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Maggie and the Ferocious Beast
Maggie and the Ferocious Beast is a Canadian animated children's television series created by Michael and Betty Paraskevas. The program was based on the 1996 book The Ferocious Beast with the Polka-Dot Hide and its sequels, which were also written by the Paraskevas. The show started off as a series of shorts aired on the Canadian channel Teletoon (now as "Cartoon Network Canada") in 1998. Two years later, the first full-length episode was first premiered on Nickelodeon as part of the preschool-aimed Nick Jr. programming block on June 5, 2000, in the U.S. until premiering on Teletoon on August 26 of that same year in Canada. The show ran for three seasons, airing its final episode on June 9, 2002.
A redheaded 5-year-old girl named Maggie creates her own map of an imaginary world known as Nowhere Land that, in reality, takes the characters nowhere. She imagines that the characters Beast and Hamilton Hocks are her best friends.
The theme song for the show is "Maggie and the Ferocious Beast in Nowhere Land", which is an original theme performed by Isabella Molley. Maggie and the Ferocious Beast was produced by Nelvana Limited and with the participation of Teletoon, and directed by Jamie Whitney and Stuart Shankly. The show premiered in 2000 and aired its final episode in 2002.
In Canada, the show aired on Teletoon (now known as "Cartoon Network Canada") and later Treehouse TV. In the U.S., prior to its Canadian premiere, the show aired on Nickelodeon as part of the preschool-aimed Nick Jr. programming block. On April 7, 2003, repeats were introduced and aired on Noggin, a channel co-founded by Nickelodeon. It continued to be aired on Noggin after its rebrand to Nick Jr. until October 30, 2010, when the show was pulled from its lineup. Qubo, which had been airing repeats of Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse (another show created by the Paraskevas) on and off since its launch on January 8, 2007, picked up the show by May 28, 2018, and aired repeats until this channel gave out all operations on February 28, 2021, due to Scripps' acquisition. In the early 2000s, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment released the show on VHS and DVD. Phase 4 Films' Kaboom! Entertainment in Canada and Shout! Factory in the U.S. released the show as well, with Vivendi Visual Entertainment handling DVD distribution for the Shout! Factory releases. Currently, the show is available for streaming on Tubi.
On March 18, 2021, it was announced that a revival was in the works. The 2D-animated reboot will be titled The Ferocious Beast Show and will be produced by US-based Frederator Studios. Production was scheduled to start in late 2021 for a 2022/2023 release. The show was co-created by Michael Paraskevas and his wife Maria Bruno, with Michael Hirsh as a producer. However as of 2025, there hasn't been any updates.
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Maggie and the Ferocious Beast
Maggie and the Ferocious Beast is a Canadian animated children's television series created by Michael and Betty Paraskevas. The program was based on the 1996 book The Ferocious Beast with the Polka-Dot Hide and its sequels, which were also written by the Paraskevas. The show started off as a series of shorts aired on the Canadian channel Teletoon (now as "Cartoon Network Canada") in 1998. Two years later, the first full-length episode was first premiered on Nickelodeon as part of the preschool-aimed Nick Jr. programming block on June 5, 2000, in the U.S. until premiering on Teletoon on August 26 of that same year in Canada. The show ran for three seasons, airing its final episode on June 9, 2002.
A redheaded 5-year-old girl named Maggie creates her own map of an imaginary world known as Nowhere Land that, in reality, takes the characters nowhere. She imagines that the characters Beast and Hamilton Hocks are her best friends.
The theme song for the show is "Maggie and the Ferocious Beast in Nowhere Land", which is an original theme performed by Isabella Molley. Maggie and the Ferocious Beast was produced by Nelvana Limited and with the participation of Teletoon, and directed by Jamie Whitney and Stuart Shankly. The show premiered in 2000 and aired its final episode in 2002.
In Canada, the show aired on Teletoon (now known as "Cartoon Network Canada") and later Treehouse TV. In the U.S., prior to its Canadian premiere, the show aired on Nickelodeon as part of the preschool-aimed Nick Jr. programming block. On April 7, 2003, repeats were introduced and aired on Noggin, a channel co-founded by Nickelodeon. It continued to be aired on Noggin after its rebrand to Nick Jr. until October 30, 2010, when the show was pulled from its lineup. Qubo, which had been airing repeats of Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse (another show created by the Paraskevas) on and off since its launch on January 8, 2007, picked up the show by May 28, 2018, and aired repeats until this channel gave out all operations on February 28, 2021, due to Scripps' acquisition. In the early 2000s, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment released the show on VHS and DVD. Phase 4 Films' Kaboom! Entertainment in Canada and Shout! Factory in the U.S. released the show as well, with Vivendi Visual Entertainment handling DVD distribution for the Shout! Factory releases. Currently, the show is available for streaming on Tubi.
On March 18, 2021, it was announced that a revival was in the works. The 2D-animated reboot will be titled The Ferocious Beast Show and will be produced by US-based Frederator Studios. Production was scheduled to start in late 2021 for a 2022/2023 release. The show was co-created by Michael Paraskevas and his wife Maria Bruno, with Michael Hirsh as a producer. However as of 2025, there hasn't been any updates.