Sunny Day (TV series)

Sunny Day is an animated children's television series produced by Silvergate Media.^[2] The series revolves around Sunny (voiced by Lilla Crawford), a tween-age hairdresser who runs her own hair salon with the help of her dog Doodle (Rob Morrison), hair colorist Rox (Élan Luz Rivera), and receptionist Blair (Taylor Louderman). Sunny's best customers are Timmy (Kevin Duda), who is in charge of hosting events and shows in Sunny's hometown, and Cindy (Melissa van der Schyff), the unlucky town chef who has a constant bad hair day. The series is loosely based on the Random House picture book series Fairytale Hairdresser by Abie Longstaff and illustrated by Lauren Beard. Each episode features an original song written by Peter Lurye.

Sunny Day
Created by	Abie Longstaff
Based on	Fairytale Hairdresser series by Abie Longstaff
Developed by	Paula Rosenthal
Written by	Jodi Reynolds (head writer) Brian Hohlfeld (head writer; season 1) Alan Denton (head writer; season 2)
Directed by	Shawn Seles Dave Barton Thomas Joey So
Voices of	Lilla Crawford Rob Morrison Élan Luz Rivera Taylor Louderman Kevin Duda Melissa van der Schyff Eleanor Snowdon
Theme music composer	Joleen Belle Joaquim Svarre Michelle Buzz
Composers	George Gabriel (2017–2019) Kevin Kliesch (2019–2020)
Country of origin	United States Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	60[1] (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer	Paula Rosenthal
Producer	Darin Bristow
Running time	22 minutes
Production companies	Silvergate Media Pipeline Studios Curious Pictures Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Original release
Network	Nickelodeon (2017–2019) Nick Jr. (2017–2019) Amazon Prime Video (2020)
Release	August 21, 2017 (2017-08-21) – December 28, 2020 (2020-12-28)

For the first season, 40 episodes were produced by Curious Pictures and Canadian company Pipeline Studios.^[3] On April 5, 2016, the show was renewed for a second season of 20 episodes.^[4][5] The series premiered on Nickelodeon in the United States on August 21, 2017. New episodes moved to the separate Nick Jr. Channel in October 2018. The show also aired in Canada on Treehouse TV and on Nick Jr. and Milkshake! in the United Kingdom.

Premise

Taking place in the seaside city of Friendly Falls, the series follows a professional hairstylist named Sunny who works at her own hair salon. Sunny uses her creativity and knowledge of hair care to solve problems.^[1] The other salon employees are Sunny's talking dog Doodle, Rox the hair colourist, and Blair the receptionist. Sunny's best customers are Timmy, who hosts every town event in Friendly Falls, and Cindy, the unlucky local baker with constantly messy hair.

While the setting of the series is different, the message and characterization mirror Abie Longstaff's original vision in Fairytale Hairdresser books, which feature salon-owner Kittie Lacey, "the facilitator and the problem-solver ... at the heart of the community"^[6] "who works hard, defeats evil-doers, [and] shows solidarity with the girls she helps."^[7]

Characters

Main

• Sunny (voiced by Lilla Crawford in the US and Lily Portman in the UK) is a creative tween-aged hair stylist who runs her own salon. She has multi-colored hair (mainly blonde with pink, purple, and red streaks).
• Doodle (voiced by Rob Morrison in the US and Chris Garner in the UK) is Sunny's talking pet dog and sidekick.
• Rox (voiced by Élan Luz Rivera in the US and Abigail Wisdom in the UK) is the fun-loving hair colorist at Sunny's salon.
• Blair (voiced by Taylor Louderman in the US and Eleanor Snowdon in the UK) is the cheerful and happy-go-lucky optimist. She is a receptionist and manicurist at Sunny's salon.

Recurring

• Timmy (voiced by Kevin Duda in the US and Alan Medcroft in the UK) is one of Sunny's friends. He is in charge of events.
• Cindy (voiced by Melissa van der Schyff in the US and Imogen Sharp in the UK) is the town bakery.
• Junior (voiced by Denim Steele and Jesus Del Orden) is Rox's little brother. He is 6 in his first few appearances and turns 7 in "Clowning Around".
• Johnny-Ray (voiced by Kyle Dean Masseyin the US and Geraint Thomas in the UK)

Antagonists

• Lacey (voiced by Sarah Stiles) is a topiary tree artist and pageant queen.
• KC (also voiced by Melissa van der Schyff) is Lacey's talking poodle.
• Scratch (voiced by Josh Ruben in the US and Geraint Thomas in the UK) is the strong-willed neighborhood animal catcher.

Episodes

Main article: List of Sunny Day episodes

Season	Episodes		Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired	Network
1	40	27	August 21, 2017 (2017-08-21)	August 10, 2018 (2018-08-10)	Nickelodeon
		13	October 21, 2018 (2018-10-21)	June 23, 2019 (2019-06-23)	Nick Jr.
2	20	9	April 14, 2019 (2019-04-14)	December 1, 2019 (2019-12-01)
		11	March 1, 2020 (2020-03-01)		Amazon Prime Video

Broadcast

Sunny Day debuted on Treehouse TV in Canada in September 2017 and debuted on Nick Jr. in the United Kingdom on 5 March 2018. The series debuted in Australia on Nick Jr. on 19 February 2018.

Home media

Nickelodeon and Paramount Home Entertainment released the first DVD of the show with the same title on May 22, 2018. Then released a second DVD, Welcome to Pet Parlor, on September 3, 2019. On September 6, 2019, the first season was added to Paramount+, with the second season being added on September 16. It was removed from the streaming service on January 5th, 2024.^[8]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref.
2018	Daytime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Casting for an Animated Series or Special	Sunny Day	Nominated	[9]

Merchandise

Books are released, and a toy line from Mattel was confirmed.^[10]

References

1. Jessica Pena (6 March 2017). "Butterbean's Café, Sunny Day, Top Wing: Nickelodeon Announces New Kid Series". TV Series Finale. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
2. Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 28. ISBN 978-1-4766-7293-9.
3. Animation Magazine (4 March 2016). "Silvergate producing Sunny Day for Nickelodeon". Animation Magazine. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
4. Silvergate Media (5 April 2016). "Production of Sunny Day ramps up with Season Two". Curious Pictures. Archived from the original on 6 April 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
5. "MIPTV News Bytes". Animation Magazine. 5 April 2016. Archived from the original on 6 April 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
6. Abie Longstaff, "On creating Fairytale Hairdresser series" Archived 2017-08-29 at the Wayback Machine, Library Mice, 14 July 2014
7. Imogen Russell Williams, "Picture books that draw the line against pink stereotypes of girls " Archived 17 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine, The Guardian, 28 July 2015
8. "Sunny Day". Paramount+. 9 June 2017. Archived from the original on 12 June 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
9. Montgomery, Daniel (27 April 2018). "2018 Daytime Emmy winners: Full list of Creative Arts Awards winners and nominees". GoldDerby. Archived from the original on 30 April 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
10. "Sunny Day Gets Second Season at Nickelodeon (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. 9 February 2018. Archived from the original on 12 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.

External links

• Official website
• Sunny Day at IMDb