Nickelodeon today announced that it has ordered 26 episodes of its second co-production with DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., KUNG FU PANDA: THE SERIES. This follows the successful launch of THE PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR earlier in the year.

The series will chronicle the further adventures of Po, the energetic, enthusiastic, always hungry martial arts panda. He is aided by his mentor Shifu and the Furious Five: Tigress, Mantis, Crane, Monkey and Viper. Anointed “Dragon Warrior,” Po protects the Valley of Peace from threats of all kind. KUNG FU PANDA: THE SERIES will be exec produced by Cheryl Holliday (KING OF THE HILL, STILL STANDING, FATHER OF THE PRIDE). The show is being produced at the Nickelodeon Animation Studios in Burbank, California.