Dora the Explorer

Dora the Explorer is an Latin-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, 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 	26 	August 14, 2000 	March 4, 2002
2 	26 	February 13, 2002 	December 3, 2007
3 	25 	February 24, 2003 	January 16, 2006
4 	24 	October 6, 2003 	March 21, 2010
5 	20 	September 15, 2008	November 18, 2010
6 	18 	November 5, 2010 	November 5, 2012
7 	19 	February 2, 2012 	March 10, 2014
8 	19 	March 18, 2013 	April 24, 2015
9 	20 	June 19, 2015 	March 7, 2016
10 	26 	May 20, 2016 	March 2, 2018
11 	26 	May 11, 2018 	April 5, 2019
12 	26 	April 12, 2019 	January 3, 2020
13 	26 	February 7, 2020 	February 5, 2021
14 	26 	April 2, 2021 	January 7, 2022
15 	26 	March 11, 2022 	present
==Movie==
==Broadcast History==
Country 	Channel
United States	Nickelodeon (August 14, 2000-present)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)YTV (April 3, 2003-present)
==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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Category:American children's animated adventure television series
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Category:Animated television series about children
Category:English-language television shows
Category:Children's television characters
Category:Fictional Hispanic and Latino American people
Category:Fictional explorers
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Category:Spanish-language education television programming
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