The Busy World of Richard Scarry is an American/Canadian/French animated TV show. It was produced by CINAR Animation (now known as DHX Media, previously Cookie Jar Entertainment) and France Animation with Paramount Television. It was shown from 1993 to 1997, first on Showtime, and later on Nickelodeon, and ran for 65 episodes. The show was based on the books drawn and written by Richard Scarry. Reruns of the show formerly aired in syndication as part of the Cookie Jar Kids Network block, but then continued to air on the Cookie Jar Toons block on This TV until October 26, 2013. Reruns of the show aired on Qubo from May 13, 2013, to September 25, 2016. It later returned to Qubo on March 28, 2017, as part of the network's Night Owl block until May 26, 2018, and currently airs on Light TV. 