Amazon Kids+ picks up Aussie series Do Not Watch This Show for US, Canada

Do Not Watch This Show debuted on CBeebies recently

Amazon Kids+ has acquired Australian animated comedy series Do Not Watch This Show for the US and Canada.

Created by Australian entertainer and children’s author Andy Lee, the 32×11’ series is based on Lee’s book series Do Not Open This Book and centres on a pompous monster who is desperate for viewers to switch off.

Refusing to accept that he is the star of a television show, he goes to increasingly ridiculous lengths to sabotage each episode, but his efforts only make the show even harder to resist.

Amazon Kids+ debuts season one of the series today, with S2 to follow at a later date. It recently premiered in the UK on pubcaster the BBC’s CBeebies channel. 9 Story Distribution International holds the global sales rights, excluding Australia and New Zealand.

Do Not Watch This Show achieved one million average viewers across ABC Family and ABC iview in Australia during its first two weeks and was the biggest launch of a new children’s and family programme in ABC iview history. The series is produced by Lee Bones Productions.