Shimmer and Shine is an American-Canadian animated television series, created by Farnaz Esnaashari-Charmatz. It airs on Nickelodeon in the United States and on Treehouse in Canada. It premiered on Nickelodeon on August 24, 2015, and four seasons of the series have aired. The first three seasons contain twenty episodes and fourth contains twenty-six, not including an unaired pilot from 2013. The first season used hand-drawn animation, with the series switching to CGI animation with its second season.
Shimmer and Shine was ordered to series by Nickelodeon in March 2014, with the first season to consist of 20 episodes. On February 15, 2016, it was announced that the series was renewed for a 20-episode second season, which premiered on June 15, 2016, and switched to CGI. On June 20, 2016, it was renewed for a third season to consist of 20 episodes, which premiered on May 5, 2017. On May 22, 2017, Shimmer and Shine was renewed for a fourth season also to consist of 20 episodes but was later expanded to include 26 episodes and premiered on October 20, 2018.
Series overview
Episodes
Season 1 (2015–16) This is the only season to use 2D animation.
Season 2 (2016–17) Starting with this season, the remainder of the series now uses CGI animation, with the addition of two eleven-minute segments each (except for "Welcome to Zahramay Falls" and "The Pirate Genie"), rather than usually a 22-minute episode.
Season 3 (2017–18)
Season 4 (2018–20)
Music videos Treehouse TV debuted two in September 2017: Music Video on Monday the 4th to Friday the 8th and Music Video 2 on Friday the 15th.
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