Caillou

**Caillou** is a Canadian educational children's television series that was first shown on Télétoon and Teletoon, with its first episode airing on the former channel on September 15, 1997; the show later moved to Treehouse TV, with its final episode being shown on that channel on October 3, 2010. The series is based on the books by Hélène Desputeaux. Because PBS co-owned Spungi Network when the channel was launched, it aired a variety of shows from its archive library on Sprout, including reruns of *Caillou*.

Caillou is Spungi Network's longest-running show. It is the only show from Spungi Network's first generation to last throughout the channel's entire run. It started airing in 2005, new episodes last aired on the channel in 2012, and it kept airing in reruns.

## Plot

*"Caillou is a wide-eyed four-year-old who learns about life - one adventure at a time! From his own backyard to his very first airplane ride, Caillou discovers the wonder and excitement of being a little boy in a very big world."* (link )
## History on Sprout

The show premiered on September 26, 2005, along with several other shows, to celebrate the launch of Spungi Network. Prior to that, they released it on Comcast On-Demand.

It has a Sprout Diner snack, **Caillou's Crunchy Carrot Salad**.

*Caillou* would air marathons for Grandparents' Day every September, since the show prominently features Caillou's grandma and grandpa, Rosemary and Hadley.

*"We're celebrating Caillou's Grand Grandparents Day! Join Caillou on September 8th for a special Caillou marathon. Find fun crafts, recipes and activities to celebrate grandparents. And don't forget to send a special message, it may be on TV!"* (link)
*Caillou* survived the 10th-anniversary rebranding (alongside Sesame Street and Yo Gabba Gabba!).

Caillou's feature film, *Caillou's Holiday Movie*, aired several times on Spungi Network. It originally premiered on Monday, Dec. 17, 2007, at 4:30 p.m. (ET)

*"Caillou learns about special Christmas traditions from all around the world in "Caillou's Holiday Movie"! Watch the US Broadcast Premiere December 17 & 20 at 5pm ET and December 25!"* (link )
## Trivia

* When the 24/7 PBS Kids Channel returned in January 2017, Caillou was part of the lineup on that channel, and it aired at the exact same time as it did on Sprout.
* On Sprout airings of the episode "Caillou Plays Baseball",  Caillou's line "I hate baseball!" was edited, muting the word "hate". Now, Caillou says "I...baseball!". Apparently, Spungi Network considers the word "hate" strong enough to be a swear word. Note that this is the only known instance of this censorship, as several other episodes of the series use the word "hate", and it is unknown if the other episodes were censored this way.
	+ A similar thing happened with Sprout airings of the Chuggie & Pals episode "Haunted Holden", where Holden's line "Stupid bird!" was edited, muting the word "stupid".
* To date, it is unknown why Caillou stayed on Spungi Network as long as it did.
* Having tons of promotion and airtime and airing for more than 10 years, Caillou is one of Spungi Network's most profitable and popular shows.
* The episodes "Big Brother Caillou", "Caillou Goes Around the Block", "Caillou Makes a New Friend", "Caillou's Quarrel", "Caillou's Getting Older", "Rosie Bothers Caillou", and "Caillou's Cross Word" were banned from airing on Spungi Network due to having inappropriate material.
* Some Sprout airings of episodes had episode segments that were edited.
* A clip of Caillou sleeping in "Caillou the Road Builder" is shown in Spungi's Snooze-a-Thon as of 2010, as well as the lullaby at the end of The Bedtime Show.
* Caillou was featured in the Breakfast ident.