Mowgli: The New Adventures of the Jungle Book is a live action television series based on the Mowgli stories from the Rudyard Kipling novels, The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book. A contemporary adaptation, the series has Mowgli joined on his adventures by a young American girl, named Nahbiri, who has accompanied her widowed doctor father to Jabalpur, India.[1] The show was created by Timothy Scott Bogart, Guy Toubes, and James Hereth and produced by Wolfcrest Entertainment and Franklin/Waterman Worldwide, and distributed internationally by Alliance Films. It premiered on the Fox Kids in the United States on February 7, 1998[2] and ran until August 1 of the same year.[3]
| Mowgli: The New Adventures of the Jungle Book | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Created by | Timothy Scott Bogart Guy Toubes James Hereth |
| Directed by | Brent Loefke David Briggs Michael McGreevey John Blizek Timothy Scott Bogart William Tannen |
| Starring | Sean Price-McConnell Lindsey Peter Bart Braverman Richard Assad Jaime Gutierrez Victory Maryam d'Abo Kavi Raz |
| Composer | Peter Bernstein |
| Country of origin | Canada United States |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Jeff Franklin Steve Waterman Timothy Scott Bogart J. Christopher Fahlman |
| Producers | Guy Toubes James Hereth Dianne Dixon Cary Glieberman Keenan Robinson Elliot Schick Allan Pacheco Dent |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production companies | Wolfcrest Entertainment Franklin/Waterman Worldwide Alliance Entertainment |
| Original release | |
| Network | FOX (Fox Kids) |
| Release | February 7 – August 1, 1998 |
Episodes
editThe single season had 26 episodes.[4]
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Mowgli of the Seoni: Part 1" | Unknown | Unknown | February 7, 1998 |
| 2 | "Mowgli of the Seoni: Part 2" | Unknown | Unknown | February 14, 1998 |
| 3 | "A New Beginning" | Unknown | Unknown | February 21, 1998 |
| 4 | "The Bigger Picture" | Unknown | Unknown | February 28, 1998 |
| 5 | "Side by Side" | Unknown | Unknown | March 7, 1998 |
| 6 | "What Goes Around..." | Unknown | Unknown | March 14, 1998 |
| 7 | "Friend or Foe" | Unknown | Unknown | March 21, 1998 |
| 8 | "Circus Breaker" | TBD | TBD | UNAIRED? |
| 9 | "The Perfect Shot" | TBD | TBD | UNAIRED? |
| 10 | "Song of Akela" | TBD | TBD | UNAIRED? |
| 11 | "The Hollow Bird" | TBD | TBD | UNAIRED? |
| 12 | "Fatherhood" | TBD | TBD | UNAIRED? |
| 13 | "Cold Lairs" | TBD | TBD | UNAIRED? |
| 14 | "Rashomowgli" | TBD | TBD | UNAIRED? |
| 15 | "Mowgli, P.I." | TBD | TBD | UNAIRED? |
| 16 | "Good Intentions" | TBD | TBD | UNAIRED? |
| 17 | "Best Friends" | TBD | TBD | UNAIRED? |
| 18 | "Life Lessons" | TBD | TBD | UNAIRED? |
| 19 | "Outback and Back Out" | TBD | TBD | UNAIRED? |
| 20 | "The Guardian" | TBD | TBD | UNAIRED? |
| 21 | "Going to Extremes" | TBD | TBD | UNAIRED? |
| 22 | "Paper Chase" | TBD | TBD | UNAIRED? |
| 23 | "Feeling Trapped" | TBD | TBD | UNAIRED? |
| 24 | "Run Like the Wind" | TBD | TBD | UNAIRED? |
| 25 | "Return to Cold Lairs: Part 1" | TBD | TBD | UNAIRED? |
| 26 | "Return to Cold Lairs: Part 2" | TBD | TBD | UNAIRED? |
References
edit- ^ Bellafante, Ginia / "Bewitching Teen Heroines", Time Magazine, May 5, 1997.
- ^ "Tooning in the Fall Season", Animation World Magazine, September 1, 1997.
- ^ TV Guide Guide to TV. Barnes and Noble. 2004. pp. 435. ISBN 0-7607-5634-1.
- ^ IMDb
External links
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