Toronto, Canada – September 17, 2013 – 9 Story Entertainment is pleased to announce its slate of new shows and episodes launching at Mipcom 2013, featuring both animated and live action programming. From new series in development like Sonny & Sky and The 3 Amigonauts to new episodes of Daniel Tiger’s Neighbourhood and Extreme Babysitting, 9 Story Entertainment is committed to providing the best quality children’s and family entertainment across multiple formats.
“Our varied slate of new shows, combined with several important third party acquisitions, makes for our strongest Mipcom offering to date,” said Natalie Osborne, Managing Director of 9 Story Entertainment. “We are also bringing the largest delegation we’ve ever had and are looking forward to a successful market.”
NEW SERIES:
Numb Chucks (52 x 11’): First Episodes!
Genre: Animated Comedy
Audience: 6-11
An animated comedy about two half-witted woodchuck vigilantes, Dilweed and Fungus, who use their non-existent kung-fu skills to protect the lives of all the citizens in Ding-a-Ling Springs, whether they need it or not!
Sonny & Sky (11’): New Demo
Genre: Animated
Audience: Preschool
Sonny is a curious and thoughtful bright-eyed six year-old boy. Sky is a tickle-and-tumble, spontaneous and carefree young polar bear. Together, these polar opposites steer their way through all of the trials and tribulations of growing up in their Arctic town Beluga Bay.
The 3 Amigonauts (11’): New Demo
Genre: Animated Comedy
Audience: 6-11
Set in Earth’s far-flung future, The 3 Amigonauts follows Herby, Kirby, and Burt, three lovable clueless best buddies who’ve just enrolled at the esteemed Oober-Doober Space Academy.
NEW ACQUISITIONS:
Haunted Tales (Working Title) (40 x 11’)
Genre: Animated Comedy
Audience: 8-12
An animated comedy that follows Pepe, a 12-year old boy who helps out at his grandmother’s potion emporium. Along with his friends, Pepe constantly finds himself involved in offbeat adventures and hilarious, extraordinary situations – usually caused by his own silly misuse of his grandmother’s magical artifacts!
Monkey See Monkey Do (26 x 11’) – Season 2
Genre: Animation / Live Action
Audience: Preschool
An animated and live action preschool series that follows our host, Monkey, and his good friend Parrot as they learn about friendship, animals and the importance of movement.
NEW EPISODES:
Daniel Tiger’s Neighbourhood (40 x 22’ or 80 x 11’)
Genre: Animation
Audience: Preschool
An animated preschool series featuring Daniel, a shy but brave 4-year-old tiger, who lives in the beloved Neighbourhood of Make Believe. With the help of his neighbours, family, and friends – Daniel has fun and learns key skills necessary for school and for life.
Extreme Babysitting (35 x 30’): Second Season Currently in Production!
Genre: Live Action / Reality Prank
Audience: 8-12
A hidden camera prank show that takes teenagers who think they know everything about looking after kids and puts them to the ultimate babysitting test – one that they will never see coming.
Finding Stuff Out (29 x 30’)
Genre: Live Action
Audience: 6-9
A lively science-oriented series which, instead of imposing adult notions on kids about what they should know, gives them what they want: answers to the questions that matter to them the most!
Guess How Much I Love You (52 x 11’)
Genre: Animation
Audience: Preschool
The animated preschool series Guess How Much I Love You – The Adventures of Little Nutbrown Hare is the first adaptation of the much loved bestselling picture book Guess How Much I Love You which has sold more than 22 million copies worldwide.
Joe & Jack (39 x 7’)
Genre: Animation
Audience: Preschool
An adorable series about a 4-year-old boy named Joe, and his best friend; who happens to be a cat, Jack. These two have the biggest imaginations and their days are filled with all sorts of adventures.
Peg + Cat (80 x 11’) – Launching this Fall in the U.S.!
Genre: Animation
Audience: Preschool
Peg + Cat is an animated preschool series that follows an adorable spirited little girl, Peg, and her sidekick, Cat, as they encounter unexpected problems that require creative solutions. In order to solve the problems, Peg and her cat must add, subtract and apply basic arithmetic.
Teenage Fairytale Dropouts (52 x 11’)
Genre: Animation
Audience: 7-11
Meet a new generation of fairytale characters, the children of those super famous icons we all grew up with.
Wild Kratts (92 x 22’) – Now in its 3rd Season!
Genre: Animated Adventure / Comedy
Audience: 4-9
The Kratts brothers leap into animated action in Wild Kratts, a half-hour adventure comedy from the creators of the hit shows Kratts Creatures and Zoboomafoo. In each episode, Chris and Martin Kratt travel to a different corner of the world to meet amazing new animals.
9 Story Entertainment is one of the industry’s leading creators, producers and distributors of award-winning animated and live-action content for young audiences around the world. With one of North America’s largest animation studios based in Toronto, 9 Story has over 200 creative and production staff, and has produced over 800 half hours of quality children’s and family programming, seen on some of the most respected children’s channels around the world across multiple platforms. The company’s distribution arm 9 Story Enterprises represents a growing catalogue which includes several beloved brands such as Arthur, Wibbly Pig, Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars, Wild Kratts and Almost Naked Animals in addition to exciting new series such as Numb Chucks, Camp Lakebottom, Cache Craze, Daniel Tiger’s Neighbourhood and Nerds and Monsters. The company recently acquired CCI Kids, the family content division of CCI Entertainment, increasing 9 Story’s portfolio to over 1500 half hours of content with popular shows such as Guess How Much I Love You, Joe & Jack, Artzooka! and Extreme Babysitting. www.9story.com
For further information:
Jennifer Ansley, Vice President, Marketing & Communications, 9 Story Entertainment
+1 416 530-9900 ext 230, jennifera@9story.com