Mowgli: The New Adventures of the Jungle Book

Canadian-American live action television series

Mowgli: The New Adventures of the Jungle Book

Created by	Timothy Scott Bogart Guy Toubes James Hereth
Directed by	Brent Loefke David Briggs Michael McGreevey John Blizek Timothy Scott Bogart William Tannen
Starring	Sean Price-McConnell Lindsey Peter Bart Braverman Richard Assad Jaime Gutierrez Victory Maryam d'Abo Kavi Raz
Composer	Peter Bernstein
Country of origin	Canada United States
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	26
Production
Executive producers	Jeff Franklin Steve Waterman Timothy Scott Bogart J. Christopher Fahlman
Producers	Guy Toubes James Hereth Dianne Dixon Cary Glieberman Keenan Robinson Elliot Schick Allan Pacheco Dent
Running time	22 minutes
Production companies	Wolfcrest Entertainment Franklin/Waterman Worldwide Alliance Entertainment
Original release
Network	FOX (Fox Kids)
Release	February 7 (1998-02-07) – August 1, 1998 (1998-08-01)

Mowgli: The New Adventures of the Jungle Book is a live action television series based on the Mowgli stories from the Rudyard Kipling novels, The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book. A contemporary adaptation, the series has Mowgli joined on his adventures by a young American girl, named Nahbiri, who has accompanied her widowed doctor father to Jabalpur, India.^[1] The show was created by Timothy Scott Bogart, Guy Toubes, and James Hereth and produced by Wolfcrest Entertainment and Franklin/Waterman Worldwide, and distributed internationally by Alliance Films. It premiered on the Fox Kids in the United States on February 7, 1998^[2] and ran until August 1 of the same year.^[3]

Episodes

The single season had 26 episodes.^[4]

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	"Mowgli of the Seoni: Part 1"	Unknown	Unknown	February 7, 1998 (1998-02-07)
2	"Mowgli of the Seoni: Part 2"	Unknown	Unknown	February 14, 1998 (1998-02-14)
3	"A New Beginning"	Unknown	Unknown	February 21, 1998 (1998-02-21)
4	"The Bigger Picture"	Unknown	Unknown	February 28, 1998 (1998-02-28)
5	"Side by Side"	Unknown	Unknown	March 7, 1998 (1998-03-07)
6	"What Goes Around..."	Unknown	Unknown	March 14, 1998 (1998-03-14)
7	"Friend or Foe"	Unknown	Unknown	March 21, 1998 (1998-03-21)
8	"Circus Breaker"	TBD	TBD	UNAIRED?
9	"The Perfect Shot"	TBD	TBD	UNAIRED?
10	"Song of Akela"	TBD	TBD	UNAIRED?
11	"The Hollow Bird"	TBD	TBD	UNAIRED?
12	"Fatherhood"	TBD	TBD	UNAIRED?
13	"Cold Lairs"	TBD	TBD	UNAIRED?
14	"Rashomowgli"	TBD	TBD	UNAIRED?
15	"Mowgli, P.I."	TBD	TBD	UNAIRED?
16	"Good Intentions"	TBD	TBD	UNAIRED?
17	"Best Friends"	TBD	TBD	UNAIRED?
18	"Life Lessons"	TBD	TBD	UNAIRED?
19	"Outback and Back Out"	TBD	TBD	UNAIRED?
20	"The Guardian"	TBD	TBD	UNAIRED?
21	"Going to Extremes"	TBD	TBD	UNAIRED?
22	"Paper Chase"	TBD	TBD	UNAIRED?
23	"Feeling Trapped"	TBD	TBD	UNAIRED?
24	"Run Like the Wind"	TBD	TBD	UNAIRED?
25	"Return to Cold Lairs: Part 1"	TBD	TBD	UNAIRED?
26	"Return to Cold Lairs: Part 2"	TBD	TBD	UNAIRED?

References

^ Bellafante, Ginia / "Bewitching Teen Heroines", Time Magazine, May 5, 1997.
^ "Tooning in the Fall Season", Animation World Magazine, September 1, 1997.
^ TV Guide Guide to TV. Barnes and Noble. 2004. pp. 435. ISBN 0-7607-5634-1.
^ IMDb

External links

Mowgli: The New Adventures of the Jungle Book at IMDb

Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book

Books

The Jungle Book (1894)
The Second Jungle Book (1895)
All the Mowgli Stories (1933)

Mowgli stories

"Mowgli's Brothers"
"Kaa's Hunting"
"Tiger! Tiger!"
"Letting in the Jungle"
"Red Dog"

Characters

Adaptations of
Mowgli stories

Disney
franchise

Film

The Jungle Book (1967)
The Jungle Book (1994)
The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story (1998)
The Jungle Book 2 (2003)
The Jungle Book (2016)

Television

TaleSpin (1990–91)
Jungle Cubs (1996–1998)

Music

Soundtracks	The Jungle Book (1967) The Jungle Book (2016)
Songs	"Colonel Hathi's March" "The Bare Necessities" "I Wan'na Be like You" "Trust in Me" "That's What Friends Are For" "My Own Home"

Video games

TaleSpin (Nintendo) (1991)
TaleSpin (TurboGrafx-16) (1991)
TaleSpin (Sega) (1992)
The Jungle Book (1993)
The Jungle Book Groove Party (2000)

Related	Disney Infinity 3.0 (2016) Disney Magic Kingdoms (2017) Disney Mirrorverse (2022) Disney Speedstorm (2023)

Other

The Jungle Book: Alive with Magic
Colonel Hathi's Pizza Outpost
Once Upon a Studio (2023)

Other
adaptations

Live-action film	Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book (1942) The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo (1997) Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018)
Animated film	Adventures of Mowgli (1967–1971)
Television	Mowgli's Brothers (1976) Jungle Book Shōnen Mowgli (1989–90) episodes Mowgli: The New Adventures of the Jungle Book (1998) The Jungle Book (2010–2020)

Other stories

Adaptations of
other stories

Elephant Boy (1937 film)
The White Seal (1975 animated film)
Elephant Boy (1973 TV series)
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (1997 book)

The Third Jungle Book (1992) (Book)
A dzsungel könyve (Musical)
Djungelboken (Play)
Bagheera Fountain
Law of the jungle
The Jungle Book and Scouting
- The Wolf Cub's Handbook
Mowgli syndrome

Fox Kids original programming

Fox Kids (U.S.)

1990s

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1990–92; 1996)
Bobby's World (1990–98)
Fox's Peter Pan & the Pirates (1990–92; 1996–97)
Fox's Fun House (1990–91)
Piggsburg Pigs! (1990–91)
Tom & Jerry Kids (1990–94)
Zazoo U (1990–91)
Swamp Thing (1991)
Beetlejuice (1991–93)
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventures (1991–92)
Dynamo Duck (1991–93)
Little Dracula (1991)
Little Shop (1991–92)
Taz-Mania (1991–96)
Batman: The Animated Series (1992–97)
Dog City (1992–94)
Eek! The Cat (1992–97)
Super Dave: Daredevil for Hire (1992–93)
The Plucky Duck Show (1992)
Tiny Toon Adventures (1992–95)
X-Men: The Animated Series (1992–97)
Animaniacs (1993–95)
Droopy, Master Detective (1993)
Power Rangers (1993–2002)
Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? (1994–96; 1998)
Spider-Man (1994–99; 2001)
The Fox Cubhouse (1994–96):
- Budgie the Little Helicopter
- Jim Henson's Animal Show
- Johnson and Friends
- Magic Adventures of Mumfie
- Rimba's Island
The Tick (1994–96)
Goosebumps (1995–98)
Klutter! (1995–96)
Life with Louie (1995-1998)
Masked Rider (1995–96)
The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper (1996–98)
C Bear and Jamal (1996–98)
Big Bad Beetleborgs (1996–98)
Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation (1997–98)
Space Goofs (1997–99)
The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police (1997–98)
Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension (1998)
Mowgli: The New Adventures of the Jungle Book (1998)
Ned's Newt (1998)
Toonsylvania (1998)
Silver Surfer (1998)
Godzilla: The Series (1998–2000)
Mad Jack the Pirate (1998–99)
Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog (1998–99)
Oggy and the Cockroaches (1998–99)
The Mr. Potato Head Show (1998–99)
The Secret Files of the Spy Dogs (1998–99)
Young Hercules (1998–99)
The Magician (1999)
The New Woody Woodpecker Show (1999–2002)
Digimon: Digital Monsters (1999–2002)
Beast Machines: Transformers (1999–2000)
Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot (1999–2001)
Monster Rancher (1999–2001)
NASCAR Racers (1999–2001)
Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century (1999–2000)
Spider-Man Unlimited (1999–2001)
The Avengers: United They Stand (1999–2000)
Xyber 9: New Dawn (1999)

2000s

Flint the Time Detective (2000)
Action Man (2000–01)
Cybersix (2000)
Escaflowne (2000)
Dinozaurs (2000)
Kong: The Animated Series (2001)
Los Luchadores (2001)
The Zack Files (2001)
Alienators: Evolution Continues (2001–02)
Medabots (2001–02)
Mon Colle Knights (2001–02)
Moolah Beach (2001)
The Ripping Friends (2001–02)
Transformers: Robots In Disguise (2001–02)
Galidor: Defenders of the Outer Dimension (2002)

Fox Kids Europe

1990s

Licenced	The Why Why Family (1996–97) Saban's Adventures of Oliver Twist (1996-97) Saban's Sissi the Princess (1996-97) Walter Melon (1997–98) Bad Dog (1998-99) Monster Farm (1998-99) Jim Button (1999–00) The Kids from Room 402 (1999-01) Diabolik: Track of the Panther (1999–01)

2000s

Jason and the Heroes of Mount Olympus (2001–02)
What's with Andy? (2001–04)
Pig City (2002-03)
Gadget & the Gadgetinis (2002-03)

Licenced	Wunschpunsch (2000-01) So Little Time (2001-04) Quintuplets (2002-04) Roboroach (2003-04) Shaman King (2003-05) Sonic X (2003-05) Tutenstein (2003-07) Pucca shorts (2004-05)