Carmen Sandiego is an animated action-adventure television series with educational elements, based on the media franchise of the same name created by Broderbund. The series is produced by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt with WildBrain serving as the production company, and contains a "serialized look at Carmen's backstory that is told from her perspective". Serving as an origin story for the fictional thieving villain of the same name, it is the fourth Carmen Sandiego television show after the PBS game shows Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? and Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?, and the Fox animated series Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego?; it is also the first Carmen Sandiego related show since the end of Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego in 1999.
The series sees many characters drawn from the franchise's 35-year history: Carmen Sandiego herself who debuted in the original World video game; The Chief who took her current form in the World game show; Player, Zack, and Ivy who were featured in the Earth animated series, Chase Devineaux who debuted in Word Detective, and Julia Argent who was featured in Treasures of Knowledge.
The first season was released on January 18, 2019 on Netflix. A second season was released on October 1, 2019. A third season announced on April 24, 2020 and was released on October 1. A fourth and final season was announced on October 2, 2020, and was released on January 15, 2021.
Cast and characters[]
- Gina Rodriguez - Carmen Sandiego / "Black Sheep"
- Finn Wolfhard - Player
- Michael Hawley - Zack
- Abby Trott - Ivy
- Paul Nakauchi - Shadowsan / Suhara
- Dawnn Lewis - The Chief / Tamara Fraser
- Rafael Petardi - Chase Devineaux
- Charlet Chung - Julia Argent
- Sharon Muthu - Zari, Dr. Saira Bellum
- Liam O'Brien - Professor Gunnar Maelstrom, The Cleaners / Vlad and Boris
- Mary Elizabeth McGlynn - Coach Brunt
- Toks Olagundoye - Countess Cleo
- Trevor Devall - Roundabout / Nigel Braithwaite
- Kari Wahlgren - Tigress / Sheena
- Andrew Pifko - El Topo / Antonio
- Bernardo de Paula - Le Chevre / Jean Paul
- Kimiko Glenn - Paper Star
- Rita Moreno - Cookie Booker
- Troy Baker - Dash Haber
- Sumalee Montano - Lady Dokuso
- Rhys Darby - Neal the Eel
- Dante Basco - Spin Kick
- Sarah-Nicole Robles - Fly Trap
- Osric Chau - The Troll
- Michael Goldsmith - Graham Calloway
International broadcast[]
| Country | Network(s) | Local title |
|---|---|---|
| International | Netflix | Carmen Sandiego |
| Canada | WildBrainTV, Family Channel | |
| France | Disney Channel | |
| New Zealand | TVNZ 2, TVNZ+ | |
| Suriname | ATV | |
| Switzerland | RTS 1 | |
| Albania | Çufo | Karmen Sandiego |
| Arab World | Netflix | كارمن ساندييغو |
| Greece | Netflix | Κάρμεν Σαντιέγκο |
| Hungary | Netflix | Carmen, a mestertolvaj |
| Iran | GEM Junior, Digitoon | کارمن سندیگو |
| Israel | Netflix | כרמן סנדייגו |
| Japan | Netflix, Disney Channel | カルメン・サンディエゴ |
| Russia | Netflix | Кармен Сандиего |
| South Korea | Netflix | 카르멘 산디에고 |
| Taiwan | Netflix | 新神偷卡門 |
| Thailand | Netflix | คาร์เมน ซานดิเอโก้ |