2024 New TV series and seasons

A host of new TV shows have been announced recently, as well as new seasons of already successful series. Let’s find out about some of them.

Among the new series, the only animated history of pop music of its kind, Behind the Beats by TeamTO (26 x 5′), debuted on France Télévisions in 2023. Rai launched the series in Italy in February 2024, with KIKA (Germany) to follow in the coming months.

It is an animated documentary for families that tells the stories of how talented musicians with incredibly different styles came together, revealing the often-unexpected origins of new musical genres. such as New Wave, Rock’n’Roll, G-Funk, Reggae, Electro Pop and Trap. The series is officially presented at the 2024 Annecy International Animation Film Festival, as part of the TV and Commissioned Films Official Selection.

Celia Cruz, one of the main characters of the brand new animated serie “Behind the Beats”

Superprod Group and Vivement Lundi! have announced the production of Harrison and me (52 x 11′), a 2D animated comedy for 5-8 year olds, directed by Jean Duval and Abdelraouf Zaidi. Based on the books series The Zero Waste family, it recounts the adventures of Harrison, an organic and vegetal being who arrives at the home of Charlie (6 and 1⁄2) , her brother Zach (11) and their friends Bintou (11) and Léon (6). By welcoming and caring for Harrison, the gang of friends discover how to act for the planet in their everyday lives as children. Superights is responsible for international sales of the series worldwide.

Tunda & Onyx, the new children’s series for ages 7+, features two fun-loving Jamaican puppies: Tunda, a privileged puppy, and Onyx, a street-savvy dog. Together, they embark on magical missions across Jamaica, affectionately known as The Rock. This series revitalises the talking puppy genre, combining high-intensity adventures with a glimpse into unique island customs and traditions like Jamaican patois, authentic reggae music, and engaging storylines.

Tunda & Onyx portrays the Jamaican culture to the world in the most positive light. As well as providing entertainment for people of all backgrounds, the series presents a platform for the education of children. Producers are Sabrina K. Marshall, Debbie Stephens, and Juha Fiilin.

Speaking of new seasons, three years after the great success of the first season, the much-loved adventures of the animated worldwide pre-school series, Nina & Olga, are back with 52 unreleased episodes, already available on RaiPlay and Rai Yoyo.The second season is produced by Enanimation and for the first time co-produced by the Australian company Kreiworks, with the collaboration of Rai Kids, and was conceived by Enanimation, Kreiworks and Nicoletta Costa, a famous children’s author and illustrator with over 600 illustrated books published in Italy and around the world and the series’ artistic director. The popular series, which has also spawned a universe of merchandising, sees for the second season the arrival of new characters – the little breeze Eddie and the little star Orion -, greater interaction between the worlds of heaven and earth, and a focus on awareness, incorporating social themes like environment, inclusion, and girls’ empowerment.

Millimages, one of the oldest independent animation studios and IP developers in Europe, announced the launch of a second season (20 x 14’) for its maverick Molang YouTuber series. A distinguishing feature of the six seasons of the Molang TV series was that the characters were dialogue-free, only conversing in their own made-up language “Molanguese”, while the first Youtuber season was in Molanguese subtitled in English. By contrast, the upcoming Molang YouTuber season 2 will launch in English, broadening the existing target audience and increasing storyline opportunities. The first episode of season 2 aired on Molang’s dedicated channel the first week of June 2024.

SINE LEGE FILM attends MIFA 2024 with the brand new season 2 of Rookie Robot Explores the World (52 x 3′). Rookie Robot is a high-quality educational preschool program produced by SINE LEGE FILM in cooperation with LEISS Postproduction in Vienna, Austria. What makes Rookie so special and relatable for children is the fact that both, characters and stories, are developed from original kids’ drawings and ideas, with amazing music and sounds, without dialogue or spoken words.

Director and Producer Josef Pallwein-Prettner, CEO of SINE LEGE FILM, stated:

Our distributor, Meta Media, is thrilled with the new season and is looking forward to showing it to new buyers at Annecy. We are planning to launch toys and print products as well as educational games both online and analogue. And for all of that, we are looking for ambitious partners who are interested in further international development together with us.