CBC Kids has commissioned a second season of 2D-animated series Jeremy and Jazzy, produced by Toronto-based Vérité Films.

Aimed at three- to seven-year-olds, the 55 x two-minute show is “composed” of musical shorts that explore various ways music is intertwined with daily life, and how feelings can turn into songs.

Episodes will be released on CBC TV and streaming platform CBC Gem beginning later this year and into 2024.

The renewal comes just after Jeremy and Jazzy made its U.K. debut this past weekend on Tiny Pop and POP Player, after Narrative Entertainment U.K. acquired the local streaming rights.

The series premiered on CBC last September and stars Canadian musicians Jeremy Fisher and Aiza Ntibarikure voicing the lead characters. The brand’s official YouTube channel recently passed one million views, according to a news release.

Jeremy and Jazzy is produced by Vérité Films in association with Jeremy Fisher Music and Hidden Pony Records. The creators are Fisher, Robert de Lint, Mike “Parkside” Renaud, and Virginia Thompson.

The series is produced with support from the CBC, the Canada Media Fund-Shaw Rocket Fund Kids Digital Animated Series Program, Ontario Creates, FACTOR, and The Canadian Film or Television Tax Credit.

Vérité Films and Smiley Guy Studios provide the animation, with digital production done by Vérité Films and Stitch Media.

Ontario’s Bejuba! Entertainment and Vérité Films International distribute the series worldwide. Its music has been released by domestic labels Hidden Pony Records and Universal Music Canada.

Fisher, who is also executive producer, wrote and composed the multi-genre soundtrack, which earned a nomination for Children’s Album of the Year for the 2023 Juno Awards.

According to Vérité, plans are in the works to extend the brand with touring shows, books and branded educational resources.

This story originally appeared in Kidscreen

With files from Playback