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The **first season** of *The Adventures of Leah Thompson*, created by Lauren Faust, originally aired on NBC in the United States. The series began on December 24, 1997 with the episode "House of George's" and the ended on May 6, 1998 with the episode "Real or Robots?".

The series was conceived by Faust in 1996 after the original run of The Geo Team for NBC. The Adventures of Leah Thompson first appeared in the original unaired pilot in 1996. The latter became one of the first Internet viral videos, which ultimately led to its production as a series. On June 7, 1997, Geo and Universal Television inked a deal. The pilot was named 1996 Pilot Pitch in June 1996, when it appeared on the primetime slate for the 1997–98 television season, although it wasn't officially on the network schedule. In January 1997, *The Adventures of Leah Thompson* appeared on the primetime slate for the 1997–98 television season. On March 18, 1997, it was announced that The Geo Team would premiere on December 24, 1997.

The complete season DVD was released by Universal Studios Home Entertainment on November 28, 2001, and featured all nineteen episodes and an assortment of bonus features. The series is rated TV-G.

## Development

Lauren Faust initially conceived The Adventures of Leah Thompson in 1991 after The Geo Team came out.

The Adventures of Leah Thompson first appeared in the development slate by NBC in early 1996, under no official name for the pilot, after a report that NBC had purchased the series from creators. On June 7, 1996, Faust and Universal Television inked a deal. The pilot was named 1996 Pilot Pitch in June 1996, when it appeared on the primetime slate for the 1997–98 television season, although it wasn't officially on the network schedule. In January 1997, The Adventures of Leah Thompson appeared on the primetime slate for the 1997–98 television season. On March 18, 1997, it was announced that The Adventures of Leah Thompson would premiere on December 24, 1997.

Faust pitched a 22-minute pilot to NBC which aired on December 24, 1997.

The animation for this season was produced by Klasky Csupo, with the animation outsourced to Searom, Wang Film Productions, TMS Entertainment, AKOM, Rough Draft Studios, Sunwoo Entertainment, Anivision and Plus One Animation.

## DVD release

The DVD boxset for season one was released by Universal Studios Home Entertainment on November 28, 2001. Other than all nineteen episodes of the season, the DVD included several bonus features, including interviews with the cast and crew, animatics, an animation gallery, commentary tracks on ten episodes.

* 3-disc set
* 1.33:1 aspect ratio
* Languages:
	+ English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
	+ Canadian French (Dolby Surround 2.0)
	+ European French (Dolby Surround 2.0)
	+ Spanish
* Subtitles:
	+ English (For the deaf or hard-of-hearing)
	+ French
	+ Spanish
	+ Closed captioning
* How Do I Find Things?
* The Adventures of Leah Thompson Promos
* Unaired episode "Bloo the Prankster" with Optional Commentary
* Outtakes from "I Love Leah" and "House of George's"
	+ Audio outtakes
	+ Storyboard outtakes
	+ Rough animation outtakes
* A short animatic scene from "The Beauty Contest"
* The original pilot of The Adventures of Leah Thompson
* Still gallery of animators' sketches
* Scripts for:
	+ "House of George's"
	+ "The Beauty Contest"
	+ "Shh...Quiet"
	+ "I Love Leah"
* Five foreign language clips from "I Love Leah" in:
	+ French
	+ Italian
	+ Spanish
	+ Japanese
 Region 1
 November 28, 2001

## See also

* *The Adventures of Leah Thompson*
* Episode Guide