Six new children's series based on popular titles from noted authors such
as Maurice Sendak, Rosemary Wells, Don Freeman and William Joyce will be
produced by Toronto-based Nelvana for distribution by the Public
Broadcasting Service (PBS) as a weekend block beginning in fall 2000. The
six book titles upon which the new series will be based are: Maurice
Sendak's SEVEN LITTLE MONSTERS, William Joyce's GEORGE SHRINKS, Don
Freeman's CORDUROY BEAR, Rosemary Wells' TIMOTHY GOES TO SCHOOL, Michael

Disney's Whomptastic, the previously announced two hour cartoon programming
block which is set to air daily on UPN beginning September 6, has been
changed to DISNEY'S ONE TWO so that viewers will associate it with Disney's
other cartoon block, the ABC Saturday morning DISNEY'S ONE SATURDAY
MORNING. DISNEY'S ONE TWO will present the premiere of SABRINA THE ANIMATED
SERIES, as well as include the already established shows DISNEY'S RECESS,
DISNEY'S DOUG and DISNEY'S HERCULES.

Klasky-Csupo's latest TV series, ROCKET POWER, will premiere on Nickelodeon
on Monday, August 16 at 8:30 pm (ET/PT). Set in the fictional Southern
California beach community of Ocean Shores, ROCKET POWER features the
adventures of four extreme-sports loving friends who chase the ultimate
wave, ramp, or slope in quest of an adrenaline rush. ROCKET POWER is
co-created and executive produced by Arlene Klasky and Gabor Csupo,
co-founders of Klasky Csupo, Inc. which also produces the extremely

Cartoon Network will offer two premieres on Saturday, August 21 and Sunday,
August 22 at 9 pm. On both days at that time, one can see the premiere of
COURAGE, THE COWARDLY DOG, created by John R. Dilworth, about a timid dog
who defends an elderly couple from paranormal threats. Immediately
following at 9:30 pm on both days is the premiere of Bill Wray's short
film, KING CRAB SPACE CRUSTACEAN, a parody of television science fiction
series. In the film the youngest crewmember of King Crab's intergalactic

J.J. Sedelmaier Productions has completed a third season of SATURDAY NIGHT
LIVE's TV FUNHOUSE. Segments included THE AMBIGUOUSLY GAY DUO in "Letters,"
in which the duo answered questions about their crime fighting techniques
and costumes, and "Boys," in which the duo's interest in crime fighting is
traced to their high school days.

Nickelodeon's PHRED ON YOUR HEAD is a show in which Phred, an original
animated character who appears on the forehead of a different real kid
every day, and the kid whose forehead Phred appears on, introduce an
irreverent collection of classic segments from such educational shows as
SESAME STREET and THE ELECTRIC COMPANY, in addition to new material that is
educational and entertaining. Working from sketches provided by New
York-based Data Motion Arts (DMA), Possible Worlds and MTV Animation

Vancouver, Canada-based Mainframe Entertainment, Inc. has announced an
option agreement with Sirius Entertainment to develop a computer animated
television and direct-to-video series based on comic book artist/writer
Jill Thompson's SCARY GODMOTHER comic books. SCARY GODMOTHER was first
published by Sirius Entertainment for Hallowe'en, 1997 as a hardcover
graphic novel. Since then Sirius has published a new graphic novel every
Hallowe'en in addition to black and white one-shot comic books at other

Cartoon Network, the 24 hour all-cartoon cable service, has announced
several highlights on its fall schedule. These include: a TINY TOON
MARATHON on Sunday, September 19, 12-8 pm; the premiere of new series MIKE,
LU & OG, created by Chuck Swenson, Mikhail Aldashin, and Mikhail Shindel,
on November 12; the premiere of new series COURAGE, THE COWARDLY DOG,
created by John R. Dilworth, on November 12; the television premiere of the
feature-length SCOOBY-DOO AND THE WITCH'S GHOST on November 27 at 8 pm.

In 1992, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS) first launched its 24 hour
all-cartoon cable service, Cartoon Network. Next spring, Turner will launch
a second all-toon service, Boomerang. When Cartoon Network debuted seven
years ago, it could have been called the Hanna-Barbera Network because its
programming consisted almost exclusively of the classic Hanna-Barbera
library, which was also owned by Turner. But recently new shows such as THE
POWERPUFF GIRLS and DEXTER'S LABORATORY, produced by Cartoon Network

MTV: Music Television will premiere its newest animated series, MTV
DOWNTOWN, which was created by New York-based School of Visual Arts alumnus
Chris Prynoski, on Tuesday, August 3, 1999 at 10:30 pm ET/PT, 9:30 pm CT.
The 13-episode series will air regularly on Tuesday nights. MTV DOWNTOWN
focuses on the shy and thoughtful Alex, and his wild and crazy sister,
Chaka. Many of the characters and situations are based on interviews with
people around Manhattan.