As of July 2026, Madeline Season 1 aired in 1988 with 26 episodes — streaming now on Hoopla. Full episode guide and where to watch below.

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Madeline Season 1

1988 26 Episodes Animation · Kids ⭐ 6/10

If you are after a comedy that actually makes you laugh out loud, Madeline Season 1 is available on and right now. A single, tightly-focused season means there is plenty to get through without ever feeling padded. Its 6/10 TMDB score, built from 36 ratings, reflects a title that consistently delivers. Tracey Lee Smythe sets the tone, and the rest of the cast matches it scene for scene. Put it on tonight and see for yourself.

Part of the current wave of titles people are actually watching, Madeline Season 1 earns its spot. Madeline Season 1 does what great comedies rarely manage — it is actually funny, consistently, across the whole run. Season 1 of Madeline includes 26 episodes. It aired from November 1988 to January 1994. This season stars Tracey Lee Smythe, Stevie Vallance and French Tickner. Tracey Lee Smythe and Stevie Vallance lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1988. What keeps Madeline Season 1 from feeling disposable is a cast that clearly understands the material better than the format usually demands. There is real craft here, even in the moments that do not fully land.

For viewers who want something light without wanting something stupid, Madeline Season 1 respects your intelligence. It stands on its own even without an obvious comparison point. The complete run is available and best experienced without too much prior knowledge of where it goes. Tracey Lee Smythe's comic timing carries it through its weaker moments. The kind of comedy you recommend to someone who claims they do not watch much.

📡 Where to Watch Madeline Season 1

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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🇨🇦 Canada

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🎬 Madeline Season 1 — Episode Guide

"In an old house in Paris all covered with vines lived twelve little girls in two straight lines..." Thus begins this musical adaptation of the classic 1930's children's book about Madeline, the smallest and bravest of the twelve little girls.

Madeline's Christmas

One year, at Christmas time, as Madeline, her friends and Miss Clavel get ready by making presents for family and friends, decorating the school and baking cakes and cookies, Paris is hit by a huge and very unexpected snowstorm.

Madeline and the Bad Hat

One day, the Spanish Ambassador moves into the house next door to Madeline's school, and he has a son, a 'bad hat' named Pepito.

Madeline's Rescue

As we know well by now, no one knows better "how to frighten Miss Clavel" than Madeline.

Madeline and the Gypsies

Pepito invites Madeline and the girls to a Gypsy carnival.

Madeline in London

"Not a single eye was dry" the day the Spanish Ambassador moved to London, taking Madeline's dear friend Pepito with him.

Madeline and the Forty Thieves

At the Old House - and all over the neighborhood - people's hats, gloves and scarves are missing. Madeline and Pepito work with Detective Moreau to find the perpetrators, then finally discover that the "thieves" are some altruistic magpies who are distributing the warm clothes to the homeless in the...

Madeline and the Dog Show

Even though she outperforms the competition, Genevieve is disqualified from a dog show because she is not a purebred. But after she rescues the Mayor's dog, the judges change their tune.

Madeline and the Easter Bonnet

Just in time for Easter, Madeline updates the old hat belonging to Bon Bon, the milk horse. But then an enormous gust of wind sends the hat flying across town, into the shop of a struggling designer, who attempts to market it in time for Easter.

Madeline and the New House

The Old House, sorely in need of repair, is condemned and the girls are forced to move to a small apartment where their snooty neighbors hate kids and dogs. But just before the wrecking ball destroys their beloved abode, Madeline enlists the aid of the ladies of the Historical Society, who help get ...

Madeline and the Soccer Star

Madeline's country cousin Andre comes to town. Everyone thinks he's nothing more than a bumpkin with phenomenal gardening skills until, with Madeline's encouragement, he saves the day at the big soccer match.

Madeline and the Toy Factory

When Madeline and the girls visit a toy factory, Madeline is accidentally boxed as a "doll" and sold to a handicapped girl. The ailing child considers Madeline her only friend and is devastated when Madeline reveals her true identity and has to go home. But things turn around the next day when the l...

Madeline at Cooking School

Madeline, the girls, and Pepito prepare a disastrous meal for Lord Cucuface, who immediately enrolls them for cooking lessons at the famed Cordon Bleu. After various mishaps, the children finally get the hang of French cuisine, but Madeline fails to receive her diploma because she has given her crea...

Madeline at the Ballet

The girls get a chance to perform with a famed ballet master who thinks Madeline is too small to succeed. Madeline's insecurity (and Pepito's teasing) keeps getting in the way of her performance until she is given a pep talk - and a pair of toe shoes - by an accomplished prima ballerina, who convinc...

Madeline and the Singing Dog

After being evicted from the opera for barking along with her favorite arias, Genevieve is dog napped by an impresario who sets her up at a dinner theatre. When Madeline finally catches up with her talented canine, Genevieve, now a star is reluctant to go home because she is still embarrassed about ...

Madeline's Winter Vacation

Madeline, Pepito and the girls visit Miss Clavel's aunt and nephew in their Alpine chalet.

Madeline in Hollywood

Madeline is 'discovered' by a Hollywood director and is transported to California for her motion picture debut with her idol, Sugar Dimples.

Madeline and the Pirates

Lord Cucuface takes the girls and Pepito on a yacht trip, and excludes the girls when he teaches Pepito sailing techniques.

Madeline's Birthday at the Zoo

It's Madeline's birthday & Pepito & his father take her to the zoo while Miss Clavel & the girls get the house ready for a surprise birthday party.

Madeline at the Louvre

Madeline paints a magnificent picture and accidentally leaves it at the Louvre, where it is mistaken for a masterpiece and hung next to the Mona Lisa, upstaging DaVinci's creation. Madeline tries to get the painting back, but one believes that she is the anonymous artist. In the end she finds she mu...

🎭 Cast of Madeline Season 1

Tracey Lee Smythe

Madeline (voice)

Stevie Vallance

Stevie Vallance

Miss Clavel / Genevieve (voice)

French Tickner

Lord Cucuface (voice)

Christopher Plummer

Christopher Plummer

Narrator (voice)

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