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Max and Ruby
Format	Animated series Preschool
Created by	Rosemary Wells
Starring	Samantha Morton (seasons 1-2) Rebecca Peters (season 3) Billy Rosemberg Julie Lemieux Kay Hawtrey Katie Griffin
Country of origin	Canada
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	40 (120 shorts)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Michael Hirsh Scott Dyer Diana Manson Tina Peel
Producer(s)	Nelvana Silver Lining
Running time	24 minutes (3x8 minutes)
Broadcast
Original channel	Treehouse TV (original & current) Nickelodeon (original) Nick Jr. (current)
Original run	October 21, 2002 – Present

Max and Ruby is an animated series that debuted in 2002 (following a pilot episode in 2001) that is aimed at a preschool audience. Created by children's book author/illustrator Rosemary Wells and based on the world of her Max and Ruby books, the episodes present stories about Max, a rambunctious and determined 3-year-old bunny, and his big sister, Ruby, a patient, goal-oriented, sometimes restrictive 7-year-old bunny.^[1] The show presents an uplifting message for its audience by showing Max and Ruby playing together and exercising respect and love in resolving their conflicts. A pilot episode for this series aired in 2001 and the program appeared as a regular series on October 21, 2002, Season Two was released 2003, Season Three was released 2006 and a fourth season is being released on September 7, 2009.^[2] According to Rosemary Wells on the Nick Jr. site, "Max & Ruby celebrates the relationship between Ruby and her younger brother, Max, and the universal nature of sibling relationships."^{[3 ]}

Each episode consists of three self-contained vignettes. Within each, Ruby is typically engaged in some sort of project or activity (which usually involves Max whether he's willing or not), while Max has a particular mania of his own which either runs counter to his sister's or distracts her. Amusingly, Max's dialog within each story is usually limited to just one word or a two-word phrase, which he repeats periodically for the rest of the episode until the end, sometimes saying a different word (or in rare occasions a full (three-word) sentence). For example, "Tow truck!" or "Jellyballs!" By the end of the story, Max's passion often dovetails with Ruby's in some way, to her benefit and delight.

It features Samantha Morton as the voice of Ruby, Billy Rosemberg as the voice of Max and Julie Lemieux as Louise. In season three, Rebecca Peters replaced Morton as the voice of Ruby. The voice of Grandma is played by Kay Hawtrey.^[4]

Episode Listings

For season 1, Jamie Whitney was the director, and all 39 episodes were written by Kate Barris and Paddy Granleese. While some of the stories were adapted from the books, the number of TV episodes eventually surpassed the number of books written by Wells.

• List of Max and Ruby episodes

Canada	Nickelodeon Treehouse TV
Finland	SubTV
France	Nickelodeon
United States	Nick Nick Jr.
United Kingdom	Nick Jr. Nick Jr. 2
Sweden	Kanal 5

International Versions

• The show is broadcast in Hindi with its original title.
• In Italian, Max and Ruby were both voiced by the same voice actress.
• In Czech, the show is called Mše a Rubý.

Max & Ruby on Stage

Max & Ruby Live (Our Favorite Things) is a live touring show of the series' two stars.

A musical version of Max and Ruby, entitled Max and Ruby, is produced by Theatreworks USA and tours the United States. The show was written by Carol Hall and Glen Berger.

References

External links

• Max and Ruby on Treehouse
• Max & Ruby on Nick Jr. US
• Max & Ruby on Nick Jr. UK

Other links

• Max and Ruby merchandise available at The Nick Shop
• Theatreworks/USA production
• Max and Ruby at the Internet Movie Database
• Max and Ruby at TV.com