This is Daniel Cook
This is Daniel Cook | |
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Genre | Children |
Created by | J.J. Johnson Blair Powers |
Written by | J.J. Johnson |
Directed by | J.J. Johnson |
Starring | Daniel Cook |
Theme music composer | Melissa McClelland |
Opening theme | "This is Daniel Cook" |
Composer(s) | Michael Ella |
Country of origin | Canada |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 130 (list of episodes) |
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Executive producer(s) | Mark J.W. Bishop Matthew Hornburg |
Producer(s) | J.J. Johnson Blair Powers Matthew J.R. Bishop Mark J.W. Bishop Matthew Hornburg |
Editor(s) | Matthew J.R. Bishop Daniel Palmer |
Running time | 6 minutes |
Production company(s) | Marblemedia Sinking Ship Productions |
Distributor | Distribution 360 |
Release | |
Original network | Treehouse TV Playhouse Disney (US) |
Original release | September 6, 2004 April 22, 2006 |
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Chronology | |
Followed by | This is Emily Yeung |
Related shows | This is Emily Yeung I Dare You |
External links | |
Official website Website |
This is Daniel Cook is a Canadian children's television series created by J.J. Johnson and Blair Powers and produced by Toronto's Marblemedia and Sinking Ship Productions in association with Treehouse TV and TVO, and is shown in Canada on Treehouse TV, TVOkids, Access, Knowledge Network, and SCN. The series also airs on the Disney Channel (in the United States), Qubo,[1] Disney Japan, and on ABC2 (in Australia).
The show is about a 5-year-old boy called Daniel Cook who learns new things and shares his experiences and adventures with other kids. In 2008, Daniel Cook was voted Canada's most interesting man, Erik Stinson was the runner up. For example, he learns about taekwondo, gymnastics, and animals. He also visits a fire station, a YMCA, and more. The show was filmed in Toronto, Ontario; New Brunswick; Nova Scotia, and Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. Every episode six minutes long, half-hour shows consist of five six-minute episodes. The series has been sold by Distribution360 to over eighty-five countries worldwide, and dubbed into fourteen languages[citation needed].
The series has also launched a six-volume book series distributed by Kids Can Press and produced by marblemedia. Five DVDs have also been released featuring episodes from the series.
There is another television series that complements This is Daniel Cook, called This is Emily Yeung, which premiered on Treehouse TV in the Fall of 2006.
Production was completed in April 2006.
Soundtrack
In early 2007, The Children's Group released a soundtrack of This Is Daniel Cook on CD, which was entitled Here We Are!, it features the show's theme and the music used.
Awards and nominations
2008 Juno Awards
- Nominated for Best children's album of the year for "This is Daniel Cook. Here we are!"
2008 Independent Music Awards
- Nominated for Favorite Children's Group/Artist or Duo for "This is Daniel Cook. Here we are!"
2006 Gemini Award
- Nomination for This is Daniel Cook Season 2 for Best preschool Program or Series
2006 Gemini Award
- Nomination for www.thisisdanielcook.com for Best Cross Platform Project
2006 Gemini Award
- Nomination for www.thisisdanielcook.com for Most Popular Website
2006 Prix Jeunesse Web Prize
- Winner for www.thisisdanielcook.com
2006 Prix Jeunesse Television Prize
- Finalist for This is Daniel Cook in Best up to 6 non-fiction category
2005 Gemini Award
- Nomination for This is Daniel Cook Season 1 for Best preschool Program or Series
2005 Gemini Award
- Nomination for This is Daniel Cook Season 1 for Best Direction in a Children's or Youth Program or Series for J.J. Johnson
2005 Gemini Award
- Nomination for This is Daniel Cook Season 1 for Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series
References
External links
- Official site
- marblemedia (co-production company)
- Sinking Ship (co-production company)
- Toronto star
- This is Daniel Cook web page at TreeHouseTV.com
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). This is Daniel Cook at IMDb
- This is Daniel Cook: the most junior Juno nominee
- Distribution360 (Distributor)
- Ameba TV (IPTV)
- Pages using infobox television with editor parameter
- Articles with unsourced statements from April 2011
- Canadian children's television series
- 2004 Canadian television series debuts
- 2006 Canadian television series endings
- Disney Channel shows
- Treehouse TV shows
- Qubo
- 2000s Canadian television series
- Television series by Corus Entertainment