France Télévisions commissions second season of Billy the Cowboy Hamster

Billy the Cowboy Hamster is based on Dutch author and illustrator Catharina Valckx’s books

French pubcaster France Télévisions has commissioned a second season of animated preschool series Billy the Cowboy Hamster, along with two specials.

Produced by animation prodco Dandelooo, Billy the Cowboy Hamster premiered its first season on France 5 in 2023.

The series is based on Dutch author and illustrator Catharina Valckx’s books and follows the adventures of a hamster in the Wild West who dreams of becoming a cowboy.

The 48×11’ second season and 2×22’ specials have started production at Dandelooo’s in-house animation studio Ooolala, with delivery slated for 2026. The new episodes are coproduced by Belgian indie Bardaf! Productions and Belgian pubcaster RTBF.

International broadcasters who have acquired season one of the series include: Rai (Italy), Super RTL (Germany), TV5 Monde (France), SVT (Sweden), Pop (UK), NRK (Norway), YLE (Finland), RTS (Switzerland), Arte Editions (France), Bentky (US) and VME (US).

Other broadcasters to have picked up season one are: BeIN (MENA), Ceska TV (Czech Republic), ERR (Estonia), LRT (Lithuania), HRT (Croatia), LTV (Latvia), MTVA (Hungary), STVR (Slovakia), TVP-ABC (Poland), DR (Denmark), RTVS (Slovenia) and STOD 2 (Iceland).