Father of the Pride 2004

Overview

Father of the Pride is an American animated television series that premiered on NBC on August 31, 2004. As a production of Jeffrey Katzenberg and his company DreamWorks Animation, the show was part of a short-lived trend of CGI series featured in prime-time network television. The narrative centers on a family of white lions, specifically focusing on the patriarch who performs in a Siegfried and Roy show located in Las Vegas. The production and broadcast schedule for the series were impacted by the real-life on-stage injury of Roy Horn. Despite receiving heavy promotion from the network, the program failed to achieve commercial success. Consequently, the series was canceled after the conclusion of its first season. The show remains a notable example of the experimental period for computer-generated imagery in prime-time network programming during the early 2000s. By relying on the established premise of the white lion family, the series attempted to blend animation with the culture of Las Vegas entertainment before its eventual removal from the network schedule.