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CN’s ‘Gumball,’ Disney’s ‘Fish Hooks’ Win BAFTAs
Cartoon Network’s freshman show The Amazing World of Gumball (Best Animation) Disney Channel’s Fish Hooks (Best International Show) and U.K. Children’s channel CBeebies (Best Channel) were three of the big winners of Sunday’s Children’s BAFTA Awards in London. Warner Bros.’ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 won the [...]
Nielsen Investigates Nick’s Mysterious Ratings’ Drop
Something strange has happened to Nickelodeon’s ratings since mid-September. Both Hollywood trades have stories today about how the ratings for the children’s cable network has dropped 15 to 20 percent since mid-September. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Viacom and Nielsen are investigating this unusual phenom at the home of SpongeBob [...]
Disney Greenlights 4th Season of ‘Phineas and Ferb’
Disney Channel’s hit animated series Phineas and Ferb has been greenlit for a fourth season. Billed as the no. one animated series for kids 6-11 and tweens 9-14, the series will have new episodes rolling out through 2014. Upcoming episodes include a musical featuring the one-hit wonder Phineas and the [...]
YouTube Seals Disney Deal
Disney Interactive and YouTube (part of the Google juggernaut) have announced a collaborative agreement to create co-branded, family-friendly video destinations, Variety reports. The entertainment behemoths will utilize Disney produced content, plus family fare already available on YouTube.com, along with a blend of current Disney Interactive original series, select Disney Channel [...]
Noah Z. Jones Reveals Secrets of ‘Fish Hooks’
Animated People: Noah Z. Jones, Creator, Disney Channel’s Fish Hooks We recently had the good fortune of catching up with the talented and super nice Noah Z. Jones, the creator of Disney Channel’s hit animated series Fish Hooks. The colorful show, which will begin its second season on Friday (Nov. [...]
‘Phineas and Ferb’ Movie Adds ‘Toy Story 3′ Scribe Micheal Arndt
Disney has hired Oscar-winning screenwriter Michael Arndt, who wrote Toy Story 3 for Pixar, to polish its script for a movie version of its hit animated series Phineas and Ferb, reports say. Arndt, who won an Academy Award for his screenplay to Little Miss Sunshine, will do a draft of [...]
Disney Swims with Season 2 of ‘Fish Hooks’ in Nov.
Disney Channel will premiere the second season of its hit animated show Fish Hooks on Friday, Nov. 4. At 9:30 p.m. Created by Noah Z. Jones, the series has been one of TV’s top-rated series among kids 6-11 and tweens 9-14 since its debuted in September 2010. Season two will continue [...]
‘Minnie’s Bow-Toons’ Shorts Premiere Nov. 14
Mickey’s plucky gal pal Minnie Mouse will showcase her passion for fashion in her own short-form series Minnie’s Bow-Toons from Disney Television Animation, which will launch with a week’s worth of new episodes Monday, November 14 through Saturday, November 19 on Disney Channel (8:55 a.m.) and DisneyJunior.com, where fans can [...]
Rising Stars of Animation: 2011
We searched high and low to find some of the brightest, bravest and most talented up-and-coming over-achievers in the toon scene. Zack Keller & Ed Skudder Co-Creators, Dick Figures [6 Point Media] Work goes faster when you have a good buddy helping you out—or hurling insults at you, or postulating [...]
Extreme Fairies: ‘Pixie Hollow Games’
Disney Channel’s Pixie Hollow Games brings back the popular characters of the franchise in a new action-packed special. The team at Disney knew it had hit the jackpot when they launched the Fairies franchise back in 2005. With the force of the company’s merchandising arm behind them, the winged friends [...]
Amazon’s LoveFilm and...
LoveFilm and Disney have signed a new pact which allows the Amazon subscriber...
CN All About ‘Adventure...
Cartoon Network Enterprises is riding the runaway Adventure Time train...
