Canada’s TELETOON is giving its viewership something to look forward to this fall as it prepares to debut 11 new series. Chowder, The Spectacular Spider-Man, Ben 10: Alien Force and the TELETOON original production World of Quest are among five programs joining the daytime line-up. Adult-targeted late-night block The Detour will get six new shows, including Life’s a Zoo, Code Monkeys, American Dad, Father of the Pride and Lucy, Daughter of the Devil. Viewers can catch the new daytime shows before their September premiere as TELETOON offers special sneak peeks both on air and online at teletoon.com throughout August. Each Saturday and Sunday at 8:30 a.m., Flash Forward will provide preview episodes of each new program. Also on tap for the fall are new episodes of returning series Shaggy and Scooby-Doo Get a Clue, Bakugan, My Gym Parnter’s a Monkey and The Batman!.
Chowder will make its Canadian debut with a sneak peek on Saturday Aug. 23 at 8:30 a.m. (ET/PT), followed by the full launch on Saturday, Sept. 6 at 11 a.m., its regular timeslot. The Cartoon Network original series created by C. H. Greenblatt is a bright and food-filled comedy that follows a young apprentice who spends his days learning from a magical chef. Along with creating fantastical dishes from the fresh and weird ingredients found at the local market, Chowder runs errands, tries to keep things tidy in the kitchen and works to stay on the good side of scatterbrained, yet brilliant, chef Mung Daal and his bossy wife, Truffles.
Produced by Sony Television and Marvel Comics, The Spectacular Spider-Man focuses on the education of Peter Parker shortly after he receives the fateful bite from a radioactive spider. Still upset over the death of his uncle Ben, Peter comes face to face with villains including the Lizard, Green Goblin, Kingpin and Venom. Fans can catch the Flash Forward on Sunday, August 24. The show will then make its TELETOON premiere on Sunday, Sept. 7 at 10:30 a.m.
Following a sneak peek on Sunday, Aug. 17 at 8:30 a.m., Ben 10: Alien Force will premiere as part of a two day special back to school event on Aug.30 and Sept. 6. The event will also include the Canadian premiere of the live-action movie, Ben 10: Race Against Time. Alien Force will air weekly at 9:30 a.m. on Sundays, continuing the saga of 15-year-old Ben Tennyson as he once again puts on the Omnitrix to summon the power of ten alien beings, plus five new creatures.
Based on the successful online comic created by Jason T. Kruse, World of Quest is produced by TELETOON with Cookie Jar Ent. and Kids WB! The action-comedy follows the young and spoiled Prince Nestor on his mission to save his parents from the evil Lord Spite. To keep him safe, Nestor has enlisted the protection of the muscle-bound Quest, who has no desire to protect the prince but has fallen under the power of a magic spell which forces him to serve. The sneak peek is scheduled for Sunday, Aug.10 at 8:30 a.m. The show will then settle into its regular Monday-Friday 6 p.m. timeslot starting with the Sept. 1 premiere.
TELETOON will also debut the Cartoon Network original series Out of Jimmy’s Head. An extension of the hit live-action movie Re-Animated, the series offers a mix of animation and live-action as young Jimmy Roberts copes with life in the presence of cartoon characters that only he can see. The Flash Forward on Saturday, August 16 will lead to a series premiere on Saturday, Sept. 6 at 7:30 a.m.
The new Detour lineup will be led by the Life’s a Zoo, a TELETOON original production with Cuppa Coffee. The fur will fly as seven animal strangers locked in a mansion in the middle of a Saskatchewan wheat-field debase themselves and attempt to destroy one another in order to win their luxurious abode and maybe even become famous. The show will air Monday and Friday at 11 p.m., and Tuesday and Saturday at 1:30 a.m., starting on Sept. 1.
American Dad will air Monday and Tuesday at 10 p.m. and midnight, and Tuesday and Wednesday at 2:30 a.m. beginning Sept. 1. Co-created by Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy), the 20th Century Fox Television production revolves around a dysfunctional family led by Stan Smith, a CIA agent and zealous American patriot. In addition to a repressed party-girl wife, an ultra-liberal 18-year-old daughter and a geeky son, Stan shares his house with and a sarcastic, grey alien and a talking goldfish.
Making the leap from Adult Swim is Lucy, Daughter of the Devil. Directed and produced by Loren Bouchard (Home Movies, Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist), the show follows the adventures of Lucy, the 21-year-old spawn of Satan who struggles with her father’s wishes for her to fulfill her destiny as the Antichrist. Joining in the fun are a love interest named DJ Jes’s and two priests and a nun who are intent on destroying her. The Sept. 3 premiere will launch the show on Wednesday at 11 p.m. and Thursday at 1:30 a.m.
The former FOX series The Critic will also join the lineup, airing Wednesday and Thursday at 10 p.m. and midnight, and Thursday and Friday at 2:30 a.m. beginning Wednesday, Sept. 3. Produced by Mike Reiss and James L. Brooks (The Simpsons), The Critic stars Jon Lovitz as the voice of Jay Sherman, a caustic New York film critic who hosts the movie review show Coming Attractions. The series was produced by Columbia Tri-Star Television with Gracie Films and first aired in the ’90s.
Code Monkeys is created by Adam de la Pe’a (Minoriteam) and produced by G4. The show follows the exploits of two video game programmers whose lives take a chaotic turn when the company they are working for, GameAvision, is taken over by a fanatical Texan businessman. Featuring graphics, a color palette and sound effects reminiscent of 8- and 16-bit video games, the series will air on Thursday at 11 p.m. and Friday at 1:30 a.m. beginning Thursday, Sept. 4.
Father of the Pride, which initially had a short run on NBC, will join the lineup on Friday, Sept. 5 and will air each Friday at 10 p.m. and midnight, and Saturday at 2:30 a.m. Produced by DreamWorks Animation, the CGI sitcom follows the lives of a family of white lions living in Las Vegas and working in Siegfried & Roy’s show. The voice cast includes John Goodman, Cheryl Hines and Carl Reiner.
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