DreamWorks Animation Television
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Formerly | DreamWorks Television Animation (1996–2012) |
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Company type | Division |
Industry | Television animation production |
Predecessor | DreamWorks Television |
Founded | 1996 |
Founders | |
Headquarters | 1000 Flower Street, Glendale, California 91201 , U.S. |
Areas served | Worldwide |
Products | Television animated series |
Parent | DreamWorks Animation (NBCUniversal) |
Website | https://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 42 programs, with four more new ones still in development.
History
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 Gary Krisel and David Simon. 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. 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.
In 2013, DreamWorks Animation entered a multi-year content deal with Netflix to provide 300 hours of exclusive original content. And 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. The next day, DWA completed a five-year licensing agreement with Super RTL for the Classic Media library and the Netflix slate. 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. 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.
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. The channel first premiered in English on August 1, 2015, and a Thai-dubbed channel launched in September 2015. In 2016, DreamWorks Animation Television and its parent company were purchased by Comcast through its NBCUniversal division.
Television series
# | Title | Creator(s)/Developer(s) | Premiere date | End date | Network/Streaming Service | Co-production with |
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1 | Toonsylvania | Bill Kopp Chris Otsuki |
February 7, 1998 | January 18, 1999 | Fox Kids | N/A |
2 | Invasion America | Steven Spielberg Harve Bennett |
June 8, 1998 | July 7, 1998 | The WB / Kids' WB | |
3 | Father of the Pride | Jeffrey Katzenberg | August 31, 2004 | May 27, 2005 | NBC | |
4 | The Penguins of Madagascar | Mark McCorkle Bob Schooley |
November 29, 2008 | December 19, 2015 | Nickelodeon (2008–2012) Nicktoons (2013–2015) |
Nickelodeon Animation Studio |
5 | Neighbors from Hell[a] | Pam Brady | June 7, 2010 | July 26, 2010 | TBS | Wounded Poodle Bento Box Entertainment 20th Century Fox Television |
6 | Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness | Peter Hastings | September 19, 2011 | June 29, 2016 | Nickelodeon (2011–2014) Nicktoons (2016) |
Nickelodeon Animation Studio |
7 | DreamWorks Dragons | Linda Teverbaugh Mike Teverbaugh |
August 7, 2012 | February 16, 2018 | Cartoon Network (2012–2014) Netflix (2015–2018) |
N/A |
8 | Monsters vs. Aliens | Mark McCorkle Bob Schooley |
March 23, 2013 | February 8, 2014 | Nickelodeon | Nickelodeon Animation Studio |
9 | Turbo Fast | December 24, 2013 | February 5, 2016 | Netflix | Titmouse, Inc. | |
10 | All Hail King Julien | December 19, 2014 | December 1, 2017 | N/A | ||
11 | The Adventures of Puss in Boots | January 16, 2015 | January 26, 2018 | |||
12 | Dinotrux | Ron Burch David Kidd |
August 14, 2015 | August 3, 2018 | ||
13 | The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show | October 9, 2015 | April 21, 2017 | Jay Ward Productions | ||
14 | Dawn of the Croods | Brendan Hay | December 24, 2015 | July 7, 2017 | N/A | |
15 | Noddy, Toyland Detective | Heath Kenny Myles McLeod |
April 2, 2016 | March 22, 2020 | France 5 (France) Channel 5 (United Kingdom) Universal Kids (United States) |
Gaumont Animation |
16 | Voltron: Legendary Defender | Joaquim Dos Santos Lauren Montgomery |
June 10, 2016 | December 14, 2018 | Netflix | Studio Mir World Events Productions |
17 | Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh | Ryan Crego Thurop Van Orman |
July 29, 2016 | July 20, 2018 | N/A | |
18 | Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia | Guillermo del Toro | December 23, 2016 | May 25, 2018 | Double Dare You Productions | |
19 | Spirit Riding Free | Aury Wallington | May 5, 2017 | present | N/A | |
20 | Trolls: The Beat Goes On! | Matthew Beans | January 19, 2018 | November 22, 2019 | ||
21 | The Boss Baby: Back in Business | Brandon Sawyer | April 6, 2018 | November 17, 2020 | ||
22 | The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle | Marco Schnabel David P. Smith |
May 11, 2018 | January 11, 2019 | Amazon Prime Video | Jay Ward Productions |
23 | Harvey Girls Forever! | Emily Brundige | June 29, 2018 | January 10, 2020 | Netflix | N/A |
24 | The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants | Peter Hastings Mark Banker |
July 13, 2018 | present | ||
25 | She-Ra and the Princesses of Power | Noelle Stevenson | November 13, 2018 | May 15, 2020 | ||
26 | Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny | Elliott Owen | November 16, 2018 | July 4, 2019 | Prime Video | |
27 | 3Below: Tales of Arcadia | Guillermo del Toro | December 21, 2018 | July 12, 2019 | Netflix | Double Dare You Productions |
28 | Where's Waldo? | Koyalee Chanda Lucas Mills |
July 20, 2019 | present | Universal Kids (2019) Peacock (2020–present) |
N/A |
29 | Archibald's Next Big Thing | Tony Hale Drew Champion Jacob Moffat |
September 6, 2019 | Netflix (2019–2020) Peacock (2021–present)[1] | ||
30 | DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue Riders | Jack Thomas Johnny Belt Robert Scull |
September 27, 2019 | Netflix | ||
31 | Cleopatra in Space | Mike Maihack Doug Langdale Fitzy Fitzmaurice |
November 25, 2019 July 15, 2020 (United States) |
(Asia)DreamWorks Channel (Asia) Peacock (United States)[2] | ||
32 | Fast & Furious Spy Racers | December 26, 2019 | Netflix | Universal Pictures | ||
33 | Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts | Radford Sechrist Bill Wolkoff |
January 14, 2020 | October 12, 2020 | Studio Mir | |
34 | Rhyme Time Town | Dan Berlinka | June 19, 2020 | present | N/A | |
35 | Wizards: Tales of Arcadia | Guillermo del Toro | August 7, 2020 | Double Dare You Productions | ||
36 | Madagascar: A Little Wild | Dana Starfield | September 7, 2020 | present | Peacock Hulu |
Mainframe Studios |
37 | Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous | Zack Stentz | September 18, 2020 | Netflix | Universal Pictures Amblin Entertainment | |
38 | The Mighty Ones | Sunil Hall Lynne Naylor |
November 9, 2020 | Peacock Hulu |
N/A | |
39 | Doug Unplugs | Jim Nolan Aliki Theofilopoulos Dan Yaccarino |
November 13, 2020 | Apple TV+ | ||
40 | Trolls: TrollsTopia | Matthew Beans | November 19, 2020 | Peacock Hulu | ||
41 | Gabby's Dollhouse | Traci Paige Johnson Jennifer Twomey |
January 5, 2021 | Netflix | ||
42 | Go, Dog. Go! | Adam Peltzman | January 26, 2021 | WildBrain Studios |
Upcoming
# | Title | Creator(s)/Developer(s) | Premiere date | Network | Co-production with |
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43 | Bearbrick[3] | TBA | TBA | Dentsu Entertainment | |
44 | Felix the Cat[4] | Felix the Cat Productions | |||
45 | Untitled Tony Hale series[5] | Tony Hale | TBA | ||
46 | Mama & Dada[6] | Jimmy Fallon Johanna Stein and Noelle Lara |
Electric Hot Dog |
Notes
- ^ Credited as MoonBoy Animation.
References
- ^ "Tony Hale's All-Star Animated Series "Archibald" Flocks to Peacock with a New Installment of DreamWorks "Archibald's Next Big Thing Is Here," Premiering February 18" (Press release). Peacock. January 26, 2021 – via The Futon Critic.
- ^ Pedersen, Erik (January 16, 2020). "Peacock Programming: List Of NBCUniversal Streaming Service's Series, Films, Sports, News & More". Deadline. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
- ^ "Dentsu, DreamWorks Plan TV Animation for Medicom's Be@rbrick Figures". Anime News Network. December 26, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
- ^ Hulett, Steve (March 2, 2016). "The Animated Production Among Us ... Again". Animation Guild Blog.
- ^ "Making Archibald's Next Big Thing (mentioned at 22:47)". WorldScreen Festivals. February 2, 2021.
- ^ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/jimmy-fallon-kids-tonight-show-1234952658/
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- American companies established in 1996
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- Steven Spielberg
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