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Phoebe & Jay
Phoebe & Jay is a 2026 PBS KIDS animated preschool series by Genie Deez and Thy Than about 6-year-old twins in Tobsy Towers learning functional literacy from everyday texts, premiering February 2, 2026.
Piggy Tales
Piggy Tales is Rovio's Finnish CGI animated series (2014; four seasons; 2014–2017 on Disney+, to 2019 on the Angry Birds Wiki) about the Angry Birds' Bad Piggies, in non-dialogue, minute-long episodes across Pigs at Work, Third Act, and 4th Street.
Pinecone & Pony
Pinecone & Pony is a DreamWorks Animation children's series on Apple TV+, adapted from Kate Beaton's The Princess and the Pony; two seasons ran 2022-2023, showrun by Stephanie Kaliner.
Pingu
Pingu (ピングー) is a Swiss-British stop-motion claymation preschool series created by Otmar Gutmann and Erika Brueggemann, first aired 7 March 1990, about a penguin family speaking invented Penguinese, later owned by HiT and Mattel with an Aardman reboot announced in 2024.
Pinky Malinky
Pinky Malinky is a Nickelodeon-produced, Netflix-exclusive mockumentary animated series about an optimistic 12-year-old hot dog in Sackenhack with friends Babs and JJ. Created by Chris Garbutt and Rikke Asbjoern, it was the first Nicktoon exclusive to Netflix, released in three Parts in 2019 and removed in July 2026.
Pinwheel (TV series)
Pinwheel was an American preschool TV series combining humans, puppets, and animated shorts, premiering December 1, 1977 on QUBE channel C-3 in Columbus, Ohio, and becoming the founding program of Nickelodeon in 1979.
PJ Masks
PJ Masks (Les Pyjamasques) is a CGI preschool superhero series from eOne and Frog Box, premiering on Disney Junior US September 18, 2015, featuring Connor, Amaya, and Greg as Catboy, Owlette, and Gekko fighting Romeo, Luna Girl, and Night Ninja.
Pocoyo
Pocoyo (Pocoyó), Spanish preschool 3D CGI animated series created in 2002 by García Carsí, Cantolla, and Gallego, produced by Zinkia; minimalist white world, narrator Stephen Fry, BAFTA winner, sold to 150+ countries.
Popples
Popples is a toy and cartoon franchise created by Those Characters From Cleveland (American Greetings) in 1985: plush creatures that reverse from balls into furry friends. Mattel toys sold over $444 million; cartoons ran 1986–1988 and on Netflix 2015–2016.
Pororo the Little Penguin (뽀롱뽀롱 뽀로로)
Pororo the Little Penguin (뽀롱뽀롱 뽀로로) is a South Korean 3D CGI preschool TV series by Iconix, first aired on EBS in 2003, exported to about 130 countries with an estimated KRW 800 billion brand value.
Power Battle Watch Car (파워배틀 와치카)
Power Battle Watch Car (파워배틀 와치카) is a South Korean full 3D children's animated series by SAMG Animation, Hyundai Motor, CJ E&M, and Innocean, about Jino and the AI mini-car Bluewill competing in the Watch Car Battle League; aired on MBC from 2015–2016 with toys, films, and a 2017 movie.
Pucca (짜장소녀 뿌까) (TV series)
Pucca (짜장소녀 뿌까) is a 2006–2008 Flash-animated comedy-adventure TV series by Studio B Productions and Jetix Europe, based on Vooz's e-card character; 117 episodes about Pucca chasing ninja Garu in Sooga Village.
Puffin Rock
Puffin Rock is an Irish animated preschool series by Cartoon Saloon, Dog Ears, and Penguin Books, narrated by Chris O'Dowd, following puffin siblings Oona and Baba; 79 episodes, award-winning, with a 2023 feature film.
Puppy Dog Pals
Puppy Dog Pals is a Disney Junior animated preschool series created by Harland Williams, debuting April 14, 2017, following pug brothers Bingo and Rolly on missions for owner Bob; it ran five seasons and 125 episodes through 2023.
Rafi the Wishing Wizard
Rafi the Wishing Wizard is a CBeebies 2D animated preschool sitcom created by Tom Cousins for BBC Studios Kids & Family with Blue Zoo. It follows Manchester seven-year-old Rafi Martin, whose wishing wand grants one wish a day that always runs out.
Raggs
Raggs: live action and animated musical preschool TV series about five dog bandmates (Raggs, Trilby, Pido, B. Max, Razzles) and cat Dumpster; created by Toni Steedman, produced in Sydney 2006-2009, 195 episodes, US PBS debut 2008.
Rainbow (TV series)
Rainbow (TV series): British pre-school children's series created by Pamela Lonsdale for Thames Television on ITV, 1972–1992, starring puppets Zippy, George, and Bungle with presenter Geoffrey Hayes, over 1,000 episodes.
Rainbow Brite
Rainbow Brite is a Hallmark-created 1980s media franchise about a girl who brings color to the world from Rainbowland with the Color Kids, spanning Mattel toys from 1984, three TV specials, a 1986 series, and the 1985 film Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer.
Rainbow High
Rainbow High is MGA Entertainment's animated web series (2020– ) based on its fashion doll line, following students at an elite visual arts high school; seven seasons, ~7-minute YouTube episodes, also on Netflix.
Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja
Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja, Disney XD animated series by Jed Elinoff and Scott Thomas (2012–2015, 100 episodes), about a freshman ninja protecting Norrisville from an 800-year-old Sorcerer, voiced by Ben Schwartz; produced by Titmouse and Boulder Media, now on Disney+.
Ready Jet Go!
Ready Jet Go! is a PBS KIDS animated series (2016–2019) created by Craig Bartlett in which alien boy Jet Propulsion from Bortron 7 and Earth friends Sean, Sydney, and Mindy learn space science, with NASA astronomer Amy Mainzer as science advisor.
Recess (TV series)
Recess, also known as Disney's Recess, is an American animated series about six fourth-grade friends at Third Street Elementary, which ran on ABC from 1997 to 2001.
Robocar Poli (로보카 폴리)
Robocar Poli (로보카 폴리) is a South Korean children's animation by ROI Visual and EBS, first aired February 2011, about a transforming vehicle rescue team, police car Poli, fire truck Roy, ambulance Amber, and helicopter Helly, in Brooms Town.
RoboGobo
RoboGobo (レスキューペット ロボゴボ) is a 2025 Disney Junior animated preschool superhero series from Brown Bag Films: Dax and five robo-suited adopted pets rescue pets on MetroPet Island.
Rock Paper Scissors (TV series)
Rock Paper Scissors is a Nickelodeon animated comedy (premiered February 12, 2024) created by Kyle Stegina and Josh Lehrman from an Intergalactic Shorts Program short, starring Ron Funches, Thomas Lennon, Carlos Alazraqui, and Melissa Villaseñor as personified roommates; renewed through a third season in 2026.
Rocket Power
Rocket Power is a Nickelodeon animated series created by Arlene Klasky and Gábor Csupó, airing August 16, 1999 to July 30, 2004, with 71 episodes about four extreme-sport-loving kids in fictional Ocean Shores, California.
Rolie Polie Olie
Rolie Polie Olie is a CGI-animated preschool TV series created by William Joyce, produced by Nelvana, and aired on Disney Channel from October 4, 1998, about a robot boy, his family, and friend Billy Bevel; the first CGI preschool series, with six seasons and 78 episodes.
Rosie and Jim
Rosie and Jim (Rosie & Jim) is a British ITV/CITV preschool series by Ragdoll Productions, 1990-2000, about rag dolls who come alive aboard the narrowboat Ragdoll, distinct from the Ragdoll cat breed.
Samuel (animated series)
Samuel: French black-and-white 2D animated series by Émilie Tronche, about a 10-year-old boy's diary in the early 2000s; 21×4' episodes on Arte, viral with 40+ million views, sold to Netflix.
Samurai Jack
Samurai Jack is Genndy Tartakovsky's American animated action series (Cartoon Network 2001–2004; Adult Swim revival 2017) about a samurai flung by the demon Aku into a dystopian future, told through minimal-dialogue visual storytelling, with 8 Emmy wins.