The show features former child star and famous celebrity Michael Cera as the voice of Brother Bear, but left after season 2 because of puberty.

[3] Due to Canadian laws requiring Nelvana to employ Canadian writers and artists, the Berenstain couple's involvement in the program was limited; they sought to exert their influence on some details, according to Stan: "Our bears don't wear shoes, and Papa wouldn't wear his hat in the house...And we try to keep complete, total banality out of the stories".

Country music singer-songwriter Lee Ann Womack performed the theme song and written by Stan Meissner for the series.

After its ending seven years later, twenty episodes of the series were dubbed in Lakota language and aired under the title "Matȟó Waúŋšila Thiwáhe" on PBS stations in the Native Dakotas starting in September 11, 2011.

[5] Initially, it aired together with Seven Little Monsters (part of "Bookworm Bunch") in a shared half-hour timeslot, but the two shows were eventually separated.

[6] The original broadcast run on PBS ended September 10, 2004,[7] and repeated until February 1, 2009,[8]a along with Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat and Zoboomafoo.