French production company Alphanim's RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT, a series,
co-produced with Cinar, about a group of three friends who travel the world
seeking out paranormal phenomena, will begin airing on the Fox Family
Channel on Wednesday, July 14, 1999. Alphanim, which was created in 1997 by
Christian Davin, has announced a number of new television series that are
in production or development.


In production:


SPACED OUT is a family sitcom created by P. Colin-Thibert and J.C. Islert,
and designed by J. Van Rijsselberge. It is about the Martin family living
on a space station far out in space. It is scheduled to air on English
language Cartoon Networks in late 2000. X-DUCKX/CANARDS A L'EXTREME is a
comedy co-produced with Cinar, created and designed by J. Van Rijsselberge,
developed by N. Gallet and T. Barnes in collaboration with Malibu,
California-based Main Brain. It is about two ducks, the hip Geextah and the
slack Slax, who engage in extreme sports such as skyboarding off the Eiffel
Tower, mountain-biking down the Grand Canyon, and extreme snackin' from the
concession stand. POE - LITE/LES HISTOIRES EXTRAORDINAIRES D'EDGAR ALLAN
POE. This is a spine-tingling, yet amusing series about the young Edgar
Allen Poe and his friend Roger, a talking Raven, who live in a Gothic 18th
century city.


In development:


DELTA STATE, co-produced with Sunshine, is a half-hour animated sci-fi
action series about four slacker anti-super heroes in their early twenties
living in New York City. They use their supernatural powers against the
Rift, a mysterious force that seeks control of the collective unconscious,
and with it our minds. G-SHIFTERS is an action-sci-fi series created by
Sean Catherine Derek, Douglas Gayeton, and designed by Liberatore. It takes
place in 2099, a time when genetic testing has created scores of previously
unimaginable animal and plant hybrids that threaten life as we know it.
THAT'S LIFE/C'EST LA VIE (provisional title) is an educational series
created by V. Dumont and J.L. Horwitz with L.D. Rabby and J. Boyle, and
designed by H. Gittard. It follows the adventures of a group of kids who
are trying to find answers and solve problems in their own unique way -
with sometimes bizarre results.