This is Daniel Cook
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This is Daniel Cook is a children's television series created by J.J. Johnson and Blair Powers and produced by Toronto's marblemedia and Sinking Ship Productions in association with Treehouse TV and TVO, and is shown in Canada on Treehouse TV, TVOkids, Access, Knowledge Network, and SCN. The series also airs on the Disney Channel (in the US), Disney Japan, and on ABC2 (in Australia).
The show is about a preschooler named Daniel Cook who learns new things and shares his experiences and adventures with other kids. For example, he learns about Taekwondo, gymnastics, and animals. He also visits a fire station, a YMCA, and more. The show was filmed in Toronto, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. Every U.S. episode is six minutes long, while a half-hour version exists in Canada. The series has been sold by Distribution360 to over eighty-five countries worldwide, and dubbed into fourteen languages[citation needed].
The series has also launched a six-volume book series distributed by Kids Can Press and produced by marblemedia. Five DVDs have also been released featuring episodes from the series.
There is another show that complements This is Daniel Cook, and it is called This is Emily Yeung, and it premiered on Treehouse TV in the Fall of 2006.
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[edit] Soundtrack
In early 2007, The Children's Group released a soundtrack of This Is Daniel Cook on CD, which was entitled Here We Are!, it features the show's theme and the music used.
[edit] Notable guests
[edit] Awards
2008 Juno Awards
- Nominated for Best children’s album of the year for “This is Daniel Cook. Here we are!”
2008 Independent Music Awards
- Nominated for Favorite Children’s Group/Artist or Duo for “This is Daniel Cook. Here we are!”
2006 Gemini Award
- Nomination for This is Daniel Cook Season 2 for Best preschool Program or Series
2006 Gemini Award
- Nomination for www.thisisdanielcook.com for Best Cross Platform Project
2006 Gemini Award
- Nomination for www.thisisdanielcook.com for Most Popular Website
2006 Prix Jeunesse Web Prize
- Winner for www.thisisdanielcook.com
2006 Prix Jeunesse Television Prize
- Finalist for This is Daniel Cook in Best up to 6 non-fiction category
2005 Gemini Award
- Nomination for This is Daniel Cook Season 1 for Best preschool Program or Series
2005 Gemini Award
- Nomination for This is Daniel Cook Season 1 for Best Direction in a Children’s or Youth Program or Series for J.J. Johnson
2005 Gemini Award
- Nomination for This is Daniel Cook Season 1 for Best Performance in a Children’s or Youth Program or Series
[edit] Miscellaneous
- Daniel Cook appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show on February 12, 2007.
[edit] External links
- Official site
- marblemedia (co-production company)
- Sinking Ship (co-production company)
- Toronto star
- This is Daniel Cook web page at TreeHouseTV.com
- This is Daniel Cook at the Internet Movie Database
- This is Daniel Cook: the most junior Juno nominee
- Distribution360 (Distributor)
- Ameba (IPTV)
