Butterbean's Café

Butterbean's Café is an animated fantasy television series created by Jonny Belt and Robert Scull, the creators of Bubble Guppies and Whoopi's Littleburg,[2] ordered by Nickelodeon. The series follows Butterbean, a fairy who runs a neighborhood café with her friends. The series involves "creative cooking, a farm-to-table philosophy, and a social-emotional curriculum that focuses on leadership skills". A total of 40 episodes have been ordered.[3][4] The series premiered on November 12, 2018.[5]

Butterbean's Café
GenreFantasy
Created byJonny Belt
Robert Scull
Written byCaitlin Hodson
Laura Kleinbaum
Lucas Mills (staff)
Leah Gotcsik (head)
Voices of
Theme music composerMatthew Tishler
Jeannie Lurie
ComposersMike Barnett
Bryan Winslow (additional)
Country of origin
  • United States
  • Ireland[2]
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes60 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Jonny Belt
    Robert Scull
  • For Brown Bag Films:
  • Cathal Gaffney
    Darragh O'Connell
  • Co-executive producers:
  • Mark Salisbury
    Allie Strawbridge
Producers
  • Lorraine Morgan
  • Supervising producers:
  • Gilligan Higgins
    Michael Kaufman
    Rini Soemarwoto
  • Line producers:
  • Ian Murray
    Lisa Thibault Woods
Running time22 minutes
Production companies
Distributor
Release
Original networkNickelodeon
Nick Jr.
Picture formatHDTV 1080i
Original releaseNovember 12, 2018 (2018-11-12) –
present

On June 4, 2019, the series was renewed for a second season.[6] The series moved to the Nick Jr. channel as of August 25, 2019.

Premise

Butterbean's Café is set in the magical land of Puddlebrook and follows its title character, Butterbean, a young fairy who opens up and works in her own café, with the help of sister Cricket and friends Poppy, Dazzle, and Jasper. The patrons of the café consists of anthropomorphic chipmunks and rabbits. Next to the café is grumpy Ms. Marmalady, who plots to put Butterbean out of business, only to fail every time. There is a running gag where a character (which the episode varies and mostly centers around on) breaks the fourth wall by talking to the viewer in a documentary style confession where they explain the various situations happening at the moment. Working together, the fairies whip up amazing treats in most of the episode. If the treat is successfully saved, Butterbean plants a colorful surprise bean producing special effects based on it, depending on the episode, to which she calls "The Fairy Finish".

Characters
  • Butterbean (voiced by Lily Wilmott in UK and Margaret Ying Drake[1] in US), a fairy who owns a café. Her cooking tool is a whisk.
  • Cricket (voiced by Gabriella Pizzolo[7] in US and Amelie Halls in UK), Butterbean's younger sister. Her cooking tool is an icing bag.
  • Poppy (voiced by Kirrilee Berger[8] in US and Alisia-Mai Goscomb in UK), a fairy who runs the kitchen. Her cooking tool is a kitchen spoon.
  • Dazzle (voiced by Olivia Grace Manning in US and Imogen Sharp in UK), a fairy who runs the café's front counter. Her cooking tool is a stylus.
  • Jasper (voiced by Koda Gursoy and Quinn Breslin in the US and Eric O'Carroll in series 1, & Alexander James in series 2-present in the UK), a fairy delivery boy. His cooking tool is a spatula.
  • Cookie: A winged, flying cat who lives in Butterbean's Cafe.
  • Ms. Marmalady (voiced by Alysia Reiner in US and Judy Emmett in UK), Butterbean's foil. Because she and her workers produce sub-par products, her café hardly get customers.
  • Spork and Spatch (both voiced by Chris Phillips in US and both voiced by Mike Cross in UK), Ms. Marmalady's bumbling monkey employees.
  • Marzipan: A dark grey cat owned by Ms. Marmalady.

Episodes
Main article: List of Butterbean's Café episodes
SeasonSegmentsEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
17440November 12, 2018 (2018-11-12)December 29, 2019 (2019-12-29)
23720January 12, 2020 (2020-01-12)November 1, 2020 (2020-11-01)

Home media

Nickelodeon and Paramount Home Entertainment released a first DVD of the show entitled Let's Get Cooking! on January 14, 2020.

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Nominee Result Ref.
2019Daytime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Performer in a Preschool Animated ProgramOlivia Grace ManningNominated

Ratings

The series' debut on November 12, 2018 yielded Nickelodeon "its highest-rated preschool series debut since the 2013 launch of PAW Patrol", drawing 727,000 Kids 2–5 and 2 million total viewers.[9][10]

Viewership and ratings per season of Butterbean's Café
Season Episodes First aired Last airedAvg. viewers
(millions)		18–49
rank
Date Viewers
(millions)		 Date Viewers
(millions)
1 22[note 1] November 12, 2018 (2018-11-12) 1.28[11] TBA TBD0.75TBD

Notes
  1. Some episodes were broadcast in the United States as separate segments of the episodes; each episode is split into two. This table reflects on the number of episodes that were aired, regardless if it’s a half hour or not.

References
  1. "Butterbean's Cafe on Apple TV". Apple.com. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  2. Kimberly Nordyke (May 12, 2016). "Nickelodeon Doubles Preschool Programming With 4 New Series, 3 Specials (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  3. Mercedes Milligan (October 22, 2018). "Nick Jr. Serves Up 'Butterbean's Cafe' Nov. 12, with Culinary Celeb Guests". Animation Magazine. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
  4. "Nickelodeon Unveils Content Pipeline of More Than 800 New Episodes, Details Expansion into Location-Based and VR Experiences" (Press release). Nickelodeon. March 6, 2018. Retrieved July 18, 2018 – via The Futon Critic.
  5. "Nickelodeon Serves Up Brand-New Animated Preschool Series, "Butterbean's Cafe," Premiering Monday, Nov. 12, at 1 P.M. (ET/PT)" (Press release). Nickelodeon. October 22, 2018. Retrieved October 22, 2018 – via The Futon Critic.
  6. "Nickelodeon Renews Four Hit Series from Its Powerhouse Preschool Portfolio". The Futon Critic. June 4, 2019.
  7. Bill Buell (November 17, 2018). "Niskayuna's Pizzolo enjoying voice role in Nickelodeon series". The Daily Gazette. Schenectady, New York. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
  8. Daniel Hubbard (November 12, 2018). "Teaneck Teen Lands Role On New Nick Jr. Show 'Butterbean's Cafe'". Patch.com. Teaneck, New Jersey. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
  9. Nate Nickolai (November 14, 2018). "TV News Roundup: 'The Bachelor' Sets Season 23 Premiere Date". Variety. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
  10. "Nickelodeon's Debut of 'Butterbean's Café' Serves Up Net's Biggest Preschool Debut in Five Years" (Press release). Nickelodeon. November 14, 2018. Retrieved November 21, 2018 – via Multichannel News.
  11. Mitch Metcalf (November 14, 2018). "Top 150 Monday Cable Originals and Network Finals: 11.12.2018". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
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