The Phryges (TV Series)

The Phryges is an American-Canadian-French Television Shorts series that ran from January 1st-September 7th 2024 created by The Olympic Quest producers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller and Paw Patrol and Bob the Builder creator Keith Chapman. The series is produced by Warner Animation Group and Pathé, with animation provided by Jam Filled Entertainment in Ottawa, Canada. The series is broadcast during commercial breaks on Cartoon Network, Boomerang, and streams on Max Worldwide and on NBC in the United States.
The series focuses on The Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Mascots, Oly and Para (also know as the Olympic Phryge and the Paralympic Phryge) and their adventures in Paris leading to the olympic and paralympic opening ceremonies
== Premises ==
The series focuses in the Phryge sisters Oly and Para, (AKA, The olympic Phryge and the paralympic Phryge) living adventures and misadventures of all kinds on Paris with their tribe before the opening ceremony of the olympics and the paralympics.
== Production ==
On December 20th, 2022, along with the announcement of the movie, The Olympic Quest, It was announced that Pathé would once again be collaborating once again with Warner Bros and IOC Television to produce the series and would also collaborate with Canadian Studio Jam Filled Entertainment for the animation production and announced that it would premiere on Cartoon Network and Boomerang in early 2024. On January 23rd, 2023, it was revealed that Bob The Builder, PAW Patrol and Rubble and Crew creator Keith Chapman would be the main creator of the series. A sneak peek of the series was shown at the New York City Comic Con on October 5th, 2023, the clip of the series was met with positive reactions, the sneak peek was shown on YouTube and other social media platforms the following day. The same day as the sneak peak, it was revealed that the show would also be shown on NBC during commercial breaks of the Olympic and Paralympic Trials and would also stream on Max. A premiere date for New Years Day 2024 was announced on November 10th, 2023, same day as Mario and Sonic and the Olympic Games Paris 2024 was supposed to release for the Nintendo Switch before being cancelled, as well as revealing that Toyota and the International Olympic Committee would be the sponsor on the 2024 Ball Drop in Times Square.
== Broadcast ==
The series airs on Cartoon Network and Boomerang worldwide and it streams on Max worldwide. The series was also supposed to air on Teletoon in Canada, but however, it never did as Teletoon shut down in Canada on March 27, 2023. The series also airs on local NBC stations during commercial breaks in the United States and Olympic Broadcasters around, which include CBC In Canada, BBC In the United Kingdom, 7 Network in Australia and many more.
== Episodes (For now) ==
# The chosen ones: Oly and Para are chosen to be the Paris 2024 mascots
# Football: Oly practices football with Para, but Para is really bad marking goals
# Swimming: Oly is hot, so she goes to practice swimming, but accidentally goes to a pool in the north pole and gets a cold
# Louvre: Tired of sports, the Phryge tribe visits the Louvre and struggle to find The Mona Lisa.
# Karatay: The phryges practice karate and one of them gets obsessed with the karate chop and destroys the middle of Paris.
Category:2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Paris, France
Category:Short series