<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Website </Td> </Tr> <P> Dora the Explorer is an American educational animated TV series created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh Valdes and Eric Weiner . Dora the Explorer became a regular series in 2000 . The show is carried on the Nickelodeon cable television network, including the associated Nick Jr. channel . The show aired in reruns on "Nick on CBS" for 6 years from September 16, 2000, to September 9, 2006 . A Spanish - dubbed version first aired as part of a Nick en español block on NBC Universal - owned Telemundo through September 2006; since April 2008, this version of the program has been carried on Univision as part of the Planeta U block . </P> <P> The series is co-produced by Nickelodeon Productions and Nickelodeon Animation Studio . Dora the Explorer is one of the longest - running shows of Nick Jr . During the sixth season, the show became the Nick Jr. series with the most episodes, surpassing Blue's Clues with 143 episodes, having 144 after it had completed broadcasting on television . It ended on June 5, 2014 after 8 seasons and 172 episodes . </P> <P> A live - action film adaptation is underway at Paramount Pictures and is scheduled for an August 2, 2019 release . </P>

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