Mittens & Pants gets a Season 3 greenlight from CBC
Thunderbird Entertainment Group Inc. has announced that Thunderbird Distribution acquisition Mittens & Pants from Toronto-based Windy Isle Entertainment, has been greenlit for a third 45-episode season by commissioning broadcaster CBC, with Sky Kids U.K. and Ireland on-board as a broadcast partner, for a total of 126 episodes, so far. The third season will air on CBC and CBC Gem later this year.
Mittens & Pants features best friends Mittens the kitten and Pants the puppy who live in the all-animal town of Kibble Corners — each day is a new adventure for these unlikely best friends. And Season 3 is currently in production in Hamilton, Ontario. New to the beloved kitten and puppy’s hometown this season is a guinea pig news station, a rumbling kitten sports stadium, and a whimsical magic shop. Season 3 will also feature special Halloween, holiday, and musical episodes.
“Windy Isle and Thunderbird are doing an incredible job of baking discoverability right into their brand strategy, helping to grow the global audience for Mittens & Pants, and we are thrilled to order the third litter of this adorable show from Phil McCordic, one of Canada’s most innovative creators,” said Marie McCann, Senior Director, Children’s Content, CBC Kids.
Thunderbird Distribution has also secured more international sales for seasons 1 and 2 of the adorable live-action preschool series.
In the U.S., streamers Peacock, HappyKids and Kidoodle.TV have taken Season 2 (42 x 7 minutes), and Canadian French-language broadcasters TFO and Radio-Canada have picked up Season 1. The series is now available in 78 territories.
On the digital side, Mittens & Pants has just landed on the hugely popular Roblox platform with the My Carrots Simulator game, featuring the series’ breakout carrot-farming bunny Monsieur LaFleur. Players select their bunny tractor and collect Monsieur LaFleur’s favourite thing – carrots! They can amass their stash to upgrade their tractors and unlock new characters. Officially launched this winter, My Carrots Simulator is being continually updated with new quest systems and weekly leaderboards.
Finally, Mittens & Pants has seen substantial growth in the last six months on YouTube (@MittensandPantsOfficial), Instagram (@mittensandpantstv), and TikTok (@mittensandpantstv). The series now boasts more than 318,000 followers, 65 million views, and 7.3 million interactions counted across the three digital platforms.
“We’re so excited to see how much these characters have connected with audiences on a global scale,” says Mittens & Pants creator and showrunner, Phil McCordic. “The puppies and kittens (and bunnies, guinea pigs and hamsters) are endlessly surprising and delightful. It’s as fun a show to make as it is to watch.”
“I knew from the outset that Mittens & Pants was something special and unique in the current landscape of preschool entertainment,” said Richard Goldsmith, President of Global Distribution and Consumer Products at Thunderbird. “And with an exciting third season in the works, increased distribution, expansion into digital mediums and great growth across social media and YouTube, we are confident that Mittens & Pants is on track to be a global brand.”
