PBS KIDS announced Wednesday the premiere date for its newest series Odd Squad. The live-action media property follows two young government agents, Olive and Otto, who use math skills and collaboration to investigate weird and unusual phenomena.
Odd Squad will premiere Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014, on PBS KIDS with a special one-hour broadcast of two back-to-back episodes, along with integrated digital and offline content. The series will air on weekdays following the premiere.
Odd Squad is created by Tim McKeon (The Electric Company, Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends, Adventure Time) and Adam Peltzman (The Electric Company, The Backyardigans, Wallykazam!) and produced by The Fred Rogers Company and Sinking Ship Entertainment.
It is funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and the U.S. Department of Education through the CPB-PBS Ready To Learn Initiative.
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It is a program that supports the development of innovative educational television and digital media targeted to preschool and early elementary school children and their families.
In each episode of Odd Squad, the young agents use math to put things right when oddness strikes. Olive and Otto solve cases ranging from disappearing zeroes to runaway dinosaurs, and the agents often find additional clues in the “Mathroom,” a futuristic space that is just a teleport away.
“We are excited to bring a new math show to the PBS KIDS line-up this November, particularly at a time when STEM education is proving to be so important,” said Lesli Rotenberg, general manager, Children’s Programming, PBS.
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The Odd Squad television series is part of a multiplatform media experience that will include interactive content online and on mobile.
With Odd Squad’s digital content, kids will have the opportunity to solve cases and stop oddness, just like Olive and Otto and the rest of the Odd Squad. The show’s interactive features will include games, parent resources, mobile apps and more.
In the picture above: (left to right): Sean Michael Kyer (“Agent Oscar”), Millie Davis (“Ms. O”), Dalila Bela (“Agent Olive”) and Filip Geljo (“Agent Otto”). (Photo courtesy: PBS Odd Squad, The Fred Rogers Company)
