DreamWorks Animation Television

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DreamWorks Animation Television
FormerlyDreamWorks Television Animation
(1996–2012)
TypeDivision
IndustryAnimation
Television production
PredecessorDreamWorks Television
Founded1996; 26 years ago (1996)
Founders
Headquarters1000 Flower Street, ,
U.S.
Areas served
Worldwide
ProductsAnimated television series
ParentDreamWorks Animation
(NBCUniversal)
Websitehttps://www.dreamworks.com/shows

DreamWorks Animation Television (abbreviated as DWATV or simply DAT) is an American animation studio that serves as the television production arm of DreamWorks Animation, itself a subsidiary of Universal Pictures and a division of Comcast's NBCUniversal. Founded in 1996, the entity was formerly named DreamWorks Television Animation. Its first programs from the 1990s and early 2000s used the live-action television logo, and were produced by DreamWorks Television, before DWATV and its parent company were spun off into an independent company in 2004 and later purchased by NBCUniversal in 2016. In total, the division has released 47 programs, with 11 in development.

History[edit]

The company was first formed in 1996 as the animation division of DreamWorks Television, a subsidiary of the main DreamWorks studio. The TV division was spearheaded by Jeffrey Katzenberg and Steven Spielberg and was headed by former Walt Disney Television Animation executives Gary Krisel and David Simon.[1] DWTA only produced two series: Invasion America and Toonsylvania. In a move to consolidate, DreamWorks Television Animation was shut down in 1999 as well as the direct-to-video subsidiary merged with the studio's feature animation division, as a way for the company to reorganize its animation divisions to operate under one umbrella.[2] More than two-thirds of the TV division's 50 employees were transferred to the direct-to-video unit and it was expected that only a minimal number of employees were be affected by the reorganization.[2]

In 2013, DreamWorks Animation entered a multi-year content deal with Netflix to provide 300 hours of exclusive original content.[3] The intent of the deal was to establish a reliable income for the studio to defray the financial risk of solely relying on the theatrical film market.[4] The next day, DWA completed a five-year licensing agreement with Super RTL for the Classic Media library and the Netflix slate.[5] DWA announced executive hiring for its new television group, DreamWorks Animation Television in late July. Former Nickelodeon senior executive Margie Cohn became Head of Television for the group.[6] In September that same year, DreamWorks announced that it has acquired the TV library of London-based Chapman Entertainment with the programs to distributed through DWA's UK-based TV distribution operation.[7]

In late 2014, DreamWorks Animation launched its own channel called the DreamWorks Channel. DreamWorks made a deal with HBO Asia to handle affiliate sales, marketing and technical services, the network will launch in several Asian countries (excluding China and Japan) in the second half of 2015.[8] The channel first premiered in English on August 1, 2015, and a Thai-dubbed channel launched in September 2015.[9] In 2016, DreamWorks Animation Television and its parent company were purchased by Comcast through its NBCUniversal division.[10][11][12]

Television series[edit]

# Title Creator(s)/Developer(s) Premiere date End date Network Co-production with
1 Toonsylvania Bill Kopp
Chris Otsuki
February 7, 1998 (1998-02-07) January 18, 1999 (1999-01-18) Fox Kids N/A
2 Invasion America Steven Spielberg
Harve Bennett
June 8, 1998 (1998-06-08) July 7, 1998 (1998-07-07) The WB
3 Father of the Pride Jeffrey Katzenberg August 31, 2004 (2004-08-31) May 27, 2005 (2005-05-27) NBC
4 The Penguins of Madagascar Mark McCorkle
Bob Schooley
November 29, 2008 (2008-11-29) December 19, 2015 (2015-12-19) Nickelodeon (2008–2012)
Nicktoons (2013–2015)
Nickelodeon Animation Studio
5 Neighbors from Hell[a] Pam Brady June 7, 2010 (2010-06-07) July 26, 2010 (2010-07-26) TBS Wounded Poodle
Bardel Entertainment
Bento Box Entertainment
20th Century Fox Television
6 Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness Peter Hastings September 19, 2011 (2011-09-19) June 29, 2016 (2016-06-29) Nickelodeon (2011–2014)
Nicktoons (2016)
Nickelodeon Animation Studio
7 DreamWorks Dragons Linda Teverbaugh
Mike Teverbaugh
August 7, 2012 (2012-08-07) February 16, 2018 (2018-02-16) Cartoon Network (2012–2014)
Netflix (2015–2018)
N/A
8 Monsters vs. Aliens Mark McCorkle
Bob Schooley
March 23, 2013 (2013-03-23) February 8, 2014 (2014-02-08) Nickelodeon Nickelodeon Animation Studio
9 Turbo Fast Jack Thomas December 24, 2013 (2013-12-24) February 5, 2016 (2016-02-05) Netflix Titmouse, Inc.
10 VeggieTales in the House Doug TenNapel November 26, 2014 (2014-11-26) September 23, 2016 (2016-09-23) Bardel Entertainment
Big Idea Productions
11 All Hail King Julien December 19, 2014 (2014-12-19) December 1, 2017 (2017-12-01) Bardel Entertainment
12 The Adventures of Puss in Boots January 16, 2015 (2015-01-16) January 26, 2018 (2018-01-26)
13 Dinotrux Ron Burch
David Kidd
August 14, 2015 (2015-08-14) August 3, 2018 (2018-08-03)
14 The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show October 9, 2015 (2015-10-09) April 21, 2017 (2017-04-21) Jay Ward Productions
DHX Media Vancouver
Top Draw Animation
15 Dawn of the Croods Brendan Hay December 24, 2015 (2015-12-24) July 7, 2017 (2017-07-07) Bardel Entertainment
Digital eMation
NE4U
Dong Woo Animation
16 Noddy, Toyland Detective Heath Kenny
Myles McLeod
April 2, 2016 (2016-04-02) March 22, 2020 France 5 (France)
Channel 5 (United Kingdom)
Universal Kids (United States)
Gaumont Animation
17 Voltron: Legendary Defender Joaquim Dos Santos
Lauren Montgomery
June 10, 2016 (2016-06-10) December 14, 2018 (2018-12-14) Netflix Studio Mir
World Events Productions
18 Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh Ryan Crego
Thurop Van Orman
July 29, 2016 (2016-07-29) July 20, 2018 (2018-07-20) Titmouse, Inc.
19 Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia Guillermo del Toro December 23, 2016 (2016-12-23) May 25, 2018 (2018-05-25) Double Dare You Productions
20 Spirit Riding Free Aury Wallington May 5, 2017 (2017-05-05) December 8, 2020 (2020-12-08) Technicolor Animation Productions
Toiion
21 Trolls: The Beat Goes On! Matthew Beans January 19, 2018 (2018-01-19) November 22, 2019 (2019-11-22) N/A
22 The Boss Baby: Back in Business Brandon Sawyer April 6, 2018 (2018-04-06) November 17, 2020 Technicolor Animation Productions
23 The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle Marco Schnabel
David P. Smith
May 11, 2018 (2018-05-11) January 11, 2019 (2019-01-11) Amazon Prime Video Jay Ward Productions
DHX Media Vancouver
24 Harvey Girls Forever! Emily Brundige June 29, 2018 (2018-06-29) January 10, 2020 (2020-01-10) Netflix N/A
25 The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants Peter Hastings
Mark Banker
July 13, 2018 (2018-07-13) July 10, 2020 (2020-07-10) Titmouse, Inc.
26 She-Ra and the Princesses of Power ND Stevenson November 13, 2018 (2018-11-13) May 15, 2020 (2020-05-15) N/A
27 Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny Elliott Owen November 16, 2018 (2018-11-16) July 4, 2019 (2019-07-04) Amazon Prime Video Bardel Entertainment
28 3Below: Tales of Arcadia Guillermo del Toro December 21, 2018 (2018-12-21) July 12, 2019 (2019-07-12) Netflix Double Dare You Productions
29 Where's Waldo? Koyalee Chanda
Lucas Mills
July 20, 2019 (2019-07-20) present Universal Kids (2019)
Peacock (2020–present)
Snipple Animation Studios
30 Archibald's Next Big Thing Tony Hale
Drew Champion
Jacob Moffat
September 6, 2019 (2019-09-06) Netflix (2019–2020)
Peacock (2021–present)[13][14]
N/A
31 DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue Riders Jack Thomas
Johnny Belt
Robert Scull
September 27, 2019 (2019-09-27) Bardel Entertainment
32 Cleopatra in Space Mike Maihack
Doug Langdale
Fitzy Fitzmaurice
November 25, 2019 (2019-11-25) (Asia)
July 15, 2020 (2020-07-15) (United States)
DreamWorks Channel (Asia)
Peacock (United States)[15]
Titmouse, Inc.
33 Fast & Furious Spy Racers Tim Hedrick
Bret Haaland[16]
December 26, 2019 (2019-12-26) December 17, 2021 (2021-12-17) Netflix Universal Pictures
Original Film (Uncredited)
One Race Films (Uncredited)
Technicolor Animation Productions
34 Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts Radford Sechrist
Bill Wolkoff
January 14, 2020 (2020-01-14) October 12, 2020 (2020-10-12) Studio Mir
35 Rhyme Time Town Dan Berlinka June 19, 2020 (2020-06-19) present Doberman Pictures
36 Wizards: Tales of Arcadia Guillermo del Toro August 7, 2020 (2020-08-07) Double Dare You Productions
37 Madagascar: A Little Wild Dana Starfield September 7, 2020 (2020-09-07) present Peacock
Hulu
Mainframe Studios
38 Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous Zack Stentz September 18, 2020 (2020-09-18) Netflix Universal Pictures
Amblin Entertainment
CGCG
39 The Mighty Ones Sunil Hall
Lynne Naylor
November 9, 2020 (2020-11-09) Peacock
Hulu
Snipple Animation Studios
40 Doug Unplugs Jim Nolan
Aliki Theofilopoulos
Dan Yaccarino
November 13, 2020 (2020-11-13) Apple TV+ N/A
41 Trolls: TrollsTopia Matthew Beans November 19, 2020 (2020-11-19) Peacock
Hulu
Atomic Cartoons
42 Gabby's Dollhouse Traci Paige Johnson
Jennifer Twomey
January 5, 2021 (2021-01-05) Netflix Doberman Pictures
43 Go, Dog. Go! Adam Peltzman January 26, 2021 WildBrain Studios
44 The Croods: Family Tree Mark Banker
Todd Grimes
September 23, 2021 Peacock
Hulu
Technicolor Animation Productions
45 DreamWorks Dragons: The Nine Realms[17] Henry Gilroy December 23, 2021
46 Team Zenko Go Jack Thomas[18] March 15, 2022 Netflix Mainframe Studios
47 Pinecone & Pony[19] Stephanie Kaliner April 8, 2022 Apple TV+ First Generation Films
Atomic Cartoons

Films[edit]

# Title Director(s) Based on Release date Distributor(s) Co-production with
1 Spirit Riding Free: Spirit of Christmas Allan Jacobsen
Kevin Wotton
Spirit Riding Free
by Aury Wallington
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
by John Fusco
December 6, 2019 Netflix Toiion
2 Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans Johane Matte
Francisco Ruiz Velasco
Andrew Schmidt
Trollhunters
by Guillermo del Toro
Daniel Kraus
July 21, 2021 Double Dare You Productions
88 Pictures
CGCG
Original Force

Upcoming[edit]

# Title Creator(s)/Developer(s) Premiere date Network Co-production with
48 The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib[20] Brandon Sawyer May 19, 2022 Netflix N/A
49 Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight[21] TBA July 2022[22][23]
50 Bearbrick[24] TBA Dentsu Entertainment
51 Felix the Cat[25] Felix the Cat Productions
52 Untitled Tony Hale series[26] Tony Hale TBA
53 Mama & Dada[27] Johanna Stein
Noelle Lara
Electric Hot Dog
54 The Gumazing Gum Girl![28] TBA CRE84U Entertainment
55 Not Quite Narwhal[29] TBA Netflix N/A
56 Dew Drop Diaries[29] Rick Suvalle
57 Megamind's Guide to Defending Your City[30] Alan Schoolcraft
Brent Simons
Eric Fogel
Peacock
58 Abominable and the Invisible City Jim Schumann

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Credited as MoonBoy Animation.

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