101 Dalmatian Street

101 Dalmatian Street is a British-Canadian animated television series produced by Passion Animation Studios and Atomic Cartoons. The series is loosely based on the 1956 novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith and its film franchise. It is the second TV series, following 101 Dalmatians: The Series, to be based on the franchise. The series is set almost 60 years after the original 1961 film, 101 Dalmatians.

The series follows a large family of 101 Dalmatians who live at the title address in Camden Town, London. It premiered as a regular television series on Disney Channel in the United Kingdom and Ireland on March 18, 2019. It was then released as a web television series on Disney+ in Canada and the United States on February 28, 2020.

Premise
101 Dalmatian Street centers around a large family of 99 Dalmatian puppies whose names begin with the letter "D", and their parents, Doug and Delilah, the latter of whom is a great-great granddaughter of Pongo and Perdita. They often leave the eldest siblings, Dylan and Dolly, in charge while they are busy at work. The dalmatians live by themselves at 101 Dalmatian Street, located in Camden Town, London in the 21st century, with no human supervision as their owner Dodie Smith, an eccentric billionaire, left them her house and went to live on an island.

Production
101 Dalmatian Street is based on a pitch by Anttu Harlin and Joonas Utti of Finland's Gigglebug Entertainment to Disney's original animation team in London. The team developed the plot with Passion Animation Studios, which produces the series. Animation on the episodes was done by Atomic Cartoons, a Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-based studio, while a number of shorts starring the characters were produced by Gigglebug. All of the episodes and shorts together are animated with the Toon Boom Animation software. A total of 26 half-hours of 52 11-minute episodes have been made as a part of the first season, with five two-parters (four specials and one clipshow with the online shorts). The creators claimed at the Annecy film festival that they purposefully never watched the direct-to-video sequel, live-action movies or the original series, and only watched the original movie. They often had to cheat when it came down to keeping up with 99 dogs, so there are some shots where the number of puppies go way beyond 101.

The series is directed by Miklos Weigert. Episodes without him directing have episodic directors, the ones being Jez Hall (directing episodes 19–24, 27–31, 33, 37, 41, 43, 45 and 49–50), Frédéric Martin (directing episodes 25–26, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46 and 51–52) and Joonas Utti (directing episodes 47–48). Maria O'Loughlin is the head writer. Cara Speller serves as the executive producer.

A second season for the series was also planned by the crew members, but wasn't renewed by Disney at this time.

Broadcast
The series was originally going to be released sometime in 2018, but was delayed for unknown reasons. However, it did had a sneak peek on Disney Channel in the UK and Ireland on December 14 that year with the episode "Dog's Best Friend" and the short "Merry Pups". Disney Channel in Germany also premiered a sneak peek of the series on December 15 with the first two episodes, and other Disney Channels across Europe followed suit.

The rest of the series launched in the United Kingdom and Ireland on March 18, 2019 with other countries following after, like Africa on April 1, 2019, Australia and New Zealand on June 1, 2019, being on Disney Junior and Southeast Asia on October 5, 2019. The first season concluded airing in the UK and Ireland on February 22, 2020.

Streaming
Though the series was originally going to be released on Disney Channels worldwide, on June 11, 2019, the Annecy Film Festival reported that the series would have an American streaming release on Disney+. On January 23, 2020, Jack Binstead announced that the series would also have a streaming release in Canada. The entire first season was released in both countries on February 28, 2020, following the UK airdate of the first season finale. The episodes released have been combined into two segments (though the series is not produced by combining episodes together). It will be added to Disney+ Spain on September 4, 2020.