Ollie's Pack

Ollie's Pack is a Canadian animated comedy television series created by Pedro Eboli and Graham Peterson and directed by Adrian Thatcher. It was produced by Nelvana and aired on YTV in Canada. In the United States, it premiered on Nickelodeon on April 6, 2020. The final few episodes aired on Nicktoons from May 3 to 6, 2021.

Ollie's Pack
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Pedro Eboli Graham Peterson
Developed by	Mark Satterthwaite
Directed by	Adrian Thatcher
Voices of	James Hartnett Ana Sani David Berni
Theme music composer	Andy Delisi John Mavro
Composer	Remy Perrin
Country of origin	Canada^[1]
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	27 (51 segments)
Production
Executive producers	Scott Dyer Pam Westman Graham Peterson Pedro Eboli
Producer	Kristen Hudecki
Running time	22 minutes
Production companies	Nelvana Corus Entertainment
Original release
Network	YTV^[2]
Release	April 6, 2020 (2020-04-06) – May 6, 2021 (2021-05-06)

On March 28, 2024, the series was removed from Paramount+ as part of a "strategic decision to focus on content with mass global appeal."^[3]

Characters

• Ollie (voiced by James Hartnett)^[4]
• Cleo (voiced by Ana Sani)^[4]
• Bernie (voiced by David Berni)^[4]

Production

The series originated from a short titled Monster Pack, created as part of the annual Nickelodeon Animated Shorts Program.^[4] On March 2, 2020, Nickelodeon announced that the series would premiere in April 2020.^[5] Pedro Eboli and Graham Peterson created the series.^[6]

The 26-episode action-comedy series was produced by Nelvana.^[7] On March 30, 2020, it was announced that the series would premiere on April 6, 2020.^[4]

Episodes

All episodes were directed by Adrian Thatcher.

No.	Title ^[8]^[9]	Written by	Original air date ^[8]^[9]	Prod. code ^[8]	U.S. viewers (millions)
Nickelodeon
1	"The Chosen One...Stinks"	Aaron Eves	April 6, 2020 (2020-04-06)	103	0.55^[10]
	"Not Another Superhero Movie"	Jeff Sager
2	"New Kid on Campus"	Kyle Dooley	April 7, 2020 (2020-04-07)	101	0.46^[11]
	"The Chosen One(s)"	Joel Buxton
3	"Lord of the Caf"	Jocelyn Geddie	April 8, 2020 (2020-04-08)	106	0.41^[12]
	"Doom for Rent"	Mike Girard
4	"Sorry to Father You"	Jeff Sager	April 9, 2020 (2020-04-09)	110	0.49^[13]
	"Race to Sploosh Mountain"	Mike Girard
5	"Major Snooch"	Kyle Dooley	April 13, 2020 (2020-04-13)	102	0.64^[14]
	"We're With the Band"	Mark Satterthwaite
6	"King Swelly Belly"	Etan Muskat	April 14, 2020 (2020-04-14)	109	0.61^[15]
	"Yard Sale Fail"	Mark Purdy
7	"Cleo for President"	Mark Satterthwaite	April 15, 2020 (2020-04-15)	105	0.72^[16]
	"The Janitor"	Mike Girard
8	"Charmed and Dangerous"	Joel Buxton	April 16, 2020 (2020-04-16)	107	0.67^[17]
	"Science Unfair"	Kyle Dooley
9	"Hollie Monitor"	Kyle Dooley	May 11, 2020 (2020-05-11)	113	0.53^[18]
	"Sister Save Me"	Adam Pateman
10	"Cool Hand Wowski"	Mike Girard	May 12, 2020 (2020-05-12)	111	0.39^[19]
	"Big Bern"	James Hartnett
11	"Getting Oldie With It"	Aaron Eves	May 13, 2020 (2020-05-13)	127	0.37^[20]
	"Lil' Baby Ollie"	Matt Baram
12	"Ollie Dogs"	Nick Flanagan	May 14, 2020 (2020-05-14)	108	0.42^[21]
	"Camp Magna"	Aaron Eves
13	"The Chosening"	Kyle Dooley	June 29, 2020 (2020-06-29)	116	0.53^[22]
	"Crush it Ollie"	Jocelyn Geddie
14	"Ollie Doubles Down"	Christine Mitchell	June 30, 2020 (2020-06-30)	117	0.55^[23]
	"The Great Grade Grab"	Emer Connon
15	"Chancy Rancy"	Aaron Eves	July 1, 2020 (2020-07-01)	114	0.46^[24]
	"The Monsters V. Ollie Allen"	Jeff Sager
16	"History of Portshill"	Jeff Sager	July 2, 2020 (2020-07-02)	115	0.53^[25]
	"Trio's a Crowd"	Kyle Dooley
17	"Ollie's Monster Club"	Aaron Eves	September 21, 2020 (2020-09-21)	118	0.42^[26]
	"Ollie's Shadow"	John Hazlett
18	"Slice of Life"	Ben Joseph	September 22, 2020 (2020-09-22)	119	0.42^[27]
	"Goodnight, Sleep Fright"	Kyle Dooley
19	"Ollie in the House"	Christine Mitchell	September 23, 2020 (2020-09-23)	120	0.33^[28]
	"The Ollie Files"	Mike Girard
20	"Sour Power"	Ben Joseph	September 24, 2020 (2020-09-24)	121	0.48^[29]
	"Birthday Shmirthday: A Cleo Badette Documentary"	Jeff Sager
21	"Nightmare Frightscare!"	Etan Muskat	October 17, 2020 (2020-10-17)	112	0.64^[30]
22	"Separation Anxiety"	Joel Buxton	December 14, 2020 (2020-12-14)	122	0.42^[31]
	"The Take Over"	Daniel Bryan Franklin
23	"Release the Hound"	Charles Johnston	December 15, 2020 (2020-12-15)	123	0.60^[32]
	"Cube is the Loneliest Number"	John Hazlett
Nicktoons
24	"Sick Day"	Mike Girard	May 3, 2021 (2021-05-03)	TBA	N/A
25	"Unblocking Bernie"	Christine Mitchell	May 4, 2021 (2021-05-04)	124	N/A
	"Photo Finished"	Shawn Kalb
26	"Time Warped"	Jeff Sager	May 5, 2021 (2021-05-05)	125	N/A
	"Inspector Ollie Allen"	Lienne Sawatsky & Dan Williams
27	"Back to the Pack"	Christine Mitchell & John Hazlett	May 6, 2021 (2021-05-06)	TBA	N/A
		Lienne Sawatsky & Dan Williams

Broadcast

In Canada, the series premiered on YTV on September 5, 2020.^[2]

Ratings

Viewership and ratings per season of Ollie's Pack

Season	Episodes	First aired		Last aired		Avg. viewers (millions)
		Date	Viewers (millions)	Date	Viewers (millions)
1	23	April 6, 2020 (2020-04-06)	0.55^[10]	May 6, 2021 (2021-05-06)	TBD	0.50

Awards and nominations

In 2021, Corus received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for the show.^[33]

References

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External links

• Official website
• Ollie's Pack at IMDb