FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman (2006)

Animation · Comedy · Family

Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman, sometimes shortened as Fetch!, is a children's television series for children ages 6–12 on PBS during the PBS Kids Go! block of educational programming. It is a game show/reality show that is hosted by an animated anthropomorphic dog named Ruff Ruffman who dispenses challenges to the show's real-life contestants. The series ran for five seasons and 100 episodes from May 29, 2006 to November 4, 2010 on PBS, with 30 contestants in that time. In June 2010, WGBH announced that the series would end due to lack of funding. In June 2008, the series received its first Emmy for Best Original Song for its theme.

IMDb rating: 7.3 (1,179 votes)
Seasons: 5
Streaming (US): PBS Kids Amazon Channel
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Jim Conroy Ruff Ruffman

Seasons

Season 1 (2006)

7.96 avg 20 episodes 8.9 → 8.0 29 min avg

Front-loaded

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	3-2-1 Blast-Off!	8.9	16
2	Good Dancing and Bad Teeth	8.8	9
3	How to Get Out Your Inner Hip Hop	8.6	9
4	Cats? I Thought You Said Kites!	8.4	9
5	Ye Olde Colonial Episode	8.6	8
6	Saturday Night with a Slight Fever	8.3	9
7	To Bee or Not to Bee	7.4	10
8	B.L.T. For Breakfast?	7.4	8
9	The Mystery of the Missing Thing in the Haunted Castle	8.7	11
10	This Old... Lemonade Stand	7.9	8
11	It's Raining Cats and Dogs	7.8	11
12	That Doesn't Float My Boat	7.7	8
13	Send in the Clowns	8.1	9
14	Grandma Ruffman's Recipe for Success	7.4	8
15	Tryin' Chef	7.2	6
16	Don't Put the Kart Before the Sea Lion	7.5	7
17	Relaxin' with Ruff	7.8	7
18	Scat Cat, Scat	7.2	6
19	Ruff Ruffman Spaces Out	7.5	9
20	The Dogcathalon Finale	8.0	7

Season 2 (2007)

7.68 avg 14 episodes 6.6 → 6.4 27 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Ruff Ruffman Breaks the Mold	6.6	9
3	You Lucky Dog	7.2	6
4	Ruff's Big Break	6.3	7
5	The Mystery of Dogtopia and Catlantis	9.0	10
6	Reducing the Calories and Cats in Your Life	8.3	8
7	I'm OK, You're Okra	7.4	6
8	The Small Fork Is For Dessert (Unless You're A Dolphin)	8.3	7
9	Roughing It with Ruff	7.7	10
10	Ruff's Bowling Is Going Downhill	8.7	7
11	Mush If By Land, Mush Mush If By Sea, Part 1	8.2	6
13	Yippee Tie Yie Yay, Get Along Little Doggies	8.0	8
14	Tape Loops and Loop-the-Loops	7.4	6
16	How to Get Dogs and Doggerel in Better Shape	8.0	6
19	CSI Ruff	6.4	6

Season 3 (2008)

7.32 avg 12 episodes 8.0 → 8.8 27 min avg

Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Debut of Smell-o-Vision	8.0	8
3	Just Call Him Spot	7.2	6
4	Mr. Ruffman Goes to Washington	6.5	7
5	Mission Improbable	7.0	7
7	There's Food Safety and Then There's Food Safety	7.3	7
8	Do-Se-Dos and Do-Se-Don'ts	6.8	6
12	Socket to Me	6.8	6
13	Dog of the Rings	7.5	7
15	Feeling Sheepish Ruff?	7.0	6
17	The People vs. Grandma Ruffman	8.1	12
18	Just Toying with Ruff	6.8	6
20	Finale	8.8	6

Season 4 (2009)

8.23 avg 10 episodes 8.2 → 6.6 27 min avg

Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Season Four Is Canceled	8.2	12
2	Don't Like Fencing? Try Fencing!	8.2	6
4	Ruff Pigs Out and Has a Whale of a Time	8.4	6
6	Finding Eight-Legged Tights Isn't Easy	8.2	6
8	Doggie Duties	8.0	6
10	How to Break the Ice and Also Waddle on It	9.3	8
13	Is It a Bird? Is It a Plane? It's... Ruffmanman!	8.0	9
14	Shrimp a la Cart	8.8	7
17	Ruff's Yard Sale Makes a Racket	8.6	6
20	Fetch Finale IV: The Prophecy Fulfilled!	6.6	6

Season 5 (2010)

7.60 avg 6 episodes 7.0 → 6.8 26 min avg

Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Ruff Fetches the FETCHers	7.0	6
4	The Ol' Shell Game	8.4	9
5	Ruffman Manor Is Haunted	7.6	9
6	It's Ruff in the Ring	7.4	6
11	Eureka Is Not a Brand of Dog Food	8.4	6
20	The FETCH Finale	6.8	9

FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman (2006)

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