Rock Dog (TV series)

Rock Dog is an American-European-Chinese animated television series created by Jetix Cymru and co-produced by Mandoo Pictures, Disney XD Wales, and Cartoon Network XD Studios for the American Cartoon Network XD and Welsh Disney XD networks. The series premiered in Wales and the United States on February 13th, 2017 as a tie-in television series to the film of the same name.
In 2018, Curiousgorge66 Studios announced that Cartoon Network XD's involvement with the production of the series has ended and they negotiated for post-production to be moved to Cartoon Network Studios' main studio. Subsequently, a second season was announced, to be a co-production with Jetix Cymru, Cartoon Network Studios, Mandoo Pictures, and NickFamily Studios Europe, in addition to using voice talent from both the United States and Canada.
As of August 2018, the series is the only Disney XD Wales original series to have remained on Disney XD for its second season, despite most other originals moving to Disney Channel.
On December 31st, 2018, following the second season's conclusion, it was announced that Jetix Cymru had opted not to renew it for a third season, instead announcing a finale that would air in March 2019. The finale was ordered in July 2018 and began production on July 27th, 2018. The finale aired on March 15th, 2019 as the final scheduled first-run program on Disney XD's Welsh feed until the announcement of Miss XV.
==Cast==
Main article: Rock Dog#Voice cast
Luke Wilson and Eddie Izzard reprise their roles as Bodi and Angus Scattergood, respectively. Brook Jenell Slack replaces Mae Whitman as Darma in season 1, before being replaced with Sara Camacho for season 2.
==Plot==
Bodi, while on tour with Angus Scattergood, goes through a portal to the human world, where they're much more successful.
==Episodes==
Main article: Rock Dog (TV series)/Episodes
==Broadcasting==
In the United States, the series premiered on Cartoon Network XD on February 13th, 2017. In May 2018, the series moved to Aura.
Disney XD in Wales premiered the series on February 13th, 2017. Though sources have indicated that the series' second season may air on Disney Channel in the future, it was announced in August 2018 that the second season would instead remain on Disney XD.
The series premiered on YTV Family in Canada on March 2nd, 2017, and moved to Cartoon Network XD on August 14th, 2017, before ceasing its first-run broadcast in Canada as of October 2017. However, the series returned to the region on Disney Channel in January 2018.
Cartoon Network XD's NickSplat block aired a limited run of the series in the mainland UK and Ireland in mid-to-late 2017 before the series moved to Disney Channel starting November 1st, 2017.