9 Story USA

9 Story USA (also known as Out of the Blue Enterprises) is an American children's television company based in New York City, founded by the co-creator of the Nickelodeon pre-school animated/live action series Blue's Clues (hence the company's name) Angela C. Santomero and fellow ex-Nick executive Samantha Freeman Alpert. The company serves as the producers (with DHX Media's Decode Entertainment unit) of the CGI-animated children's television show Super Why! that airs on most PBS stations and on CBC Kids in Canada and Blue's Room which formerly aired on Nick Jr. Out of the Blue, along with WQED, The Fred Rogers Company, and 9 Story Media Group, also produces a flash-animated spin-off of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, entitled Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, which debuted on PBS Kids affiliates on September 3, 2012. It also produces Wishenpoof! and Creative Galaxy with Amazon Studios for Amazon Video. The company also owns the Colorforms brand, and has made a television show with the brand called Charlie's Colorforms City.

9 Story USA
Subsidiary
Industry
  • Animation
  • Preschool
Founded
  • 1996 (1996)
Founders
  • Angela C. Santomero
  • Samantha Freeman Alpert
Headquarters
New York City, New York
Owner9 Story Media Group

On January 12, 2018, 9 Story Media Group acquired Out of the Blue Enterprises. It is now a wholly owned subsidiary.[1]

Filmography
Show Creator(s) First aired Last aired Co-production Network Notes
Blue's Clues
(Original series)		Traci Paige Johnson, Todd Kessler, Angela C. SantomeroSeptember 8, 1996 (1996-09-08)May 10, 2004 (2004-05-10)Nick Jr. ProductionsNickelodeon [BC]
Blue's RoomTraci Paige Johnson, Angela C. SantomeroAugust 10, 2004 (2004-08-10)March 29, 2007 (2007-03-29) [BR]
Super Why!Angela C. SantomeroSeptember 3, 2007 (2007-09-03)May 12, 2016 (2016-05-12)Decode EntertainmentPBS (U.S.), CBC Kids (Canada)
Daniel Tiger's NeighborhoodSeptember 3, 2012 (2012-09-03)present (present)WQED, The Fred Rogers Company, 9 Story Media GroupPBS
Creative GalaxyApril 19, 2013 (2013-04-19)present (present)Amazon Studios, 9 Story Media GroupAmazon Video
Wishenpoof!August 14, 2015 (2015-08-14)present (present)DHX Media, Amazon Studios
Charlie's Colorforms CityMarch 22, 2019 (2019-03-22)presentDHX Media, 9 Story Media Group, NetflixNetflix [CCC]
Blue's Clues & You!Traci Paige Johnson, Todd Kessler, Angela C. SantomeroNovember 11, 2019 (2019-11-11)presentNickelodeon Animation Studio, Brown Bag Films, 9 Story Media GroupNickelodeon, Nick Jr. [BC&Y!]
BC Out of the Blue Enterprises was not involved in the 1996 series of Blue's Clues.
BR The logo was introduced in Season 2.
CCC The logo was not seen, but it is shown on the copyright notice in the ending credits.
BC&Y! Out of the Blue Enterprises is not involved in the second Blue's Clues show called Blue's Clues & You!.

References
  1. http://kidscreen.com/2018/01/12/9-story-bolsters-us-presence-with-out-of-the-blue-acquisition/


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