A CLUE! A CLUE! - Nickelodeon Revs Up Highlights for Blue's Clues 25th Silver Anniversary Celebration

 Before that Spanish speaking girl Dora or that PAW Patrol team of rescue dogs, there was one series on Nickelodeon, Noggin and Nick Jr that would defeat them all. That series is BLUE's CLUES which was first broadcasted to the world on Sunday September 8th, 1996 as part of a primetime sneak peek of Nick Jr. on Nick@Nite, Nickelodeon's overnight block airing from 10PM to 6AM ET. The series created by Traci Paige Johnson (voice of the title character), Todd Keseller and Angela C. Santomero (Super WHY!, Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, Creative Galaxies, Wishenpoof!, Charlie's Colorforms City) and first concepted in the summer of 1994-95 followed the adventures of Steven Burns a live-action host and his animated dog companion Blue in a preschool-oriented game show which they would need to find three clues to figure out the everyday struggles of preschool lifestyle.

In April 2002, Burns would depart the show and be replaced by Donovan Patton which would lead to the most hillarious kids television rumor hoax of all time. The series continued up until May 2004. Following the series' cancellation, a puppet show spinoff Blue's Room would be launched that August in which Blue would ditch her "bow bow bow bow!" barking and be able to speak proper English to the viewers watching at home. Patton would still continue to this spinoff up until its cancellation in 2007.

The franchise went silent for 12 years and then came back to modern life in the Emmy-nominated Blue's Clues & You! (4 seasons x 86 23-minute episodes) which introduced both old and new fans to new Filipino-American host Joshua Dela Cruz (understudy for Walt Disney's Aladdin: The Broadway Musical Spectacular) with the series now rocking in CGI and a 16:9 widescreen format. Burns and Patton also contribute to this revival, guest starring in, writing and directing select episodes for the viewers' nostalgia sake. Burns also contributes as one of the consulting producers.

No matter what generation you were born in, and despite a controversial Pride Month music video last month that SHOULDN'T be allowed for kids, it's safe to say that Blue's Clues has left a lasting impact as one of the greatest preschool classics of our time.

Now, Nickelodeon, ViacomCBS, 9 Story Entertainment Media Group and its subsidiaries Out of the Blue Enterprises and Brown Bag Films are honoring the legacy of this animated dog with a year-long celebration of the 25th anniversary rolling out through 2022.

It all kicks off with the announcement of an ALL-NEW feature-length adventure, the first since 2006's Meet Blue's Baby Brother which marked the decade-long anniversary 15 years ago. In the new film, Josh and Blue venture to the "Crossroads of the World" Times Square in the "City That Never Sleeps" New York City, New York State to audition in roles for a world-renowned Broadway musical.

Aside from this, other content projects will be made for the celebration including the release of two new episodes, a 24-hour marathon of the best bits and new consumer projects

Blue's Clues & You! season 2-3 concludes the second season with TWO new episodes airing for the anniversary. First up is a MASSIVE 4th wall break of celebrating the birthday of their fans as the team's way of saying "Thank you SO MUCH for all your help today" after all these years. The episode titled "It's YOUR Birthday!" (S02E18) will air Friday July 17th at the series' usual timeslot of 11AMET/10AMCT/8AMPT

Then FINALLY after 17 years, The AMAZING Periwinkle is back! in the new episode "Our New Neighbor!" (S02E19?/S03E01?) airing over the Halloween season on Friday October 1st. Although Periwinkle is actually NOT a new character in this reboot, it's at least nice to see this magician cat FINALLY get the CGI animation treatment.

Also in the works is a NEW nostalgia music video featuring all three hosts of the USA smash hit and some of their biggest fans also appearing in the video. This type of format is inspired by the success of NOGGIN's "Why We Dance?" #Juneteenth celebration music video which dropped on Nick Jr. YouTube last month.

BLue is also thrilled to be part of this year's 100 Days of Reading summer reading log campaign courtesy of fellow Nickelodeon contributor Save The Children Foundation. The series will also embark on a Reading Bus tour which will travel across the country over the summer.

New consumer products are also in the works, courtesy of Just Play and LeapFrog

There will also be a limited-run BLUEtique courtesy of FCA Jewlery

Also, the Nick Jr. channewl and the Pluto TV livestream app will also ring in the show's legacy with an SHE BARKS ALL DAY AND NIGHT! 24-hours marathon of the best episodes on Wednesday September 8th, 25 YEARS EXACT to the series' original premiere.

Plus, Nickelodeon's Suites & Resorts theme parks in Punta Cana Dominican Republic and Rivera Maya will launch new larger than REAL LIFE versions of some of the elements from the show at their resorts over the summer.

And finally (saved the best for last and for good reason too), over 20 new games, ebooks and new play-along video versions of the reboot's episodes will be available for your inner moose and bird loving child's pleasure on NOGGIN, Nickelodeon's award-winning SVOD revived app/channel for preschoolers named after the defunct TV channel that ran from 1999-2009. Additionally, the first 12 episodes of the reboot and the remaining two seasons of the original that aired from April 2002-May 2004 will be dropping onto the recently-successful Paramount+ SVOD in September which joins the previous four seasons nd Blue's Room spinoff recently made available back in December and January respectively. The remaining episodes of the Blue's Clues franchise both the original and reboot will rollout onto both platforms in the coming years.

A big sound of gratitude for Steve, Donovan, Joshua, Kevin Duala, Duarte Gomes, Traci, Todd, Angela, Jennifer Twomey, Wendy Harris, David Palmer, Janice Burgess, Peter Robbins, Terri Weiss, Nick Balaban, Michael "Seth O'Hickory" Rubin, Koyalee Chanda, Adam Peltzman, Kathryn Avery, Cody Rose Pitts, Kelly Nigh, Nick Balaban, Spencer Kayden, Jose Marie Castle, Kenny Kim, Glee Dang, Justine James, Brad Adamson, Doug Murray, Liyou Aibre, Rachel Duatch, Jacob Soley, Ava Augustin, Leo Orgli, Jordana Blake, PT Walkley, Carolyn Fe, Abigail Oliver and the whole entire team of Blue's Clues past and present for making one of the greatest franchises in childrens television history.

Also a HUGE thank you for all the help from all the fans. WIthot your support, we would NEVER be able to skidoo, have mail time or even for this franchise of programs and content to exiswt. We are deeply eternally grateful for all your support.

Thanks for 25 years and as always, we can do anything that we wanna do.

Best wishes and thank you again

With much love,
Kyle Bulger
Creator of the Daily NOGGIN BLog
the cast and crew of Blue's Clues past and present
and all the team at Nickelodeon and ViacomCBS International Inc.

Blue's Clues Franchise
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