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Johnny Test
''Johnny Test'' is an animated television series created by Scott Fellows, originally produced in the United States by Warner Bros. Animation and later produced in Canada by Cookie Jar Entertainment. It premiered on Kids' WB on September 17, 2005, which continued to air the series through its second and third seasons. The series aired on Cartoon Network on January 7, 2008, in the United States, and ended its run on December 25, 2014. In Canada, the show premiered on Teletoon on September 3, 2006. The series revolves around the adventures of the titular character, Johnny Test, an 11-year-old suburban boy who lives with his parents, his "super-genius" 13-year-old twin sisters, Susan and Mary, who are scientists and best friends with each other, and a talking dog named Dukey. They reside in the fictional town of Porkbelly, which is somewhere in the United States. Johnny is often used as a test subject for his genius twin sisters' inventions and experiments, ranging from gadgets t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fantasy
file:Warhammer40kcosplay.jpg, Cosplay of a character from the ''Warhammer 40,000'' tabletop game; one critic has characterized the game's setting as "action-oriented science-fantasy." Science fantasy is a hybrid genre within speculative fiction that simultaneously draws upon or combines trope (literature), tropes and elements from both science fiction and fantasy. In a conventional science fiction story, the world is presented as grounded by the laws of nature and comprehensible by science, while a conventional fantasy story contains mostly supernatural elements that do not obey the scientific laws of the real world. The world of science fantasy, however, is laid out to be scientifically logical and often supplied with hard science-like explanations of any supernatural elements.Eric R. Williams, ''The Screenwriters Taxonomy: A Collaborative Approach to Creative Storytelling''p. 121/ref> During the Golden Age of Science Fiction, science fantasy stories were seen in sharp contrast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Mondy
Bill Mondy (born June 16, 1963), sometimes credited as Bill Monday, is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Deputy Roscoe in the television series '' The Dead Zone'' and for voicing characters such as Mr. Black in ''Johnny Test'' and Evac in '' Transformers: Cybertron''. Early life and education Mondy was born on June 16, 1963, in Rochester, New York. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 1985 and a master's degree from New York University's Graduate Acting Program in 1988. Career After completing his education, Mondy began his acting career in theater, performing off-Broadway in productions such as a revival of Lanford Wilson's '' The Rimers of Eldritch'' at The Second Stage. He also played leading roles in regional theaters across the United States, including the Arena Stage, Actors Theatre of Louisville, The Huntington Theatre in Boston, and South Coast Repertory. Mondy moved to Los Angeles and began a caree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kids' WB
Kids' WB (stylized as Kids' WB!) was an American children's programming block that originally aired on The WB from September 9, 1995, to September 16, 2006, and later on The CW from September 23, 2006, to May 17, 2008. Initially launched as a competitor to Fox Kids, Kids' WB aired primarily during the Saturday morning and weekday after-school time slots, although airtimes for the block's programming varied at the local affiliate's discretion. In 1999, the block gained a major foothold in the children's television market when it acquired the rights to 4Kids Entertainment's English-dub of the ''Pokémon (TV series), Pokémon'' anime (which had previously been syndicated on Fox-affiliated stations the previous year), helping cement the anime as a pop culture phenomenon among American audiences. Other notable series during the block's WB run included ''Animaniacs'' (a Fox Kids carryover) and spinoff ''Pinky and the Brain'' (which began as a WB prime time series), ''Freakazoid!'', ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The CW
The CW Network, LLC (commonly referred to as The CW or simply CW) is an American commercial broadcast television network which is controlled by Nexstar Media Group through a 75% ownership interest. The network's name is derived from the first letters of the names of its two founding co-owners CBS Corporation and Warner Bros. Nexstar acquired a 75% controlling stake in the network on October 3, 2022, with Paramount Global and Warner Bros. Discovery ( CBS Entertainment Group and Warner Bros. Television's respective parent companies) each retaining a 12.5% ownership stake. The CW debuted on September 18, 2006 as the successor to UPN and the WB, which had respectively shut down on September 15 and 17 of that year. The CW's first two nights of programming – on September 18, 2006 and September 19, 2006 – consisted of reruns and launch-related specials. The CW marked its formal launch date on September 20, 2006, with the two-hour premiere of the seventh cycle of '' Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The WB
The WB Television Network (shortened to The WB, stylized as "THE WB", and nicknamed the "Frog Network" and/or "The Frog" for its former mascot Michigan J. Frog) was an American television network that ran from 1995 to 2006. It launched on terrestrial television, broadcast television on January 11, 1995, as a joint venture amongst the Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Entertainment division of Time Warner, the Tribune Broadcasting subsidiary of the Tribune Media, Tribune Company (later bought by Nexstar Media Group), and Jamie Kellner, with the first acting as controlling partner (and from which The WB received its name). The network aired programs targeting teenagers and young adults between the ages of 13 and 34, while its children's division, Kids' WB, targeted children between the ages of 4 and 12. On January 24, 2006, Warner Bros. and CBS Corporation announced plans to replace their respective subsidiary networks, The WB and UPN, with The CW later that same year. The WB ceased op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DHX Media
WildBrain Ltd. is a Canadian media, animation studio, production, and brand licensing company, mostly associated as an entertainment company. The company is known for owning the largest independent library of children's television programming, including the assets of acquisitions such as Cookie Jar Group, Epitome Pictures, and Wildbrain Entertainment among others, distribution rights to the Jay Ward Productions and Ragdoll Productions libraries, and a stake in the ''Peanuts'' franchise. The company was founded in 2006 as DHX Media, via a merger between Decode Entertainment and the Halifax Film Company. The company subsequently acquired other studios and assets, acquired the Canadian specialty service Family Channel in 2014 to expand into broadcasting, and established the YouTube multi-channel network WildBrain (now WildBrain London) in 2016. Building upon the strength of the division, the entirety of the company was rebranded as WildBrain in 2019. History As DHX Medi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cookie Jar Group
The Cookie Jar Group, commonly known as simply Cookie Jar and formerly known as CINAR, was a Canadian animation studio, production company, media production and distribution company that existed from 1976 until it was folded into DHX Media, now WildBrain, on December 25, 2014. The company was first established in 1976 as CINAR Films Inc., a Montreal-based studio that was heavily involved in children's entertainment. Its business model, which included the licensing of its properties into educational markets, had a significant impact on its success; by 1999, CINAR held CDN$1.5 billion of the overall children's television market. In the 2000s, CINAR became the subject of CINAR scandal, multiple business scandals, including accusations that the company had used offshore accounts to transfer money out of the company, had plagiarized the concept of one of its series, and had obfuscated the involvement of U.S. screenwriters in its productions in order to continue receiving Canadian ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warner Bros
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (WBEI), commonly known as Warner Bros. (WB), is an American film studio, filmed entertainment studio headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios Burbank, Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California and the main namesake subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). Founded on April 4, 1923, by four brothers, Harry Warner, Harry, Albert Warner, Albert, Sam Warner, Sam and Jack L. Warner, Jack Warner, the company established itself as a leader in the American film industry before diversifying into animation, television, and video games. It is one of the "Major film studios, Big Five" major American film studios and a member of the Motion Picture Association (MPA). The company is known for its film studio division, the Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group, which includes Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema, Warner Bros. Pictures Animation, Castle Rock Entertainment and the Warner Bros. Television Group. Bugs Bunny, a character created for the ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Hirsh (producer)
Michael Hirsh (born April 7, 1948) is a Belgian-born Canadian animation producer, TV executive, entrepreneur, and author. He has been attributed to building from the ground up the Canadian animation industry and, more specifically, award-winning children's programming since the 1980s. He co-founded Nelvana, a Canadian based animation and entertainment studio in 1971 with partners Patrick Loubert and Clive A. Smith producing numerous cartoons that established Nelvana as a leader in the industry including '' Little Bear'', '' Franklin'', '' Babar'', '' Max & Ruby'', '' The Magic School Bus'', ''Care Bears'', ''The Adventures of Tintin'', ''Inspector Gadget'', '' Droids'' and '' Ewoks'', among many, many others. After Corus Entertainment's acquisition of Nelvana, Hirsh became the CEO of Cookie Jar Group, which created numerous highly popular children's shows, among them ''Arthur'', ''Johnny Test'', and ''Strawberry Shortcake''. When Cookie Jar was acquired by DHX ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sander Schwartz
Sander Schwartz (born January 7, 1954) is an American Daytime Emmy award-winning producer of television animation. He was President of Warner Bros. Animation between 2001 and 2007, followed by President, International Productions of Sony Pictures Television between 2007 and 2009, and was President of FremantleMedia's Kids and Family Entertainment Division from 2009 through 2013. From 2013 to 2015 he was CEO of IPSP Global Financial Services LLC, the American arm of DengiOnline, the largest online electronics payments platform in Russia and the C.I.S., specializing in the distribution of video games for and micro-transactions within gaming for all platforms. In 2013, Sander founded Sandman Television and Film Inc., a boutique production company and media advisory firm. Biography Sander Schwartz was born on January 7, 1954 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. After graduating from high school, Schwartz studied Government and Economics at Ohio University, followed by law at Northw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ari Posner
Ari Posner (born 1970) is a Canadian film and television composer, most noted as a multiple Gemini Award and Canadian Screen Award winner for his television scores.Alexandra Lopez-Pacheco, "A breakthrough moment: But film and TV composer Ari Posner is no flash in the pan". '' Words & Music'', Vol. 15, Iss. 4, (Winter 2008). A native of Winnipeg, Manitoba, he moved to Toronto, Ontario, in 1989 to study music at York University.Susan Minuk"Composer Ari Posner Picks Up Canadian Screen Award for Anne with an 'E'" ''The J'', August 5, 2020. He is a frequent collaborator with composer Amin Bhatia. He has also been a record producer, most notably on Jen Gould's album ''Music Soup'', which was the winner of the Juno Award for Children's Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2008."Ex-Winnipeggers supported Juno wins"]. ''Winnipeg Free Press The ''Free Press'' (or FP; founded as the ''Manitoba Free Press''; previously known as the ''Winnipeg Free Press'') is a daily (excluding Sunday) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian LeFeuvre
Ian LeFeuvre is a Canadian musician, record producer, singer, and songwriter. Early career He was initially a member of the Ottawa alternative rock band Fun for Malakaï in the early 1990s, until the band broke up when drummer Peter von Althen moved to Toronto to join Skydiggers."Starling takes flight". ''Ottawa Citizen'', January 30, 1997. LeFeuvre then spent several years as a guitarist for singer-songwriter Lynn Miles before reuniting with von Althen in the late 1990s to form the new band Starling. By the time that band released its debut album ''Sustainer'' in 2000 on Time Bomb Recordings, its lineup also included Danny Michel.. canoe.ca, April 10, 2000. Although widely hyped as a "next big thing", the album's sales fell short of expectations and the label soon dropped them. Michel then left the band to pursue a solo career, and LeFeuvre concentrated on session and production work with Miles, Andy Stochansky and Jim Bryson until the band released its second and final album, ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
