Blue's Clues ''Blue's Clues'' is an American live-action/animated children's television series, created by Angela C. Santomero, Todd Kessler, and Traci Paige Johnson, that premiered on Nickelodeon as part of its Nick Jr. block on September 8, 1996, and ...

'' is an American live-action/animated

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children's television series Children's television series (or children's television shows) are television show, television programs designed for children, normally scheduled for broadcast during the morning and afternoon when children are awake. They can sometimes run during ...

that premiered on

Nickelodeon Nickelodeon (often shortened to Nick) is an American pay television channel which launched on April 1, 1979, as the first cable channel for children. It is run by Paramount Global through its networks division's Kids and Family Group. It ...

on Sunday, September 8, 1996. Producers Angela Santomero, Todd Kessler, and Traci Paige Johnson combined concepts from

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and early-childhood education with innovative animation and production techniques that helped their viewers learn. It was hosted originally by

Steve Burns ''yes'Steve is a masculine given name, usually a short form (hypocorism) of Steven or Stephen Notable people with the name include: steve jops * Steve Abbott (disambiguation), several people * Steve Adams (disambiguation), several people * Steve ...

, who left in 2002 and was replaced by Donovan Patton. The show follows an animated blue-spotted dog named Blue as she leaves a treasure hunt for the host and the viewers. ''Blue's Clues'' became the highest-rated show for preschoolers on American commercial television and was critical to Nickelodeon's growth. It has been called "one of the most successful, critically acclaimed, and ground-breaking

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television series of all time."Jim Forbes (narrator) (2006-07-27)
''Behind the Clues: 10 Years of Blue (Part 1)''
(Short documentary). Nickelodeon.

Series overview

Episodes

Pilot (1995)

Season 1 (1996–97)

Season 2 (1997–99)

Season 3 (1999–2001)

Season 4 (2001–02)

Season 5 (2002–03)

Season 6 (2004–06)

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Blue's Clues Lists of American children's animated television series episodes Lists of Nickelodeon television series episodes