{"id":20714,"date":"2021-05-26T09:14:28","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T13:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/jon-ollwerther-upped-president-kartoon-channel\/"},"modified":"2021-05-26T12:53:33","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T16:53:33","slug":"jon-ollwerther-upped-to-president-of-kartoon-channel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/jon-ollwerther-upped-to-president-of-kartoon-channel\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Ollwerther Upped to President of Kartoon Channel!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Genius Brands International has elevated Jon Ollwerther to the role of president of Kartoon Channel!<\/p>\n<p>Ollwerther previously served as general manager of Kartoon Channel! He will continue in his role as executive VP of business development for Genius Brands.<\/p>\n<p>Andy Heyward, chairman and CEO of Genius Brands, stated, \u201cI am pleased to announce the well-deserved promotion of Jon, in recognition of his significant contributions to the rapid growth and success of our hit kids\u2019 streaming platform, Kartoon Channel!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ollwerther added, \u201cViewer rankings have put Kartoon Channel! above all other services, including Netflix, Disney+ and YouTube Kids, in both the Apple and the Google app stores. In addition, I am extremely proud to announce that <em>Stan Lee\u2019s Superhero Kindergarten<\/em>\u00a0has just surpassed 21 million views on Kartoon Channel!, over 3.6 million per episode, since the initial launch just over 1 month ago with 6 episodes now released. We believe <em>Superhero Kindergarten<\/em> has risen to the ranks of one of the most highly viewed new cartoon launches in history, as we are building an evergreen production that will entertain generations of children while attracting both advertisers and consumer product licensees.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn addition to the recently launched hit\u00a0<em>Stan Lee\u2019s Superhero Kindergarten<\/em>, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, we will be rolling out <em>KC Pop Quiz!<\/em>\u00a0next quarter. It is a lightning fast-paced daily game show based on pop culture where kids win cool prizes. Think <em>Jeopardy<\/em> meets <em>HQ Trivia!<\/em> Shortly thereafter, we will introduce our 3rd original product, Shaquille O\u2019Neal\u2019s first animated series, <em>Shaq\u2019s Garage<\/em>, created by Joel Cohen, the co-writer and creator of <em>Toy Story<\/em>. Additionally, we will now be launching season three of our hit series <em>Rainbow Rangers<\/em>\u00a0with an exciting new twist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ollwerther continued, \u201cI am honored to take on this new role with Genius Brands, as I truly believe we are curating the very best combination of original, exclusive, and commercially acquired product within the kids\u2019 entertainment industry. Key to our strategy is delivery of premium content that we believe will resonate with our audience\u2014children. We could not have accomplished this successful launch without the leadership and support of our executive chair, Margaret Loesch, and the handpicked Kartoon Channel! team. We are excited about what is coming down the pipeline and we remain more encouraged than ever as we execute on our goal of building the premier kids streaming platform.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Genius Brands International has elevated Jon Ollwerther to the role of president of Kartoon Channel!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":20715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[1503,4226,5440],"class_list":["post-20714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-genius-brands-international","tag-jon-ollwerther","tag-kartoon-channel","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jon Ollwerther Upped to President of Kartoon Channel! - TVKIDS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/jon-ollwerther-upped-to-president-of-kartoon-channel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jon Ollwerther Upped to President of Kartoon Channel! 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