Dora and Friends: Into the City!

Dora and Friends: Into the City! is the second incarnation of the Dora the Explorer franchise which is a TV adaptation of the direct to DVD film, Dora's Explorer Girls: Our First Concert. It premiered on August 18, 2014 and ended on February 5, 2017.
==Plot==
Set after the original Dora the Explorer, Dora goes to school and she lives in Playa Verde, which is a city in California. Together with the explorer girls and Pablo, Dora and friends work together and go on amazing adventures while discovering the secrets of their city. Dora has a magical charm bracelet and a smartphone, complete with an app version of the previous Map to aid her. Her friend Kate is fond of drama, while Emma loves music. Alana is tomboyish but loves animals, Naiya is smart and loves to read, and Pablo loves playing soccer.
The characters are all bilingual and speak Spanish in addition to English. However, the Spanish curriculum on Dora and Friends has been expanded to using simple phrases and commands as opposed to solely the single Spanish words used on the previous Dora the Explorer show.
==Production and history==
The series is produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studio and is distributed by Viacom Media Networks. (now known as ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks)
A pilot episode titled Dora's Explorer Girls: Our First Concert aired on August 7, 2011, on Nick Jr. in the United States. One month later, it aired on Treehouse TV in Canada. Following the release of Dora's Explorer Girls: Our First Concert, Nickelodeon announced in 2013 that it would produce a spin-off to Dora the Explorer titled Dora and Friends: Into the City! starring Dora as a 10-year-old who goes on city adventures with a group of new friends. 
The series has been picked up for 20 episodes and had its prime-time premiere on Nickelodeon on August 18, 2014. The series is animated using Toon Boom Harmony. On October 9, 2014, Nickelodeon announced that they would renew the series for a 20-episode second season. Reruns also currently air on the Nick Jr. Channel. The series was canceled on February 5, 2017 after two seasons.
==International broadcast==
Dora and Friends: Into the City! premiered on Treehouse TV in Canada on September 6, 2014, and on Nick Jr. in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand on November 3, 2014. Channel 5's Milkshake! strand also premiered the series. In Southeast Asia, the series debuted on March 16, 2015, on Nickelodeon in Singapore, and in Spain on Clan TVE. In India, the series airs on Nick HD+.
==Episodes==
Season 	Episodes	First episode 	Last episode
Season 1	20 	August 18, 2014 	October 23, 2015
Season 2	17 	November 6, 2015	December 4, 2016
== Home video releases ==
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