"Totally Spies!" Renewed for Season 8

Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA and French kids network Gulli have ordered an eighth season of the hit French animated series "Totally Spies!". 

The companies made the announcement at the Annecy film festival this week.

The beloved anime-influenced series follows Sam, Clover and Alex, three teenage girls from Beverly Hills, who work as undercover agents for the World Organization of Human Protection (WOOHP).

Originally created by Vincent Chalvon-Demersay and David Michel for Zodiak Kids & Family France, Totally Spies! was a global success, running for six seasons from 2001 through 2012. 

Seasons 3 to 5 were co-produced with Canadian group Image Entertainment Corporation. In the U.S., Totally Spies! aired on ABC Family, the Cartoon Network and Universal Kids. There was also a feature film spinoff in 2009.

After an 11-year hiatus, Zodiak parent company Banijay Kids & Family relaunched the franchise with a seventh season, which bowed on Gulli, the kids’ network owned by French commercial broadcaster M6, last month. 

The revival was an immediate hit, and has seen its audience share grow week to week, with the most recent episode drawing a 37 percent share of the key 4-14 demographic.

The seventh season is set to air globally on Warner Bros. Discovery’s channels and platforms later this year.

Zodiak Kids & Family France will produce season 8 of Totally Spies! in collaboration with Gulli and Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA. 

Banijay Kids & Family handles global sales, licensing and merchandising rights for the brand. "The Totally Spies!" re-up comes as TF1, France’s leading broadcaster group, has boosted its commitment to animation, pledging to invest more in French and European originals and to commit more airtime to cartoons.