{"id":23617,"date":"2022-08-12T08:50:30","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T12:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2022-08-12T11:24:10","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T15:24:10","slug":"dan-povenmire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/dan-povenmire\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Interview: Dan Povenmire on Hamster &amp; Gretel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For more than 25 years, Dan Povenmire has been working on some of the most successful and critically acclaimed animation series, including <em>Family Guy<\/em>, <em>SpongeBob SquarePants<\/em> and <em>The Simpsons<\/em>. He co-created and executive produced the five-time Emmy Award-winning series <em>Phineas and Ferb<\/em> with Jeff \u201cSwampy\u201d Marsh, for which he voiced the zany evil Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz. Most recently, Povenmire created and executive produced the superhero show <em>Hamster &amp; Gretel<\/em>, about a young girl and her pet hamster who are given superpowers by aliens. The series debuts today, August 12, on Disney Channel and Disney XD, with streaming to come on Disney+.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: block; position: relative; max-width: 690px;\">\r\n \t                <div style=\"padding-top: 56.2504%;\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<video data-video-id=\"6310699656112\" \r\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-account=\"1120308147\" \r\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-player=\"default\" \r\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-embed=\"default\" \r\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-application-id \r\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"video-js\" \r\n\t\t\t\t\tcontrols=\"\"\r\n                    loop autoplay\r\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; bottom: 0px; right: 0px; left: 0px;\"><\/div><\/video>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<script src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/1120308147\/default_default\/index.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Povenmire talks to <em>TV Kids<\/em>\u00a0about the show\u2019s origins, TikTok as a destination for spotting talent and how his 14-year-old daughter Meli came to voice Gretel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dan Povenmire talks to World Screen Newsflash about the origins of Hamster &amp; 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