Dora the Explorer

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Dora the Explorer is an American interactive educational animated TV series, which aimed towards children ages 3 to 7 created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh Valdes, and Eric Weiner. Dora the Explorer became a regular series in 2000. The show is carried on the Nickelodeon cable television network, including the associated Nick Jr. Channel.
==Plot==
A seven-year-old Latina explorer named Dora and her best friend, Boots the monkey, embark on many adventures in all kinds of places.
==Characters==
The series' main cast consists of Dora, Boots, Backpack, Map, the Fiesta Trio, and seven residents of the rainforest: Swiper the fox, Tico the squirrel, Benny the bull, Isa the iguana, Big Red Chicken, Señor Tucán and the Grumpy Old Troll.
==Episodes==
Eight seasons of the series, consisting of 177 episodes, were produced.
Season	Episodes	Originally aired 	Originally aired
Season	Episodes	Season premiere 	Season finale
Pilot 	0 	June 12, 1999 	
1 	25 	August 14, 2000 	October 29, 2001
2 	26 	February 13, 2002 	July 14, 2003
3 	21 	October 6, 2003 	June 14, 2004
4 	27 	September 24, 2004	August 5, 2008
5 	21 	September 15, 2008	October 1, 2010
6 	16 	November 5, 2010 	February 1, 2012
7 	21 	February 2, 2012 	January 16, 2013
8 	20 	March 18, 2013 	August 9, 2019
NOTE: The show's run ended on June 5, 2014. But with 6 episodes, however, those episodes did not air in the United States until August 9, 2019, with the premiere of Dora and the Lost City of Gold.
==Movie==
==Animated Reboot==
==Broadcast History==
Country 	Channel 	
United States	Nickelodeon (August 14, 2000-August 9, 2019)Nick on CBS (September 16, 2000-September 9, 2006)Noggin (April 7, 2003-September 27, 2009)Nick Jr. Channel (September 28, 2009-present)AFN Family (September 2004-present)Nick Jr. Pluto TV (May 1, 2019-present)Paramount+ (December 8, 2020-present)	
Canada 	TVOKids (June 2, 2003-November 16, 2008) 	Knowledge Kids (July 5, 2004-November 15, 2009)
==Trivia==
* The eighth season took six years to air all 19 episodes, lasting from March 18, 2013 to August 9, 2019. This is the longest time a single Nick Jr. show's season has lasted on the main Nickelodeon channel.
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*Dora the Explorer at Wikipedia
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