Update (10/3) - Below is the official press release announcing the news!:
NICKELODEON TO AIR THE BOSS BABY: BACK IN BUSINESS, MARKING THE U.S. LINEAR DEBUT FOR HIT ANIMATED SERIES FROM DREAMWORKS ANIMATION, BEGINNING FRIDAY, OCT. 3, AT 5 P.M. (ET/PT)
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| 'The Boss Baby: Back In Business' | Netflix/Courtesy Everett Collection |
NEW YORK-Oct. 2, 2025-Nickelodeon has added the hit animated series The Boss Baby: Back in Business from DreamWorks Animation to its U.S. programming lineup beginning Friday, Oct. 3. Marking the U.S. linear debut of the series, season one will air Fridays at 5 p.m. (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon.
In The Boss Baby: Back in Business, Boss Baby, with the help of his big brother and partner-in-crime Tim, continues to navigate the cutthroat corporate jungle gym of Baby Corp., while angling to achieve the near-impossible: the work-life balance of a modern career baby.
From Emmy-winning executive producer Brandon Sawyer (Penguins of Madagascar), the series features the voice talents of JP Karliak (Wabbit: A Loony Tunes Production) as the Boss Baby; Pierce Gagnon (Looper, Tomorrowland) as the Boss Baby's brother and best friend, Tim; YouTube sensation Flula Borg as Boss Baby's supervisor Mega Fat CEO Baby; Kevin Michael Richardson (All Hail King Julien, Cleveland Show) as 99th percentile bruiser baby Jimbo; along with special guest voice appearances from Tony Hale (Veep, Arrested Development) and Nicole Sullivan (MADtv, King of Queens). The Boss Baby: Back in Business is distributed by NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution.
ABOUT DREAMWORKS ANIMATION:
DreamWorks Animation, a division of the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, within NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation, is a global family entertainment company with feature film and television brands. The company's deep portfolio of intellectual property is supported by a robust, worldwide consumer products practice, which includes licensing, and location-based entertainment venues around the world. DreamWorks' feature heritage includes many of the world's most beloved films and franchises, including Shrek, Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda, How to Train Your Dragon, Trolls, The Boss Baby, The Bad Guys, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish and The Wild Robot have amassed more than $17 billion in global box office receipts. DreamWorks Animation's television studio is one of the world's leading producers of high-quality, animated family programming, reaching consumers in more than 190 countries with a diverse array of award-winning original content through streaming and linear broadcasters.
ABOUT NBCUNIVERSAL GLOBAL TV DISTRIBUTION:
NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution is responsible for the licensing and distribution of NBCUniversal's film and TV content to paid and free services across all linear and streaming platforms in the U.S., Canada and in over 200 territories internationally. NBCUniversal's content portfolio includes a vast and diverse library of more than 6,500 feature films and 170,000 television episodes, including current and classic titles, non-scripted programming, kids, sports, news, long-form and short-form programming from Universal Pictures, Focus Features, Universal Television, UCP, Universal International Studios, Sky Studios, Universal Television Alternative Studio, NBC Late Night properties, DreamWorks Animation, Universal Pictures Content Group, Telemundo, and more, as well as locally produced content from around the world. Global TV Distribution is a division of Comcast NBCUniversal.
ABOUT NICKELODEON
Nickelodeon, now in its 46th year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The brand includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, digital, location-based experiences, publishing and feature films. For more information, visit http://www.nickpress.com. Nickelodeon is a division of Paramount, a Skydance Corporation (Nasdaq: PSKY).
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Original post:
Nickelodeon has acquired the rights to The Boss Baby: Back in Business, and will premiere DreamWorks Animation and Netflix's popular CG-animated series on Friday, October 3 at 5:00 p.m. (ET/PT) during Shocktober.
Audiences will get to see more of the inner workings of what keeps the global adorability market running smoothly in The Boss Baby: Back in Business. Picking up where the Oscar-nominated The Boss Baby film left off, the CG-animated series follows as Boss Baby learns to navigate his new life.
Boss Baby wants what any modern baby executive wants: everything! He loves both his corporate and family life, and has the skills to succeed in both. He’s got moxie, he’s got corporate savvy — but most importantly, he’s got a big brother, best friend and partner in crime in, Tim Templeton. With puppies out of the way (for now) business is booming for Baby Corp, but the challenges are great, and there are new threats to Baby Love – nightmare babies out in the wild whose bad behavior is terrible for the brand, and cats bent on absolute anarchy. It’s a lot to handle, but that’s what it takes to be the boss, baby.
From Emmy-winning executive producer Brandon Sawyer (Penguins of Madagascar), Back in Business features the voices of JP Karliak (New Looney Tunes, Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz) as Boss Baby; Pierce Gagnon (Looper, Tomorrowland) as Tim; YouTube sensation Flula Borg as Boss Baby’s supervisor Mega Fat CEO Baby; Kari Wahlgren (Fairly OddParents) as Marsha Krinkle; and Kevin Michael Richardson (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) as 99th percentile bruiser baby Jimbo. Special guests include Tony Hale (Sanjay and Craig) and Nicole Sullivan (Wendell & Vinnie).
The Boss Baby: Back in Business ran for 49 episodes (and one special) across four seasons between April 6, 2018 – November 17, 2020 on Netflix. The series previously aired on Nickelodeon Netherlands.
As part of the streaming business model, linear rights to shows from outside studios revert back to the producers several years in (unless Netflix buys out all rights as it has done with signature non-owned series like Orange Is the New Black).
This is most prevalent in animation, and especially in kids animation where most of Netflix’s programming is from third-party suppliers. The Boss Baby: Back in Business comes from DreamWorks Animation, as does the streamer’s Gabby’s Dollhouse.
Nickelodeon has become a go-to destination for Netflix kids animated series whose linear rights have become available. So far, it has picked up DWA’s The Boss Baby and Gabby’s Dollhouse, both distributed by NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution, as well as Unicorn Academy and Vida the Vet from Canadian company Spin Master Entertainment. (The shows remain available on Netflix for streaming.)
On the adult animation side, Netflix hit BoJack Horseman was produced by Tornante Co. which sold its linear rights to Comedy Central in 2018.
Nickelodeon has also sold original programming to Netflix, where most stream as Netflix Originals. Titles include Glitch Techs and Pinky Malinky, along with movies such as Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie, The Loud House Movie, The Casagrandes Movie, Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling, and Invader ZIM: Enter the Florpus. The streamer also acquired the rights to Star Trek: Prodigy following its cancelation.
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Originally published: September 11, 2025.
Original source: @spongieupdates; Official press release courtesy of TheFutonCritic.com; H/T: Deadline, Nickandmore!.
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