma Gignac | Scott Gray | September 29, 2023 |
| "Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?" | Andrew Blanchette | ||||
| 13 | 4 | "Mary Had a Little Chicken" | Christian Larocque and Emma Gignac | Josh Riley Brown | September 29, 2023 |
| "The Princess, the Chicken, and the Pea" | Andrew Blanchette | ||||
| 14 | 5 | "The Magnificent Magician of the Mailbox" | Christian Larocque and Emma Gignac | Isabel Galupo | September 29, 2023 |
| "Once Upon a Chicken" | Jessica Welsh | ||||
| 15 | 6 | "The Royal Rollercoaster" | Christian Larocque and Emma Gignac | Laura Kleinbaum | September 29, 2023 |
| "Clucky Sinclair and the Three Bears" | Dave Polsky | ||||
| 16 | 7 | "Wonder Chicken Returns" | Christian Larocque and Emma Gignac | Laura Kleinbaum | September 29, 2023 |
| "Professor Goose Visits" | Ron Holsey | ||||
| 17 | 8 | "Starting From Scratch" | Christian Larocque and Emma Gignac | Mark De Angelis | September 29, 2023 |
| "Snow White's Seven" | Robby Hoffman | ||||
On August 29, 2022, Apple announced new kids and family programs for fall 2022. Which Interrupting Chicken was one of the series to be released.[4] The first season was released on November 18, 2022. With the holiday episode which is also the season finale was released on December 2, 2022.[1][5] The second season was released on September 29, 2023.[2]
Interrupting Chicken was nominated for Outstanding Younger Voice Performer in an Animated or Preschool Animated Program for Juliet Donenfeld and Outstanding Writing for a Preschool Animated Program at the 2nd Children's and Family Emmy Awards.[6]
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