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'''''FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman''''' |
'''''FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman''''' is a children's [[television series]] for old children aged 6-12 on [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] during the [[PBS Kids GO!]] block of educational programming. It is a [[game show]]/[[reality show]] parody that is hosted by an [[animated]] [[anthropomorphic]] [[dog]] who dispenses challenges to the show's real-life contestants. Premiering on May 29, 2006, the show has since completed four seasons, with a fifth season that premiered on October 4, 2010. The series will end on November 4, 2010 as WGBH announced that due to lack of funding that the series would be cancelled after five seasons and 100 episodes. In June 2008, the series received its first Emmy for Best Original Song for its theme. |
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==Production== |
==Production== |
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Fetch |
Fetch is produced at WGBH Studios in Boston. Seasons are filmed about a year before they air. Season four began this show in High Definition (HD) in 2009. Production for season 5 is in post production at this time. Auditions for season 6 took place on January 9 & 10, 2010.<ref>[http://www.mauratighe.com/fetch2010/fetch_casting.html ]{{Dead link|date=June 2010}}</ref> However, WGBH announced that while casting has already been completed, due to a lack of funding, Fetch! will be cancelled after its fifth and final season. The challenges are filmed mostly in Boston and various other parts of the USA, depending on the challenges. The challenges are filmed in the summer time when the children are out of school. The challenges which are shot out on the field are a cut documentary-style, very similar to network reality TV shows. After the FETCHers finish filming the challenges, contestants are acted with the voice of Ruff. Jim Conroy travels to Boston from NY for the two weeks they spend shooting in the studio. The fourth camera simply captures Conroy doing his lines as Ruff in the audio booth. The kids hear him in the studio and he hear their lines/reactions in his headphones. Ruff's lines are the only lines that are scripted out, though depending on the situation he will sometimes ad-lib an answer to a question from a FETCHer. Once all that is done the show goes into editing. First the editors go in and pick out their challenge clips and put them in order of the show. Then they are sent to Jim Conroy in NY to voice the episodes where the animation needs to go. Once that is complete, it is sent back to WGBH where they take the audio clips of the animated characters and place them where they go. Once all of this is done, the episode is sent to global mechanic to animate the show. one out of the four editors have an off-set four-week system in place where one of them is ready to send a cut of a new episode to Vancouver every Friday. This processes takes about 6 months to complete one season of the show.<ref>http://www.newenglandfilm.com/magazine/2009/10/ruff</ref> |
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==Studio G set== |
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FETCH! is a reality-based game show where young contestants take on various challenges to gain points. During these challenges, the contestants must complete a variety of tasks assigned to them ahead of time (and on the fly) by Ruff and surrogates, depending on the situation. There is also an educational component, as contestants often must learn something (i.e. [[Astronomy]], [[Carpentry]], [[Food Science]], [[Biology]], etc.) in order to complete the task. |
FETCH! is a reality-based game show where young contestants take on various challenges to gain points. During these challenges, the contestants must complete a variety of tasks assigned to them ahead of time (and on the fly) by Ruff and surrogates, depending on the situation. There is also an educational component, as contestants often must learn something (i.e. [[Astronomy]], [[Carpentry]], [[Food Science]], [[Biology]], etc.) in order to complete the task. |
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Not all contestants leave the studio each episode to complete tasks. As determined usually by the Fetch 3000, the contestants who remain behind in the studio participate in the "Half-Time Quiz Show", in which Ruff asks them questions based on the activities of the contestants out on challenges. Out on challenges, contestants have the potential to earn up to 100 points. The contestants in the studio have a chance to win a maximum of 50 points in the ''Half-Time Quiz Show'' in which they have to answer 10 questions about events during the challenges. Each question is worth 5 points. They have a total of 60 seconds (for Season 1 and 2 it was 90 seconds but it usually varies by wide amounts of time) to answer all the questions. They can pass on the question and return to it if time permits. Usually, there is also a ''Fetch Fairness Guarantee'', which states that every contestant will have had an equal number of challenges (usually 13) and quiz shows (usually 6) before the final episode. Additionally, there are between 5 and 10 "Bone-us" points (sometimes 15 or 20 points) available for one or two (sometimes even three or four) stand-out contestants. On rare occasions, there is the possibility to earn more than 100 points (outside of any bonuses). The record for most points earned in one episode |
Not all contestants leave the studio each episode to complete tasks. As determined usually by the Fetch 3000, the contestants who remain behind in the studio participate in the "Half-Time Quiz Show", in which Ruff asks them questions based on the activities of the contestants out on challenges. Out on challenges, contestants have the potential to earn up to 100 points. The contestants in the studio have a chance to win a maximum of 50 points in the ''Half-Time Quiz Show'' in which they have to answer 10 questions about events during the challenges. Each question is worth 5 points. They have a total of 60 seconds (for Season 1 and 2 it was 90 seconds but it usually varies by wide amounts of time) to answer all the questions. They can pass on the question and return to it if time permits. Usually, there is also a ''Fetch Fairness Guarantee'', which states that every contestant will have had an equal number of challenges (usually 13) and quiz shows (usually 6) before the final episode. Additionally, there are between 5 and 10 "Bone-us" points (sometimes 15 or 20 points) available for one or two (sometimes even three or four) stand-out contestants. On rare occasions, there is the possibility to earn more than 100 points (outside of any bonuses). The record so far for most points earned in one episode is 125, by Brian, Noah and Khalil on Season 1, Episode 5. In Season 4 contestants are able to have 1/2 points (i.e. 515½ points). A prize is awarded to the contestant with the most points at the end of the show. At the end of the season, a final point tally is conducted, with the winner of the tally being declared winner of that season and wins the "Grand Prize". |
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Prizes are not always desirable, and sometimes the prize holder winds up with a "[[booby prize]]"; for example, in ''Good Dancing and Bad Teeth'', Anna and Brian had to dance a waltz in the studio. During the first season the contestant had the choice of keeping the prize, or giving it to a fellow contestant. From (Season 2-5) there are two unknown prizes from which the winner chooses one. Usually, the chosen prize is "mailed" to the mailbox in Studio G, although occasionally large prizes are hidden elsewhere on the set. In one season two episode Rosario gave his prize to Nina, and in another Rosario gave his to Madi. In a season 4 episode, Sterling returned his prize to the mailbox. |
Prizes are not always desirable, and sometimes the prize holder winds up with a "[[booby prize]]"; for example, in ''Good Dancing and Bad Teeth'', Anna and Brian had to dance a waltz in the studio. During the first season the contestant had the choice of keeping the prize, or giving it to a fellow contestant. From (Season 2-5) there are two unknown prizes from which the winner chooses one. Usually, the chosen prize is "mailed" to the mailbox in Studio G, although occasionally large prizes are hidden elsewhere on the set. In one season two episode Rosario gave his prize to Nina, and in another Rosario gave his to Madi. In a season 4 episode, Sterling returned his prize to the mailbox. |
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==New Episodes== |
==New Episodes== |
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New episodes |
New episodes air Mondays through Thursdays, but specific air times vary for each individual PBS station. Monday's episode is usually repeated on Friday, unless another program has been scheduled for Friday. In some markets, the show airs on weekends.<ref>http://pbskids.org/tvschedules/airdates.html?program_id=5485171&display_date=2010-11-04&display_feed=2495&station=WVIZ</ref> After November 4th 2010 there will not be any more episodes produced. |
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==Cancellation== |
==Cancellation== |
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The show had auditions for their sixth season in January 2010 but on June 14, 2010 WGBH Boston announced that Season 5 will be the final season due to lack of funding. On June 27, 2010 Jim Conroy, the voice of Ruff, made the official announcement at the Daytime Emmy award ceremony. On Jim's Facebook page he said, "It's such an impossible task going up against Sesame Street and The Electric Company. So you have to consider the nomination as a win. Can't complain. PBS gave us 100 episodes and 5 seasons. Many good shows never saw that kind of time." FETCH |
The show had auditions for their sixth season in January 2010 but on June 14, 2010 WGBH Boston announced that Season 5 will be the final season due to lack of funding. On June 27, 2010 Jim Conroy, the voice of Ruff, made the official announcement at the Daytime Emmy award ceremony. On Jim's Facebook page he said, "It's such an impossible task going up against Sesame Street and The Electric Company. So you have to consider the nomination as a win. Can't complain. PBS gave us 100 episodes and 5 seasons. Many good shows never saw that kind of time." FETCH will air its fifth and final season beginning on October 4, 2010.<ref>http://www.wgbh.org/about/studiotours_faqs.cfm#5</ref> |
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==Auditions== |
==Auditions== |
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Genre | Children's game show |
Created by | Kate Taylor |
Developed by | WGBH |
Written by | Glen Berger Jim Conroy |
Directed by | Clifford Saito Adam Dalley Joe Truesdell Peter Lyons Wayne Simpson Dean Raymond Robert V. Lange Chris Whitbeck |
Starring | Jim Conroy (Contestants) |
Voices of | Jim Conroy |
Narrated by | Jim Conroy |
Theme music composer | Terry Tompkins, Rocco Gagliese, Steve D'Angelo for Eggplant LLC |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 5 |
No. of episodes | 100 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer | Kate Taylor |
Producers | Paul Serafini Marcy Gunther Eric Handler |
Production locations | Boston, Massachusetts and other parts of the USA |
Editors | Arnie Harchik Jessica Rueter Andrews Lisa Wolf Kathyrn Farrelly Alan Grazioso Jennifer Lorenz Joe Headrick Arnie Harchik John Warren Mark Geffen Maureen Barillaro Karen Silverstein |
Camera setup | Mark C. Helton Dan Lang Stephen McCarthy Multi-camera (For Studio Segaments) |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company | WGBH-TV |
Original release | |
Network | PBS Kids GO! |
Release | May 29, 2006 November 4, 2010 | –
FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman is a children's television series for old children aged 6-12 on PBS during the PBS Kids GO! block of educational programming. It is a game show/reality show parody that is hosted by an animated anthropomorphic dog who dispenses challenges to the show's real-life contestants. Premiering on May 29, 2006, the show has since completed four seasons, with a fifth season that premiered on October 4, 2010. The series will end on November 4, 2010 as WGBH announced that due to lack of funding that the series would be cancelled after five seasons and 100 episodes. In June 2008, the series received its first Emmy for Best Original Song for its theme.
Production
Fetch is produced at WGBH Studios in Boston. Seasons are filmed about a year before they air. Season four began this show in High Definition (HD) in 2009. Production for season 5 is in post production at this time. Auditions for season 6 took place on January 9 & 10, 2010.[1] However, WGBH announced that while casting has already been completed, due to a lack of funding, Fetch! will be cancelled after its fifth and final season. The challenges are filmed mostly in Boston and various other parts of the USA, depending on the challenges. The challenges are filmed in the summer time when the children are out of school. The challenges which are shot out on the field are a cut documentary-style, very similar to network reality TV shows. After the FETCHers finish filming the challenges, contestants are acted with the voice of Ruff. Jim Conroy travels to Boston from NY for the two weeks they spend shooting in the studio. The fourth camera simply captures Conroy doing his lines as Ruff in the audio booth. The kids hear him in the studio and he hear their lines/reactions in his headphones. Ruff's lines are the only lines that are scripted out, though depending on the situation he will sometimes ad-lib an answer to a question from a FETCHer. Once all that is done the show goes into editing. First the editors go in and pick out their challenge clips and put them in order of the show. Then they are sent to Jim Conroy in NY to voice the episodes where the animation needs to go. Once that is complete, it is sent back to WGBH where they take the audio clips of the animated characters and place them where they go. Once all of this is done, the episode is sent to global mechanic to animate the show. one out of the four editors have an off-set four-week system in place where one of them is ready to send a cut of a new episode to Vancouver every Friday. This processes takes about 6 months to complete one season of the show.[2]
Studio G set
Studio G is the studio for FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman. There 3 parts to the show that take place in the studio. The parts are the intro to the show, halftime quiz show and the Triumph Tally take place in the studio. Over the years the set has changed a few times. For season 1 and 2 the studio stayed the same, but in season 3 is when the set started to change big time. In season 3 the TV on which the contestants view Ruff was changed to a more current blue flat screen TV. Also Ruff's owner parked her car in the studio. A flamingo and trees were added around the logo of the studio. A Studio G sign was added in Season 2. In Season 4 a brand new remote control Mailbox in place on the blue flat TV Screen which pops out when a challenge is in the mailbox. The wall of fame in the studio was introduced in Season 2 and in Season 3 the Anna and Mike pictures in the wall of fame are smaller except for the question mark picture. Season 5's major renovation is during the season finale. It is taken literally after entering the no trespassing door at the waterpark, but the Go Get It! studio (Studio P) is a remodeled version of the Studio G with new carpeting and various furniture painted.
Cast and crew
With the exception of Blossom and Chet, who don't speak, all character voices are provided by Jim Conroy. The contestants are not professional actors and are real children who actually do the activities. They range in age from 10 to 14.
Characters include:
- Ruff Ruffman (voiced by Jim Conroy) is the host of the show. He doesn't like cats, or at least thinks that dogs are superior to them in most ways. He has a crush on Charlene. Ruff grouses about his contract to produce a reality TV program, and the stresses of running one. He loves all food, American-Chinese take-out in particular. His physical appearance features "eyebrows that hover mysteriously above his head". Ruff has many relatives and ancestors, all with a similar physical appearance to him, and he has five other brothers and sisters besides Scruff and Roxy. According to the episode Ruff Bounces Back, Ruff is a mutt and is proud of it. At the end of season 4, Ruff mentions about his mom and dad, stating that they had vanished when he was a pup, but Jerry the parrot explains that they're still alive, implying that that will be the storyline for season 5.
- Blossom, whose full name is Princess Blossom Pepperdoodle Von Yum Yum is a cat and was Ruff's intern for Season 2. She is usually simply called "Blossom". Quite serious, she is usually seen taking notes on her laptop. She has never spoken, but only makes strange squeaking sounds to get Ruff's attention. She was promoted to supervisor in Season 3. Ruff didn't enjoy Blossom's company at first, but eventually forms a close bond with her. Despite all of the hijinks that Ruff puts her through, she continues to be loyal to Ruff and the show, particularly when she decided to 'work' for Harriet Hackensack so she could find out the reason for her misocyny (hatred for dogs). In "Don't like Fencing? Try Fencing!", Blossom is shown watching Design Squad (and also shows that she is a fan of Nate from the show).
- Grandma Ruffman, also voiced by Conroy, is Ruff Ruffman's stubborn grandmother who appeared in eleven episodes so far: Grandma Ruffman's Recipe for Success, The Small Fork Is For Dessert (Unless You're a Dolphin), Tape Loops and Loop-the-Loops, There's Food Safety and Then There's Food Safety, Socket to Me, The People vs. Grandma Ruffman, the FETCH! with Scruff Ruffman Finale, Season Four is Cancelled, Is It a Bird? Is It a Plane? It's... Ruffmanman!, Ruff Needs His Herring Checked, Gearing Up for Getting Ruff's Goat, and How to Really Train Your Dog. Like Ruff, she is also pretentious, and animated in Macromedia Flash. As a writer, she attempted to market her products on her grandson's show, and as a grandmother, she constantly fusses about insignificant things, such as Ruff's manners and other FETCHers staying behind in the studio. However, she cares for Ruff, going as far as to retrieve the stolen Fetch 3000 Scruff stole in the premiere of Season 4.
Synopsis
FETCH! is a reality-based game show where young contestants take on various challenges to gain points. During these challenges, the contestants must complete a variety of tasks assigned to them ahead of time (and on the fly) by Ruff and surrogates, depending on the situation. There is also an educational component, as contestants often must learn something (i.e. Astronomy, Carpentry, Food Science, Biology, etc.) in order to complete the task.
Not all contestants leave the studio each episode to complete tasks. As determined usually by the Fetch 3000, the contestants who remain behind in the studio participate in the "Half-Time Quiz Show", in which Ruff asks them questions based on the activities of the contestants out on challenges. Out on challenges, contestants have the potential to earn up to 100 points. The contestants in the studio have a chance to win a maximum of 50 points in the Half-Time Quiz Show in which they have to answer 10 questions about events during the challenges. Each question is worth 5 points. They have a total of 60 seconds (for Season 1 and 2 it was 90 seconds but it usually varies by wide amounts of time) to answer all the questions. They can pass on the question and return to it if time permits. Usually, there is also a Fetch Fairness Guarantee, which states that every contestant will have had an equal number of challenges (usually 13) and quiz shows (usually 6) before the final episode. Additionally, there are between 5 and 10 "Bone-us" points (sometimes 15 or 20 points) available for one or two (sometimes even three or four) stand-out contestants. On rare occasions, there is the possibility to earn more than 100 points (outside of any bonuses). The record so far for most points earned in one episode is 125, by Brian, Noah and Khalil on Season 1, Episode 5. In Season 4 contestants are able to have 1/2 points (i.e. 515½ points). A prize is awarded to the contestant with the most points at the end of the show. At the end of the season, a final point tally is conducted, with the winner of the tally being declared winner of that season and wins the "Grand Prize".
Prizes are not always desirable, and sometimes the prize holder winds up with a "booby prize"; for example, in Good Dancing and Bad Teeth, Anna and Brian had to dance a waltz in the studio. During the first season the contestant had the choice of keeping the prize, or giving it to a fellow contestant. From (Season 2-5) there are two unknown prizes from which the winner chooses one. Usually, the chosen prize is "mailed" to the mailbox in Studio G, although occasionally large prizes are hidden elsewhere on the set. In one season two episode Rosario gave his prize to Nina, and in another Rosario gave his to Madi. In a season 4 episode, Sterling returned his prize to the mailbox.
Go Get It!
Go Get It! with Tom and Trixie was a major part of the plot in Season 5. It was a copycat show that was Ruff's competition. Grandma Ruffman was the first to find out and watch the show. After Ruff finds out of this, he does his best to win more viewers as the rival show is top-rated.
In Episode 18, Ruff questions his parents and Go Get It!, which leads to a climax in the season. The challenge of the episode consisted of FETCHers meeting a private investigation team to find out more about his parents. The FETCHers find out the date of the parents' disappearance and find out that PURRS (Pussycat Underground Rather Rotten Society) is behind this. They also realize they produce the show, Go Get It! The FETCHers built a robot and used sleuthing skills to attract a new FETCHer that would be most likely a contestant from Go Get It! as a prime suspect. Proving to be successful, they follow the suspect to a mysterious office of the company, and the robot grabbed a package surrounded by hidden lasers. A revelation is that PURRS is planning for a world domination.
Ruff is closer to the answer of his parent's disappearance, and in Episode 19, the FETCHers take more insight of this matter. After Ruff's nephew Glen accidentally gets in the server of PURRS via the website, they find a map leading to a mysterious Golden Fetchie. Ruff sends the FETCHers to this mysterious island located on the map so they can get the Golden Fetchie before PURRS does. Unbeknownst until arrival, the FETCHers realized they are back to Game Show Island (the coordinates from Grandma's Parrot took them there in Episode 1). They located the Golden Fetchie by finding the right telephone and number to call and play a hot/cold game to find the Golden Fetchie. After finding the Golden Fetchie, they head back to the docks and take a picture with the triumphant achievement. However, a cat snuck in and got the Golden Fetchie back in PURRS' keeping. Sadly, the FETCHers goes back to Studio G empty handed. At the end, Grandma Ruffman reveals that the Golden Fetchie was really not just a trophy, but a brainwashing device that will make the country think they're all cats. Ruff also comes to the conclusion that PURRS is responsible of his parents' disappearance.
Ruff realizes it is the season five finale. One way only, he was forced to do the finale on Episode 20 by his boss Henry even though he still wanted to find his parents. He sends the FETCHers to the waterpark to locate the headquarters of PURRS to stop them from world domination. Two elimination challenges took place in the waterpark and they used two of the "Fabulous Four" game show relics from Episode 2 for the challenges. Jay and Marc were eliminated in their respective order. The FETCHers find the headquarters at the waterpark saying "No Trespassing". They use the buzzer to unlock the door. The door leads them to Studio P (Go Get It!'s Studio which is really Studio G renovated). By surprise, the hosts of Go Get It!, Tom and Trixie, show up at Ruff's doghouse and want to inform that they want to help stop the world domination. At the third elimination challenge, the FETCHers built a way to deactivate the button on the ceiling before Go Get It!'s finale started. They were successful, but Ruff is still mad at Tom and Trixie. The biggest revelation is revealed. Tom and Trixie were really Ruff's parents. They became spies for PURRS, but they came back for Ruff at the end. Emmie and Marco competed at the Go Get It's Grand Grilling (in other terms FETCH's Final Face-Off). At the end, Marco, who at first was from sixth place won triumphantly with first place and got the Golden Fetchie as the grand prize and a hot air balloon ride for all the FETCHers.
Cultural references and guest stars
Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman contains a surprising amount of cultural references for a PBS Kids show. In the season 2 premiere, when Madi does a rather sloppy job at making chocolate candy, Ruff remarks that it is the "Jackson Pollock candy." In the following episode, Ruff mentions that he likes REO Speedwagon. In season 4, when Talia found a horseshoe crab while working on a shrimp boat, a horrified Ruff exclaimed, "That looks like Darth Vader's head with a million legs coming out of it!"
The show also had some guest stars. In season 2, Ruff sends Madi and Willie to meet the Blue Man Group, and although he intended for them to meet a "blues" band, Ruff was genuinely impressed. In season 3, Sam meets Senator Edward Kennedy. In season 5, Crush the sea turtle from the movie Finding Nemo makes an appearance via Ruff's FETCH 3000.
Episodes
As of 7 October 2010[update], 100 episodes have aired over 5 seasons.
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | Winner | ||
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1 | 20 | May 29, 2006 | June 29, 2006 | Anna Sheridan | |
2 | 20 | May 28, 2007 | June 28, 2007 | Michael "Mike" Spence | |
3 | 20 | September 29, 2008 | October 30, 2008 | Jay Brosnan | |
4 | 20 | September 11, 2009[4] | October 15, 2009 | Liza Giangrande | |
5 | 20 | October 4, 2010[5] | November 4, 2010[3] | Marc "Marco" Frongillo |
New Episodes
New episodes air Mondays through Thursdays, but specific air times vary for each individual PBS station. Monday's episode is usually repeated on Friday, unless another program has been scheduled for Friday. In some markets, the show airs on weekends.[6] After November 4th 2010 there will not be any more episodes produced.
Cancellation
The show had auditions for their sixth season in January 2010 but on June 14, 2010 WGBH Boston announced that Season 5 will be the final season due to lack of funding. On June 27, 2010 Jim Conroy, the voice of Ruff, made the official announcement at the Daytime Emmy award ceremony. On Jim's Facebook page he said, "It's such an impossible task going up against Sesame Street and The Electric Company. So you have to consider the nomination as a win. Can't complain. PBS gave us 100 episodes and 5 seasons. Many good shows never saw that kind of time." FETCH will air its fifth and final season beginning on October 4, 2010.[7]
Auditions
To try out for FETCH!, potential contestants were required to be between the ages of 10 and 14 and able to live in the greater Boston area over the summer, during school vacations, and a few weekends during the school year. FETCHers needed to be able to be filmed without missing school. Auditions were handled by Maura Tighe Casting.[citation needed]
Funding
- National Science Foundation Where Discoveries Begin (2006–10)[8][9][10][11]
- The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations Dedicated to strengthening America's future through education (2006)[citation needed]
- Corporation for Public Broadcasting A private Corporation funded by the American people (2009–10)[citation needed]
- Arby's (2006–07)[citation needed]
- Greendog Clothes for Kids @ Macy's (2006–08)[citation needed]
- Chuck E. Cheese's (2010)
- Contributions to your PBS stations from "Viewers Like You" (2006–10)[citation needed]
In seasons 1–3, Ruff would announce the funding through the FETCH 3000. In season 4 and 5 he would do it on a projector.
Awards
- APEX 2009
Grand Award for The Ruff Guide to Science
- U.S. International Film and Video Festival 2009
"Certificate for Creative Excellence" in the Children's Programming category
- 2009 Daytime Emmy Nominations
Outstanding Children's Series Outstanding Writing in a Children's Series Outstanding Achievement in Main Title and Graphic Design
- iParenting Media Award 2009
Winner – Television "2009 Best Products"
- Parents' Choice Awards 2009
Silver Honor Winner: TV show
- WorldFest Houston 2009
Gold Remi Award "TV Series – Family/Children"
- WorldFest Houston 2009
Platinum Remi Award "TV Series – Family/Children"
- MITX Award 2008
Winner – Best Kids, 'Tweens and Teens site
- 2008 Daytime Emmy Award
Outstanding Original Song – Children's And Animation – FETCH! Theme Song
- 2008 Daytime Emmy Nominations
Outstanding Writing in a Children's Series Outstanding Original Song – Children's And Animation – FETCH Theme Song Outstanding Achievement in Single Camera Editing
- U.S. International Film and Video Festival 2008
First Place "Gold Camera Award" in the Children's Programming category
- Clarion Award 2008 Competition
Winner – Television Special Audience Program
- Parents' Choice Awards 2008
Silver Honor Winner: Web site Recommended Award Winner: TV show
- WorldFest Houston
Gold Remi Award for "TV Series – Family/Children"
- iParenting Media Award 2008
Winner – Television "2008 Best Products"
- PRIX JEUNESSE 2008 Festival
Runner-Up Fourth Place – Ages 7-11 Non-Fiction
- New York Festival International 2008
Bronze World Medal in Youth programs
- 2007 Daytime Emmy Nominations
Performer in an Animated Series Original Song – FETCH Theme Song
- U.S. International Film and Video Festival 2007
Second Place "Silver Screen Award" in the Children's Programming category
- Clarion Award 2007 Competition
Winner – Television Special Audience Program
- Parents' Choice Awards
2007 Gold Award Winner
- WorldFest Houston
Bronze Remi Award for "TV Series – Family/Children"[12]
References
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ http://www.newenglandfilm.com/magazine/2009/10/ruff
- ^ "Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman – 'The FETCH Finale' Episode Info – MSN TV". Archived from the original on 2012-09-08. Retrieved 2010-09-23.
- ^ "Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman". Kentucky Educational Television. Archived from the original on August 5, 2009. Retrieved July 30, 2009.
- ^ "Television · Oregon Public Broadcasting". Opb.org. Retrieved August 6, 2010.
- ^ http://pbskids.org/tvschedules/airdates.html?program_id=5485171&display_date=2010-11-04&display_feed=2495&station=WVIZ
- ^ http://www.wgbh.org/about/studiotours_faqs.cfm#5
- ^ "Award#0610406 - FETCH With Ruff Ruffman, Season Two". nsf.gov. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
- ^ "Award#0714741 - FETCH! Future Scientists Initiative". nsf.gov. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
- ^ "Award#0813513 - FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman Season Four". nsf.gov. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
- ^ "Award#0840307 - FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman, Season Five". nsf.gov. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
- ^ http://www.pbs.org/parents/fetch/program/kudos.html