Dora the Explorer ''Dora the Explorer'' is an American children's animated television series and multimedia franchise created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh Valdes and Eric Weiner that premiered on Nickelodeon on August 14, 2000, went on hiatus on June 5, 20 ...

'' is an American animated television series created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh Valdes, and Eric Weiner that premiered on

Nickelodeon Nickelodeon (often shortened to Nick) is an American pay television channel which launched on April 1, 1979, as the first cable channel for children. It is run by Paramount Global through its networks division's Kids and Family Group. It ...

on August 14, 2000. The series is produced by

Nickelodeon Animation Studio Nickelodeon Animation Studio is an American animation studio owned by Paramount Global. It has created many original television programs for Nickelodeon, such as ''SpongeBob SquarePants'', '' The Fairly OddParents'', '' Rugrats'' and '' Avatar: ...

and is one of the longest-running series that aired on the Nick Jr. block.

Series overview

Episodes

Pilot (1999)

Before the show premiered, a 15-second animation test and a 15-minute

pilot episode A television pilot (also known as a pilot or a pilot episode and sometimes marketed as a tele-movie), in television in the United States, United States television, is a standalone episode of a television series that is used to sell a show to a te ...

were produced. The pilot episode has been classed as "

lost media Lost media are pieces of media that are nonexistent, missing, or unavailable to the general public. The term ''lost media'' primarily encompasses visual, audio, or audiovisual media such as films, television and radio broadcasts, music, and video ga ...

" as it has not been released to the public except via

storyboard A storyboard is a graphic organizer that consists of illustrations or images displayed in sequence for the purpose of pre-visualizing a motion picture, animation, motion graphic or interactive media sequence. The storyboarding process, in t ...

diagrams and small clips.

Season 1 (2000–02)

Season 2 (2002–03)

Season 3 (2003–04)

Season 4 (2004–08)

Season 5 (2008–10)

Caitlin Sanchez Caitlin Sanchez is an American actress, best known for being the second voice of the title character Dora in the Nickelodeon animated children's series ''Dora the Explorer''. Career In 2008, Sanchez took over the voice role of the seven-year-old ...

replaces

Kathleen Herles Kathleen Herles (born November 13, 1990) is an American voice actress best known for being the original voice of Dora on ''Dora the Explorer'' for the first four seasons from 2000–2007 and ''Go, Diego, Go!''. Herles was born in the Queens bor ...

as the voice of Dora.

Season 6 (2010–12)

Season 7 (2012–13)

Season 8 (2013–15; 2019)

The final six episodes first aired in the United States from July 7, 2019, to August 9, 2019, to commemorate the release of ''

Dora and the Lost City of Gold ''Dora and the Lost City of Gold'' is a 2019 American adventure comedy film directed by James Bobin. It is a live-action adaptation of the Nick Jr. animated television series ''Dora the Explorer'' as well as the Nickelodeon animated series '' ...

''.

Notes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dora the Explorer Dora the Explorer Lists of American children's animated television series episodes Lists of Nickelodeon television series episodes