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Dora the Explorer
''Dora the Explorer'' is an American children's animated television series and multimedia franchise created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh Valdes and Eric Weiner that premiered on Nickelodeon on August 14, 2000, went on hiatus on June 5, 20 ...
'' is an American animated television series created by
Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh Valdes, and Eric Weiner that premiered on
Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon (often shortened to Nick) is an American pay television television channel, channel which launched on April 1, 1979, as the first cable channel for children. It is run by Paramount Global through its List of assets owned by Param ...
on August 14, 2000. The series is produced by
Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Nickelodeon Animation Studio is an American animation studio owned by Paramount Global. It has created many original television programs for Nickelodeon, such as ''SpongeBob SquarePants'', ''The Fairly OddParents'', ''Rugrats'' and ''Avatar: The ...
and is one of the longest-running series that aired on the
Nick Jr. block.
Series overview
Episodes
Pilot (1999)
Before the show premiered, a 15-second animation test and a 15-minute
pilot episode were produced. The pilot episode has been classed as "
lost media Lost media are pieces of media that are nonexistent, missing, or unavailable to the general public. The term ''lost media'' primarily encompasses visual, audio, or audiovisual media such as films, television and radio broadcasts, music, and video ga ...
" as it has not been released to the public except via
storyboard diagrams and small clips.
Season 1 (2000–02)
Season 2 (2002–03)
Season 3 (2003–04)
Season 4 (2004–08)
Season 5 (2008–10)
Caitlin Sanchez
Caitlin Sanchez is an American actress, best known for being the second voice of the title character Dora in the Nickelodeon animated children's series ''Dora the Explorer''.
Career
In 2008, Sanchez took over the voice role of the seven-year-old ...
replaces
Kathleen Herles
Kathleen Herles (born November 13, 1990) is an American voice actress best known for being the original voice of Dora on ''Dora the Explorer'' for the first four seasons from 2000–2007 and ''Go, Diego, Go!''.
Herles was born in the Queens bor ...
as the voice of Dora.
Season 6 (2010–12)
Season 7 (2012–13)
Season 8 (2013–15; 2019)
The final six episodes first aired in the United States from July 7, 2019, to August 9, 2019, to commemorate the release of ''
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
''Dora and the Lost City of Gold'' is a 2019 American adventure comedy film directed by James Bobin. It is a live-action adaptation of the Nick Jr. animated television series ''Dora the Explorer'' as well as the Nickelodeon animated series '' ...
''.
Notes
References
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Lists of American children's animated television series episodes
Lists of Nickelodeon television series episodes