''Alvinnn!!! and the Chipmunks'' (stylized as ''ALVINNN!!! and The Chipmunks'') is a children's animated musical comedy television series created by

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. Produced by Bagdasarian Productions and Technicolor Animation Productions (formerly known as OuiDo! Productions in season 1) with the participation of M6, it features

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and

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and marks their first television appearance together since 1990. First announced by Bagdasarian Productions in spring 2010, a promotional trailer for the series was posted on

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. The animation and half of the show's

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are handled by Technicolor Productions in France, while Bagdasarian Productions in the United States is in charge of voice recording and music production. The series is primarily distributed by

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, a French

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company. The series premiered on M6 on March 30, 2015. In August 2015, Nickelodeon acquired the American broadcast rights to the series. It also aired on

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and Family Channel in Canada.

Plot

Simulating an anthology of a famous band, the

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Dave Seville is raising the

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ing groups the Chipmunks (Alvin, Simon, and Theodore) and the Chipettes (Brittany, Jeanette and Eleanor). Dave's patience is tested everyday, but despite all of this, he loves the entire band like his own family. The series takes place in modern society and discusses modern topics such as Dave's technology issues. Others are parents embarrassing kids and parents needing dates.

Voice cast

* Ross Bagdasarian Jr. as Alvin, Simon, and David Seville *

as Theodore, Brittany, Jeanette, Miss Smith, Kevin, Miss Croner, Miss Miller, and additional voices *Vanessa Bagdasarian as Eleanor, Amber, Annie, Neville Humphrey, and additional voices *Michael Bagdasarian as Cheesy, Bocarter Humphrey, Officer Dangus, and additional voices *Brian Chambers as Derek Smalls and additional voices *Edwina Jones as Principal Meadows *Elizabeth Gomez as Julie *Jean Elie as Biggy Large *Bettina Kenney as additional voices

Production

The series, originally titled ''The Chipmunks and Chipettes'', has 104 11-minute episodes and is produced in high-definition

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, with

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and

' new looks resembling the iMunk looks. The show serves as an update of the 1980s series utilizing the same theme song, voice actors, Ross Bagdasarian, Jr. and Janice Karman, and format with each episode having a song. The series producers are Ross Bagdasarian, Jr., Janice Karman, Sandrine Nguyen, and Boris Hertzog from the American production company Bagdasarian Productions and French company

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. OuiDo! Productions (now Technicolor Animation Productions) handles the animation and storyboards, with Bagdasarian Productions in charge of voices and music. PGS Entertainment acquired the rights for media outside the United States and France in August 2013 and licensing and merchandising rights in May 2014. On February 24, 2014, Nickelodeon acquired all 104 episodes for all territories except Brazil. It originally also excluded North America, but this was later changed. The series was put on sale at the October 2013 Mipcom and was one of the most-viewed shows there. In October 2016, the series was renewed for a third and fourth season. In late 2018, the series was renewed for a fifth season. On November 6, 2019, the series was renewed for a sixth and seventh season. However in December 2023, Bagdasarian stated in a phone interview that the series had ended production the year prior, meaning the sixth and seventh seasons were cancelled. In December 2024, PGS Entertainment announced they are distributing the five seasons of the series to Italy, UK and Ireland regions.

Episodes

Release

Broadcast

The series made its English-language debut on Nick Jr. in the United Kingdom and Ireland on April 10, 2015 and on

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in the United States on August 3.

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in Africa premiered the show on May 4. The Southeast Asian feed of Nickelodeon debuted the show on May 8 in Singapore and the Philippines and on May 15 in Malaysia. In Brazil, the series premiered on June 15 on

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. In English-speaking Canada, it premiered on

on September 9 and was moved to Family Channel on May 6, 2017. In Arabia, it is currently on

and MBC3. It was aired on

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in the UK on February 1, 2016. In Indonesia, it is currently airing on

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. On November 1, 2018 the series premiered on

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in South Africa. In July 2020 it aired on

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in Spain. On September 27, 2021, the show premiered on

in Japan.

Home video

''Season 1 Vol. 1'' was released on DVD on December 4, 2015. ''Season 1 Vol. 2'' was released on January 26, 2016. ''Alvin's Wild Adventures'' was released on DVD and Blu-ray on November 10, 2015 by Bagdasarian Productions. It contains the episodes "Principal Interest", "Talking Teddy", "Mystic Mountain", "A is for Alien", "Clowning Around", "Driving Dave Crazy", and "What a Gem". ''Alvin vs. Brittany'' was released on DVD and Blu-Ray on March 1, 2016 by Bagdasarian Productions. It contains the episodes "Sister Act", "Albrittina", "My Sister the Weirdo", "Mister Manners", "Reality or Not", "Turf War", and "Don Juan Theodoro".

Soundtracks

On September 25, 2015, an album based on the television series was released on

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, and CD entitled '' We're the Chipmunks (Music from the TV Show)''. On September 22, 2017, a second album based on the series was released on iTunes and

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entitled ''Nuts 2 U'

On August 30, 2019, a third album based on the series as released on iTunes and Spotify entitled ''YOLO'