Ni Hao, Kai-Lan
| Ni Hao, Kai-Lan | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Fantasy Comedy |
| Created by | Karen Chau |
| Developed by | Mary Harrington Karen Chau Judy Rothman Sascha Paladino |
| Written by | Sascha Paladino (Head Writer) Bradley Zweig (Staff Writer) |
| Directed by | David Marshall |
| Voices of | Jade-Lianna Peters Clem Cheung Ben Wang Jack Samson Khamani Griffin Angie Wu Beverly Duan Terence Hardy Hsiang Lo |
| Theme music composer | Matt Mahaffey Sascha Paladino (lyrics) |
| Composer | Doug Califano |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original languages | English Mandarin |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 42 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Mary Harrington |
| Producer | Sascha Paladino |
| Running time | 24 minutes |
| Production companies | Harringtoons Productions Nickelodeon Animation Studio (credited as Nick Jr. Productions for season 1) |
| Original release | |
| Network | Nickelodeon Nick Jr. Channel |
| Release | February 7, 2008 – August 21, 2011 |
Ni Hao, Kai-Lan is an American animated children's television series produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studio. It began as a series of three interstitial shorts on Nick Jr. called Downward Doghouse. The first full episode was initially set to premiere on October 22, 2007 on Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. block in the United States, but was delayed to February 7, 2008 to coincide with Chinese New Year.
Ni Hao, Kai-Lan is based on the childhood memories of the show's creator, Karen Chau, who grew up in a bicultural Chinese-American household. "Ni hao" (你好 nǐ hǎo) means "Hello" in Mandarin, and Kai-Lan (凯兰 kǎi lán) is the Chinese name Chau was given at birth, which was later anglicized to Karen.
The first two seasons had 20 episodes each. The third season consisted of a two-part series finale. Sascha Paladino was the head writer and developer for the show.
This series was released on Paramount+ (at the time CBS All Access) on January 19, 2021, until it was removed on December 22, 2024, due to licensing contracts.