Maggie and the Ferocious Beast

Maggie and the Ferocious Beast is a Canadian animated children's television series created by Michael and Betty Paraskevas. The program was based on the 1996 book "The Ferocious Beast with the Polka-Dot Hide" and its sequels, all of which were also written by the Paraskevases. The show began as a series of shorts aired on the Canadian channel Teletoon in 1998. The first full-length episode premiered on Teletoon on August 26, 2000. The series ran for three seasons, airing its final episode on June 9, 2002.
Premise.
A young girl named Maggie creates her own map of an imaginary world known as "Nowhere Land" that, in reality, takes the characters nowhere. She imagines that characters Beast and Hamilton Hocks are her friends.
Production.
The theme song for the show is "Maggie and the Ferocious Beast in Nowhere Land," which is an original song by Isabella Molley. "Maggie and the Ferocious Beast" is produced by Nelvana and produced with the participation of Teletoon, and directed by Jamie Whitney and Stuart Shankly. The series debuted in 2000 and the series aired its last episode in 2002. The show is distributed by Nelvana.
Broadcast.
In Canada, "Maggie and the Ferocious Beast" aired on Teletoon and Treehouse TV. In the United States, it aired on Nickelodeon as part of its Nick Jr. block from June 5, 2000, to September 6, 2004. Reruns aired on Noggin, a channel co-founded by Nickelodeon. Qubo picked up the show later on and broadcast reruns from May 28, 2018 to February 27, 2021.
Reboot.
On March 18, 2021, it was announced a reboot is currently in the works. The reboot is titled "The Ferocious Beast Show" and will be produced by Frederator Studios and Nelvana. The series will be released between 2022 and 2023.