Cartoon Network Adds Two New Live-Action Series

ATLANTA: The hour-long live-action series Tower Prep and Warner Horizon Television’s Unnatural History are to join the lineup of Cartoon Network in January 2010. 

Tower Prep is an action-thriller about a rebellious teen who wakes up one morning to find himself trapped at a mysterious prep school that is focused on tapping into the "unique potential" of its students. He forms a group with fellow students to search for answers on where they are and how to get home. The series will be produced out of Cartoon Network Studios, in association with Dolphin Entertainment.

Unnatural History is a mystery series centered on a teenager with exceptional skills he picked up through years of globe-trotting with his anthropologist parents. He is shipped off to high school in Washington, D.C. and him and his smooth-talking cousin wind up entangled in mysteries revolving around the national museum. The series will be executive produced by Mike Werb and produced by Warner Horizon Television.

"These new series will offer our viewers a type of action-packed event entertainment not found anywhere else," said Rob Sorcher, the chief content officer of Cartoon Network. "We are looking forward to working with all of the great talent involved in these exciting new ventures, which we believe will be a powerful complement to our diverse and expanding array of original programming."