The Berenstain Bears (2003 TV series)

The Berenstein Bears
The Berenstain Bears, as they appear in the series
Format	Children's Animation/Narrative
Created by	Stan and Jan Berenstain
Starring	Michael Cera Tajja Isen Camilla Scott Benedict Campbell Amanda Soha Niki Marshall Mark Rendall Mike McCulkin Corinne Conley Brian Cummings Gage Knox
Opening theme	"The Berenstain Bears" by Lee Ann Womack
Country of origin	Canada United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	40 (List of The Berenstain Bears (2003 TV series) episodes)
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Nelvana AGOGO
Broadcast
Original channel	PBS Kids Treehouse TV
Original run	September 1, 2003 (2003-09-01) – September 10, 2004 (2004-09-10)
External links
Website

The Berenstain Bears is a 2003 animated television series based on Stan and Jan Berenstain's children's book series of the same name. Although most of the earlier episodes in the series were based on the book series, later episodes were not based on any of the books.

Synopsis

The series follows the everyday lives of the Bear Family in a newer version of the 1985 series; which involves Mama Bear, Papa Bear, Sister Bear, and Brother Bear. Little Lady, the puppy, becomes a member of the family later in the series. The earlier episodes are simply based on the books, and many of the later episodes are not based on the books at all. The Berenstain Bears basically aimes to teach children life lessons.

Production

The show was produced by the Canadian animation company Nelvana for the PBS Kids Channel, and the Treehouse TV channel. Eighty 15 minute episodes were produced. All of the episodes were based on Berenstain Bears books. It is currently airing on PBS and internationally.

The program can currently be seen on YTV (2006-2007, 2009-present) in Canada and PBS Kids Sprout in the United States. The series was also seen on Treehouse TV (Canada) (2003-2006, 2007-2009) (and often fluctuated between the two channels), Knowledge (British Columbia), Tiny Pop and KidsCo (UK), and OBS (South Korea). There was a 1985 animated series of the same name.

Voice actors

• Michael Cera as Brother Bear
• Tajja Isen as Sister Bear
• Camilla Scott as Mama Bear
• Benedict Campbell as Papa Q. Bear
• Corinne Conley as Grizzly Gran
• Brian Cummings as Grizzly Gramps
• Amanda Soha as Lizzy Bruin
• Mike McCulkin as Cousin Freddy
• Nikki Marshall as Queenie
• Mark Rendall as Ferdy Factual
• Gage Knox as Too-Tall
• Patrick Salvagna as Skuzz

Country music singer-songwriter Lee Ann Womack sings the theme song for this series.

External links

• The Berenstain Bears at the Internet Movie Database
• The Berenstain Bears at TV.com