Maya & Miguel

Maya & Miguel

Maya & Miguel is a children's television animated series for children aged 6-12 produced by Scholastic Studios. It appears on PBS as part of the PBS Kids GO! lineup and on the CBBC channel in the UK. The show ran from October 11, 2004 to October 10, 2007.

Centering around the lives of pre-teen Hispanic twins named Maya and Miguel Santos and their friends, the program is aimed at promoting multiculturalism and education in general. It is geared to the 5-9 age range. Part of the dialogue in each episode in the English version is in Spanish but only individual words or phrases which are explained in English.

The program features well-known voice talent, including Candi Milo, Nika Frost, Erik Estrada, Lucy Liu, Carlos Ponce and Elizabeth Peña.

The TV show is close captioned by the National Captioning Institute when seen on PBS Kids in the USA like Dragontales and Clifford the Big Red Dog.

The artists have an unusual attention to detail. In one episode where Miguel is "flying" a spaceship simulator, we see that it is supported by a Stewart platform.

Maya tends to be impulsive and intuitive, while Miguel tends to think things out before acting.