| Based On: | Where's Wally? by Martin Handford |
| Composer: | Ben Bromfield |
| Theme Music Composer: | Distant Cousins |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Num Seasons: | 2 |
| Num Episodes: | 40 |
| Executive Producer: | F.M. De Marco John Tellegen |
| Editor: | Jeffrey Perlmutter |
| Runtime: | 22 minutes |
| Company: | DreamWorks Animation Television |
Where's Waldo? (known outside North America as Where's Wally?) is an American animated children's television series produced by DreamWorks Animation Television, based on the Where's Wally? book series created by Martin Handford.[1] It is the second television adaptation of the series, succeeding the 1991 animated series, and incorporates elements from that series. The series debuted on Universal Kids on July 20, 2019.[2] It moved to the streaming service Peacock for its second season on July 15, 2020.[3] Additional episodes of the series aired on December 11 the same year. Other media featuring the titular character include the 1991 original animated television series and the series of books.
The series follows young members of the WorldWide Wanderer Society, Waldo and Wenda, who are sent on travel missions by their wizard friend, Wizard Whitebeard. Their archenemy, Odlulu, causes them trouble in their attempts to earn stripes and become wizard-level wanderers.[4]
Where's Waldo? was in the production of DreamWorks Animation Television in 2018.[7] The series debuted on Universal Kids along with 8 other DreamWorks Animation series,[8] premiering on July 20, 2019.[2] A UK version of the show with the name Where's Wally? was produced in which James Cartmell voiced Wally/Waldo.[9]
Where's Waldo? aired on Universal Kids in the United States, but the series moved to Peacock in 2020. The series also premiered in British in 2020: on Sky Kids in United Kingdom on March 3 and Sky One on April 4. The same year, the first 12 episodes of Where's Waldo? premiered first on the DreamWorks Channel in Southeast Asia (specifically for Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, the Philippines, Pakistan, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan). In 2021, the series premiered in Italian on Prime Video in Italy,[10] in Spanish on Clan in Spain, in German on Super RTL in Germany and in English on e.tv in South Africa.