Sunny Day (TV series)

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Sunny Day
GenreComedy
Musical
Created byAbie Longstaff
Written byBrian Hohlfeld
Jodi Reynolds
Directed byShawn Seles
Dave Barton Thomas
Joey So
Voices ofLilla Crawford
Rob Morrison
Élan Luz Rivera
Taylor Louderman
Kevin Duda
Melissa van der Schyff
ComposersGeorge Gabriel
Peter Lurye
Country of originCanada
United Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes40[1]
Production
Executive producerPaula Rosenthal
ProducersDarin Bristow
Amy Robson
Running time22 minutes
Production companiesSilvergate Media
Pipeline Studios
Original release
NetworkTreehouse TV (Canada)
Nickelodeon (U.S.)
ReleaseAugust 21, 2017 (2017-08-21) –
present (present)

Sunny Day is an animated television series produced by Silvergate Media. The series revolves around Sunny (voiced by Lilla Crawford), a hairdresser who runs her own salon with the help of her talking dog Doodle (Rob Morrison), hair colourist 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 baker who has a constant bad hair day. The series is loosely based on the Random House picture book series The Fairytale Hairdresser by Abie Longstaff. Each episode features an original song written by Peter Lurye.

40 episodes of Sunny Day are being produced by Silvergate in association with the Canadian animation company Pipeline Studios.[2] On April 5, 2016, the 40-episode order was divided into two seasons of 20 episodes.[3][4] The series premiered on Nickelodeon in the United States on August 21, 2017. It began airing in Canada on Treehouse TV in September 2017.

Premise

Taking place in the seaside town of Friendly Falls, the series follows a professional hairstylist named Sunny who works at her own 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 The Fairytale Hairdresser books, which feature salon-owner Kittie Lacey, "the facilitator and the problem-solver … at the heart of the community"[5] "who works hard, defeats evil-doers, [and] shows solidarity with the girls she helps."[6]

Characters

Main

  • Sunny (voiced by Lilla Crawford) – A 10-year-old professional hairstylist who owns her own beauty parlour. She drives a van called the Glam Van and has an optimistic, determined attitude. A few sources confirm that her full name is Sunny Day, à la the show's title.
  • Doodle (voiced by Rob Morrison) – Sunny's talking pet dog and sidekick. A tuft of fur on his head is styled to look like hair with highlights. He often serves as the comic relief of the series. In addition to talking, Doodle is capable of driving the Glam Van.
  • Rox (voiced by Élan Luz Rivera) – The 9-year old hair colourist at Sunny's salon. She has wavy multicoloured hair and is a skilled skateboarder. She is known for creating her own hair dyes in the salon's colour lab. She has a young brother named Junior.
  • Blair (voiced by Taylor Louderman) – The 9-year old receptionist at Sunny's salon. She always carries a tablet computer to keep track of every appointment. She is exceptionally organised and can get irritated when things are not done in the way she is used to.
  • Timmy (voiced by Kevin Duda) – An 11-year-old friend of Sunny who is awkward but confident. He hosts events such as contests and talent shows in Friendly Falls. His hair is very similar to Sunny's, but shorter and without highlights. He is the tallest of the characters and is best friends with Scratch
  • Cindy (voiced by Melissa van der Schyff) – The 10-year-old town baker, who wears glasses and usually has bad luck. Her hair is always messy and unmanageable. As a running gag, every food she bakes will somehow end up destroyed. She is also Lacey's sister.

Antagonists

  • Lacey (voiced by Sarah Stiles) – A 12-year-old topiary tree artist and pageant queen who always cheats and lies in attempts to win Timmy's contests, often causing her to come into conflict with Sunny, Doodle, Rox, and Blair. Though antagonistic most of the time she can get along with Sunny and her friends on rare occasions and even visits the salon to have her hair and nails though she tends to be a demanding client for Sunny, Rox, and Blair. Though she often treats her dog KC as an underling she does indeed care about her even if she doesn't always show it. Additionally she also surprisingly gets along with her sister Cindy despite their contrasting personalities. Her name is a reference to Kittie Lacey, the main character of The Fairytale Hairdresser. At the end of the episode “Lacey’s Salon”, she and Sunny are said to become “frenemies”.
  • KC (also voiced by Melissa van der Schyff) – Lacey's talking poodle who reluctantly assists her in her schemes. She often acts as Lacey's underling though is often annoyed by Lacey's tendency to order her around and tendency to ask KC's opinion on something only to dismiss her suggestion and do the opposite.
  • Scratch (voiced by Josh Ruben) – The 12-year-old strong-willed neighborhood dogcatcher who is known for chasing dogs whenever they get loose or cause trouble. Unlike Lacey and KC, Scratch is nor really mean and simply takes his job very seriously. He is best friends with Timmy and even has his own dog, Posey.

Episodes

Pilot (2016)

TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
"Sneak Peek Short"TBDTBDNovember 2016[7] (November 2016[7])
Sunny introduces herself and Doodle at the salon, along with Timmy and Cindy.[7]

Season 1 (2017)

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateTreehouse debutProd.
code [8]		U.S. viewers
(millions)
1"Stick with Me"Shawn Seles
Joey So
Dave Barton Thomas		Alison GreenawayAugust 21, 2017 (2017-08-21)[9]2 September 20171070.98[10]
Rox and Blair get stuck together with sticky hairspray. Timmy and Cindy help Sunny find the ingredients for an "unsticking" solution while Rox and Blair learn about teamwork.
2"Sunny's Birthday Wish List"Shawn Seles
Joey So
Dave Barton Thomas		Jodi ReynoldsAugust 23, 2017 (2017-08-23)3 September 20171081.03[11]

Doodle, Rox, and Blair try to help Sunny with her birthday wish list while Cindy prepares a cake for her. N

Songs: “It’s Your Birthday”, “Happy Birthday To You“
3"Puppy Love"Shawn Seles
Joey So
Dave Barton Thomas		UnknownAugust 25, 2017 (2017-08-25)9 September 20171041.06[12]
Doodle finds a lost puppy and enlists the help of the girls in order to prevent it from being caught by the neighborhood dogcatcher, Scratch.
4"Style Swap"Shawn Seles
Joey So
Dave Barton Thomas		Sindy Boveda Spackman
Jodi Reynolds		August 29, 2017 (2017-08-29)10 September 20171060.80[13]

Blair and her pop star idol Mandy swap places for the day after discovering that they look almost identical.

Song: “True Colors”
5"Sunny and the Princesses"Shawn Seles
Joey So
Dave Barton Thomas		Brian HohlfeldAugust 31, 2017 (2017-08-31)16 September 20171020.80[14]
When Timmy gets a job as the chauffeur for two visiting princesses, Dominica and her younger sister Anabella, Sunny and the girls bring Anabella on a tour of the town.
6"Junior's Teddy Bear[15]"UnknownUnknownSeptember 8, 2017 (2017-09-08)TBA1130.91[16]
Sunny helps Rox's younger brother search for his teddy bear after it goes missing.
7"Friendship Day"Shawn Seles
Joey So
Dave Barton Thomas		Brian HohlfeldSeptember 19, 2017 (2017-09-19)[note 1]17 September 20171010.90[18]
Doodle thinks that Sunny has forgotten about him on Friendship Day, so he leaves the salon in search of a new best friend.
8"Top Dog[19]"Shawn Seles
Joey So
Dave Barton Thomas		Jodi ReynoldsSeptember 21, 2017 (2017-09-21)TBA1120.84[20]

When Doodle enters Timmy's pet show contest, he must decide if it is more important to win or to help a friend in need.

Song: “Don’t Give Up”
9"Messenger Mix-Up"[21]Shawn Seles
Joey So
Dave Barton Thomas		UnknownOctober 6, 2017 (2017-10-06)TBA1110.67[22]
Timmy has volunteered to deliver the mail around town, but a mix-up causes all of the packages to go to the wrong people.
10"Pumpkin Pursuit"[21]Shawn Seles
Joey So
Dave Barton Thomas		UnknownOctober 13, 2017 (2017-10-13)TBA1140.76[23]

Blair hopes to enter Timmy's Halloween costume contest, but trouble arises when Lacey steals her pumpkin costume.

Song: “Don’t Give Up”
11"The Royal Visit"[21]Shawn Seles
Joey So
Dave Barton Thomas		Brian HohlfeldOctober 27, 2017 (2017-10-27)TBA1100.81[24]
Sunny and friends help teach the egotistical Prince Dudley how to be kind to others after Timmy is appointed to bring the prince to a royal ball.
12"The Topi-Hairy Contest"Shawn Seles
Joey So
Dave Barton Thomas		Brian HohlfeldOctober 20, 2017 (2017-10-20)[note 2]TBA1090.65[25]

Timmy is hosting a topiary sculpting contest and Sunny is excited to enter. However, when her entry is sabotaged by Lacey, Sunny uses her hair-styling skills to create a new topiary out of hair.

Song: “Don’t Give Up”
13"If Timmy Gives You Apples"Shawn Seles
Joey So
Dave Barton Thomas		Brian HohfeldNovember 3, 2017 (2017-11-03)[21]TBA1030.63[26]
Timmy's enthusiasm for delivering apples start to get the best of him when the salon overflows in fruit.
14"Lacey's Salon"UnknownUnknownNovember 17, 2017 (2017-11-17)TBA1170.70[27]

Lacey opens up her own salon to rival Sunny's, but results become disastrous when famous opera singer Dame Tralada comes in.

Song: “Lacey’s Salon”
15"Wild Styled"UnknownUnknownDecember 1, 2017 (2017-12-01)TBA1160.59[28]
After Blair gets lost on a camping trip, Sunny and Rox use their styling tools—and skills—to find her.
16"Best Christmas Ever"Shawn Seles
Joey So
Dave Barton Thomas		Brian HohfeldDecember 8, 2017 (2017-12-08)TBA1200.60[29]

Doodle is trapped in a snowstorm when meeting his cousin on Christmas Eve.

Song: “The 12 Days of Christmas”, “It’s Almost Christmas”, “Jingle Bells”
17"Sunny's Not-So-Simple Concert"UnknownUnknownJanuary 19, 2018 (2018-01-19)TBA119N/A

Broadcast

Sunny Day debuted on Treehouse TV in Canada in September 2017 and is scheduled to debut on Nick Jr. (UK and Ireland) in the United Kingdom on November 26, 2017. Channel 5's Milkshake! strand will premiere the show.

Notes

  1. ^ This episode was released early on iTunes on June 5, 2017[17] and later as a sneak preview on Nick Jr. on June 10.
  2. ^ This episode was first released as a sneak preview on Nick Jr. on July 7, 2017.

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