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Wooden Wonders with Harrison Ford on Chicago's WTTW PBS (1973)
top tv shows NEVER MADE...
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Shimmer and Shine (2005-2009) (TV-Y7)
In 2004, Farnaz Esnaashari (who was born in 1982 in this timeline) decided to create a animated series for Nickelodeon. The result was "Shimmer and Shine", a cartoon about a 10-year-old girl named Leah and her genies Shimmer and Shine. Despite criticism about it being a ripoff of FOP (even using very similar animation), the show eventually found a fanbase and made it to the air in 2005. The pilot TV movie "Shimmer and Shine: The First Wish" premiered on November 26, 2005, and the show's regular run began on January 13, 2006. Fredarator did not produce the series.
Main characters:
Leah Thompson: A ten-year-old girl who is the owner of the genies-in-training Shimmer and Shine, who give her 3 wishes a day.
Shimmer and Shine: A pair of twin genies owned by Leah. They live in Zahramay Falls, where they travel to and from using Leah's genie bottle necklace. They often make mistakes due to their status as genies-in-training.
Zeta: A sorceress who was a failed genie-in-training. She wants to undo Shimmer and Shine of their magic to make herself more powerful.
Prihcess Samira: A genie in charge of every genie-in-training in Zahramay Falls. She has threatened to fire Shimmer and Shine on a few occasions.
Zach: Leah's friend who is not allowed to know about Shimmer and Shine.
Leah's mom and dad.
Seasons:
Season 1: November 26, 2005-April 21, 2007
Season 2: March 31, 2007-May 10, 2008
Season 3: April 19, 2008-August 29, 2009
All season are 20 episodes, making the total 60.
A remarkable episode is S1E17a, "Leah on Trial" (Airdate: November 17, 2006), where Leah accidentally exposes Shimmer and Shine and they are taken away by Princess Samira. To get them back, she must confess that it was a accident. The problem is, no one has ever convinced Princess Samira to return them their genies.
(PS: This airs on the main Nickelodeon schedule and not Nick Jr. Also, genies don't have legs)
In 2004, Farnaz Esnaashari (who was born in 1982 in this timeline) decided to create a animated series for Nickelodeon. The result was "Shimmer and Shine", a cartoon about a 10-year-old girl named Leah and her genies Shimmer and Shine. Despite criticism about it being a ripoff of FOP (even using very similar animation), the show eventually found a fanbase and made it to the air in 2005. The pilot TV movie "Shimmer and Shine: The First Wish" premiered on November 26, 2005, and the show's regular run began on January 13, 2006. Fredarator did not produce the series.
Main characters:
Leah Thompson: A ten-year-old girl who is the owner of the genies-in-training Shimmer and Shine, who give her 3 wishes a day.
Shimmer and Shine: A pair of twin genies owned by Leah. They live in Zahramay Falls, where they travel to and from using Leah's genie bottle necklace. They often make mistakes due to their status as genies-in-training.
Zeta: A sorceress who was a failed genie-in-training. She wants to undo Shimmer and Shine of their magic to make herself more powerful.
Prihcess Samira: A genie in charge of every genie-in-training in Zahramay Falls. She has threatened to fire Shimmer and Shine on a few occasions.
Zach: Leah's friend who is not allowed to know about Shimmer and Shine.
Leah's mom and dad.
Seasons:
Season 1: November 26, 2005-April 21, 2007
Season 2: March 31, 2007-May 10, 2008
Season 3: April 19, 2008-August 29, 2009
All season are 20 episodes, making the total 60.
A remarkable episode is S1E17a, "Leah on Trial" (Airdate: November 17, 2006), where Leah accidentally exposes Shimmer and Shine and they are taken away by Princess Samira. To get them back, she must confess that it was a accident. The problem is, no one has ever convinced Princess Samira to return them their genies.
(PS: This airs on the main Nickelodeon schedule and not Nick Jr. Also, genies don't have legs)
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Did you draw That Because If you did I'm impressed by how close it is to Butch hartman art style.
From what I've read, even through the Eighties and Nineties, he would voluntarily help friends with their carpentry issues...
That is a nice idea, but if we didn't want to step on FOP's shoes too hard, we could have made it a more anime-esque series....
Pingu auf der Deutsches Heer (1990-2002)
A show created by the Imperial German government to inspire young children into military service and instill a sense of patriotism. The show consisted of Pingu and his friends in the army fighting other penguins representing enemy nations, such as the green penguins interpreted to symbolize the French. Other episodes are meant to promote the virtues of citizenship, patriotism and loyalty to the Kaiser. The show caught on and was popular because of the Antarctic exploration being undertaken by Germany at that point. One (in)famous episode was banned in which pingu is hunted by an evil Russian Walrus. The show was created by Otmar Gutmann and the voice acting was done by Michael Herbig.
A show created by the Imperial German government to inspire young children into military service and instill a sense of patriotism. The show consisted of Pingu and his friends in the army fighting other penguins representing enemy nations, such as the green penguins interpreted to symbolize the French. Other episodes are meant to promote the virtues of citizenship, patriotism and loyalty to the Kaiser. The show caught on and was popular because of the Antarctic exploration being undertaken by Germany at that point. One (in)famous episode was banned in which pingu is hunted by an evil Russian Walrus. The show was created by Otmar Gutmann and the voice acting was done by Michael Herbig.
I was inspired by Family Guy (a ripoff of The Simpsons) to make the animation style a ripoff too.
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I see an aging Kaiserreich using a show like this for propaganda purposes. (TBH, I had made the image years ago and just wrote a story around it.)
Keeping Up Appearances (1990-1995): Drama featuring Dame Judi Dench as Hyacinth Bouquet, a social climber married to a civil servant from the landed gentry, and focused on her efforts to distance herself from her dysfunctional working-class sisters. Praised by critics for its incisive social commentary and groundbreaking depiction of Hyacinth's relationship with her gay son, played by Alan Cumming in a breakthrough role.
Yes Minister (1980-1984): Dramedy focused on a head-in-the-clouds theologian, played by Martin Sheen, who reluctantly takes a post as a pastor in rural Arkansas.
Twin Peaks (1990-1991): Sitcom set in Twin Peaks, Washington, a fictional farming town. Something of a throwback to rural sitcoms of the 1960s and 1970s like Green Acres and The Andy Griffith Show, the program failed to connect with 1990s audiences and was canceled after two seasons.
The Jeffersons (1975-1985): Long-running historical drama focusing on the descendants of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson. Popular with critics during its run, the program was later subject to criticism for ignoring Jefferson's children by Sally Hemmings.
Green Acres (1965-1971): Drama following the patriarch of a rural farm family (played by Eddie Albert) and his Hungarian-born wife (played by Eva Gabor) as they and their three sons confront the social and political upheavals of the late 1960s.
Yes Minister (1980-1984): Dramedy focused on a head-in-the-clouds theologian, played by Martin Sheen, who reluctantly takes a post as a pastor in rural Arkansas.
Twin Peaks (1990-1991): Sitcom set in Twin Peaks, Washington, a fictional farming town. Something of a throwback to rural sitcoms of the 1960s and 1970s like Green Acres and The Andy Griffith Show, the program failed to connect with 1990s audiences and was canceled after two seasons.
The Jeffersons (1975-1985): Long-running historical drama focusing on the descendants of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson. Popular with critics during its run, the program was later subject to criticism for ignoring Jefferson's children by Sally Hemmings.
Green Acres (1965-1971): Drama following the patriarch of a rural farm family (played by Eddie Albert) and his Hungarian-born wife (played by Eva Gabor) as they and their three sons confront the social and political upheavals of the late 1960s.
The Impossible-Three part program about why Operation Barbarossa was doomed to fail, ranging from Hitler's immense racism that prevented his getting much help from most Russians, to the huge size of the USSR and the freezing Russian winter of 1941 amongst other things.
The Crown- Film about Queen Mary of Britain, how she took over defeating Lady Jane Grey and the many burnings at the stake she ordered.
The Crown- Film about Queen Mary of Britain, how she took over defeating Lady Jane Grey and the many burnings at the stake she ordered.
On the Lot (1998-2004)
Essentially the Kids’ WB! backlot as a show, and- since the series was produced by Warner Bros,- using only Warner owned characters (so no Pokémon). Essentially a sitcom/sketch comedy set on the Kids’ WB! studio lot, featuring various Warner Bros. and Kids’ WB! characters as well as the sentient Kids’ WB! logo and the water tower. It was rather expensive for its time, blending 2D animation with CGI and, in later seasons, live action. To balance this out, the series itself was primarily used as a framing device for WB-owned animated shorts and clips (taking the place of the Big Cartoonie Show, but also including the Filmation DC shorts and clips of other Kids’ WB! programs, before devolving into just showing clips and Looney Tunes shorts).
The series was notable for keeping the classic Looney Tunes, and previously the Spielberg WB lineage, on the air after Kids’ WB!’s switch to more action-oriented cartoons. It’s also where the block would announce major changes, including the ill-fated Toonami weekday lineup (including the only time TOM had a voice on Kids’ WB!, with Steve Blum reprising his role),
The series was notable for keeping the classic Looney Tunes, and previously the Spielberg WB lineage, on the air after Kids’ WB!’s switch to more action-oriented cartoons. It’s also where the block would announce major changes, including the ill-fated Toonami weekday lineup (including the only time TOM had a voice on Kids’ WB!, with Steve Blum reprising his role),
The Bendeez (2004-2005)
Kids’ WB!’s replacement for On the Lot for the 2004-2005 season. Unlike On the Lot, this series filled up the entire 22 minutes and did not showcase classic cartoons or clips. Instead, it was a CG-animated sitcom loosely based on Kids’ WB!’s “Bendies” campaign for the 2004-2005 season:
Needless to say, when the Bendies left, so did the Bendeez.
Alter Egos (2006-2008)
- The Tasmanian devil-esque Beast (voiced by Jim Cummings), with the powers of sizeshifting and an infinite appetite
- The laid-back, fun-loving Flame (voiced by Steve Blum), with the power to generate heat (or cold, depending on his temperature)
- The neat freak Octopus (voiced by Jess Harnell), with the powers of underwater breathing, cleaning anything, and inking (if you consider that a power
- The intelligent, yet quirky Alien (voiced by Lara Jill Miller), with the power of suction
- The mischievous Bat (voiced by Tom Kenny), with the power of flight
- The show-offy and egotistical Ninja (voiced by Jim Cummings), with the power of ninjitsu
- The bubbly and optimistic Heart (voiced by Tara Strong), with the powers of plant manipulation and glitter
- The dimwitted Balloon (voiced by Jim Cummings), with the powers of floating, bouncing, and (sigh) inflation
The eight form a team of wannabe superheroes that defend the backlot from villains who wish to destroy it, while the robotic Tower (now voiced by Steve Blum after over a decade of silence) tries to keep them from destroying the backlot themselves with their antics.
Each episode has two 11-minute segments. The first one is an action-comedy segment where the Alter Egos would fight some threat to the lot, focusing on them as a team. Often, these were guest stars from WB-owned properties (like Marvin the Martian or Lex Luthor, keeping the spirit of On the Lot alive), though they were just as often original villains. The second is a pure comedy segment centering around one or more of the Alter Egos on their own adventures, often with Tower trying to keep them from causing havoc.
This show, too, would end with the end of the Alter Egos branding, as well as Kids’ WB! itself. It was the only show not carried over to the initial schedule of The CW4Kids (which was otherwise completely identical to the last Kids‘ WB! schedule, like IOTL), since the characters and plot are so intrinsically tied to the block. For this reason, none of these three shows have ever been reran outside of the block.
Is it any wonder On the Lot ran the longest out of these three? And yet, I still think all three of these have some merit to them. Jim Cummings voicing three of the Alter Egos would be what would interest me there.
Yep. Beast will have a voice similar to Taz, but deeper. Ninja will be a cross between Darkwing Duck and Dr. Robotnik. Balloon will go full Winnie the Pooh, but not British.
As for the others, Steve Blum’s voice for Tower will sound like TOM, while his voice for Flame will sound like Heatblast from Ben 10. Octopus will have a stuffy British accent similar to Darren Dongle, Jess Harnell’s voice from the 2001 Horrible Histories cartoon. Tom Kenny will bring a high pitched, nasal voice for Bat, like Damien from the Cramp Twins. Tara Strong will do a more higher pitched version of her Twilight Sparkle voice for heart, and Lara Jill Miller will do her typical character voice (like Juniper Lee, Libby from the Ghost and Molly McGee, or a lisp less Lisa Loud) for Alien.
Yes, I did make Alien female, as it/she and Heart are the only ones with those kinds of pupiled, eyelashed eyes.
I decided to make another show for this thread.
Tales from MultiVersus
Premiere: September 2024
Network: Adult Swim
Timeslot: Saturday Nights at 5 PM
To commemorate the re-launch of MultiVersus, WB decided to brush off the pitch for Tom Ruegger's Mixed Nutz, only without Tom's involvement. The result is an anthology series with one new story in each episode, and an assortment of repackaged reruns that pertain to the new story. Between the involvement of Rick and Morty, and LeBron's animated self hosting the show, plans to air it on Cartoon Network were scrapped in favor of airing it on Adult Swim.
Notable Episodes:
Tales from MultiVersus
Premiere: September 2024
Network: Adult Swim
Timeslot: Saturday Nights at 5 PM
To commemorate the re-launch of MultiVersus, WB decided to brush off the pitch for Tom Ruegger's Mixed Nutz, only without Tom's involvement. The result is an anthology series with one new story in each episode, and an assortment of repackaged reruns that pertain to the new story. Between the involvement of Rick and Morty, and LeBron's animated self hosting the show, plans to air it on Cartoon Network were scrapped in favor of airing it on Adult Swim.
Notable Episodes:
- High-Tech Hijinks (Bugs Bunny, Gizmo, and Stripe) - After another tree wrecks his hole in the ground, Bugs decides to move into a fancy house. Unfortunately, he finds trouble in the form of Gizmo and his "brother" Stripe. Stripe wants to dismantle the house, while Gizmo wants to keep it standing. Bugs becomes the mediator of this battle, and unfortunately comes to the conclusion that his old ground-level abode is looking pretty good right about now. By the end of this episode, the house winds up destroyed, and Bruce Wayne gives them the bill.
- The Adventures of Jake the Dog (Jake, Shaggy, Velma, Wonder Woman, and Arya Stark) - A pitch-perfect parody of Scooby-Doo, created as a result of disastrous budget cuts. Also due to said budget cuts, Arya and Wonder Woman bicker on who gets to lead the group, leading to the role of Daphne being played by Garnet. Yes, Garnet plays the "helpless" one here.
- Crisis on Infinite Giants (The Iron Giant, Superman, Marvin the Martian) - The Iron Giant becomes conflicted in his efforts. On the one hand, being one of Superman's many sidekicks makes him beloved on Earth. On the other hand, Marvin shows up to reclaim the Giant for himself. What's a 50-ton robot from outer space to do?
- Red Hot Harley Quinn (Harley Quinn, Reindog, Rick Sanchez) - Inspired by the massive legacy of Tex Avery, Rick gets the hots for Harley Quinn after meeting her in a nightclub. After literally thinking "I can fix her", he chases her to various locales, including Beach City, all the while Reindog protects Harley from Rick.
Oh........no wonder why one lasted the longest?
Ah............
Now that's cool!
Damn.......they should have at least gotten reruns on Cartoon Network......
That would make for a good show.
Hell no.
Cool episodes.
Damn.