Mowgli: The New Adventures of the Jungle Book

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 byTimothy Scott Bogart
Guy Toubes
James Hereth
Directed byBrent Loefke
David Briggs
Michael McGreevey
John Blizek
Timothy Scott Bogart
William Tannen
StarringSean Price-McConnell
Lindsey Peter
Bart Braverman
Richard Assad
Jaime Gutierrez Victory
Maryam d'Abo
Kavi Raz
ComposerPeter Bernstein
Country of originCanada
United States
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes26
Production
Executive producersJeff Franklin
Steve Waterman
Timothy Scott Bogart
J. Christopher Fahlman
ProducersGuy Toubes
James Hereth
Dianne Dixon
Cary Glieberman
Keenan Robinson
Elliot Schick
Allan Pacheco Dent
Running time22 minutes
Production companiesWolfcrest Entertainment
Franklin/Waterman Worldwide
Alliance Entertainment
Original release
NetworkFOX (Fox Kids)
ReleaseFebruary 7 (1998-02-07) –
August 1, 1998 (1998-08-01)

Episodes

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The single season had 26 episodes.[4]

No. Title Directed by Written by Original air date
1"Mowgli of the Seoni: Part 1"UnknownUnknownFebruary 7, 1998 (1998-02-07)
2"Mowgli of the Seoni: Part 2"UnknownUnknownFebruary 14, 1998 (1998-02-14)
3"A New Beginning"UnknownUnknownFebruary 21, 1998 (1998-02-21)
4"The Bigger Picture"UnknownUnknownFebruary 28, 1998 (1998-02-28)
5"Side by Side"UnknownUnknownMarch 7, 1998 (1998-03-07)
6"What Goes Around..."UnknownUnknownMarch 14, 1998 (1998-03-14)
7"Friend or Foe"UnknownUnknownMarch 21, 1998 (1998-03-21)
8"Circus Breaker"TBDTBDUNAIRED?
9"The Perfect Shot"TBDTBDUNAIRED?
10"Song of Akela"TBDTBDUNAIRED?
11"The Hollow Bird"TBDTBDUNAIRED?
12"Fatherhood"TBDTBDUNAIRED?
13"Cold Lairs"TBDTBDUNAIRED?
14"Rashomowgli"TBDTBDUNAIRED?
15"Mowgli, P.I."TBDTBDUNAIRED?
16"Good Intentions"TBDTBDUNAIRED?
17"Best Friends"TBDTBDUNAIRED?
18"Life Lessons"TBDTBDUNAIRED?
19"Outback and Back Out"TBDTBDUNAIRED?
20"The Guardian"TBDTBDUNAIRED?
21"Going to Extremes"TBDTBDUNAIRED?
22"Paper Chase"TBDTBDUNAIRED?
23"Feeling Trapped"TBDTBDUNAIRED?
24"Run Like the Wind"TBDTBDUNAIRED?
25"Return to Cold Lairs: Part 1"TBDTBDUNAIRED?
26"Return to Cold Lairs: Part 2"TBDTBDUNAIRED?

References

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  1. ^ Bellafante, Ginia / "Bewitching Teen Heroines", Time Magazine, May 5, 1997.
  2. ^ "Tooning in the Fall Season", Animation World Magazine, September 1, 1997.
  3. ^ TV Guide Guide to TV. Barnes and Noble. 2004. pp. 435. ISBN 0-7607-5634-1.
  4. ^ IMDb
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