Genre: | Comedy |
Creator: | Kevin A. Leman II Jennifer Skelly |
Voices: | Laurel Emory Johanna Colon JeCobi Swain June Squibb |
Theme Music Composer: | Jason Blackman and Jason Nesmith |
Composer: | Dara Taylor |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
Network: | HBO Max |
Executive Producer: | Ellen DeGeneres Kevin A. Leman II Sam Register Jennifer Skelly |
Producer: | Jason Blackman Elizabeth Seidman |
Company: | Ellen Digital Ventures Warner Bros. Animation |
Num Seasons: | 4 (2 unaired) |
Num Episodes: | 40 (20 unaired) |
Runtime: | 11 minutes |
Little Ellen is an American preschool animated television series produced by Ellen Digital Ventures and Warner Bros. Animation, with animation produced by Lighthouse Studios. This is the first Warner Bros. Animation produced series created for Warner Bros. Discovery's streaming service HBO Max under the Cartoonito brand and it's also the first preschoolers-focused series which is not from a popular franchise produced by Warner Bros. Animation since Firehouse Tales.[1]
Little Ellen centers on a seven-year-old Ellen DeGeneres as she goes on adventures with cousin Becky and their music-focused friend Freckle.[2] [3] The second season was released on March 3, 2022.[4] A completed third season was going to premiere in June 2022, but it was pulled due to occurring delays; the series was eventually cancelled after its second season two months later, leaving the third and fourth seasons unaired.[5]
The show explores the world through the eyes of Ellen DeGeneres as a child.
In Canada, the series premiered on Treehouse TV and StackTV on October 1, 2021.[6] The series premiered on Cartoonito in Latin America on December 1, 2021, as part of its launch. The series premiered on Boomerang in Portugal on June 20, 2022, as part of its Cartoonito block. The series was going to premiere on Cartoonito in the UK and Ireland on July 4, 2022, but it was pulled before it aired.
On August 3, 2022, the series was canceled leaving the third season and a completed fourth season unreleased.[7] The series was removed from HBO Max's streaming library on August 18, 2022.