Mini Studio
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| Mini Studio | |
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| Genre | Children Entertainment |
| Created by | Ghazy Feghaly |
| Creative director | Ghazy Feghaly |
| Presented by | Marie Christine Naim (Kikky), Youmna Chamcham, Reem Naoum |
| Theme music composer | Ghazy Feghaly, Kamal Saikaly |
| Country of origin | Lebanon |
| Original languages | French, English, Arabic |
| No. of seasons | 25 |
| No. of episodes | Daily |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Marie-Christine Naim |
| Producers | Ghazy Feghaly, Marie-Christine Naim |
| Production location | Lebanon |
| Running time | Daily at 4 pm on MTV |
| Production company | La Grande Famille |
| Original release | |
| Network | Murr Television |
| Release | November 9, 1992 – 2016 |
Mini Studio is a Lebanese TV show for kids and preteens in the Middle East and North Africa. It was created by Ghazy Feghaly and first aired in 1992 on MTV. The show celebrated its 25th anniversary of being on air in 2016.[clarification needed] The show has 350 original characters,[clarification needed] and contains multilingual songs in the languages of French, English and Arabic. The show has created and had theatrical plays, tours, concerts, albums, DVDs, products and merchandise.
Kikky (Marie-Christine Naim) is the show's lead since its beginning. She is often compared to Chantal Goya, or Dorothee.[citation needed] She is accompanied by many characters including Glagla Le Clown, Woonie Le Marin, Sucette, Papouf, Mamouf, Patitoupata, Fanfan L'Elephant, and the show's original witch Ambrosia plus her crow Cornefer. All character names and songs were conceived and composed by Ghazy Feghaly.[citation needed] He drew inspiration from his niece's Youmna Chamcham imaginary friends. They wrote many of the songs while playing together at home. Monsieur Le Livre, once Youmna's lullaby, is now a song taught in nurseries and schools.[citation needed] Mini Studio was the first show to ever record the Alphabet song in Arabic in 1996. Once per year the show releases a new album and a Holiday special for Christmas & Easter.