Father of the Pride

Father of the Pride, is an American animated television series, created by DreamWorks Animation.

The series deals with the mostly off-stage antics of a family of white lions, the patriarch of which stars in a Siegfried & Roy show in Las Vegas.

It premiered on August 31, 2004 on NBC and was part of a short-lived trend of CGI series in prime-time network television (after Game Over). It was cancelled after its first season.

On June 7, 2005, DreamWorks released the DVD box set of the entire series. The box set contains all 14 episodes, including 3 episodes that have not been aired before the DVD release, including the pilot (original and revised version), as well as commentaries and "The Lost Tale," an un-animated episode, presented with voice acting, sound, and storyboards. Out of the 3 unaired episodes (the Original Pilot, "Stage Fright," and "The Siegfried & Roy Fantasy Experience Movie"), all but the pilot aired after the DVD release.

The series won the 2004 Ursa Major Award for Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Series.

On July 15, 2020, the streaming service Peacock launched nationwide, including Father of the Pride as one of its re-aired shows.

Episodes
In the order presented in the DVD box set:


 * "Original Pilot"
 * "Sarmoti Moves In"
 * "Catnip and Trust"
 * "One Man's Meat is Another Man's Girlfriend"
 * "What's Black and White and Depressed All Over?"
 * "Larry's Debut and Sweet Darryl Hannah, Too"
 * "And the Revolution Continues"
 * "The Thanksgiving Episode"
 * "Possession"
 * "Donkey"
 * "Road Trip"
 * "Rehabilitation"
 * "The Siegfried & Roy Fantasy Experience Movie"
 * "Stage Fright" (Revised Pilot)