Ukulele U

{{Infobox television | image = | image_alt = | caption = | alt_name = | genre = Children's | creator = Melanie Doane | showrunner = | writer = {{Plainlist| * Melanie Doane * Celeste Koon }} | screenplay = | teleplay = | story = | director = David Connolly | presenter = | starring = {{Plainlist| * Melanie Doane * Glee Dango * Jazmin Headley * Stella Bartlett * Isabelle Aboagye }} | theme_music_composer = | music = | open_theme = | end_theme = | composer = Melanie Doane | country = Canada | language = English | num_seasons = 1 | num_series = | num_episodes = 52 | list_episodes = | runtime = 7 minutes | company = | network = CBC | first_aired = {{Start date|2022|01|08}} | last_aired = }} '''''Ukulele U''''' is a Canadian children's television series, which premiered in 2022 on CBC Television and CBC Gem.<ref>Katie Kelly, [https://www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/article/ns-singer-songwriter-empowers-kids-through-music-and-movement-in-new-tv-series/ "N.S. singer-songwriter empowers kids through music and movement in new TV series"]. CTV Atlantic, March 21, 2022.</ref> Hosted by singer-songwriter and music educator Melanie Doane, the show is a singalong series in which Doane teaches various songs for children to sing as Doane plays ukulele.<ref name=cooke>Stephen Cooke, [https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/lifestyles/sing-along-with-melanie-doanes-ukulele-u-encourages-youthful-music-making-100704910/ "Sing along with Melanie: Doane’s Ukulele U encourages youthful music making"]. ''SaltWire Network'', March 11, 2022.</ref>

Doane has described the show as inspired in part by the 1960s and 1970s CBC show ''Singalong Jubilee'', on which her father, J. Chalmers Doane, had been an occasional performer.<ref name=cooke/>

In addition to hosting the show, Doane is also an executive producer, writer, and composer on the show, which also features the participation of Bob Ezrin as a producer and Doane's brother Creighton Doane as a songwriting collaborator.<ref name=cooke/>

Doane received a Canadian Screen Award nomination at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023 for Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series, and she, Ezrin and Creighton Doane were nominated for Best Original Song in Television for "Use Your Outside Voice".<ref>John R. Kennedy, [https://www.iheartradio.ca/news/ian-lefeuvre-up-for-2-canadian-screen-awards-1.19283764 "Ian LeFeuvre Up For 2 Canadian Screen Awards"]. iHeartRadio Canada, February 22, 2023.</ref>

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Category:2020s Canadian children's television series Category:2020s Canadian music television series Category:2022 Canadian television series debuts Category:CBC Kids original programming Category:Ukuleles