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The Penguins of Madagascar

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The Penguins of Madagascar
Genre	Animated comedy action adventure sci-fi
Created by	Characters: Tom McGrath Eric Darnell
Directed by	Bret Haaland Nick Filippi
Starring	Tom McGrath Jeff Bennett James Patrick Stuart John DiMaggio Danny Jacobs Kevin Michael Richardson Andy Richter Nicole Sullivan Conrad Vernon Mary Scheer Tara Strong[1]
Composer(s)	Adam Berry
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	142 (aired), 7 (unaired) (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Mark McCorkle Bob Schooley[2]
Running time	Approx. 11 minutes (11-minute episodes; 7 specials)
Production company(s)	DreamWorks Animation Nickelodeon Productions
Distributor	DreamWorks Television
Broadcast
Original channel	Nickelodeon
Picture format	480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
First shown in	United States
Original run	November 29, 2008 – present
Chronology
Preceded by	Madagascar (2005) The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper (2005) Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)
Followed by	Merry Madagascar (2009) Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)
External links
Website

The Penguins of Madagascar is an American CGI animated television series airing on Nickelodeon. It stars nine characters from the DreamWorks Animation animated film Madagascar: The penguins Skipper (Tom McGrath), Kowalski (Jeff Bennett), Private (James Patrick Stuart), and Rico (John DiMaggio); the lemurs King Julien (Danny Jacobs), Maurice (Kevin Michael Richardson), and Mort (Andy Richter); and Mason (Conrad Vernon) and Phil the chimpanzees. Characters new to the series include Marlene the otter (Nicole Sullivan) and a zookeeper named Alice (Mary Scheer). It is the first Nicktoon produced with DreamWorks Animation.
A pilot episode, "Gone in a Flash", aired as part of "Superstuffed Nicktoons Weekend" on November 29, 2008, and The Penguins of Madagascar became a regular series on March 28, 2009. The series premiere drew 6.1 million viewers, setting a new record as the most-watched premiere.^[3][4]
Although the series occasionally alludes to the rest of the franchise, The Penguins of Madagascar does not take place at a precise time within it.^[5] McGrath, who is also the co-creator of the film characters, has said that the series takes place "not specifically before or after the movie, I just wanted them all back at the zoo. I think of it as taking place in a parallel universe."^[5]
The show finished 2010 as the number two animated program on television among kids age 2–11 and in basic cable total viewers.^[6]

Contents

• 1 Plot
• 2 Characters
  • 2.1 Main characters
  • 2.2 Secondary characters