Kids’ Fare on Offer from Shaftesbury

TORONTO: Among the slate of kids’ programming on offer from Shaftesbury Sales Company are Connor Undercover, Overruled!, Baxter and Vacation with Derek.

Connor Undercover follows the adventures of a 15-year-old spy buff who’s life is turned upside down when the daughter of the leader of a small island nation is sent to live with his family. The series airs on Family Channel in Canada, Nickelodeon Germany, ABC in Australia and Boomerang in Latin America, and has also been acquired by Boomerang in the U.K., Gulli in France, VRT in Belgium and Noga in Israel.

Overruled! is a half-hour comedy series set within a high-school courtroom. The show is produced in association with Family Channel and has been acquired by Disney Channel in the U.K., France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany, India, Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand; Canal+ in Poland; Boomerang in the U.K. and Latin America; Noga in Israel and e-junior in the UAE.

Vacation with Derek is the movie follow up to the hit series Life with Derek. The 90-minute movie was commissioned by Family Channel and has also aired on Nickelodeon Australia.

Rounding out the slate is Baxter, which follows a group of teens at a performing-arts school. The show premiered on Family Channel in May.

“From a spy buff who unexpectedly finds himself thrown into a genuine mission to a group of teens who preside over cases in their high-school’s court, these shows all feature funny, universally engaging characters that audiences around the world will enjoy,” said Shane Kinnear, the senior VP of sales, marketing and digital media at Shaftesbury.