A secret episode of Bluey that was hidden from tv listings and streaming providers around the globe has all of the sudden dropped, amid a wider panic amongst mother and father that the favored cartoon is ending.
The Emmy-winning Australian cartoon, which was the second-most watched present within the US final 12 months, follows a pet referred to as Bluey and her household, the Heelers. On Sunday morning Australian time, a brand new episode titled The Shock was launched, wherein Bluey and her sister Bingo make their dad play two completely different video games with them on the similar time.
The ABC, which broadcasts the present in Australia, falsely listed a rerun of a previous Bluey episode in tv guides.
Libbie Doherty, head of kids and household on the ABC, advised the Guardian that the episode was stored secret in an effort to shock viewers.
“Bluey’s hallmark appeal is that it’s at all times shocking, and we like to do issues in a different way to maintain the followers pondering,” she stated. “Our intention was for the followers to get up to their normal ABC Youngsters Sunday 8am slot and be blown away by a brand-new episode.”
The Shock was concurrently broadcast within the UK on CBeebies, having been billed as a present referred to as One thing Particular. It’s now obtainable to stream on ABC iView in Australia and Disney+ within the UK and US.
The key episode comes every week after a 28-minute episode, 4 occasions longer than the same old Bluey, aired around the globe. The episode, titled The Signal, noticed the Heeler household put their home up on the market – a plot that appeared to impress panic amongst each mother and father and journalists.
“Is that this the top of Bluey? Mother and father alarmed by sale of cartoon home” learn a headline in UK newspaper the Instances, taking a advertising and marketing choice to checklist the Heeler dwelling on the market in the actual property pages of the Sydney Morning Herald as an indication of the top.
However Bluey producer Sam Moor advised the BBC’s In the present day programme that the present would undoubtedly be returning after The Signal.
“No, it isn’t the top for Bluey. I’m certain we’ve many extra surprises in retailer for you,” she stated. “We’ve got extra in retailer and we’re pondering what can be subsequent.”
Requested if the 28-minute episode was paving the best way for an extended Bluey film, the present’s creator, Joe Brumm, advised the Guardian: “I like the thought of doing one thing even longer, so we’ll see how this goes down. Perhaps a film, who is aware of? It is a good approach to take a look at the waters.”
Bluey is broadcast in additional than 60 nations. It was streamed for greater than 20bn minutes on Disney+ within the US final 12 months, accounting for practically one-third of all TV views on the streamer.
