Bluey survives! Producer of children’s favorite show confirms it WILL return after cancellation rumors – to the relief of parents everywhere

One of the world’s most popular TV shows Bluey will return after rumors of its cancellation swirled online, according to a producer.

Fans of the animated Australian children’s show, which follows an anthropomorphic puppy called Bluey and his family known as the Heelers, had panicked after an ominous ‘For Sale’ sign was put up outside the family’s home in the latest episode.

The ending credits for the episode were also the first in its history to not feature music – leading parents to fear it might end.

The next episode of the show, titled ‘The Sign’, is set to have an extended running time of 28 minutes, four times longer than the usual seven minutes, causing rumors that the show could reach its finale.

But now Bluey producer Sam Moor has quashed the rumors after she appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Today program this morning to confirm that Bluey would be returning.

When asked if the show was coming to an end, she told the BBC’s Nick Robinson: ‘That’s the question on everyone’s lips. No, it’s not the end for Bluey. I’m sure we have many more surprises in store for you.

“We have more to come and we’re thinking about what would be next.”

Mrs Moor’s assurance that Bluey will return will calm parents’ fears after they took to social media to express their concerns over the past few days as rumors swirled.

She said that the extra-long episode would allow the show’s writer and creator Joe Brumm to create a much longer story with many layers.

It is believed that the moving house in the episode ‘The Sign’ will allow the show to explore another facet of childhood.

Pooh has previously said the house is ‘sort of a fifth Heeler character’, being such a mainstay that a real-life replica was listed on Airbnb in 2022.

In the show, the hostel is located in trendy Paddington in Brisbane and has a wrap-around porch and 15 to 20 rooms.

The Sign will be shown simultaneously on Australia’s ABC and on Disney+ in another first in Bluey’s history.

Asked about the upcoming new extra-long episode, Ms Moor said: ‘The team worked really hard to get it out, everyone put all their love and effort into it, so yes, 28 minutes this Sunday The Sign.’

Speaking to Australia’s Sunrise on Friday morning, Bluey executive producer Daley Pearson also confirmed that the show would continue.

He said: ‘For the last while it’s just been this half-hour episode we’ve been working on, but we want to do more Bluey.

‘It has been a concentration on this half-hour ep. We’ll see where it goes. I think when we’ve taken risks, that’s been the most exciting, and I also think that’s where the audience has liked it the most, he continued.

So whatever it is, it’s going to be something that we’re not entirely sure we can do. But we hope we can.’

The producer further revealed that it would be a ‘dream’ to make a full-length film of the cartoon.

He added that Sunday’s 28-minute special, titled ‘The Sign’, will be a test to see how audiences react to a longer episode.

Bluey debuted in Australia in 2018 and was later picked up by Disney. In 2023, Bluey was the second most watched show after legal drama Suits, beating the likes of NCIS, Grey’s Anatomy, Friends and Gilmore Girls.

This is despite these shows having a much longer run of episodes and more established fan communities.

There are only three seasons of Bluey, with around 50 episodes in each – lasting seven minutes each. section.

Episodes typically involve seven-year-old Bluey and her sister, Bingo, five, with Bandit, their boisterous father, and Chilli, their more level-headed, game-playing mother.

Pooh has said that his inspiration is always watching his children navigate the world and listening as their imaginations soar. He marveled that they almost never need props and that what emerges is usually a ‘shared weirdness’.

He said: ‘When they play these games, they’re usually trying to recreate the adult world, but they don’t know enough about it to get it 100 per cent right. And what ends up for the parents is a really fun environment.’

Mrs Moor also explained why she felt Bluey had been such a success. She said: ‘It’s a show, it’s something mums, dads, grandparents and kids can sit down and watch together. You can enjoy it on different levels, but also for the same reasons.

‘It’s very relatable, we’ve had emails from people saying it’s like you have a camera in my living room. And it’s Australian, which is very exotic.’

Rolling Stone even included Bluey on its list of the 100 best sitcoms of all time.

But ABC and BBC Studios have yet to say anything about greenlighting a fourth series of the hit show.

The show is managed and produced by a small company in Brisbane, Australia called Ludo Studio. But a deal was struck early on in the show which gave BBC Studios, the commercial arm of the BBC group, the rights to distribute Bluey everywhere except Australia.

It has been an extremely lucrative deal for the BBC, allowing it to boast an annual turnover of £2bn for the first time, thanks in part to the sale of Bluey consumer products.