As it enters its second decade, the French animated franchise ‘Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir’ is rolling out its seventh season through a coordinated set of global windows. Miraculous Corp, the Mediawan-ZAG joint venture, has scheduled the 26-episode run from late October into late November.
A first in Brazil, then France, then the Disney footprint
Brazil’s Globo premieres the season first on Oct. 30. France’s TF1 follows on Nov. 1, and Disney Channel takes the series across Europe, the Middle East and Africa on Nov. 14. In the U.S. and Latin America, Disney Channel debuts Season 7 on Nov. 20, with Disney+ carrying it the next day.
- Brazil: Globo, Oct. 30
- France: TF1, Nov. 1
- EMEA: Disney Channel, Nov. 14
- U.S. and Latin America: Disney Channel, Nov. 20; Disney+ on Nov. 21
The calendar is deliberate. Each market gets a short exclusivity window, and the broadcast partners stay central before the streaming window opens. This is windowing, not a simultaneous drop.
The demand data behind the rollout
Between June 21 and Sept. 18, the series outperformed 850 school-age and preschool children’s programs tracked worldwide by Parrot Analytics. It ranked fourth among all television series globally during that period, and was the only children’s show in the top 10.
That matters because kids’ animation is often treated as a niche buy. A title that ranks fourth among all TV series gives planners and licensing partners a reason to price and place it as a broad franchise.
Why this matters for the screen business
Maria Doolan, Miraculous Corp’s head of content partnerships and distribution, said the coordinated rollout “reflects the continued strength of our longstanding broadcast partnerships.” The series is produced with Disney Kids & Family, Brazil’s Globosat, Italy’s KidsMe and TF1, so each partner gets a tangible launch moment in its own territory.
The franchise has already run for six seasons in more than 150 countries, with specials, a feature film, video games, live events and consumer products. The new season adds new superpowers and enemies, and raises the stakes for Marinette’s double life in Paris.
What to watch next
The larger test is a live-action series in development at See-Saw Films, the production company behind ‘Slow Horses.’ For media planners, the near-term metric is whether Disney+ viewership lifts after the U.S. linear window, and whether the live-action project broadens the audience beyond kids. For streaming teams, the Disney+ next-day window is the clearest signal of how linear premieres feed on-demand consumption.
Source: Variety
