Peppa and Friends

Peppa and Friends is an American animated television series developed by Thomas Baker.

Development
Starting 1975, Thomas Baker contemplated creating a new Peppa Pig series with all original stories and as a variety show; he was unable to do this as most networks rejected him. After a long string of Peppa Pig theatrical shorts attempting to act as pilots for a TV show that all failed, the CBS television network aired the 1979 television special The New Adventures of Peppa Pig, giving Peppa some new interest. After that film, more TV specials were aired, including Peppa Goes to Town (1980), The Other Peppa (1981), et cetera.

Broadcast
The specials led to the successful production start of a new Peppa TV series. Thirteen episodes were announced and, with a year's worth of promotion, on May 31, 1987, the first episode of Peppa and Friends, "Small, Shallow Pools of Wet Soil", was broadcast at 9:30 PM on the CBS television network.

Cancellation by CBS and revival
Peppa and Friends was canceled at 4 episodes in its 9th season on December 17, 1994 in spite of never being a Saturday morning cartoon. By July 1995, Peppa and Friends no longer aired reruns. It wasn't until September 1, 1995 that the Poulin television network launched and Peppa and Friends began airing on Poulin and the 10th season began.