Astroblast!

Astroblast! is an American animated science fiction children's television series created by Bob Kolar for Sprout. The series follows Comet, a loving red dog, Sputnik, an adventurous peach pig, Halley, a smoothie-delivering pink bunny, Radar, a bouncy brown monkey, and Jet, a mute green alligator, who lived together with an alien octopus named Sal, in the Astroblast Space Station, to the fictional smoothie cafe known as the Frosty Star.

Based on the book series Astroblast! by author and illustrator Bob Kolar, the series is co-produced by Scholastic Media and Soup2Nuts and debuted on July 12, 2014. The series also started airing on NBC Kids, the Saturday morning programming block on NBC in October 2014. It was the final show produced by Soup2Nuts before its closure in August 2015.

In 2021, FilmRise picked up the show for distribution. The show is currently available for streaming on the FilmRise multimedia platform, and on The Roku Channel, Pluto TV and Tubi TV in the United States, as well as on the Clan television channel and RTVE Play in Spain. The series is available more than 10 languages and has aired in over 20 countries internationally.

Premise
A group of high-spirited and fun-loving animals who live with their alien octopus friend in the Astroblast Space Station, which also houses a large library and a smoothie café called the Frosty Star.

Cast

 * Vinnie Penna as Comet, Morg, Bloodoo, Flash, additional voices
 * Gigi Abraham as Halley, Zelda, Sal's GamGam, Glippi, Bippity-Bops, additional voices
 * Veronica Taylor as Sputnik, Carly Cosmos, Bippity-Bops, Laney, additional voices
 * Joe Gaudet as Radar, Bob, Cosmo Carson, additional voices
 * John Taylor as Sal, Doobloo, additional voices

Solo airings
Individual air dates for stories as a 15-minute program:

Duo airings
Coupled air dates as a 30-minute program:
 * 15 July 2014: Take Off! + Glippis Visit re-aired 13 January 2016
 * 8 October 2014: Are You My Piffin? + Halley's Wannabe
 * 25 October 2014: Smoothie Operator + Bend It Like Radar
 * 8 November 2014: I'll Save You + Don't Touch
 * 29 November 2014: "Sore Loser" + "Halley Goes Solo" re-aired 30 August 2015
 * 6 December 2014: Building the Perfect Present + ? re-aired 6 September 2015
 * 13 December 2014: "Beck and Call" + "Sputnik Takes Charge" re-aired 13 September 2015
 * 3 January 2015: Growing Crazy + Building the Perfect Present re-aired 3 January 2016
 * 25 April 2015: "Lights Out" + "Shoes Blue" re-aired 25 October 2015
 * 2 May 2015: "Shape Up" + "Puzzle Hunt" re-aired 1 November 2015
 * 9 May 2015: I Love a Parade! Sometimes ... + Radar Sleeps Over re-aired 8 November 2015
 * 16 May 2015: Stop Booging Me + Just Peachy re-aired 15 November 2015
 * 23 May 2015: Hole in One + Treasure Hunt re-aired 22 November 2015
 * 30 May 2015: Be Mine + Threes a Crowd re-aired 29 November 2015 A mailbox mix-up leaves Comet questioning his friendship with Halley.
 * 6 June 2015: Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Alligator + Sing Along to the Bouncing Monkey re-aired 6 December 2015 New customers are scared of Jet but they learn to trust him after he saves one from a fall.
 * 13 June 2015: I Feel Fine + Radar for a Day re-aired 13 December 2015 Sputnik is so excited for a Carly Cosmos contest, she tries to hide the fact she is sick.
 * 27 June 2015: Bop til You Drop + Kapowser re-aired 27 December 2015
 * 24 July 2015: A Gift From Halley + Best Guests re-aired 20 December 2015
 * 19 September 2015: "Comet's Gift" + "A Star Is Born" re-aired 20 September 2015 - Comet doesn't want to give a gift at the secret gift exchange.
 * 26 September 2015: "Don't Fear the Surfboard" + "Clean Machine" re-aired 27 September 2015 - Halley's late with a large order of smoothies leaving her questioning her job performance.

International broadcast
The series was dubbed into ten languages. Finnish network Yle TV2 began broadcasting the series in November 2016, during the “Pikku Kakkonen” programming block. In Ireland, it aired on TG4, in Spain, it aired on Clan, and in Thailand, it aired on True Spark. The series have previously available on Hulu before 2019. FilmRise picked up the show for distribution, and it is currently available on The Roku Channel, Pluto TV and Tubi TV.