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Jack (2011)

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Canada

How it feels

Two children befriend an alien named Jack and keep him a secret from their parents. They go on adventures together.

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What happens

Jack (sometimes called Jack the Explorer) is a 3D-animated TV series broadcast by TVOntario as a part of its TVOKids lineup. It is about an alien named Jack and a brother and sister who make friends with him, while hiding his existence from their parents. First created in 2009, its TV premiere was scheduled for September 5, 2011, but was actually aired two days later. As of October 21, 2014, there are at least 39 22-minute episodes in the series, each consisting of two 11-minute segments, with a total of 78 individually-named stories. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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