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Klasky Csupo
Klasky-Csupo, Inc. ( ) is an American animation studio located in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 1982 by producer Arlene Klasky and her then-husband, Hungarian animator Gábor Csupó (hence the company's name) in a spare room of their apartment and grew to 550 artists, creative workers and staff in an animation facility in Hollywood. During the 1990s and 2000s, they produced and animated era-defining shows for the children's network, Nickelodeon, such as ''Rugrats'' (which was one of the channel's original animated series, known as Nicktoons), ''Aaahh!!! Real Monsters'', ''The Wild Thornberrys'', '' Rocket Power'', '' As Told by Ginger'', '' All Grown Up!'', and the American dub of '' Poppy Cat''. They also animated the first three seasons of ''The Simpsons'' for 20th Century Fox Television and Gracie Films, as well as ''Duckman'' on USA Network. In 2008, Nickelodeon ended their long-running partnership with Klasky Csupo and its shows ceased production, resulting in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Private Company
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose Stock, shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in their respective listed markets. Instead, the Private equity, company's stock is offered, owned, traded or exchanged privately, also known as "over-the-counter (finance), over-the-counter". Related terms are unlisted organisation, unquoted company and private equity. Private companies are often less well-known than their public company, publicly traded counterparts but still have major importance in the world's economy. For example, in 2008, the 441 list of largest private non-governmental companies by revenue, largest private companies in the United States accounted for $1.8 trillion in revenues and employed 6.2 million people, according to ''Forbes''. In general, all companies that are not owned by the government are classified as private enterprises. This definition encompasses both publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugrats
''Rugrats'' is an American animated television series created by Arlene Klasky, Gábor Csupó, and Paul Germain for Nickelodeon. The series focuses on a group of toddlers, most prominently Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, and Lil, and their day-to-day lives, usually involving life experiences that become much greater adventures in the imaginations of the main characters. The series premiered on August 11, 1991. It is the second of the original three Nickelodeon animated series known as "Nicktoons", after '' Doug'' and before ''The Ren & Stimpy Show''. The series initially lasted for 65 episodes spanning three seasons. Production was then halted around 1994, months after Germain left Klasky Csupo Inc., with the last episode airing on November 12, 1994. In 1995 and 1996, two Jewish-themed specials premiered, " A Rugrats Passover" and " A Rugrats Chanukah", respectively, both of which received critical acclaim. During this time, after the end of the series production run, ''Rugrats'' b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugrats (2021 TV Series)
''Rugrats'' is an American animated television series created by Arlene Klasky, Gábor Csupó, and Paul Germain. It has been described as a reboot of the original TV series of the same name which ran from 1991 to 2004. The series premiered on May 27, 2021, on Paramount+; it is the second Nickelodeon-based series created for the streaming service. As with previous incarnations of the franchise, the series was produced by Klasky Csupo and Nickelodeon Animation Studio. On March 28, 2024, the series was removed from Paramount+ as part of a "strategic decision to focus on content with mass global appeal." Premieres had already moved to the Nicktoons channel on March 14, 2024. Premise Apart from the setting update of the 2020s from the 1990s, the rebooted ''Rugrats'' remains the same as the original series, as it still focuses on the experiences of a courageous, adventurous one-year-old baby named Tommy Pickles and his group of playmates and other infants and toddlers. Voice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USA Network
USA Network (or simply USA) is an American basic cable television channel owned by the NBCUniversal Media Group division of Comcast's NBCUniversal. It was launched in 1977 as Madison Square Garden Sports Network, one of the first national sports cable television channels. It was relaunched under its current name on April 9, 1980, and in the years since then, USA steadily gained popularity through its original programming, a long-established partnership with WWF/ WWE and, for many years, limited sports programming. USA increased its sports coverage significantly in 2022, after the shutdown of NBCSN, and now serves as the main cable component of NBC Sports. , USA Network is available to approximately 70 million pay television households in the United States, down from its 2011 peak of 100 million households. History Madison Square Garden Sports Network (1977–1980) USA Network was launched on September 22, 1977, as the Madison Square Garden Sports Network (not to be confused ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duckman
''Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man'', commonly known simply as ''Duckman'', is an American adult animated sitcom created and developed by Everett Peck, based on the characters he created in his 1990 one-shot comic book published by Dark Horse Comics. ''Duckman'' aired on the USA Network from March 5, 1994, through September 6, 1997, for 4 seasons and List of Duckman episodes, 70 episodes. It follows Eric Tiberius Duckman (voiced by Jason Alexander), a Private investigator, private detective who lives with his family. After airing in syndication, the series gained a cult following. Spin-off media include volume DVDs released from 2008 to 2009, a comic book collection released by Topps between 1994 and 1996, a ''Complete Series'' DVD set released in 2018, and a video game entitled ''Duckman: The Graphic Adventures of a Private Dick'' for Microsoft Windows. The series was listed among ''IGN''s "Top 100 Best Animated TV Shows" in 2009 and received three nominations at the Primetime Em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gracie Films
Gracie Films is an American film and television production company founded by James L. Brooks on January 4, 1986. The company is primarily known for producing its long-running flagship animated series ''The Simpsons''. The company's headquarters is located on the Fox Studios lot at 10201 West Pico Boulevard in Los Angeles. Overview James L. Brooks, who had previously founded John Charles Walters Company, founded Gracie Films at 20th Century Fox in January 4, 1986, with Polly Platt as executive vice president. Named for comedian Gracie Allen, the company was established to "provide real writers with a vehicle to get their movies made". Its primary distributor is currently Sony Pictures Entertainment, though it continues to produce ''The Simpsons'' at Fox's studio in Century City, Los Angeles. According to ''Simpsons Confidential'', Brooks gave ''The Simpsons writing staff free rein, as he firmly believed they were the most important part of the process, and "in the legal battl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
20th Century Fox Television
20th Television, Inc. (formerly known as TCF Television Productions, Inc., 20th Century-Fox Television and 20th Century Fox Television) is the television studio arm of 20th Century Studios, owned by Disney Television Studios, a division of the Disney Entertainment business segment of the Walt Disney Company. Productions from this company are distributed on/in home video, home media formats by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment through the 20th Century Home Entertainment banner. 20th Television was part of the majority of 21st Century Fox's assets acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney, acquired by Disney in 2019. The company's current name was adopted in 2020 when Disney dropped the "Fox" word from the names of the acquired 21st Century Fox assets to avoid brand confusion with Fox Corporation. 20th Television has since become American Broadcasting Company, ABC's flagship television production arm with the closure of ABC Signature on October 1, 2024. Divisions 20th Televisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Simpsons
''The Simpsons'' is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening and developed by Groening, James L. Brooks and Sam Simon for the Fox Broadcasting Company. It is a Satire (film and television), satirical depiction of American life, epitomized by the Simpson family, which consists of Homer Simpson, Homer, Marge Simpson, Marge, Bart Simpson, Bart, Lisa Simpson, Lisa, and Maggie Simpson, Maggie. Set in the fictional town of Springfield (The Simpsons), Springfield, in an unspecified location in the United States, it caricatures society, Western culture, television and the human condition. The family was conceived by Groening shortly before a solicitation for a series of The Simpsons shorts, animated shorts with producer Brooks. He created a dysfunctional family and named the characters after his own family members, substituting Bart for his own name; he thought Simpson was a funny name in that it sounded similar to "simpleton". The shorts became a part of ''The Tracey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poppy Cat (TV Series)
''Poppy Cat'' (alternatively ''The Extraordinary Adventures of Poppy Cat'') is a British preschool animated television series, which first aired on May 2, 2011 and last aired on October 31, 2015. It is based on a series of books created by British illustrator and writer Lara Jones, and is a co-production of King Rollo Films, Coolabi Productions, Cake Entertainment and Ingenious Media (season 2) for Nick Jr. in the UK and Sprout (season 2) in the U.S., and was dubbed by Klasky Csupo for U.S. production. Premise The series centers on Poppy, a young neckerchief-wearing kitten heroine, leading her eccentric team of friends who are stuffed animals – Alma the bunny kit, Zuzu the Dalmatian puppy, an owl named Owl and Mo the mouse – who belong to a little girl named Lara. They walk upright, talk and go on many extraordinary adventures to faraway lands of wonder by any kind of transportation they need that matches her neckerchief, like a sailing ship, a train, an aeroplane, a ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Grown Up!
''All Grown Up!'' is an American animated television series developed by Kate Boutilier, Eryk Casemiro, and Monica Piper for Nickelodeon. Produced by Klasky Csupo and Nickelodeon Animation Studio, it serves as a sequel to '' Rugrats'', and explores the daily lives of protagonist Tommy Pickles, his little brother Dil and his childhood friends, now tweens/adolescents. The concept for the series was based on the ''Rugrats'' episode " All Growed Up", which served as the original series' 10th anniversary special and proved successful with audiences. The series ran from April 12, 2003 to August 17, 2008, for a total of five seasons and 55 episodes, and featured much of the surviving cast from the original series reprising their roles. Several episodes also feature flashbacks of the kids as toddlers. Premise The series is set ten years after the events of '' Rugrats''. Tommy, Chuckie, Angelica, the twins Phil and Lil, Susie, Dil, and Kimi are now tweens/teens. Episodes often inv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
As Told By Ginger
''As Told by Ginger'', also known as ''As Told by Ginger Foutley'',Beck, Jerry, ''Not Just Cartoons: Nicktoons!'' is an American animated preteen drama television series, produced by Klasky Csupo (which also produced ''Rugrats''), and aired on Nickelodeon. The series focuses on a junior high school (later high school) girl named Ginger Foutley who, with her friends, tries to become more than a social geek. The series first aired on Nickelodeon on October 25, 2000. ''As Told by Ginger'' ended production in 2004, although some episodes were initially unaired on U.S. television; the remaining episodes would premiere at varying intervals on Nickelodeon-affiliated services through to 2021. It was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour). The series was praised and noted for having ongoing story arcs and characters who developed, aged, and changed their clothes throughout the show, a rare quality in an animated ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rocket Power
''Rocket Power'' is an American animated television series created by Arlene Klasky and Gábor Csupó and produced by Klasky Csupo and Nickelodeon Animation Studio for Nickelodeon. The show centers on the daily lives of Otto, Reggie, Twister and Sam, four pre-adolescent children with an interest in extreme sports such as skateboarding and surfing while also getting into various situations. The series aired on Nickelodeon from August 16, 1999 to July 30, 2004. Premise ''Rocket Power'' revolves around the day-to-day zany hijinks of a gang of four young and loyal friends; the adventurous and vain sports enthusiast and perfectionist: Oswald "Otto" Rocket; his tomboyish and kind-hearted older sister: Regina "Reggie" Rocket; Otto's dim-witted but loyal best friend and videographer: Maurice "Twister" Rodriguez; and the brainy techno whiz kid and relative newcomer: Sam "Squid" Dullard — who live in the fictional Southern California beach community of Ocean Shores where they spend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
