TeenNick Starts Production on New Original Series

NEW YORK: Gigantic, an original half-hour dramedy about the fictional exploits of a Hollywood "it" kid, is being produced by Reveille for launch on TeenNick, Nickelodeon’s 24-hour network exclusively for and about teens. 

Gigantic features a cast that includes Grace Gummer and Gia Mantegna as two of the lead characters in the 20-episode series. This is the first original scripted show for TeenNick since its September rebranding from The N. It is the network’s second collaboration with Reveille and its first with executive producers Marti Noxon’s (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Grey’s Anatomy, Mad Men, Point Pleasant) and Dawn Parouse Olmstead’s (Prison Break, Point Pleasant, Tru Calling) new company Grady Twins. The series is slated to premiere in early 2010 on TeenNick. 

The show is set in the world of the Hollywood elite, and tells a coming-of-age story about being a teenager growing up in the shadow of their parents’ superstar status. 

"Our audience loves celebrity and pop culture and Gigantic gives them a unique, relatable teen perspective on a world they rarely get to see," said Marjorie Cohn, the executive VP of original programming and development at Nickelodeon.