Sprout boards Zuckerberg toon

US kids cable channel Sprout has become the American home of Randi Zuckerberg’s debut animated toon, Dot.

The NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Group network will debut the girls-skewed show, which is from Boat Rocker Media-backed producer Industrial Brothers and Zuckerberg Media in association with The Jim Henson Company and Canadian pubcaster CBC, in September.

The series, about a tech-savvy young girl, has been known to the international community for nearly a year, marking the animated TV debut of Zuckerberg, who is Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s sister.

Sprout has also acquired the Distribution360-owned 78x5mins toon YaYa & Zouk. The show comes from ToonDraw Productions, in association with Société Radio-Canada and YOOPA.

Randi Zuckerberg wrote for TBI about Dot. and her plans in animation in this article in December