TELETOON Showcases Fall Programming Schedule

TORONTO, July 31:
Beginning September 3, the Canadian animation channel TELETOON will boast a
total of 34 shows with all new episodes, including 13 new series premiering on
the network, 14 returning shows with new seasons and seven ongoing series.

The network will offer a
sneak peek on VOD, mobile platforms and teletoon.com beginning August 1 on
Rogers Digital Cable On Demand, Shaw Video On Demand and TELUS Mobile TV. And
kids can watch the complete first episode of the new show Ricky Sprocket, a behind-the-scenes celebrity showbiz comedy
following the life of the world’s most famous child star, beginning August 15
on teletoon.com.

Other new daytime shows
premiering on the network include Warner Bros.’ Shaggy and Scooby-Doo Get a
Clue!
, featuring a new-look and gadget
equipped Scooby and Shaggy; Cartoon Network’s Squirrel Boy; Aardman Animations’ Shaun the Sheep and 9 Story Entertainment’s Futz!.

The network will introduce
a new interactive SPIN CYCLE into their after-school block (4 p.m. to 6 p.m.).
Throughout the week, viewers vote online at teletoon.com for their favorite
show to air on Friday, and once a month, five kids each get to choose the shows
for an entire weekday afternoon. SPIN CYCLE will include popular shows like the
TELETOON Original Productions’ Johnny Test, Delilah & Julius, Chop Socky
Chooks
and Total Drama Island.

Adding action to the
lineup, Chaotic and Bakugan will run back to back every weeknight from 6:30
p.m. to 7:30 p.m., and Sunday mornings will be stocked with five full hours of
top performers, including new episodes of Johnny Test and The Batman. The network’s number one show with kids aged 6-11, 6TEEN, will return with an all-new third season.

In preparation for the
launch of the brand new TELETOON Retro channel coming in October, viewers can
enjoy a Retro hour of family viewing every evening at 7:30 p.m. Vintage
favorites include The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show, Super Friends and Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids.

Making their debut on The
Detour
, the post-9 p.m.
programming block for teens and adults, are Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim titles Metalocalypse—created by Brendon Small (Home Movies) and Tommy Blacha (Da Ali G Show)—Sealab 2021, Frisky Dingo and Moral Orel. Also
new for fall, Friday’s F’n Good Movie brings animation-related feature films to the small screen at 9 p.m.
and midnight. The Detour on
TELETOON will welcome back to the block the CGI sci-fi spoof Tripping the Rift, Thursdays at 9:30 pm.

Also making Canadian
premieres on The Detour on
TELETOON are Assy McGee,
created by Matt Harrigan (Space Ghost Coast to Coast) and Carl W. Adams, which features a
crime-fighting pair of buttocks; Smoking Gun TV, produced by Court TV USA and mimicking the ironic
tone of the Smoking Gun website; Perfect Hair Forever, a Japanese-style animation series; and Minoriteam, featuring superheroes using the forces of racial
stereotypes to defeat their racist nemesis.