The first time Pingu was mentioned in the US was on a documentary called Pingu - A Cartoon Character who conquers the world where a detective tries to figure out why Pingu is so popular, at the time Pingu was shown at the Paley Center. Then the series began airing in the United States on a morning omnibus program titled "Small World", as part of Cartoon Network's Sunday morning lineup. The program featured various animated shorts produced internationally, and ran from 1996 until the show's discontinuation in 2001. The series did not air in the US from 2002 until 2005, when reruns of the series returned to the country on PBS Kids Sprout, but was removed sometime in 2010. As of today, the first five seasons of Pingu are available for streaming on Amazon Prime Instant Video while seasons five and six are available on Sling TV.