Ping and Friends facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Ping and Friends
Created by	Celia Catunda Kiko Mistrorigo
Developed by	Annick De Vries Celia Catunda Kiko Mistrorigo Ernest Godin Gerard Lewis Dominic Webber Anne-Marie Perrotta
Written by	Anne-Marie Perrotta Gerard Lewis Dominic Webber Rita Catunda Camilla Helms
Directed by	Celia Catunda Kiko Mistrorigo Annick De Vries
Voices of	Holly Gauthier-Frankel Sonja Ball Thor Bishopric
Theme music composer	Fabio Tagliaferri
Opening theme	"Ping and Friends Theme" performed by Holly Gauthier-Frankel
Ending theme	"Ping and Friends Theme" (instrumental)
Composer(s)	Gerard Lewis Dominic Webber Mario Sévigny
Country of origin	Brazil Canada
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	52 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Ricardo Rozzino Ernest Godin
Producer(s)	Celia Catunda Kiko Mistrorigo Annick De Vries
Editor(s)	Loïc Bruderlein
Running time	7 minutes
Production company(s)	TV PinGuim Kondolole Films
Distributor	Meta Media Entertainment
Release
Original network	TVOKids (Canada) Discovery Kids (Brazil)
Picture format	HDTV 1080i
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	November 12, 2018 (2018-11-12) – August 5, 2019 (2019-08-05)

Ping and Friends is an animated musical children's television series created by Celia Catunda and Kiko Mistrorigo. Produced by TV PinGuim and Kondolole Films, the series premiered on November 12, 2018 on TVOKids in Canada, and on November 19 on Discovery Kids in Brazil.

Plot

Ping and Friends follows two best friends; Ping, a bird, and Pong, a dog, a duo who love music. With their friends Mr. Prickles, a porcupine, Matilda the cat, and Trix06, their robot assistant, they always find a reason to create a new song in Melody Meadows. For Ping and Pong, the answer to everything is music.

Characters

• Ping is a yellow bird.
• Pong is an orange dog.
• Matilda is a black cat.
• Mr. Prickles is a porcupine.
• Trix06 is a robot, and Ping and Pong's musical assistant.

Episodes

Broadcast

Ping and Friends had its world debut in Canada on November 12, 2018 on TVOKids. The series then premiered on Knowledge Kids on January 16, 2019. In Quebec, the series premiered on Télé-Québec on February 25, and on May 27, 2019 on TFO. In Brazil, the series premiered on Discovery Kids on November 19, 2018. In the rest of Latin America, the series premiered on the same channel on February 26, 2019.

In the United States, 13 episodes of the series are available on Amazon Prime.

Media information

An app based on the series, "Music with Ping and Friends" was released on the iTunes store, as well as Google Play. The game offers three educational musical activities.