''Fudge'' is a 1995 American

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based on a series of

Judy Blume Judith Blume (née Sussman; born February 12, 1938) is an American writer of children's, young adult, and adult fiction. Blume began writing in 1959 and has published more than 26 novels. Among her best-known works are '' Are You There God? It's ...

novels about a young boy nicknamed Fudge. The series ran for two seasons, with 24 episodes following a

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adaptation of Blume's novel '' Fudge-a-Mania'', which aired on January 7, 1995, in

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, as part of the ''ABC Family Movies''. The show was canceled after the second season as part of ABC's restructuring of its Saturday morning lineup due to the network's 1996 acquisition by

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Broadcasts

U.S. network broadcasts

''Fudge'' premiered on

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's Saturday morning program block on January 14, 1995, one week after the pilot movie aired, and ran nine episodes for its first season, and aired its second season with 15 episodes from August to December 1995, with reruns continuing until September 1996. ABC's broadcasts of the show were often accompanied with a ''

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'' segment immediately after the end of each episode. In September 1997, reruns of the show reappeared onto the

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Saturday morning lineup, where it remained until December of that year.

International broadcasts

In Canada, the show was broadcast on YTV at the time of the show's original run. The program was also broadcast in the United Kingdom on

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as part of its CBBC lineup from April 1996 until November 1999. In addition, Australia's

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also broadcast the show as part of its children's programming lineup in 1996.

Cast

Primary cast

Jake Richardson Jacob Matthew Richardson (born February 20, 1985) is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the film '' Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves'' and the series ''Fudge''. Career Richardson landed his first acting role in 1995 at the ...

as Peter Warren Hatcher (storyteller) *

Luke Tarsitano Luke Tarsitano (born March 18, 1990) is an American television actor. He played the character of Fudge in the series of that name and had guest appearances on ''Frasier'', ''Suddenly Susan'' and on ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno''. During one o ...

as Farley Drexel "Fudge" Hatcher *

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as Anne Hatcher ("Mom") * Forrest Witt as Warren Hatcher ("Dad") * Nassira Nicola as

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* Alex Burrall as Jimmy Fargo

Other characters

* Rob Monroe as Henry Bevelheimer * Grant Hoover as Arnold * Chuck Marra as Mr. Bogner *

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as Mr. Green * Nick Humphrey as Elliot *

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as Jennie * Teddy Dale as Sam * Jared Moen as Daniel Manheim

Episodes

TV movie

Season 1 (January–March 1995)

Season 2 (August–December 1995)

Reception

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'' twice listed ''Fudge'' as one of the Ten Best Shows for Children.

Awards and nominations

At the Seventeenth Annual Youth in Film Awards, the cast was nominated for a Young Actors Award, Best Performance by a Young Ensemble: Television. Nassira Nicola, who played

, won for Best Performance by a Young Actress: TV Comedy Series.17th Annual Young Artist Awards

Home video

The made-for-TV pilot movie and select episodes were released on

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under license by MCA Universal Home Video in early 1996.

References

External links

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