# The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show

The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show is an American animated jukebox musical comedy television series produced by DreamWorks Animation Television and Jay Ward Productions. The series is based on "Peabody's Improbable History", the 1960s segments that aired as part of The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends, and the 2014 film, Mr. Peabody & Sherman, which was also produced by DreamWorks Animation. The series premiered on October 9, 2015, on Netflix. The second season was released on March 18, 2016. The third season was released on October 21, 2016. The fourth and final season was released on April 21, 2017. The series was removed from the streaming service in April 2023 along with Turbo Fast.
The series is digitally hand-drawn, with the Vancouver-based DHX Media providing the animation. Mr. Peabody is voiced by Chris Parnell, while Max Charles reprises his role as Sherman from the film. Originally, according to The Animation Guild, I.A.T.S.E. Local 839, 78 episodes of the television series had been ordered, but only 52 episodes were aired.
The series made its linear television premiere in the United States on Universal Kids on April 8, 2018.

## Synopsis

Three years after the events of Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014), Mr. Peabody and his son Sherman host a live TV variety show out of their Manhattan penthouse, with various historical figures as their guests that are brought to them through the WABAC time machine. Half of the show is in a variety show format, with the other half being time travel adventures formatted like the original "Peabody's Improbable History" segments from the 1950s and 1960s.
This show also introduces new characters like the robotic Orchoptitron, the building manager Mr. Hobson, the notary Mrs. Hughes, and Peabody's downstairs neighbors Christine Bluestone and the Yakamora family. The janitor Old Bill also appears where he is mostly seen during the credits.

## Episodes

| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released |
| 1 | 13 | 13 | October 9, 2015 (2015-10-9) | October 9, 2015 (2015-10-9) |
| 2 | 13 | 13 | March 18, 2016 (2016-3-18) | March 18, 2016 (2016-3-18) |
| 3 | 13 | 13 | October 21, 2016 (2016-10-21) | October 21, 2016 (2016-10-21) |
| 4 | 13 | 13 | April 21, 2017 (2017-4-21) | April 21, 2017 (2017-4-21) |

## Voice cast
### Main

* Chris Parnell as Hector J. Peabody
* Max Charles as Sherman
* Da'Vine Joy Randolph as Christine Bluestone, Abby Fisher
* Dieter Jansen as Mr. Calvert Hobson, Bird Baby
* Sunil Malhotra as Sweet Tune Swami
* David P. Smith as Mrs. Arugula Hughes, Orchoptitron, and Orville Wright
* Josh Keaton as Mr. Yakamora, Josh Guapo, Wilbur Wright, others
* Kari Wahlgren as Mrs. Yakamora, Maria Garcia, Annie Oakley, Joan of Arc, Queen Elizabeth I, Hatshepsut, Ada Lovelace, Lucy Walker, Pinkbeard (in "Blackbeard"), others

### Special guest stars

* Brian Baumgartner as Hotu Matu'a
* Flula Borg as Joe Troplong
* Gary Busey as Alternate Future Mr. Peabody
* Margaret Cho as Hua Mulan
* Bob Dorough as James Madison
* Stephen Fry as Uncle Duke
* Jared Harris as Bigfoot
* Daniel Henney as Akashi Shiganosuke
* Jane Lynch as Bernadette Steel
* Missi Pyle as Catherine the Great (1st Time)
* Jeff Ross as Aristophanes
* Fred Stoller as Peter Cooper
* Reggie Watts as Rejgie

### Guest stars

* Carlos Alazraqui as Ponce de Leon
* Dee Bradley Baker as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
* Eric Bauza as Galileo
* Michael Patrick Bell as Santa Claus
* Jeff Bennett as Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, Vladimir K. Zworykin, Joseph Lister, Saint Patrick, Roberto Ublindo
* Steve Blum as Jules Léotard, Edgar Allan Poe
* Flula Borg as Joe Troplong
* Eric Bradley as Julio Iglesias
* Grey DeLisle as Cleopatra
* Terry Dexter as Joan of Arc
* Richard Epcar as Julius Caesar
* Daniel Henney as Akashi Shiganosuke
* Danny Jacobs as Enrico Caruso
* Grace Kaufman as Boogaz
* Tom Kenny as Blackbeard, Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, George Washington (in "David Bushnell")
* Andrew Kishino as Koikawa Harumachi
* Evan Kishiyama as Payton
* Abigail Zoe Lewis as Shelby
* Yuri Lowenthal as Baby Kenny
* Tress MacNeille as Florence Nightingale, Oracle
* Marsai Martin as Anissa
* Melanie Minichino as Queen Isabella
* Dave B. Mitchell as Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
* Mark Moseley as King Agamemnon
* Daran Norris as Allan Pinkerton
* Nolan North as Marco Polo, John Sutter
* Farris Patton as Lady Godiva
* Rob Paulsen as Pirate
* Kevin Michael Richardson as Bumblebeard (in "Blackbeard")
* Paul Rugg as Napoleon
* Joshua Rush as Wheels
* Tara Strong as Catherine the Great (2nd time)
* Fred Tatasciore as José Guapo, Leif Erikson, John Sutter, David Bushnell, Robert Peary, Winston Churchill, Nostradamus
* Albert Tsai as Kid
* Michael-Leon Wooley as George Crum, Ziryab

### Musical guests

In some episodes there is a musical guest.
* Wordsworth & Prince Paul in Stuck/Mozart
* Jukebox the Ghost in Black Hole/Winston Churchill
* Ra Ra Riot in Peabody's Parents/Galileo
* JD McPherson in Outbreak/Ancient Greek Games
* Katie Herzig in World Records/Hotu Matu'a
* JD Sampson in Telethon/Enrico Caruso
* Hammered Satin in Peabody's Delivery/Joe vs. the Peabody and Sherman
* The Family Crest in The Perfect Perfect Show Again Again/Abraham Lincoln

## Production

Chris Parnell replaced Ty Burrell as the voice of Mr. Peabody from the 2014 film Mr. Peabody & Sherman. He auditioned for the role about a year and a half before the series' premiere. Trying to replicate Bill Scott's voice from the original cartoons as close as possible, he prepared by watching the 1960s show, and ended up doing his own interpretation of the character.

## Soundtrack

A soundtrack for the first season of the series was released digitally on October 2, 2015, and was released on CD in December 2015. Published by Lakeshore Records, the album features original score and the opening theme song by Eric Goldman and Michael Corcoran (aka The Outfit), and new original songs by Jukebox the Ghost, JD McPherson, Wordsworth and Prince Paul, and Ra Ra Riot., along with original songs performed by the cast of the series.

## Accolades

| Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
| 2016 | Annie Awards | Outstanding Achievement, Character Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production | Chris Mitchell and Keiko Murayama (for "New Sponsor/ Cleopatra") | Nominated |
| 2016 | Annie Awards | Outstanding Achievement, Production Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production | Kevin Dart, Sylvia Liu, Chris Turnham and Eastwood Wong (for "Peabody's Parents/Galileo") | Won |
| 2016 | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Children's Animated Program | | Nominated |
| 2016 | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Directing in an Animated Program | Mike Bell, Greg Miller, John Sanford | Nominated |
| 2017 | Annie Awards | Outstanding Achievement, Production Design in an Animated Television Broadcast Production | Kevin Dart, Sylvia Liu, Chris Turnham and Eastwood Wong (for "The Wrath of Hughes") | Nominated |
| 2017 | Annie Awards | Outstanding Achievement, Voice Acting in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production | Carlos Alazraqui (for "Ponce de León") | Won |
| 2017 | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Children's Animated Program | | Nominated |
| 2017 | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Directing in an Animated Program | Greg Miller | Nominated |
| 2017 | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Original Song | "Morse Code" by Katie Herzig | Nominated |
| 2017 | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation | Kevin Dart, art director (for "The Wrath Of Hughes") | Won |
| 2017 | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation | Eastwood Wong, background painter (for "Pea Dummy/Mary Anning") | Won |