From a media release:

YTV announces Mr. Young series finale this fall plus new and returning Canadian shows

New Canadian original series added to YTV’s programming slate include: Japanizi Going Going Gong!, a high-energy family game show with zany, larger-than-life challenges; the animated Nelvana comedy series OH NO! It’s an Alien Invasion; and a second season of the popular hit prank series Extreme Babysitting hosted by YTV’s popular on-air host Andy Chapman. And in November, after three successful seasons, Mr. Young takes its final bow on YTV with a five-episode arc that will keep fans on the edge of their seats as they tune in for the final hijinks between the series’ boy genius, Adam Young, his best friend and his high school crush.

NEW SERIES

OH NO! IT’S AN ALIEN INVASION (26 x 30) – WORLD PREMIERE
Premieres: Saturdays at 8:30 a.m. ET/PT beginning August 3

OH NO! It’s an Alien Invasion is a hilarious Home Alone meets War of the Worlds style series for kids, in which a crazy band of partying aliens have invaded earth and hidden all of the planet’s grownups! This would make most kids uneasy, but not Nate; he’s been training for this moment his whole life. He and his Super Wicked Extreme Emergency Team (S.W.E.E.T.) are on the case to take back the world. Operating from their secret headquarters at the Swell-Mart, they must wage a resistance against the zany Brainlings (the Aliens), and find their parents. The animated series is produced by Nelvana Studio and written and developed by Philippe Ivanusic-Vallee and Peter Ricq, part of the creative team behind League of Super Evil.

JAPANIZI GOING GOING GONG! (40 x 30) – WORLD PREMIERE
Premieres: November

Japanizi Going Going Gong! is a Japanese-style family game show adapted from the popular reality show I Survived a Japanese Game Show. Audiences will experience the madcap world of Japanese game show culture complete with conveyor belts, dizzy chairs, giant fans and Velcro walls. Each episode features four teams of two contestants who, unbeknownst to them, are dropped into a Japanese themed world filled with crazy costumes, physical gags, over-the-top stunts and a cast of zany characters, including Host Yoshi, Judge Masa, a ninja named Shinobi and his four sidekick ninjas who all add to the excitement as players battle it out through three elimination rounds to be the final winner.

NEW EPISODES & RETURNING SEASONS

THE NEXT STAR SEASON 6 – SEASON FINALE
New episodes: Mondays at 7 p.m. ET/PT
Season finale: Sunday, September 22 at 7 p.m. ET/PT

It’s down to the wire as September brings three brand new episodes of The Next Star to the screen, leading up to the 90-minute grand finale broadcast live from Canada’s Wonderland on September 22. Watch as the Top 6 finalists give it their all in a last-ditch effort to secure votes and become Canada’s next star.

EXTREME BABYSITTING SEASON 2 (13 x 30) – CANADIAN PREMIERE
New season: November

Hosted by YTV’s Andy Chapman this half-hour hidden camera prank show takes teenagers, who think they know everything about looking after kids, and puts them to the ultimate babysitting test – one that they will never see coming. Extreme Babysitting sets out to push the ridiculous meter on the usually mundane world of babysitting, without letting the babysitter know that they are actually on TV.

MR. YOUNG – SERIES FINALE
New episodes: November

The final five episodes see Adam (Brendan Meyer) reflect on his experiences at Finnegan High School as his students get ready to graduate. And when a new teacher threatens everything he has achieved, Adam must work hard to try and turn the tables on him. But that’s not the only problem. Dang (Raugi Yu) has been called back to Vietnam to take over for Master Ki (Vincent Tong) as guardian of his village, prompting the Finnegan gang to follow and convince him to return to Finnegan for graduation.

From a media release:

TELETOON Dives Into Summer with New Original Series Camp Lakebottom

• World Broadcast Premiere on Thursday, July 4 at 6:30 p.m. ET/PT

The Camp Director is a monster, the lake is called Ickygloomy and the oatmeal has a life of its own. But in the eyes of a kid, Camp Lakebottom is the best camp ever! TELETOON is proud to present the world broadcast premiere of its latest original series, Camp Lakebottom, on Thursday, July 4 at 6:30 p.m. ET/PT, during the Can’t Miss Thursdays programming block.

Camp Lakebottom recounts the adventures of 12-year-old prankster McGee and his summer at the most dangerous – and exciting – summer camp in the world. The cabins are run down, the lake is toxic, the forest creatures are mutants and the counsellors are a real creep show, but McGee and his pals, Gretchen and Squirt, are having the time of their lives. The only thing they could do without is that snooty kid, Buttsquat, from the squeaky clean rival camp across the lake.

“Camp Lakebottom is the ultimate summer series for kids, complete with gross-out humour, plenty of pranks and a good amount of heart. We’re thrilled to be premiering it as part of our Can’t Miss Thursdays lineup this summer,” said Alan Gregg, Director, Original Content, TELETOON Canada Inc.

Produced for TELETOON by 9 Story Entertainment, Camp Lakebottom is created by Betsy McGowen and Eric Jacobson. Executive Producers are Vince Commisso, Steve Jarosz, Kevin Gillis, Betsy McGowen and Eric Jacobson. Season one consists of 13 half-hour episodes.

In addition to new episodes premiering every Thursday at 6:30 p.m. ET/PT throughout the summer, Camp Lakebottom will air Friday mornings at 9:30 a.m. ET/PT, during TELETOON’s special summer lineup, Camp TELETOON, airing weekday mornings from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET/PT.

For more information, online games and contests, please visit: www.teletoon.com, @TELETOON and Facebook.com/TELETOON.

From a media release:

Inspector Gadget Reboot Tops Off TELETOON Canada’s Latest Original Production Slate

TELETOON Canada Inc. today announced its latest original production slate, featuring a brand new CGI version of the beloved Canadian animated series Inspector Gadget and swashbuckling new series Pirate Express, as well as the renewals of Rocket Monkeys (Season 2), Endangered Species (Season 2), Total Drama (Season 6) and Johnny Test (Season 7). This announcement was made from the Banff World Media Festival, where TELETOON is a proud sponsor of the Kids and Animation program for the fourth consecutive year.

In addition to this newly announced lineup of productions and renewals, TELETOON Canada will be premiering a number of original programs this year, including new series Camp Lakebottom (Summer 2013), Grojband (Fall 2013), Endangered Species (Winter 2014) and Packages From Planet X (Winter 2014), as well as returning hits Detentionaire Season 3 (Fall 2013), Johnny Test, Season 6 (Fall 2013), Fugget About It Season 2 (Fall 2013), Just Kidding Season 2 (Winter 2014) and Total Drama All-Stars Season 5 (Winter 2014).

Recognized worldwide as a leader in the kids TV and animation industries, TELETOON has a track record of developing homegrown Canadian series that are massively successful at home and abroad. Since its inception in 1997, TELETOON Canada Inc. has invested over $290 million in the creation, development and production of Canadian content and takes great pride in the international successes of its original programs. Some recent examples include the sale of Rocket Monkeys to Nickelodeon’s global networks, Camp Lakebottom’s acquisition by Disney XD internationally and the continued success of the Total Drama franchise on Cartoon Network around the world.

Additional information on TELETOON Canada’s original production slate:

New Series

Inspector Gadget

DHX Media • 26 x 11 minutes

Premiere Date TBC on TELETOON

MAD Agents, look out! Criminals, beware! Bystanders … take cover! Inspector Gadget is back to battle Dr. Claw with all-new gadgets – and all-new gadget-related chaos. But the loveable, bumbling, accidentally-destructive Inspector is not alone in the fight to take down MAD. His ever trusty police-dog, Brain, is still by his side and he’s getting extra crime-fighting help from his new partner, Inspector-in-training Penny. With MAD more powerful than ever and with the arrival of Dr. Claw’s evil-genius (and totally crush-worthy) nephew, Penny and Brain will need to use every ounce of their training to keep the world safe from Dr. Claw … and Gadget.

Pirate Express

Atomic Cartoons Inc. • 52 x 11 minutes

Scheduled for Fall 2014 on TELETOON

Newt, the son of almighty Poseidon, is an adventurous, 12-year-old Atlantean boy. As captain of The Pirate Express, Newt leads a motley crew of unruly pirates on bizarre voyages, much to the chagrin of the original captain, Henri De LaPoutine, who must reluctantly accompany the team on missions despite his demotion. It’s a high stakes game for Newt and his crew, because should the pirates fail, they will be exiled to a ship in a bottle for all eternity.

Renewals

Rocket Monkeys (Season 2)

Breakthrough Entertainment • 13 x 22 minutes

Scheduled for Fall 2014 on TELETOON

When battling rogue black holes, vengeful aliens, criminal masterminds and rifts in the evil dimension, the universe turns to its bravest and brightest to save the day. When those guys are busy, the universe is stuck with the Rocket Monkeys. Inexplicably charged with carrying out all kinds of important missions, brothers Gus and Wally cause more intergalactic calamity than they could ever prevent. Luckily, they have plenty of help from YAY-OK, their dashing and devoted (if slightly outdated) robot. These monkeys may not have the brainpower of the Rocket Chickens or the guts of the Cosmosloths, but they do have a hunger for adventure. And by “adventure” we mostly mean “bananas.”

Endangered Species (Season 2)

Nerd Corps Entertainment • 26 x 11 minutes

Scheduled for Fall 2014 on TELETOON

Nestled deep among the tall trees of Happy Meadows Park sits a seemingly run-of-the-mill tree stump. But this stump is far from normal. This stump has three lovable, oddball animal buddies living in it – Pickle the hyper-imaginative bunny, Merl the very particular, overly suspicious, but deeply loyal squirrel and Gull the dim-witted seagull. While they don’t often leave the safety of their home, ridiculous and dangerous things have a tendency of happening to them anyway, often in defiance of the laws of physics or reality. Whether it’s accidentally dismantling the time-space continuum while taking apart a puzzle, or ordering a vacation-in-a-box that turns out to be a full-sized waterpark full of raging rivers and rockslides, every day-to-day happening in the stump becomes a treacherous, over-the-top, squash-and-stretch adventure.

Total Drama: Pahkitew Island (Season 6)

Fresh TV • 13 x 22 minutes

Scheduled for Fall 2014 on TELETOON

It’s an all-new season in an all-new location: Pahkitew Island. Given that the Cree word for “explode” is Pahkitew, it’s no wonder that host Chris McLean chose this new island to put a fresh collection of victims – er, contestants – through the most grueling challenges yet. Once again teen freaks, geeks, egos and cowards smash, crash and bash their way through the season with one goal in mind: winning that one million dollar prize. Who will take it home? No one knows until the final episode drops and the pain finally stops.

Johnny Test (Season 7)

DHX Media • 13 x 22 minutes (including a 3-part special)

Premiere Date TBC on TELETOON

An action-comedy extravaganza, the Gemini-award-nominated series Johnny Test chronicles the adventures of a fearless 11-year-old boy, his genetically engineered super-dog Dukey and his 13-year-old super-genius scientist sisters Susan and Mary. Using Johnny as their guinea pig, Susan and Mary strive to solve the trials and tribulations of adolescent angst with out-of-this-world scientific experiments.

From a media release:

LAWRENCE HILL’S TOUR DE FORCE NOVEL, THE BOOK OF NEGROES, TO BE ADAPTED TO A MINI-SERIES FOR CBC AND BET

• DIRECTED & CO-WRITTEN BY CLEMENT VIRGO

Conquering Lion Pictures, Out Of Africa Entertainment and leading independent studio Entertainment One (eOne) are pleased to announce the epic mini-series adaptation of The Book of Negroes, based on the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize-winning novel by Lawrence Hill (published in the US, Australia and New Zealand as Someone Knows My Name). Production will begin shooting in South Africa in the fall and will air on CBC in Canada and BET in the US.

The mini-series is written by multiple-award winning filmmaker Clement Virgo (The Wire, Poor Boy’s Game) and co-written by Lawrence Hill. The Book of Negroes will be directed by Clement Virgo.

Selected by Oprah Magazine as a 2010 top Summer Read and close to a million copies sold worldwide, The Book of Negroes depicts the extraordinary life journey of Aminata Diallo – an indomitable African woman who cuts a swath through a world that is predisposed to underestimate her. Kidnapped by slave traders in West Africa and subsequently enslaved in South Carolina, Aminata must navigate her way through the American Revolution in New York, the isolated refuge of Nova Scotia and the treacherous jungles of Sierra Leone, before ultimately securing her freedom in England at the dawn of the 19th century.

“Lawrence Hill has given us a gift with his novel The Book of Negroes and I’m now thrilled to be able to convey the exhilaration I felt on first reading it into an exciting cinematic experience for a worldwide audience,” said Virgo.

“We feel extremely fortunate to have two broadcasters so committed to this project. The Book of Negroes is a widely read book in Canada and the CBC has been supportive of this project from day one. BET are launching The Book of Negroes as their first “event” mini-series, adding this first rate show to their growing slate of original scripted programming,” added Executive Producer, Damon D’Oliveira.

“Reminiscent of the classic TV series Roots, The Book Of Negroes depicts a universal narrative about love, loss, and human survival against a critical moment in history which affected the social fabric of the US, Canada and the UK,” said Executive Producer Lance Samuels.

“We are extremely proud to be a part of bringing this remarkable novel to life as a mini-series. Adapted by acclaimed author Lawrence Hill and talented filmmaker Clement Virgo, we know this important story will inspire and enlighten Canadians across the country,” commented Sally Catto, Executive Director Commissioned and Scripted Programming, CBC English Television.

“We are excited to partner with Conquering Lion Pictures, Out of Africa Entertainment and Entertainment One on this historic project and to bring the acclaimed Book of Negroes to life for the BET audience,” said Loretha Jones, President of Original Programming, BET Networks.

The Book of Negroes is an official Canada-South Africa co-production, executive produced by Damon D’Oliveira (Poor Boy’s Game, Lie With Me) along with Clement Virgo from Conquering Lion Pictures. Other executive producers include Lance Samuels (Inescapable, Bang Bang Club), Daniel Iron (Cairo Time, Away From Her), Michael Levine (The Republic of Doyle), eOne’s Carrie Stein (Coco Chanel, Burn Up, Diamonds) and Bill Niven (Marion Bridge) of Idlewild Films serving as the Nova Scotia Co-Producer. eOne handles the worldwide rights to the mini-series in all media. The Book of Negroes will be produced in association with Canadian Broadcasting Company and Black Entertainment Television.