Thursday, January 29, 2009

B.O.O.M. Boys and more

Studio B Productions and Slap Happy Cartoons ink a development deal for the K6-11 targeted 2D animated series B.O.O.M. Boys (52x11).  Created by Slap Happy Cartoons, B.O.O.M. Boys is a comedy about three tween bionic brothers who build wild inventions while escaping the evil military agency that developed them.  Slap Happy founders and B.O.O.M. Boys creators Josh Mepham, Greg Sullivan, and Kathy Rocchio and Vito Viscomi all previously toiled for Studio B as directors, writers, and producers.  Studio B is a production subsidiary of DHX Media Ltd.

Coming Home: Military Families Cope With Change (1x3o), a new primetime special produced by Sesame Workshop, in association with David Letterman's Worldwide Pants Incorporated and Lookalike Productions, will premiere on PBS on April 1, 2009 at 8p (check local listings) in conjunction with April as the Month of the Military Child.  Featuring Queen Latifah, John Mayer and Elmo, the special focuses on stories of service people returning home from war with various injuries (both visible and invisible), and how they and their families struggle to find their way back to a "normal" family life.  Downloadable videos and bilingual (English/Spanish) support materials for the special are available via The Talk, Listen, Connect initiative at www.sesamestreet.org/tlc, with information also available on www.pbsparents.org.

Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Tuesday, January 27, 2009, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON:         K2-11 1159; K6-11 521; TWEENS 9-14 337
DISNEY CHANNEL:     K2-11   779; K6-11 439; TWEENS 9-14 337
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11   485; K6-11 307; TWEENS 9-14 225
TOON DISNEY:           K2-11   138; K6-11   80; TWEENS 9-14   53
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data

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