Yes, you read that headline right… Baby Shark is getting his own TV show and we couldn’t be more excited about it!
After becoming a worldwide phenomenon with its catchy theme song, Nickelodeon Animation Studio and SmartStudy, the global entertainment company behind the beloved children’s brand Pinkfong, created Baby Shark’s Big Show — a preschool series that follows Baby Shark and his best friend William as they journey on fun-filled comedic adventures in their community of Carnivore Cove, make new friends and sing original catchy tunes along the way.
In the premiere episode titled “Baby Tooth/Slobber Slug,” Baby Shark gets his first loose tooth and enlists William’s help to lose it so he can trade it in for a sand dollar. When their antics get the tooth lost for real, they must team up with the Toothfish Fairy to track it down. Then, while Baby Shark and his friends are playing Barnacle Ball, Hank’s pet rock, Rocky, is accidentally sent soaring into the lair of the vicious Slobber Slug and they must stage an elaborate rescue mission.
According to Nickelodeon, the cast is absolutely “swimsational,” as Kimiko Glenn (Orange is the New Black) plays Baby Shark and Luke Youngblood (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone) plays Baby’s best friend William. Glenn and Youngblood recently opened up to Celeb Secrets about their experience on the show, and they both touted it as a dream come true with smiles from ear to ear.
“I was so tickled. I don’t know how else to describe it,” Kimiko says about her first reactions when she found out she was going to voice Baby. “It was like excitement and just like, ‘Oh my gosh, what a fun fact, you know?’ I’m just so excited and so honored to be here.”
“[My] jaw hit the ground,” Youngblood adds about playing William. “Its the same thing [like Kimiko] — it’s just exciting to be a part of something from the inception of its new phase and existing property that so many people around the world that you know love and enjoy. Getting to be a part of it from the beginning is just unbelievable. It’s just a dream come true.”
Baby Shark, created by Pinkfong, was introduced to the world in November 2015 and took the world by storm, amassing 8 billion views and becoming the most-watched video in the platform’s history. With music, characters, story and dance all combined together, the song certified RIAA Diamond and 11x platinum single for selling over 11 million units in the U.S., and spawned a viral phenomenon #BabySharkChallenge, generating over one million cover videos around the globe.
To learn more about the show, make sure to watch our full interview with Kimiko and Luke below and don’t forget to catch Baby Shark’s Big Show when it airs tomorrow, March 26th @ 12:30PM ET/PT on Nickelodeon.
