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Screech Owls
Genre	Mystery/Crime
Based on	The Screech Owls by Roy MacGregor
Starring	Jonathan Malen William Greenblatt Nicole Hardy Fraser McGregor Peter Oldring Neil Crone Nicole Dicker
Music by	Jono Grant
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	27
Production
Executive producer	Christina Jennings
Producer	Moira Holmes
Running time	25 minutes
Production companies	OASIS Pictures Inc. Shaftesbury Films YTV Corus Entertainment
Original release
Network	YTV
Release	September 1, 2000 (2000-09-01) – February 1, 2002 (2002-02-01)

Screech Owls is a Canadian mystery TV series based on Roy MacGregor's The Screech Owls book series, that originally aired on YTV from September 1, 2000, to February 1, 2002.^[1] It was nominated for Best Children's or Youth Series or Program at the 16th Gemini Awards in 2001.^[2] Jonathan Malen was nominated at the Young Artist's Awards.^[3] In the USA, it aired alongside other YTV imports on Discovery Kids.

Plot

The plot centers on "The Screech Owls", who are one of the great contenders of the Lapine Cup. They solve mysteries that are occurring in the town of Tamarack, between the games.

Cast

Jonathan Malen as Wayne "Nish" Nishanian
William Greenblatt as Travis Lindsay
Nicole Hardy as Sarah Cuthbertson
Fraser McGregor as Simon Milliken
Peter Oldring as Mr. Dillinger
Neil Crone as Muck Munro
Nicole Dicker as Samantha McGuire

Characters

Wayne Nishanian, called "Nish" by his friends, is the Screech Owls' captain. He enjoys joking and making pranks to his friends. Nish likes collecting hockey cards and loves T-shirts, baseball, and alternative music.
Travis Lindsay has much natural ability and good leadership skills. He is a great skater and stickhandler. He is passionate about various sports.
Sarah Cuthbertson is the best skater and one of the best point-scorers on the team. Sarah is also considered one of the best upcoming female players in hockey.
Simon Milliken is the smallest and most fearful Screech Owl, but he is the hardest working player on the team. He often joins the adventures of the Screech Owls.
Mr. Dillinger is the assistant coach of the Screech Owls.
Muck Munro is the coach of the Screech Owls.
Samantha McGuire is a very talented girl originally from the West who joins the Screech Owls during the second season. The protagonists discover that her family was forced to move away all the time the older brother committed crimes. This changes when the family settles in Tamarack; Sam, not wanting to abandon her new friends, encourages her brother to change his life.

Episodes

References

^ "Screech Owls- Il mondo dei doppiatori" (in Italian). www.antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
^ "Screech Owls". TV.com. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
^ "Jonathan Malen". imdb.com. Retrieved 2018-09-14.

External links

YTV original programming

Current

The Hardy Boys (since 2021)
Super Wish (since 2022)
Best and Bester (since 2022)
Popularity Papers (since 2023)
Zokie of Planet Ruby (since 2023)

Former

1980s debuts	Generation Gap (1989) YTV Rocks (1988–97)
1990s debuts	The Anti-Gravity Room (1990s) Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990–2000) Maniac Mansion (1990–93) Dog House (1990–91) Hit List (1991–2005) Video & Arcade Top 10 (1991–2006) Rupert (1991–97) The Big Comfy Couch (1992–96) Catwalk (1992–94) Clips (1992–96) Rock 'n Talk (1992–95) It's Alive (1993–97) Short Circutz (1994–96) ReBoot (1994–2001) YTV News (1995–2000) Wimzie's House (1995–96) Groundling Marsh (1995–97) My Hometown (1996–2000) Stickin' Around (1996–98) Beast Wars: Transformers (1996–99) Monster by Mistake (1996–2003) The Adventures of Shirley Holmes (1997–2000) Uh Oh! (1997–2003) The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon (1997) Incredible Story Studios (1997–2002) Breaker High (1997–98) Student Bodies (1997–99) The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police (1997–98) Freaky Stories (1997–2000) Ants in Your Pants (1997–2004) Crazy Quilt (1997–99) The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures (1999-2004) Radio Active (1998–2001) The Fuzzpaws (1998–99) Ruffus the Dog (1998–99) St. Bear's Dolls Hospital (1998–2000) Shadow Raiders (1998–99) The New Addams Family (1998–99) Gamerz (1998–2000) George and Martha (1999–2000) Big Wolf on Campus (1999–2002) I Was a Sixth Grade Alien (1999–2001) Mona the Vampire (1999–2003) Watership Down (1999–2001) System Crash (1999–2001) Weird-Oh's (1999–2002) Beast Machines: Transformers (1999–2000) Daring & Grace: Teen Detectives (1999–2000)
2000s debuts	Screech Owls (2000–02) Treasure (2000) The Zack Files (2000–02) Yvon of the Yukon (2000–2004) Wee 3 (2001–11) Xcalibur (2001–02) Vampire High (2001–02) Ultimate Book of Spells (2001–02) Galidor: Defenders of the Outer Dimension (2002) Guinevere Jones (2002) 2030 CE (2002–03) Seriously Weird (2002) Mystery Hunters (2002–09) The Bittles (2003–08) Mental Block (2003) Timeblazers (2003–06) Jacob Two-Two (2003–06) Martin Mystery (2003–06) The Boy (2004–05) Fries with That? (2004) 15/Love (2004–06) Dark Oracle (2004–06) Zixx (2004–09) Spy Academy (2004–05) Being Ian (2005–08) Brady's Beasts (2005–06) Funpak (2005) Prank Patrol (2005–10) Jane and the Dragon (2005–06) Ghost Trackers (2005–08) Captain Flamingo (2006–10) Monster Warriors (2006–08) Viva Piñata (2006–09) Erky Perky (2006–09) Grossology (2006–09) Team Galaxy (2006–07) Ruby Gloom (2006–08) Weird Years (2006) The Amazing Adrenalini Brothers (2007) Storm Hawks (2007–09) Game Gurus (2007–08) Jibber Jabber (2007) Clang Invasion (2007–08) Will and Dewitt (2007–08) The Adrenaline Project (2007–09) Edgar & Ellen (2007–08) Urban Vermin (2007–08) Monster Buster Club (2008–09) Three Delivery (2008–09) The Next Star (2008–14) Kid vs. Kat (2008–11) Willa's Wild Life (2008–09) RollBots (2009) In Real Life (2009–11) Karaoke Star Jr. (2009) Family Biz (2009) League of Super Evil (2009–12) Survive This (2009–10) That's So Weird! (2009–12) Pearlie (2009–11) How to Be Indie (2009–11)
2010s debuts	Zeke's Pad (2010) Beyblade: Metal Fusion/Masters/Fury (2010–13) Sidekick (2010–13) Babar and the Adventures of Badou (2010–15) Almost Naked Animals (2011–13) Mr. Young (2011–13) Splatalot! (2011–13) Scaredy Squirrel (2011–13) Redakai: Conquer the Kairu (2011–13) Rated A for Awesome (2011–12) Life with Boys (2011–13) Zoink'd (2012–13) BeyWheelz (2013) Extreme Babysitting (2013–14) Cache Craze (2013–14) Beyblade: Shogun Steel (2013–14) Oh No! It's an Alien Invasion (2013–15) Japanizi: Going, Going, Gong! (2013–14) BeyWarriors: BeyRaiderz (2014) Mission: 4Count (2014) Some Assembly Required (2014–16) Numb Chucks (2014–16) Nerds and Monsters (2014–16) Cook'd (2014–15) Undercover High (2014–15) Open Heart (2015) The Stanley Dynamic (2015–17) Make It Pop (2015–16) Game On (2015–16) Ride (2016) Tricked (2016) Driving Me Crazy (2016) Made Up (2016–17) 3 Amigonauts (2017) Chuck's Choice (2017) The ZhuZhus (2017) Mysticons (2017–18) Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2017–18) ReBoot: The Guardian Code (2018) Go Away, Unicorn! (2018–19)