Molly of Denali (stylized in all caps) is an animated children's television series produced by WGBH Kids and animated by Atomic Cartoons, created by Dorothea Gillim and Kathy Waugh for PBS Kids and CBC Kids. It premiered on July 15, 2019, and is the first American nationally-distributed children's show to feature an Alaska Native as the lead character. 38 half-hour episodes were produced for season 1, with a 50-minute special as its season finale. A special live-action segment filmed in Alaska airs between the two 11-minute story segments.
On April 6, 2021, it was announced that the show had been renewed for season 2. The second season premiered on November 1, 2021, and ended on October 10, 2022, after 14 episodes. The third season premiered on November 7, 2022, and ended on July 10, 2023, after 13 episodes. The fourth season premiered on March 25, 2024, and ended on June 15, 2026, after 20 episodes.
The series won a Peabody Award in the Children's/Youth category in 2020. At the Children's and Family Emmy Awards, the series was nominated in the Outstanding Preschool Animated Series and in the Outstanding Writing for a Preschool Animated Program categories. The animated series has received acclaim for its representation of Indigenous Alaskan culture.
At the 3rd Children's and Family Emmy Awards for programming in 2023 and 2024, the series won in the Outstanding Writing for a Preschool Animated Program category for the episode "Not a Mascot".
On May 9, 2025, it was announced that production of the series will end after the 15-episode fifth and final season due to the termination of the Ready-to-Learn grant by President Donald Trump.
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