What This Actor Learned from BLUEY’s Bandit Heeler
By Movieguide® Contributor
The No. 1 children’s show won the heart of ONE TREE HILL star Tyler Hilton after he watched BLUEY with his 5-year-old daughter, which isn’t surprising, considering the world-wide phenomenon the show’s become.
“The parents were so relatable and mirrored the parent I wanted to be,” Hilton told The Hollywood Reporter of the show. “They weren’t removed and authoritative, but super-loving, involved and part of the fun — but also exhausted and exasperated sometimes. It was like watching me on screen. Then I got to episodes that made me want to cry and went, ‘This is the greatest show ever.’”
The show’s premise is simple:
BLUEY follows the adventures of a lovable & inexhaustible six-year-old puppy, who along with her sister Bingo, parents and friends is learning all about the world.
But BLUEY packs a punch, topping Nielsen’s list as the most streamed series of 2024 and boasting a total of 55.6 billion minutes on Disney+.
BLUEY creator Joe Brumm said the show’s content is inspired by his kids.
“All the little conflicts or emotional stuff that’s going on is from watching my kids,” he told The Saturday Paper. “One kid is always doing [something] to another kid, and you talk it through with your wife and friends and you read books — you’re always trying to figure some issue out.”
While BLUEY’s success keeps growing — an animated feature film is coming in 2027 — Brumm decided to step away, saying he vowed he “wouldn’t keep making the show if I thought I couldn’t make any new season as good as the last.”
The episode “The Sign,” which was nominated for a Movieguide® Teddy Bear Award®, marked his BLUEY finale.
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Along with the upcoming movie, BLUEY has taken to the stage after Australian theater producer and promoter Andrew Kay watched an episode.
“I’d never seen a children’s show talk about real life like that,” he explained. “I thought, ‘This is charming, funny and real.’”
He quickly “secured live touring rights and created theater adaptation Bluey’s Big Play, which continues touring the world.”
“At Madison Square Garden, there was 20 adults and four children from New Jersey — parents, aunt, grandparents,” Kay said. That’s true of Bluey. People want to participate as a family. I’ve done children’s shows where you’d rather put a pin in your eye, but you go because your child loves it. But with Bluey, everyone’s thrilled.”
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