Sunny Side Up (TV series)

Sunny Side Up
former logo as The Sunny Side Up Show.
Genre	live-action, Puppetry
Created by	Sprout (characters)
Presented by	Kevin Yamada (2007–09) Sean Roach (2007–13) Kelly Vrooman (2007–13) Dennisha Pratt (2009–14) Liz Filios (2010–12) Carly Ciarrocchi (2012–17) Tim Kubart (2013–17) Kaitlin Becker (2014–17) Emily Borromeo (2014–17)
Voices of	Forrest Harding
Opening theme	Brand New Day (2007–13) Chica's Here (2013–15) Sunny Side Up Day (2015–17)
Ending theme	Sunny Side Up Day (Ending ver.)
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production company(s)	Sprout Originals
Release
Original network	Sprout
Original release	September 26, 2007 (2007-09-26) – August 11, 2017 (2017-08-11)
Chronology
Preceded by	The Birthday Show
External links
Website	www.sproutonline.com/sprout/ssu

Sunny Side Up (previously known as The Sunny Side Up Show) was a former television programming block which premiered on Sprout on September 26, 2007^[1][2] and ended on August 11, 2017. Each week, a new theme was introduced,^[3] including food, Halloween, animals, construction, fall, opposites, and birthdays. Sunny Side Up aired every weekday at 9:00 AM Eastern/8:00 AM Central each weekday morning. The hosts of Sunny Side Up played games, sang songs, told stories, and showed birthday cards or artwork. The show had a puppet co-host, a chicken named Chica.

Sunny Side Up was Sprout's morning program. It was produced live every weekday, and hosted by a human host along with Chica, a chicken puppet. Before moving to a "city apartment" set, the show took place on a set dubbed The Sunshine Barn and decorated with farm-themed objects. The hosts were Carly and Tim. Each hosted the show for one week with each week's host being announced late in the previous week. Each week's host introduced programs, read birthdays, led activities related to the week's theme, and read messages sent in by individual "Sproutlet" viewers through the Sprout website. There were daily activities such as "The Good Egg Awards" (renamed "The Kindness Kid Awards") celebrating viewers' accomplishments, and "Sproutlet Stories" allowed sproutlets to tell different stories with different plots, characters, and settings.

Previous hosts

• Carly was portrayed by Carly Ciarrocchi. She joined the show from June 18, 2012 to August 11, 2017.
• Tim was portrayed by Grammy award winner Tim Kubart. He was introduced during the 2013 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade as he replaced Sean, He began hosting on December 30, 2013.
• Chica was a chicken puppet who co-hosted Sunny Side Up with Emily, Carly, Tim, and Kaitlin. Before moving to a city apartment, she lived in The Sunshine Barn. She had a voice which resembled a kazoo. Her character had been part of the show from 2007 to 2017. She also made occasional appearances in the Sprout Control Room. Chica was voiced by Forrest Harding.
• Kevin, portrayed by Kevin Yamada, was an original host of The Sunny Side Up Show. Kevin joined Chica and Kelly as hosts, and the birthday cards and crawl of viewers' names became features of the new program. Kevin's last appearance on the show was on December 25, 2009, where he explained his impending departure from the show by telling viewers that he was moving away to the great big city and not playing with Chica in the Sunshine Barn anymore. He still plays the character of Ricky on the daily Sprout Sharing Show; his Sunny Side Up hosting duties were assumed by new host Dennisha Pratt on December 31, 2009.
• Liz, portrayed by Liz Filios, joined the show on November 1, 2010 and left the show June 1, 2012 to explore the world. She was replaced by Carly.
• Sean, portrayed by Sean Roach, joined Kevin and Kelly as co-host of The Sunny Side Up Show in 2007. His last appearance on the show was December 13, 2013. He left to focus more on his art. He still hosts reruns of Noodle and Doodle. He was replaced by Tim.
• Kelly, portrayed by Kelly Vrooman, was one of the original two hosts of the show. Her final appearance as a host was on December 20, 2013. She starred in The Chica Show. She rejoined the show only for Thanks for Giving Week 2014. She was replaced by Kaitlin.
• Dennisha, portrayed by Dennisha Pratt, made her debut on December 31, 2009, replacing Kevin. She rejoined the show on the mothers day weekend in 2013 and her last show was June 13, 2014 before she and her family moved away to start some new adventures. She was replaced by Emily.
• Kaitlin is portrayed by Kaitlin Becker. She was introduced during the 2013 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade as she replaced Kelly. She began hosting on January 6, 2014 and stopped hosting on May 19, 2017 to move away to another state.
• Emily is portrayed by Emily Borromeo. She joined the show as a host June 23, 2014, replacing Dennisha and left in June 29, 2017 to pursue her Broadway career.

Former regular characters

• Mr. Mailman was a cartoon character who used to appear on The Birthday Show and on The Sunny Side Up Show during Birthdays.
• Rico was Chica's cousin who made occasional appearances.

Former guest stars

• Barney and Friends: Barney, Riff
• Sesame Street: Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch, Grover, Prairie Dawn, Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Cookie Monster
• The Furchester Hotel: Elmo, Cookie Monster
• The Wiggles: Greg Page, Murray Cook, Anthony Field, Jeff Fatt, Captain Feathersword, Emma Watkins, Lachlan Gillespie, Simon Pryce, Sam Moran
• LazyTown: Sportacus, Stephanie
• Noodle and Doodle: Noodle McNoodle
• Pajanimals: Squacky, Sweetpea Sue
• Sprout Sharing Show: Patty, Ricky, Curtis
• The Good Night Show: Nina, Star
• The Let's Go Show: Miles
• Bounce: Elizabeth
• Laurie Berkner
• The Chica Show: Mr. C, Mrs. C, Kelly
• Sprout Control Room: Meeka (also known as Banjo in The Let's Go Show), M'Goats

Former programming

• The Furchester Hotel
• The Floogals
• Noddy, Toyland Detective
• Terrific Trucks
• Ruff-Ruff, Tweet and Dave
• The Chica Show

References