Molly of Denali is an American-Canadian animated television series created and produced by Atomic Cartoons and WGBH Kids for PBS Kids and CBC Television. It premiered on July 15, 2019. The series is the first ever nationally distributed children's show to feature an Alaska Native as the main character and protagonist. 38 half-hours have been ordered. Between the two 11-minute story segments, there is a special live-action segment filmed in Alaska.
Plot[]
The series follows 10-year-old Molly, an Alaska Native girl from the fictional village of Qyah, and her family, friends, and other residents. Her family runs the Denali Trading Post.
Cast[]
- Sovereign Bill as Molly Mabray
- Sequoia Janvier as Tooey Ookami
- Vienna Leacock as Trini Mumford
- Jules Koostachin as Layla Mabray
- Ronnie Dean Harris as Walter Mabray
- Lorne Cardinal as Grandpa Nat
- Adeline Potts as Auntie Midge
- Ellen Kennedy as Singing Moose and Video Voice
- Luc Roderique as Daniel and Announcer
- Michelle Thrush as Shyahtsoo
- Shaun Youngchief as Mr. Patak
Voice direction by Nicole Oliver
Series overview[]
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | ||
| 1 | 36 | July 15, 2019 | March 25, 2021 |
| 2 | 14 | November 1, 2021 | October 10, 2022 |
| 3 | 10 | November 7, 2022 | July 10, 2023 |
| 4 | 3 | March 25, 2024 | March 27, 2024 |
Episodes[]
Season 1 (2019–2021)[]
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | PBS Kids airdate |
CBC Kids airdate |
Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Berry Itchy Day/Herring Eggs or Bust" | July 16, 2019 | 103 | |
| 2 | 2 | "First Fish/A-Maze-ing Snow" | July 17, 2019 | 104 | |
| 3 | 3 | "Bird in the Hand/Bye-Bye Birdie" | July 18, 2019 | 105 | |
| 4 | 4 | "Culture Clash/Party Moose" | July 22, 2019 | September 28, 2019 | 106 |
| 5 | 5 | "Cabbagezilla/Name Game" | July 23, 2019 | 102 | |
| 6 | 6 | "Hot Springs Eternal/Tooey's Hero" | July 24, 2019 | 107 | |
| 7 | 7 | "The Worm Turns/Little Dog Lost" | July 29, 2019 | 108 | |
| 8 | 8 | "Eagle Egg Hunt/Dream Tube" | July 30, 2019 | 109 | |
| 9 | 9 | "Suki's Bone/Brand New Flag" | July 31, 2019 | 110 | |
| 10 | 10 | "Grandpa's Drum/Have Canoe, Will Paddle" | August 5, 2019 | 101 | |
| 11 | 11 | "Sap Season/Book of Mammoths" | August 12, 2019 | 111 | |
| 12 | 12 | "New Nivagi/Crane Song" | August 19, 2019 | 112 | |
| 13 | 13 | "Fiddle of Nowhere/A Splash of Mink" | August 26, 2019 | August 8, 2020 | 113 |
| 14 | 14 | "Turn on the Northern Lights/Fiddlesticks" | October 7, 2019 | September 5, 2020 | 114 |
| 15 | 15 | "Mollyball/Visit Qyah" | October 8, 2019 | January 11, 2020 | 115 |
| 16 | 16 | "The Night Manager/Not So Permafrost" | October 9, 2019 | January 4, 2020 | 116 |
| 17 | 17 | "Tooth or Consequences/Qyah Spy" | October 10, 2019 | 117 | |
| 18 | 18 | "Ice Sculpture/Tale of the Totem" | October 11, 2019 | 118 | |
| 19 | 19 | "Welcome Home Balto/Snow Jam" | February 10, 2020 | February 1, 2020 | 124 |
| 20 | 20 | "Seal Dance/Snowboarding Qyah Style" | February 11, 2020 | January 25, 2020 | 123 |
| 21 | 21 | "Winter Champions/Hus-Keys" | February 12, 2020 | 120 | |
| 22 | 22 | "Operation Sleepover/Beneath The Surface" | February 13, 2020 | March 7, 2020 | 126 |
| 23 | 23 | "Valentine's Day Disaster/Porcupine Slippers" | February 14, 2020 | February 15, 2020 | 127 |
| 24 | 24 | "Froggy of Denali/Molly Mabray and the Mystery Stones" | May 25, 2020 | March 14, 2020 | 130 |
| 25 | 25 | "Reading the Mud/Unsinkable Molly Mabray" | May 26, 2020 | January 14, 2020 | 119 |
| 26 | 26 | "Busy Beavers/The Night Watchers" | May 27, 2020 | March 28, 2020 | 132 |
| 27 | 27 | "Picking Cloudberries/Puzzled" | May 28, 2020 | February 22, 2020 | 128 |
| 28 | 28 | "Rocky Rescue/Canoe Journey" | May 29, 2020 | January 22, 2020 | 122 |
| 29 | 29 | "Stand Back Up/Seal Meal" | June 29, 2020 | April 18, 2020 | 133 |
| 30 | 30 | "King Run/Native Youth Olympics" | June 30, 2020 | February 29, 2020 | 129 |
| 31 | 31 | "Wild Moose Chase/Where the Bison Roam" | July 1, 2020 | 121 | |
| 32 | 32 | "Spring Carnival/Tooey's Hole-i-Day Sweater" | December 7, 2020 | April 4, 2020 | 131 |
| 33 | 33 | "By Sled or Snowshoe/The Shortest Birthday" | December 8, 2020 | June 13, 2020 | 138 |
| 34 | 34 | "The Whole Mitten Kaboodle/Eagle Tale" | December 9, 2020 | February 8, 2020 | 125 |
| 35 | 35 | "Puppypalooza: Part I/Puppypalooza: Part II" | March 22, 2021 | April 25, 2020 | 134 |
| 36 | 36 | "Big Sulky/The Funny Face Competition" | March 23, 2021 | May 9, 2020 | 135 |
| 37 | 37 | "Going Toe to Toe with a Dinosaur/Sassy Ladies on Ice" | March 24, 2021 | May 16, 2020 | 136 |
| 38 | 38 | "Climb Every Mountain/Happy Trails" | March 25, 2021 | June 6, 2020 | 137 |
| 39-40 | 39-40 | "Molly and the Great One" | June 7, 2021 | December 26, 2020 | 139-140 |
Season 2 (2021-22)[]
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | PBS Kids airdate |
CBC Kids airdate |
Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 1 | "Molly & Elizabeth/Uqiquq (Throw Party)" | November 1, 2021 | 204 | |
| 42 | 2 | "Mouse in the Treehouse/Leader of the Pack" | November 2, 2021 | 201 | |
| 43 | 3 | "Butterflies and Bunny Babies/Every Meow and Again" | November 3, 2021 | 202 | |
| 44 | 4 | "Come Back Birdie!/Winter is Coming" | November 4, 2021 | 203 | |
| 45 | 5 | "Trini's Super Coop/Trini's Winter Warm Up" | November 5, 2021 | 205 | |
| 46 | 6 | "Basketball Blues" | March 14, 2022 | 207 | |
| 47 | 7 | "A Fireweed Feast/River Skate" | March 15, 2022 | 206 | |
| 48 | 8 | "Sea Lion Crooks and Halibut Hooks/Nature's Medicine" | March 16, 2022 | 208 | |
| 49 | 9 | "Fili-Bascan Chefs/Ladybug Sleepover" | March 17, 2022 | 211 | |
| 50 | 10 | "Cry Wolf/A Sound Idea" | July 18, 2022 | 214 | |
| 51 | 11 | "Heat Wave/It Came from Beyond" | July 19, 2022 | 210 | |
| 52 | 12 | "Lynx to the Past/Molly of the Yukon" | July 20, 2022 | 209 | |
| 53 | 13 | "Midnight Sun Fun Run/Molly Oodi' Heekha" | July 21, 2022 | 213 | |
| 54 | 14 | "Bubbling Up/Eenie Eenie Aye Over" | October 10, 2022 | 212 |
Season 3 (2022-23)[]
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | PBS Kids airdate |
CBC Kids airdate |
Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55 | 1 | "Home Made Heroes/Molly and the Snow Hawk" | November 7, 2022 | 301 | |
| 56 | 2 | "The Story of the Story Knife/Raven Saves the Birthday Party" | November 8, 2022 | 303 | |
| 57 | 3 | "A Whale of a Time/That's Snow Fun" | November 9, 2022 | 304 | |
| 58 | 4 | "Art from the Heart/Gold Strikeout" | January 16, 2023 | 302 | |
| 59 | 5 | "Mystery in the Night Sky/Lights, Camera, Patak!" | January 17, 2023 | 307 | |
| 60 | 6 | "Forget-You-Not/Fire, Food, & Family" | January 18, 2023 | 305 | |
| 61 | 7 | "The Qyah Ice Classic/The Great Qyah Cleanup" | March 20, 2023 | 309 | |
| 62 | 8 | "Puppy Sitting/Big Dreams and Blue Skies" | March 21, 2023 | 306 | |
| 63 | 9 | "Sticker Shock/A Song for Lola" | March 22, 2023 | 308 | |
| 64-65 | 10-11 | "Wise Raven and Old Crow" | July 10, 2023 | 310-311 |
Production[]
The show's theme song is sung by Phillip Blanchett and Karina Moeller from the band Pamyua, with fiddle and drum played by Brennan Firth.
Funding[]
- T. Rowe Price College Savings Plan (2019-2021)
- Homer (2019-2021)
- U.S. Department of Education (2019-2021) (season 1 runs only)
- Corporation for Public Broadcasting (2019-2021) (season 1 runs only)
- Viewers Like You/Thank You (2019-present)
- IKEA (2019-2020)
- Target (2020-present)
- W.K. Kellogg Foundation (2021-present) (seasons 2-3 runs only)
- The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations (2021-present) (seasons 2-3 runs only)
- GBH Kids Catalyst Fund (2021-present) (seasons 2-3 runs only)
- ABCMouse.com (2021-2022)