George Shrinks

George Shrinks
Details
Countries	Canada China Hong Kong United States
Language	English
Seasons	3
Episodes	40 (list of episodes)
Channels	CBC (formerly) PBS (formerly) PBS Kids Sprout (formerly) Treehouse TV (formerly) TVO (formerly) BBC Kids (CBeebies block; formerly) YTV (formerly) Nickelodeon (Canada) (Nick Jr. block; formerly) Knowledge Network (Knowledge Kids block; formerly) ATV World (formerly) Channel 5 (Milkshake! block; formerly) BTV (formerly) M-Net (formerly)(KTV block) e-Junior (formerly) Kids Central (formerly)
Release	September 30, 2000 – January 23, 2003

George Shrinks is a Canadian-Chinese children's animated TV show. It is based on the children's book by the well-known author William Joyce, produced in China by Jade Animation and Canadian studio Nelvana, in association with PBS. The show premiered as part of the "Bookworm Bunch" block in 2000 and ended with the final episode in 2003.

The series tells the story of a 10-year-old boy named George who, one night dreams that he is three inches tall, only to wake up and discover that he actually shrunk in the night. The show details his navigating life with his friends and family as he solves problems using machines he and his father have created.

International versions

	Language	Title	Channels
	Bulgarian	Дребосъкът Джордж	Diema Family (formerly)
	Czech	George Paleček	Minimax (formerly)
	Filipino	George Shrinks	GMA Network (formerly)
	French	Georges rétrécit	Télé-Québec (formerly) Télétoon (formerly) Piwi+ (formerly) France 5 (formerly) MBC 1 (formerly)
	German	George Shrinks	Super RTL (formerly) Your Family Entertainment (formerly) Anixe (formerly) Das Vierte (formerly) RiC (formerly) Bibel TV (formerly) Fix und Foxi
	Greek	Τζόρτζ Συρρίκνωσης	KidsCo (formerly)
	Hebrew	אמא התכווצתי	Arutz HaYeladim (formerly)
	Hungarian	Pöttöm George	Minimax (formerly) KidsCo (formerly) M2 (formerly) Kiwi TV (formerly)
	Indonesian	George Shrinks	Spacetoon (formerly)
	Italian	George Shrinks	Rai 2 (formerly)
	Korean	조지가 줄었어요	EBS (formerly)
	Norwegian	Georg Krymp	NRK1 (formerly) NRK Super (formerly)
	Persian	جورج شرینکز	unknown
	Polish	George Niewielki	KidsCo (formerly) Minimax/ZigZap (formerly) TVP1 (formerly)
	Portuguese (Brazil)	O Pequeno George	TV Cultura (formerly)
	Portuguese (Portugal)	O Pequeno George	Canal Panda (formerly)
	Romanian	George cel mic	KidsCo (formerly) Minimax (formerly)
	Russian	Джордж Шринкс	KidsCo (formerly)
	Slovene	Jurij Drobižek	TV SLO 1 (formerly)
	Spanish (Latin America)	El pequeño George	PBS (formerly) ZAZ (formerly) ETC (formerly) Funbox (formerly)
	Swedish	Pål Plutt	SVT1 (in Bolibompa block, formerly) SVT Europa (formerly) SVT Barn (formerly)
	Turkish	George Shrinks	KidsCo (formerly)
	Valencian	George Shrinks	Canal Nou 2 (formerly)

References

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