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Plot Summary:
So Weird is an American television series that aired on the Disney Channel as a midseason replacement from January 18, 1999 to September 28, 2001. The series was shot in Vancouver, British Columbia. In season one and season two, the series centered on teenage girl Fiona Phillips who toured with her rock star mom, while encountering paranormal activity along the way. The series was compared to the Fox TV series The X-Files since it took a darker tone than other Disney Channel Originals. For the third and final season, Disney replaced Cara DeLizia with actress Alexz Johnson playing Annie Thelen. Production ceased after 65 episodes.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: neo noir, spooky, adult cartoon, offbeat, humorous, semi serious, dark fantasy, urban fantasy, odd, nostalgic
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Ghostwriter (1992)
Plot Summary:
Ghostwriter is an American television program created by Liz Nealon and produced by the Children's Television Workshop and BBC One. It began airing on PBS on October 4, 1992, and the final episode aired on February 13, 1995. The series revolves around a close knit circle of friends from Brooklyn who solve neighborhood crimes and mysteries as a team of young detectives with the help of an invisible ghost named Ghostwriter. Ghostwriter can communicate with the kids only by manipulating whatever text and letters he can find and using them to form words and sentences. The series was filmed on location in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: detective, educational, suspenseful
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Young Dracula (2006)
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Young Dracula is a British teenage horror drama television series airing on CBBC, loosely based on Young Dracula AND Young Monsters, a children's book by Michael Lawrence. Directed by Joss Agnew, the first series was broadcast in 2006, and the second series, which started in late 2007, concluded in early 2008. A third series was commissioned three years later and began airing on 31 October 2011, and a fourth began airing on 29 October 2012. The first two series follow the Dracula family, a family of vampires: Vladimir, his father Count Dracula, and older sister Ingrid. Having lived in Transylvania, they move to Stokely, a small town in Wales after various incidents involving angry peasant mobs. It was filmed in various locations around Wales, including Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf, Caerphilly Castle, Tretower Court and parts of Llantrisant. The third series, commissioned three years after the second, sees Vlad and the Count flee both vampires and slayers, while the Count is determined that Vlad should fulfil his destiny to become "the Chosen One". This series was filmed in Liverpool during 2011, in various locations including the disused Margaret Bevan School, Croxteth Hall and Stanley Docks. The fourth series follows on from season three's predicament and was helmed by a new director.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, gothic, dark fantasy, spooky, offbeat, teen comedy, nostalgic
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Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension (1998)
Plot Summary:
Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension is a spin-off of Eerie, Indiana. This series aired on the Fox Kids Network in 1998.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 508
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anthology, detective, spooky, scary, offbeat, humorous, semi serious, urban fantasy
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The Nightmare Room (2001)
Plot Summary:
Anthology series centered on teens facing supernatural threats, many based on the books by R.L. Stine.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 572
Genere: Family, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anthology, captivating, tense, dark fairy tale, spooky, mystical
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The Secret World of Alex Mack (1994)
Plot Summary:
The Secret World of Alex Mack is an American television series that ran on Nickelodeon from October 8, 1994 to January 15, 1998, replacing Clarissa Explains It All on the SNICK line-up. It also aired on YTV in Canada and NHK in Japan, and was a popular staple in the children's weekday line-up for much of the mid-to-late 1990s on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Repeats of the series aired in 2003 on The N, but it was soon replaced there. The series was produced by Thomas Lynch and John Lynch of Lynch Entertainment, produced by RHI Entertainment, Hallmark Entertainment and Nickelodeon Productions and was co-created by Tom Lynch and Ken Lipman. For home video releases, it was released under the Hallmark Home Entertainment label, making it the first Nickelodeon show not to be released by Paramount Home Video or Sony Wonder.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, exciting, sincere, melancholic, sweet
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My Secret Identity (1988)
Plot Summary:
My Secret Identity was a Canadian television series starring Jerry O'Connell and Derek McGrath. Originally broadcast from October 9, 1988 – May 25, 1991 on CTV in Canada, the series also aired in syndication in the United States. The series won the 1989 International Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Programming for Children and Young People.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious
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Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins (2009)
Plot Summary:
The story of how Mystery Inc. was formed.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, not serious, detective, exciting, suspenseful, slapstick
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The Worst Witch (1998)
Plot Summary:
Mildred Hubble is a young witch attending Cackles Academy. She's called the "Worst Witch" because she's always caught getting into trouble.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: semi serious, spooky, offbeat, humorous
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Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street (2014)
Plot Summary:
Life is anything but normal for Gortimer and his two best friends, Ranger and Mel, as they navigate Normal Street - an ordinary suburb that has a hint of something magical just beneath the surface.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, light, feel good, anthology, action adventure
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Sabrina, Down Under (1999)
Plot Summary:
Sabrina and her friend Gwen, while on vacation at Australia's Great Barrier Reef, try to save a secret mermaid colony who's habitat is threatened by ocean pollution.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: teen, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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Strange Days at Blake Holsey High (2002)
Plot Summary:
Black Hole High is a Canadian science fiction television program which first aired in North America in October 2002 on NBC and Discovery Kids. It is set at the fictional boarding school of the title, where a Science Club investigates mysterious phenomena, most of which is centered around a wormhole located on the school grounds. Spanning four seasons, the series developed into a success, and has been sold to networks around the globe. Created by Jim Rapsas, the series intertwines elements of mystery, drama, romance, and comedy. The writing of the show is structured around various scientific principles, with emotional and academic struggles combined with unfolding mysteries of a preternatural nature. In addition to its consistent popularity among children, it has been recognised by adults as strong family entertainment. Forty-two episodes of the series, each roughly twenty-five minutes in length, have been produced, the last three of which premiered in January 2006. Those three final episodes that aired were combined into a film, Strange Days: Conclusions. The show was filmed at the Auchmar Estate on the Hamilton Escarpment in Hamilton, Ontario.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, enigmatic, captivating, adult cartoon, dark fantasy, mystical, nostalgic
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The Zack Files (2000)
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The Zack Files is a science fiction television program that revolves around a young boy, played by Robert Clark, who is a magnet for paranormal activity and attends Horace White High School for Boys along with his three friends Cam, Gwen, and Spencer. Zack manages to get himself into trouble with his paranormal adventures and it is up to his friends to help him set things straight. The series is based on a series of books with the same name, written by Dan Greenburg. In August 2004, Goldhill Home Media released the first season on DVD.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 583
Genere: Family, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, exciting, offbeat, nostalgic
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Flipper (1964)
Plot Summary:
Flipper, from Ivan Tors Films in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television, is an American television program first broadcast on NBC from September 19, 1964, until April 15, 1967. Flipper, a bottlenose dolphin, is the companion animal of Porter Ricks, Chief Warden at fictional Coral Key Park and Marine Preserve in southern Florida, and his two young sons, Sandy and Bud. The show has been dubbed an "aquatic Lassie", and a considerable amount of juvenile merchandise inspired by the show was produced during its first-run.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: feel good, realistic, captivating, light, semi serious, sitcom, serious
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Goosebumps (1995)
Plot Summary:
Goosebumps is a Canadian-American children's horror anthology television series based on R. L. Stine's Goosebumps books. It was one of the two popular television horror anthology children's series in the 1990s.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: anthology, dark, sitcom, dark fairy tale, scary, dark fantasy, teen horror, epic fantasy, atmospheric, suspenseful
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H2O: Just Add Water (2006)
Plot Summary:
When three normal teenage girls stumble upon a ancient cave they undergo a transformation that will change their lives forever. H20 - Just Add Water, sees three very different girls facing everyday teen problems with an added twist - they're mermaids with incredible powers over water.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: exciting, light, enigmatic, captivating, sitcom, juvenile, teen, semi serious, feel good, humorous
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Even Stevens (2000)
Plot Summary:
Even Stevens is an American comedy television series that aired on Disney Channel with a total of three seasons and 65 episodes from June 17, 2000, to June 13, 2003. It follows the life of the Stevenses, a Jewish family living in suburban Sacramento, California, mainly focusing on the clashing personalities of its two younger siblings, Ren and Louis. The series was produced by Brookwell McNamara Entertainment and Fireworks Entertainment. It is often cited as launching Shia LaBeouf's breakout career as an actor. The show features a fast motion photography, which features in every episode. The feature-length Disney Channel Original Movie based on the series, The Even Stevens Movie, premiered on June 13, 2003, and serves as the series finale. As of January 15, 2010, in America, Even Stevens has been removed from television syndication altogether, though The Even Stevens Movie continues to air on Disney Channel and Disney XD, and on Family Channel occasionally. However, in the UK, Even Stevens continues to air on CITV and now Pop Girl. From its launch on June 1, 2011 to late 2012, the series were shown as re-runs on Disney XD in Canada & US.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, feel good, witty, humorous, semi serious, realistic, nostalgic
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Mortified (2006)
Plot Summary:
Mortified was an Australian children's television series, co-produced by the Australian Children's Television Foundation and Enjoy Entertainment for the Nine Network Australia, Disney Australia and the BBC. The series premiered on 30 June 2006 and ended on 11 April 2007 with two seasons and a total of 26 episodes. Currently, re-runs air on both ABC and the Disney Channel, in the U.S. on Starz Kids and Family, and in the UK on Pop Girl.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 955
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Australia
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, captivating, offbeat, realistic
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Two of a Kind (1998)
Plot Summary:
Two of a Kind is an American sitcom that aired on ABC as part of the network's TGIF line-up, starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. The show aired from September 25, 1998 to July 9, 1999. The series was produced by Griffard/Adler Productions, Dualstar Productions, and Miller-Boyett-Warren Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television. It was the last series to be produced by Miller-Boyett Productions in any of its identities.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: touching, semi serious, humorous, realistic, sitcom, family comedy
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Drake & Josh (2004)
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Drake & Josh is an American television sitcom created by Dan Schneider for Nickelodeon. The series follows the lives of two teenage boys with opposing personalities, Drake Parker and Josh Nichols, who become stepbrothers. Both actors had played previous roles in The Amanda Show along with Nancy Sullivan, who plays Audrey, Drake and Megan's mother of the series. Miranda Cosgrove plays Audrey's daughter, Megan, Drake's mischievous younger sister and Jonathan Goldstein plays Walter, Josh's father. The series' opening theme song I Found a Way is written by Drake Bell and Backhouse Mike and performed by Bell. The series ran for four seasons and 60 episodes from January 11, 2004 to December 5, 2008 and has received critical acclaim. There were also three TV films: Drake & Josh Go Hollywood premiered on Friday, January 6, 2006; Really Big Shrimp premiered on Friday, August 3, 2007; and Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh premiered on Friday, December 5, 2008. Reruns of the series currently air on Nickelodeon and TeenNick.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 43000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, feel good, captivating, realistic, anime, hilarious, semi serious, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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Girl Meets World (2014)
Plot Summary:
The adventures of relatable and adventurous Riley Matthews, the tween daughter of Cory and Topanga Matthews, and her bold best friend Maya as they traverse the twists and turns of teenage years at Manhattan's John Quincy Adams Middle School where Riley's dad is their History teacher.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: humorous, sitcom, realistic, feel good, semi serious, sincere, thought provoking, entertaining, sad, sentimental
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Superboy (1988)
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Superboy is a half-hour live-action television series based on the fictional DC Comics comic book character Kal-El's early years as Superboy. The show ran from 1988–1992 in syndication. It was renamed The Adventures of Superboy at the start of the third season.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: epic, saga, exciting, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious
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R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour (2010)
Plot Summary:
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour is a Canadian/American original anthology horror-fantasy series, with episodes each half an hour long. The series is based on The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It Movie, and the books The Haunting Hour and Nightmare Hour anthology by R. L. Stine.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anthology, scary, exciting, serious, suspenseful, spooky, dark, dark fantasy, horror comedy, dark fairy tale
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Hunter Street (2017)
Plot Summary:
Sleuthy foster siblings Max, Tess, Sal, Anika, and Daniel Hunter find new quests, more mysteries, and even new Hunter sibs!.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 788
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: tense, psychological, humorous, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Warehouse 13 (2009)
Plot Summary:
After saving the life of the President, two secret service agents - Myka Bering and Pete Lattimer - find themselves assigned to the top secret Warehouse 13. The Warehouse is a massive, top secret facility that houses dangerous and fantastical objects. Together, Pete and Myka along with fellow agents Claudia, Steve Jinks and Warehouse caretaker Artie, must recover artifacts from around the globe before they can cause catastrophic damage.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, humorous, funny, thrilling, suspenseful, supernatural thriller, bleak, interesting, urban fantasy
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Eerie, Indiana (1991)
Plot Summary:
Eerie, Indiana is an American television series that originally aired on NBC from 1991 to 1992. The series was created by José Rivera and Karl Schaefer, with Joe Dante serving as creative consultant. A total of nineteen episodes were produced. The final episode aired for the first time in 1993, when the series was syndicated on The Disney Channel. In 1997, the show generated a new fan base, when Fox's children's programming block Fox Kids aired the series, gaining something of a cult following despite its short run. The renewed popularity in the series, encouraged Fox to produce a spin-off Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension, lasting only one season in 1998.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: spooky, scary, anthology, sitcom, detective, offbeat, humorous, semi serious, urban fantasy, weird
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Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990)
Plot Summary:
Are You Afraid of the Dark? is a joint Canadian-American horror/fantasy-themed anthology television series. The original series was a joint production between the Canadian company Cinar and the American company Nickelodeon. The show was filmed in Richmond, British Columbia and in Montreal, Quebec including their suburbs. The episode "The Tale of the Twisted Claw" was aired as a pilot on the evening of October 31, 1991 in the USA and in October 1990 in Canada. Are You Afraid of the Dark? was aired from August 15, 1992 to April 20, 1996 on Nickelodeon's SNICK. The series also aired on the Canadian television network YTV from October 30, 1990 until June 11, 2000. A revived series with new directors, writers, and cast was produced by Nickelodeon from 1999 to 2000 and also aired on SNICK. The sole member from the original lineup to return for the sixth and seventh seasons was Tucker, although Ross Hull returned for the concluding miniseries, which notably broke from the show's established format by blurring the line between story and "reality".
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: scary, anthology, suspenseful, semi serious, spooky, exciting, bleak, sitcom, dark, slasher
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Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge (2001)
Plot Summary:
The Cromwell clan live in the real world, except for their grandmother who lives in Halloweentown, a place where monsters go to escape reality. But now the son of the Cromwells' old enemy Kalabar has a plan to use the grandmother's book to turn Halloweentown into a grey dreary version of the real world, while transform the denizens of the real world into monsters.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: exciting, stylized, semi serious, humorous, suspense, teen, spooky, offbeat
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Twitches Too (2007)
Plot Summary:
Reunited witch twins Camryn and Alex adjust to their new life as supernatural beings while at the same time trying to maintain a normal existence in this sequel to the magical Disney Channel original movie Twitches. But they soon find themselves going head to head with the forces of darkness that threaten to destroy their world. Luckily, their birth mother, the powerful Miranda, is on hand to help out.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, teen, spooky, exciting, psychotronic
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Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1996)
Plot Summary:
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch is an American sitcom based on the Archie comic book series of the same name. The show premiered on September 27, 1996 on ABC to over 17 million viewers in its "T.G.I.F." line-up. The show stars Melissa Joan Hart as Sabrina Spellman, an American teenage half-witch who, on her sixteenth birthday, discovers she has magical powers. She lives with her 600-year-old aunts, European witches Hilda and Zelda, and their magical talking cat Salem in the fictional town of Westbridge, Massachusetts through most of the series. The series' first four seasons aired on ABC from September 27, 1996 to May 5, 2000; the final three seasons ran on The WB from September 22, 2000 to April 24, 2003.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: feel good, not serious, sitcom, humorous, supernatural thriller, entertaining, funny, light, sweet, touching
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House of Anubis (2011)
Plot Summary:
House of Anubis is a jointly Nickelodeon British, American, and Belgian mystery television series based on the Dutch-Belgian television series Het Huis Anubis aired in the Netherlands and Belgium. The series was created by Hans Bourlon and Gert Verhulst and premiered on Nickelodeon on New Year's Day 2011 in the United States and on 25 February 2011 in the United Kingdom. The series is the first Nickelodeon series to be filmed overseas, the first soap opera created by Nickelodeon and the channel's first soap opera aimed at children and teenagers. As of 25 February, the program will be broadcast on TeenNick. The show has since concluded its third season and as of 28 September 2013 Nickelodeon has not announced a fourth season.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 15 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, light, semi serious, humorous, enigmatic, captivating, slasher, teen, telenovela