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{{Infobox television
|image = Eureekalogo.png
|genre = Children's TV series
|starring = [[Cheryl Blaylock]]<br />[[Noel MacNeal]]<br />[[Jim Kroupa]]<br />[[Pam Arciero]]<br />[[Lynn Hippen]]<br />[[Brian Muehl]]
|country = United States
|seasons = 6
|runtime = 25 minutes
|company = Todd Kessler Productions<br>Noyes & Laybourne Enterprises<br>[[Nickelodeon Productions]]
|first_aired = [[September 4]], [[1989]]
|last_aired = [[November 10]], [[1991]]
|imdb_id = 0220895
|created = [[Judy Katschke]]
|no_episodes = 134
|network = [[Nickelodeon]]
|previous_nick jr show = ''[[Pinwheel]]''
|next_nick jr show = ''[[Allegra's Window]]''
|name={{PAGENAME}}
|creator=[[Judy Katschke]]
|writer=[[R. L. Stine]] (credited as "Jovial Bob Stine")
|director=[[Eli Noyes]]
|producer=Kathleen Minton<br>Michael Holman (1989–1991)
|executive_producer=[[Kit Laybourne]]
|composer=[[Peter Lurye]]
|episodes=90<br>52 (season 3)
|camera=Multi-camera
|paramountplus_id = eureekas-castle
|distributor=MTV Networks}}[[File:EureekasCastle-Cast.jpg|thumb|250px]]
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'''''Eureeka's Castle''''' is a TV series created by [[Judy Katschke]] for the [[Nick Jr. (block)|Nick Jr. block]]. Its head writer was [[R. L. Stine]], who was credited under his common pen name "Jovial Bob Stine." The show was fairly similar to ''[[Pinwheel]]'', another Nick Jr. show which used a similar format of puppet segments interspersed with animated shorts. ''Eureeka's Castle'' and ''Pinwheel'' aired side-by-side from [[1989]] to mid-[[1990]]. Once ''Pinwheel'' was off the air, ''Eureeka's Castle'' filled the timeslots.

The show follows various puppet characters, including [[Eureeka]], a sorceress-in-training. She and her friends live in a wind-up castle music box owned by a friendly [[Giant]]. Other characters include [[Magellan the Dragon]], [[Bogge and Quagmire]], [[Batley the Bat]], and [[Mr. Knack]]. There were also various appearing creatures such as mice, singing fish statues called [[the Fishtones]], Magellan's pets [[Cooey]] and [[the Slurms]], and Batly's pet spider [[Webster]].

Also featured were animated segments such as the [[Weston Woods Studios]] films based on popular children's books and UK imports such as {{W|Roobarb}}, {{W|The Shoe People}}, and [[wikipedia:Gran (TV series)|Gran]].

The series was filmed at the [[Nickelodeon Studios]] in Orlando, Florida. Sometimes the filming was difficult because of this. It was also the most licensed Nickelodeon show by that point, including toys, VHS tapes, books, and even a Pizza Hut puppet campaign in 1990.

==Episodes==
{{Main|Eureeka's Castle episode list}}

==Broadcast==
The series was first shown on [[Nickelodeon]] as part of [[Special Delivery (TV series)|''Special Delivery'']] on [[August 27]], 1989. It officially premiered on [[Nick Jr.]] on [[September 4]], 1989. Reruns of the show continued airing on Nick Jr. until [[September 6]], [[1996]], and again from [[November 16]], [[1998]], to [[February 5]], [[1999]], and on [[Noggin]] from 1999 to [[2002]].

{| class="sortable wikitable"
!Country
!Channel
|-
|{{Flagicon usa}}United States
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*Nickelodeon (September 4, 1989-February 5, 1999)
*Noggin (February 2, 1999-March 31, 2002)
|}

==Home video releases==
{{Main|Eureeka's Castle videography}}

==Cast==
===Puppeteers===
* [[Pam Arciero]] – Quagmire, Emma
* [[Cheryl Blaylock]] – [[Eureeka]]
* [[Lynn Hippen]] – Cooey, Kate
* [[Jim Kroupa]] – [[Batley the Bat|Batley]], Sir Klank, Giant
* [[Noel MacNeal]] – [[Magellan the Dragon|Magellan]], Webster
* [[Brian Meehl|Brian Muehl]] – Bogge, Mr. Knack

====Additional Puppeteers====
* [[Robert J. Gardner]]
* [[John Kennedy (puppeteer)|John Kennedy]]
* [[Joey Mazzarino]]

==External links==
* {{Interwiki|nickstory|Nickstory Archives}}
* {{Interwiki|nickstoryjr|Nickstory Jr. Archives}}
* {{Btva TV|Eureekas-Castle}}

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