Jack's Big Music Show is a children's television program that aired on the Nick Jr. television network, but was removed from the channel on February 25, 2012. The show premiered on the same network (then called Noggin) on September 12, 2005. Jack's Big Music Show was nominated for a 2008 Emmy award for Outstanding Pre-school Television Series.
The main characters are Jack, his best friend Mary, and his drum-playing dog Mel, all of whom are puppets. The show takes place in Jack's backyard clubhouse, and centers on the characters' love for music. Each episode runs without commercials for a duration of approximately 22 minutes. The characters play music in every episode, and are often accompanied by other puppets or human musicians. Each episode also features two music videos by children's musical artists, except "Super Swell Sing-a-Long" where there was only one video.
According to Nick Jr.'s website:
- The mission of Jack’s Big Music Show is to expose and foster an appreciation of music. Music and musical instruments help children expand their universe and develop memory, language, literacy, and reasoning skills as well as the cognitive, social, and motor skills that are needed to excel in school.
The show is produced by Spiffy Pictures—David Rudman, Todd Hannert, and Adam Rudman. David Rudman (who also stars as Jack) is a veteran of the long-running public TV children's show Sesame Street, playing such popular Muppets as Baby Bear, Cookie Monster, and half of the Two-Headed Monster. Adam Rudman won six Emmys for his writing on Sesame Street; Mary's Alice Dinnean and Mel's John Kennedy are also Sesame Street alums.
The popularity of the show makes the idea of appearing on it attractive to musicians. An executive from Noggin in 2006 said that they're "clamoring to get onto Jack's Big Music Show."
In May 2007, production was cancelled and it was announced that no new episodes would be produced with the last episode being aired on April 1, 2007
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