9 Story USA
9 Story USA (formerly Out of the Blue Enterprises) is an American children's television production company based in New York City, founded by the co-creator of the Nickelodeon preschool live action/animated series Blue's Clues (hence the company's name) Angela C. Santomero and fellow ex-Nickelodeon executive Samantha Freeman Alpert. The company served as the producers (with DHX Media's Decode Entertainment unit) of the computer-animated children's television series Super Why! that airs on most PBS stations and on CBC Kids in Canada and Blue's Room which formerly aired on Nick Jr. Out of the Blue, along with WQED, Fred Rogers Productions, and 9 Story Media Group, also produces a Flash-animated spin-off of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, entitled Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, which debuted on PBS Kids affiliates on September 3, 2012. It also produced Wishenpoof! and Creative Galaxy with Amazon Studios for Amazon Video.
Formerly | Out of the Blue Enterprises (2005–2018) |
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Type | Subsidiary |
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Founded | January 31, 2005 |
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Headquarters | , U.S. |
Owner | 9 Story Media Group |
On January 12, 2018, 9 Story Media Group bought Out of the Blue Enterprises. It is now a wholly owned subsidiary.[1]
Filmography
Show | Creator(s) | First aired | Last aired | Co-production | Network |
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Blue's Room (season 2) | Traci Paige Johnson Angela C. Santomero | August 6, 2006 | March 29, 2007 | Nickelodeon Animation Studio | Nickelodeon |
Super Why! | Angela C. Santomero | September 3, 2007 | May 12, 2016 | Decode Entertainment | PBS (U.S.) CBC Kids (Canada) |
Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood | September 3, 2012 | present | WQED Fred Rogers Productions 9 Story Media Group | PBS | |
Creative Galaxy | April 19, 2013 | June 4, 2019 | Amazon Studios 9 Story Media Group | Amazon Video | |
Wishenpoof! | February 5, 2014 | May 9, 2019 | DHX Media Amazon Studios | ||
Charlie's Colorforms City | March 22, 2019 | present | DHX Media 9 Story Media Group | Netflix | |
Blue's Clues & You! | Traci Paige Johnson Todd Kessler Angela C. Santomero | November 11, 2019 | present | Nickelodeon Animation Studio Brown Bag Films 9 Story Media Group | Nickelodeon Nick Jr. Channel |
Hello, Jack! The Kindness Show | Jack McBrayer Angela C. Santomero | November 5, 2021 | present | Jax Media 9 Story Media Group Brown Bag Films | Apple TV |
References
- Dickson, Jeremy (2018-01-12). "9 Story bolsters US presence with Out of the Blue buy". Kidscreen. Archived from the original on 2021-02-25.
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