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Team Umizoomi
Team Umizoomi is an American live-action and animated musical preschool children's television series created by Soo Kim, Michael T. Smith, and Jennifer Twomey, and developed by Teri Weiss for Nickelodeon and the Nick Jr. Channel. Twomey and Kim additionally serve as executive producers, and Kim also serves as a producer with Smith and Marcy Pritchard. The series places an emphasis on mathematical concepts, such as counting, sequences, shapes, patterns, measurements, and equalities. Team Umizoomi premiered on January 25, 2010, with "The Kite Festival" and "The Aquarium Fix-It", and ended on April 24, 2015, with "Umi Rescue Copter". Four seasons with a total of 77 episodes were made.
Premise and format
The series follows the adventures of the titular Team Umizoomi, a trio of tiny superheroes who use mathematics to solve whatever problems occur in and around their home of UmiCity in every episode. The series utilizes a combination of live actors and props with animated characters, vehicles and environments.
Characters
Main
Recurring
Episodes
Toys and merchandising
Fisher-Price released the first official Team Umizoomi toys in early 2012 and were made until 2015. The first products available included plush dolls, bath toys, and figurines featuring characters and vehicles from the show.
Preschool math kits
The first products released included a series of math kits designed to build preschool math skills. Each of the three kits included an episode of the show on DVD, a storybook, math activity book and math mission cards.
Books
Little Golden Books
Step Into Reading books
Pictureback books
Board books
Coloring and activity books
DVD releases
Paramount Home Media Distribution is the DVD distributor for the series.
Main releases
Episodes on Nick Jr. compilation DVDs
Video games
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