Dora the Explorer is an American animate television series that is carried on the Nickelodeon cable television network. A pilot episode for the series aired in 1999, and Dora the Explorer became a regular series in 2000. The show was created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh, and Eric Weiner. The series also airs on Noggin. The show aired on CBS until September of 2006. A Spanish-dubbed version first aired as part of a Nick en espanol block on NBC Universal-owned Telemundo through September of 2006; since April of 2008, this version of the program airs on Univision as part of the Planeta U block.