“Too Big For Your TV” is the slogan being used by Kids’ WB! to brand its 2006-2007 Saturday morning schedule, which will feature four new original programs and four returning favorites. Set to kick off this September on freshly founded fifth network The CW, the five-hour block for kids 6-11 will offer Legion of Super Heroes, Shaggy and Scooby-Doo Get A Clue! and Tom and Jerry Tales, all from Warner Bros. Animation, as well as a new show titled Monster Allergy from Rainbow S.p.A.
Based on characters from D.C. Comics, Legion of Super Heroes has a group of futuristic super heroes going back in time to recruit the greatest hero of all, Superman, and enlist him their fight against evil in the 31st Century. Created expressly for the Too Big For Your TV block, the show introduces Lightning Lad, Saturn Girl, Brainiac 5, Phantom Girl, Bouncing Boy and Timber Wolf, who end up going too far back into the past and meeting up with young Superboy instead of the mature Man of Steel. Together, this unlikely Legion of Super Heroes bands together to defend the rights of all free worlds and uphold the laws of the newly formed United Planets. The series is exec produced by Sander Schwartz, and produced by Linda Steiner and James Tucker for Warner Bros. Animation.
Shaggy and Scooby-Doo Get A Clue! finds the sleuthing duo living in the blinged-out mansion of Shaggy’s Uncle Albert and solving mysteries with the help of a transforming Mystery Machine. By ingesting some new Scooby Snacks infused nano-technology, Scooby can fly, become a towering robot or even turn himself into a giant magnet. The top-secret doggie biscuits are also highly desired by evil masterminds, so keeping them out of the wrong hands is a full-time job for our heroes. The series is exec produced by Sander Schwartz and Joseph Barbera, co-founder of Hanna-Barbera, and produced by Eric Radomski.
If the new Scooby-Doo show seems like a radical departure from the classic series, fans of Tom and Jerry will be happy to know that producers Frank Molieri and Tom Minton stick to the basics with Tom and Jerry Tales. The cat-and-mouse game continues with wild chases, slapstick gags and over-the-top mayhem in the first new U.S. television series featuring the iconic archrivals in more than 13 years. Schwartz and Barbera serve as exec producers.
Monster Allergy is based on the international best-selling comic book series of the same name, in which 12-year-old Zick discovers he has the exceptional ability to see what no other kids his age can’the invisible supernatural monsters that live among us. With help from next-door neighbor Elena and his talking cat, Timothy, Zick learns to harness his powers in hopes of one day following in his father’s footsteps as a monster tamer. The show is exec produced by Iginio Straffi for Rainbow S.p.A.
Returning favorites filling out the Too Big For Your TV block include Warner Bros. Animation’s Johnny Test, The Batman, Xiaolin Showdown and Loonatics Unleashed. Two additional series, to be announced at a later date, will comprise the Pillow Head Hour, a one-hour block of programming that will kick off the Saturday schedule. The block will be hosted by hosted by a youth correspondent who roams the red carpet at entertainment events, interviewing celebrities about their own pillow hair experiences and pillow fights.
