Dino Ranch

Dino Ranch is a Canadian animated children's television series created by Matthew Fernandes, co-founder and chief creative officer of Industrial Brothers. Dino Ranch follows the adventures of the Cassidy family as they tackle life on the ranch in a fantastical, prehistoric and Wild West-inspired setting where dinosaurs roam. The series debuted on CBC in Canada on January 16, 2021, and on Disney Junior in the United States on January 18, 2021, and later on Disney+ on June 18, 2021.

Dino Ranch
Series Posters
Genre	Action-Adventure Comedy Animation Western
Created by	Matthew Fernandes
Voices of	Jayd Deroché Ava Ro Jacob Mazeral Elliott Couillard Scott Gorman Athena Karkanis Joshua Graham
Theme music composer	Serena Ryder Hill Kourkoutis
Composer	Lorenzo Castelli
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	70 (138 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Arthur Spanos Matthew Fernandes Tammy Semen Jon Rutherford Bob Higgins David Fortier Ivan Schneeberg
Producers	Anna Keenan Stephanie Gauthier Watson Pascale LeBlanc
Running time	22 minutes
Production companies	Industrial Brothers Boat Rocker Studios Jam Filled Entertainment
Original release
Network	CBC Kids
Release	January 16, 2021 (2021-01-16) – present (present)

On July 28, 2021, it was announced that the series was renewed for a second season.^[1] On June 29, 2022, the second season premiered on Disney Junior in the United States. On October 13, 2022, it was announced that the series was renewed for a third season which premiered on September 11, 2023.^[2]

On November 5, 2024, it was announced a spinoff series Dino Ranch: Island Explorers will be released in 2026.^[3]

Premise

Dino Ranch is set in a world where humans and dinosaurs live alongside each other. While Dino Ranch is first and foremost a working, self-sustained ranch run by the Cassidy family, it also serves as a dinosaur sanctuary.

Characters

Dino Ranch is operated by the Cassidy family, consisting of Bo and Jane Cassidy and their 3 children, Jon, Min, and Miguel, and dinosaurs.

Main

• Jon (voiced by Tyler Nathan in Season 1 and Jacob Soley in Season 2 onwards) is 10 years old, the oldest kid in the Cassidy family, the leader of the three siblings and rides Blitz, the speedy Velociraptor. Jon is an aspiring dino-trainer who is an expert on dinosaurs, and a terrific athlete.
• Min (voiced by Ava Ro) is 8 years old, the middle child in the Cassidy family who is the only female of the trio, and rides Clover, the loving Brontosaurus. Min is a dino-doctor in training and uses her medical expertise to help any sick or injured dino who needs Dino Ranch's help. Sometimes Min will be the leader of the Dino Ranchers and the Flyer and Rescue Squad instead of Jon.
• Miguel (voiced by Jacob Mazeral) is 6 years old, the youngest child in the Cassidy family, and rides Tango, the tiny but mighty Triceratops. Miguel is an inventor and loves to build things, especially new inventions he's come up with.
• Blitz (voiced by Joshua Graham) is Jon's best buddy and the fastest Velociraptor around.
• Clover (voiced by Deven Mack) is a bighearted Brontosaurus and Min's dino-doctor assistant.
• Tango (voiced by Athena Karkanis) is a mighty Triceratops who loves to bash things and has incredible strength. She is Miguel's best friend and helps him build things.
• Bo (or "Pa" to the Dino Ranchers) (voiced by Scott Gorman) is the father of Jon, Min, and Miguel, and husband of Jane. He is an expert rancher and tends to the dino herds with his T-Rex, Biscuit.
• Jane (or "Ma" to the Dino Ranchers) (voiced by Athena Karkanis) is the mother of Jon, Min, and Miguel, and wife of Bo. She is the head dino doctor of the ranch and runs the Hatchery with her Parasaur, Quack.
• Biscuit is Bo's Tyrannosaurus and the lead dinosaur of Dino Ranch.
• Quack is Jane's Parasaurolophus and her dino-doctor assistant.
• Thunderbolt is a Dimorphodon who's as fast as lightning & is Jon and Blitz's flying partner who has a Turbo-Claw.
• Cloud is a gentle Thalassodromeus who is Min and Clover's flying partner who has a Dino Buggy.
• Twister is a mighty Tapejara who is Miguel and Tango's flying partner who wields a Dino-Digger.

Recurring

• Thunderfoot is a towering Spinosaurus with a big appetite, this dino is the king of the badlands.
• Angus is the Cassidy's tough, yet temperamental field plowing Triceratops.
• Tara Dacktle (voiced by Shechniah Mpulwana) runs the Dino Airport with her dad, Zachary, and Pterodactyl pal, Wilbur. Bold, adventurous, and a bit of a daredevil, Tara's the best Pterodactyl-flyer around for when the Dino Ranchers need a helping hand from the air.
• Wilbur is Tara's high-flying Pterodactyl pal and the head of the Dino Airport's fleet of rescue Pteros. The massive pterosaur is an expert flyer and can transport all of the Dino Ranchers through the sky in his Dino Porter.
• Thundertot is Thunderfoot's child that debuted in the episode "Miguel VS Thunderfoot".
• Boomsy is a baby T-Rex who lives with Tara & her dad at the Dino Airport.
• Zachary Dacktle (or "Captain Dacktle") (voiced by Deven Mack) is Tara's Pterosaur-flying dad; an upbeat and uber-enthusiastic pioneer of Pterosaur flying. Zach is a kind and loving parent, who's also a bit flighty and his head is always in the clouds.

Antagonists

• Clara Tinhorn (voiced by Samantha Weinstein) is the oldest (despite her stature) sibling and leader of the raptor-riding Tinhorn Trio, the Dino Ranchers' mischievous rivals. The Trio likes to mess with the Dino Ranchers and their dinosaurs, and pull nasty stunts like taking a wild T-Rex egg.
• Ike Tinhorn (voiced by Jonah Wineberg) is the middle child of the Tinhorn Trio, and likes to challenge Clara's authority.
• Ogie Tinhorn (voiced by Shayle Simons) is the youngest of the Tinhorn Trio, and while he likes to go along with his older siblings' naughty plans, he has a soft heart and occasionally helps the Dino Ranchers do the right thing as well.
• Sonny the Kid (voiced by Ian Ho) is the greatest dino rustling mastermind of all time- or so he likes to say of himself. Sonny is a dinosaur super-fan and loves pulling rustling heists so he can ride on the amazing dinosaurs he admires so much. But while he is an incredible trickster, he's a terrible rider.
• Beans and Gravy are the T-Rex Duo.

Episodes

Main article: List of Dino Ranch episodes

Season	Segments	Episodes		Originally aired
				First aired	Last aired
1	52	26		January 16, 2021 (2021-01-16)	April 15, 2022 (2022-04-15)
2	52	26		July 22, 2022 (2022-07-22)	July 8, 2023 (2023-07-08)
3	52	26		September 11, 2023 (2023-09-11)	TBA

Merchandise

Florida-based Jazwares is Dino Ranch's global master toy partner.^[4] Scholastic Corporation has the rights to design and produce a range of English-language consumer products, including readers, sticker story books, novelty items, activity books and audio books.^[5]

On August 25, 2021, Boat Rocker announced five new merchandising partnerships for Dino Ranch, including Baby Boom Consumer Products, High Point Design, Kurt S. Adler, Rubies, and Kennedy Publishing.^[6]

Release

In Canada, Dino Ranch is aired on CBC Television as well as its streaming website and mobile app CBC Gem. In the United States, the series is shown on Disney Junior, and its streaming video website and app DisneyNow, and later on Disney+ on 18 June 2021.

The series has subsequently been sold to Super RTL and Toggo Plus (Germany); Gulli, TiJi and Gulli Africa (France); NRK (Norway); YLE (Finland); Sveriges Television (Sweden);^[7] Croatian Radiotelevision (Croatia); Telewizja Polska (Poland); and DR (Denmark).^[8] On March 3, it was announced Dino Ranch was also sold to Disney+ U.K., Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.^[9] In United Kingdom, it debuted on Tiny Pop in 2022, Cartoonito in Italy, and in Australia, it will debut on ABC Kids soon. In Africa, it debuted on Boomerang on December 13, 2021.^[10] After 3 months later, Dino Ranch along new episodes will premiere on Boomerang Africa in April 2022 part of the Cartoonito block.^[11] in Brazil it started to be shown by TV Cultura in 2023.

Dino Ranch premiered on Boomerang Turkey in January 2022 while, the series also premiered on Cartoon Network on February 7, 2022, part of the Cartoonito Block.^[12] While in MENA, Dino Ranch will premiered on Boomerang in April 2022.^[13] Dino Ranch premiered on Boomerang Italy in March 2022.^[14]

In Asia, it debuted on Cartoon Network on 28 March 2022 part of the Cartoonito block^[15][16] while, this show also sit in a dedicated Cartoonito programming rail on the regional streaming service HBO GO in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan, a launch event was in April 2022.^[17] While in Japan, the show already premiered on Disney Junior in February 2022.^[15] In Spain, the series debuted on Clan in 2022.

Reception

Dino Ranch was released on Disney Junior in the US as the number one cable series among kids, boys and girls 2–5. In the six weeks since the launch of the official Dino Ranch YouTube channel, it accumulated over three million views.^[9]

Dino Ranch is being adapted into a stage show by Fierylight and Terrapin Station Entertainment.^[18]

The series was one of the finalists for the audience-voted Shaw Rocket Fund Kids Choice Award, and Best Pre-School Program or Series at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021.^[19] Dino Ranch's first season was also nominated at the Rockie Awards of the Banff World Media Festival in the Preschool Animation category.^[20]

Dino Ranch was featured in Entertainment Weekly in April, 2022, under "EW-approved streams for kids."^[21]

Awards and nominations

Awards
Year	Award	Category	Recipients and nominees	Result	Ref.
2022	Canadian Screen Awards	Canadian Screen Award for Best Pre-School Program or Series	Dino Ranch	Nominated	[22]
2022	Canadian Screen Awards	Shaw Rocket Fund Kid's Choice Award	Dino Ranch	Nominated	[23]
2022	Banff World Media Festival	Best Animation: Preschool	Dino Ranch	Nominated	[24]
2022	Cynopsis Media Awards	Best Animation: Preschool	Dino Ranch	Won	[25]
2023	Canadian Screen Awards	Best Writing, Pre-School	Richard Young - Light Touch Tango	Nominated	[26]
2023	Canadian Screen Awards	Shaw Rocket Fund Kid's Choice Award	Dino Ranch	Nominated	[27]
2023	Writers Guild of Canada	WGC Screenwriting Awards - Preschool	Ben Joseph & Mike D'Ascenzo - Wings Over Dino Ranch	Won	[28]
2023	Banff World Media Festival	Best Animation: Preschool	Dino Ranch	Pending	[29]
2023	GLAAD Award	Outstanding Kids & Family Programming	Adoptasaurus Rex	Won	[30]

See also

• Firebuds
• Eureka

References

1. "Boat Rocker Pre-K Hit 'Dino Ranch' Roars Back for S2 with Disney". 27 July 2021.
2. Milligan, Mercedes (October 13, 2022). "Boat Rocker's 'Dino Ranch' Roars Back for a Third Season". Animation Magazine. Retrieved October 14, 2022.
3. Milligan, Mercedes (November 5, 2024). "Boat Rocker Greenlights 'Dino Ranch: Island Explorers'". Animation Magazine. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
4. Ryan Tuchow (October 8, 2019). "Market Mashup: Monster, Nickelodeon, Mondo TV". KidScreen.
5. Ryan Tuchow (April 24, 2021). "Deals of the Week: Netflix, Disney+, TF1". KidScreen.
6. License Global (August 25, 2021). "New Licensees Announced for 'Dino Ranch'". LicenseGlobal.
7. Jeremy Dickson (December 17, 2021). "Who bought what? The year in pubcaster pickups". KidScreen.
8. Ryan Tuchow (January 20, 2021). "Dino Ranch stampedes into the global market". KidScreen.
9. "Dino Ranch signed up by Disney+". Toy World. March 1, 2021.
10. "Dino Ranch is coming to #BoomerangAfrica on 13 December". Boomerang Africa. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
11. "Hello, Cartoonito! Coming in April to Boomerang Africa!". BoomerangAfrica. Retrieved 2022-03-20.
12. "Cartoonito will be on Cartoon Network on February 7th with its brand new looks and shows!". Cartoon Network ve Boomerang Türkiye Fandom. 18 January 2022. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
13. "Boomerang MENA (English) - Continuity (March 4, 2022)". Markus Nelis. 5 March 2022. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
14. "Il mistero dello spinosauro". Boomerang Italia. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
15. "WarnerMedia, Discovery among buyers of Boat Rocker content in Asia, Australia". Jordan Pinto. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
16. "Cartoonito is coming to Cartoon Network in Asia on 28th March!". RegularCapital. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
17. "Preschool Brand 'Cartoonito' Launches on Cartoon Network in Asia". Google Docs. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
18. License Global (May 26, 2022). "Boat Rocker's 'Dino Ranch' Roars on to the Live Stage". License Global.
19. Academy.ca (2021). "Dino Ranch". Academy.ca.
20. Rockies.PlayBackOnline (2021). "Dino Ranch". PlayBackOnline.
21. EW (2022). "Kid Approved Streams". EW.
22. Academy (2022). "Dino Ranch". Academy.
23. IndustrialBrothers (2021). "Dino Ranch Nominated for Shaw Rocket Fund Kids Choice Award". IndustrialBrothers.
24. Rockies.PlayBackOnline (2022). "Winners". PlayBackOnline.
25. Cynopsis (2022). "Best of the Best and Rising Stars 2022". Cynopsis.
26. Academydate=2022. "Academy Nominees". Academy.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
27. Industrial Brothers (2022). "Dino Ranch Nominated for Shaw Rocket Fun Kids Choice Award 2022". IndustrialBrothers.
28. WGC (202e). "WGC Awards Finalists" (PDF). WGC.
29. Rockies.PlayBackOnline (2022). "Nominees". PlayBackOnline.
30. Sophia Scorziello (2023). "A League of Their Own' and 'Bros' Win Top Prizes at GLAAD Media Awards (Winners List)". Variety.

External links

• Dino Ranch at IMDb