DreamWorks Animation Television

DreamWorks Animation Television
Formerly	DreamWorks Television Animation; (1996–2012)
Type	Division
Industry	Television animation production
Predecessor	DreamWorks Television
Founded	1996
Founders	Steven Spielberg; Jeffrey Katzenberg; David Geffen;
Headquarters	1000 Flower Street, Glendale, California 91201, U.S.
Areas served	Worldwide
Products	Television animated series
Parent	DreamWorks Animation; (NBCUniversal)
Website	https://www.dreamworks.com/shows

DreamWorks Animation Television (abbreviated as DWATV or simply DAT) is an American animation studio that serves as the television production arm of DreamWorks Animation, itself a subsidiary of Universal Pictures and a division of Comcast's NBCUniversal. Founded in 1996, the entity was formerly named DreamWorks Television Animation. Its first programs from the 1990s and early 2000s used the live-action television logo, and were produced by DreamWorks Television, before DWATV and its parent company were spun off into an independent company in 2004 and later purchased by NBCUniversal in 2016. In total, the division has released 43 programs, with six in development.

History

The company was first formed in 1996 as the animation division of DreamWorks Television, a subsidiary of the main DreamWorks studio. The TV division was spearheaded by Jeffrey Katzenberg and Steven Spielberg and was headed by former Walt Disney Television Animation executives Gary Krisel and David Simon.[1] DWTA only produced two series: Invasion America and Toonsylvania. In a move to consolidate, DreamWorks Television Animation was shut down in 1999 as well as the direct-to-video subsidiary merged with the studio's feature animation division, as a way for the company to reorganize its animation divisions to operate under one umbrella.[2] More than two-thirds of the TV division's 50 employees were transferred to the direct-to-video unit and it was expected that only a minimal number of employees were be affected by the reorganization.[2]

In 2013, DreamWorks Animation entered a multi-year content deal with Netflix to provide 300 hours of exclusive original content.[3] The intent of the deal was to establish a reliable income for the studio to defray the financial risk of solely relying on the theatrical film market.[4] The next day, DWA completed a five-year licensing agreement with Super RTL for the Classic Media library and the Netflix slate.[5] DWA announced executive hiring for its new television group, DreamWorks Animation Television in late July. Former Nickelodeon senior executive Margie Cohn became Head of Television for the group.[6] In September that same year, DreamWorks announced that it has acquired the TV library of London-based Chapman Entertainment with the programs to distributed through DWA's UK-based TV distribution operation.[7]

In late 2014, DreamWorks Animation launched its own channel called the DreamWorks Channel. DreamWorks made a deal with HBO Asia to handle affiliate sales, marketing and technical services, the network will launch in several Asian countries (excluding China and Japan) in the second half of 2015.[8] The channel first premiered in English on August 1, 2015, and a Thai-dubbed channel launched in September 2015.[9] In 2016, DreamWorks Animation Television and its parent company were purchased by Comcast through its NBCUniversal division.[10][11][12]

Television series

#	Title	Creator(s)/Developer(s)	Premiere date	End date	Network	Co-production with
1	Toonsylvania	Bill Kopp Chris Otsuki	February 7, 1998 (1998-02-07)	January 18, 1999 (1999-01-18)	Fox Kids	N/A
2	Invasion America	Steven Spielberg Harve Bennett	June 8, 1998 (1998-06-08)	July 7, 1998 (1998-07-07)	The WB / Kids' WB
3	Father of the Pride	Jeffrey Katzenberg	August 31, 2004 (2004-08-31)	May 27, 2005 (2005-05-27)	NBC
4	The Penguins of Madagascar	Mark McCorkle Bob Schooley	November 29, 2008 (2008-11-29)	December 19, 2015 (2015-12-19)	Nickelodeon (2008–2012) Nicktoons (2013–2015)	Nickelodeon Animation Studio
5	Neighbors from Hell[lower-alpha 1]	Pam Brady	June 7, 2010 (2010-06-07)	July 26, 2010 (2010-07-26)	TBS	Wounded Poodle Bento Box Entertainment 20th Century Fox Television
6	Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness	Peter Hastings	September 19, 2011 (2011-09-19)	June 29, 2016 (2016-06-29)	Nickelodeon (2011–2014) Nicktoons (2016)	Nickelodeon Animation Studio
7	DreamWorks Dragons	Linda Teverbaugh Mike Teverbaugh	August 7, 2012 (2012-08-07)	February 16, 2018 (2018-02-16)	Cartoon Network (2012–2014) Netflix (2015–2018)	N/A
8	Monsters vs. Aliens	Mark McCorkle Bob Schooley	March 23, 2013 (2013-03-23)	February 8, 2014 (2014-02-08)	Nickelodeon	Nickelodeon Animation Studio
9	Turbo Fast		December 24, 2013 (2013-12-24)	February 5, 2016 (2016-02-05)	Netflix	Titmouse, Inc.
10	All Hail King Julien		December 19, 2014 (2014-12-19)	December 1, 2017 (2017-12-01)		N/A
11	The Adventures of Puss in Boots		January 16, 2015 (2015-01-16)	January 26, 2018 (2018-01-26)
12	Dinotrux	Ron Burch David Kidd	August 14, 2015 (2015-08-14)	August 3, 2018 (2018-08-03)
13	The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show		October 9, 2015 (2015-10-09)	April 21, 2017 (2017-04-21)		Jay Ward Productions
14	Dawn of the Croods	Brendan Hay	December 24, 2015 (2015-12-24)	July 7, 2017 (2017-07-07)		N/A
15	Noddy, Toyland Detective	Heath Kenny Myles McLeod	April 2, 2016 (2016-04-02)	March 22, 2020	France 5 (France) Channel 5 (United Kingdom) Universal Kids (United States)	Gaumont Animation
16	Voltron: Legendary Defender	Joaquim Dos Santos Lauren Montgomery	June 10, 2016 (2016-06-10)	December 14, 2018 (2018-12-14)	Netflix	Studio Mir World Events Productions
17	Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh	Ryan Crego Thurop Van Orman	July 29, 2016 (2016-07-29)	July 20, 2018 (2018-07-20)		N/A
18	Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia	Guillermo del Toro	December 23, 2016 (2016-12-23)	May 25, 2018 (2018-05-25)		Double Dare You Productions
19	Spirit Riding Free	Aury Wallington	May 5, 2017 (2017-05-05)	September 4, 2020 (2020-09-04)		N/A
20	Trolls: The Beat Goes On!	Matthew Beans	January 19, 2018 (2018-01-19)	November 22, 2019 (2019-11-22)
21	The Boss Baby: Back in Business	Brandon Sawyer	April 6, 2018 (2018-04-06)	November 17, 2020
22	The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle	Marco Schnabel David P. Smith	May 11, 2018 (2018-05-11)	January 11, 2019 (2019-01-11)	Amazon Prime Video	Jay Ward Productions
23	Harvey Girls Forever!	Emily Brundige	June 29, 2018 (2018-06-29)	January 10, 2020 (2020-01-10)	Netflix	N/A
24	The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants	Peter Hastings Mark Banker	July 13, 2018 (2018-07-13)	July 10, 2020 (2020-07-10)
25	She-Ra and the Princesses of Power	Noelle Stevenson	November 13, 2018 (2018-11-13)	May 15, 2020 (2020-05-15)
26	Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny	Elliott Owen	November 16, 2018 (2018-11-16)	July 4, 2019 (2019-07-04)	Amazon Prime Video
27	3Below: Tales of Arcadia	Guillermo del Toro	December 21, 2018 (2018-12-21)	July 12, 2019 (2019-07-12)	Netflix	Double Dare You Productions
28	Where's Waldo?	Koyalee Chanda Lucas Mills	July 20, 2019 (2019-07-20)	present	Universal Kids (2019) Peacock (2020–present)	N/A
29	Archibald's Next Big Thing	Tony Hale Drew Champion Jacob Moffat	September 6, 2019 (2019-09-06)		Netflix (2019–2020) Peacock (2021–present)[13]
30	DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue Riders	Jack Thomas Johnny Belt Robert Scull	September 27, 2019 (2019-09-27)		Netflix (2019–2020) Peacock (2021–present)[13]
31	Cleopatra in Space	Mike Maihack Doug Langdale Fitzy Fitzmaurice	November 25, 2019 (2019-11-25) (Asia) July 15, 2020 (2020-07-15) (United States)		DreamWorks Channel (Asia) Peacock (United States)[14]
32	Fast & Furious Spy Racers	Tim Hedrick Bret Haaland[15]	December 26, 2019 (2019-12-26)		Netflix	Universal Pictures
33	Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts	Radford Sechrist Bill Wolkoff	January 14, 2020 (2020-01-14)	October 12, 2020 (2020-10-12)		Studio Mir
34	Rhyme Time Town	Dan Berlinka	June 19, 2020 (2020-06-19)	present		N/A
35	Wizards: Tales of Arcadia	Guillermo del Toro	August 7, 2020 (2020-08-07)			Double Dare You Productions
36	Madagascar: A Little Wild	Dana Starfield	September 7, 2020 (2020-09-07)	present	Peacock Hulu	N/A
37	Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous	Zack Stentz	September 18, 2020 (2020-09-18)		Netflix	Universal Pictures Amblin Entertainment
38	The Mighty Ones	Sunil Hall Lynne Naylor	November 9, 2020 (2020-11-09)		Peacock Hulu	N/A
39	Doug Unplugs	Jim Nolan Aliki Theofilopoulos Dan Yaccarino	November 13, 2020 (2020-11-13)		Apple TV+
40	Trolls: TrollsTopia	Matthew Beans	November 19, 2020 (2020-11-19)		Peacock Hulu
41	Gabby's Dollhouse	Traci Paige Johnson Jennifer Twomey	January 8, 2021 (2021-01-08)		Netflix
42	Go, Dog. Go!	Adam Peltzman	January 26, 2021		Netflix	WildBrain Studios
43	The Croods: Family Tree	Mark Banker Todd Grimes	September 23, 2021		Peacock Hulu	N/A

Upcoming

#	Title	Creator(s)/Developer(s)	Premiere date	Network	Co-production with
44	DreamWorks Dragons: The Nine Realms[16]	John Tellegen	December 23, 2021	Peacock Hulu	N/A
45	Bearbrick[17]	TBA	TBA		Dentsu Entertainment
46	Felix the Cat[18]	TBA			Felix the Cat Productions
47	Untitled Tony Hale series[19]	Tony Hale			TBA
48	Mama & Dada[20]	Johanna Stein Noelle Lara			Electric Hot Dog
49	The Gumazing Gum Girl![21]	TBA			CRE84U Entertainment

Notes

Credited as MoonBoy Animation.

References

"DREAMWORKS HIRES DISNEY EXECS". Chicago Tribune. July 25, 1995. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
Amidi, Amid (March 9, 1999). "DreamWorks TV shuts down". Animation World Network. Retrieved August 26, 2015.
Szalai, George (June 17, 2013). "Netflix to Air New DreamWorks Animation Shows". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
"» Netflix Secures Deal With DreamWorks For New Shows (NASDAQ:NFLX)". Zolmax. June 28, 2013. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
Spangler, Todd (June 18, 2013). "DreamWorks Animation Sees $100m Revenue This Year From Netflix, Other TV Deals". Variety. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
Graser, Marc (July 31, 2013). "Nickelodeon Vet Marjorie Cohn to Run DreamWorks Animation Television". Variety. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
Vivarelli, Nick (September 18, 2013). "DreamWorks Animation Buys Chapman Entertainment Library". Variety. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
Bond, Paul (December 9, 2014). "DreamWorks Animation to Launch TV Channel in Asia". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
Blecken, David (July 29, 2015). "DreamWorks to launch first dedicated channel in Thailand". Campaign. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
"Comcast's NBCUniversal buys DreamWorks Animation in $3.8-billion deal". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November 29, 2019. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
"NBCUniversal Unveils New DreamWorks Annimation Senior Management". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on August 27, 2016. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
McNary, Dave (August 22, 2016). "Comcast Completes $3.8 Billion Purchase of DreamWorks Animation". Variety. Archived from the original on October 24, 2016. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
"Tony Hale's All-Star Animated Series "Archibald" Flocks to Peacock with a New Installment of DreamWorks "Archibald's Next Big Thing Is Here," Premiering February 18" (Press release). Peacock. January 26, 2021 – via The Futon Critic.
Pedersen, Erik (January 16, 2020). "Peacock Programming: List Of NBCUniversal Streaming Service's Series, Films, Sports, News & More". Deadline. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
Goldberg, Lesley (November 13, 2019). "Nickelodeon, Netflix Team for Original Animated Features, TV Series". The Hollywood Reporter. The Nickelodeon-produced films and TV series join a Netflix animated slate that also includes…DreamWorks' Fast & Furious Spy Racers (Dec. 26), among others.
"Teaser: DreamWorks Dragons Take Flight for the Future in 'The Nine Realms'". Animation Magazine. October 13, 2021.
"Dentsu, DreamWorks Plan TV Animation for Medicom's Be@rbrick Figures". Anime News Network. December 26, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
Hulett, Steve (March 2, 2016). "The Animated Production Among Us ... Again". Animation Guild Blog.
"Making Archibald's Next Big Thing (mentioned at 22:47)". WorldScreen Festivals. February 2, 2021.
"'Kids Tonight Show' from Jimmy Fallon in the Works at Peacock". May 13, 2021.
"Nancy Cartwright juggles voices of 'Rugrats' Chuckie, Bart Simpson".

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[13] Credited as MoonBoy Animation.

[1] "DREAMWORKS HIRES DISNEY EXECS". Chicago Tribune. July 25, 1995. Retrieved November 8, 2021.

[AWN-2] Amidi, Amid (March 9, 1999). "DreamWorks TV shuts down". Animation World Network. Retrieved August 26, 2015.

[3] Szalai, George (June 17, 2013). "Netflix to Air New DreamWorks Animation Shows". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 12, 2014.

[4] "» Netflix Secures Deal With DreamWorks For New Shows (NASDAQ:NFLX)". Zolmax. June 28, 2013. Retrieved July 8, 2013.

[5] Spangler, Todd (June 18, 2013). "DreamWorks Animation Sees $100m Revenue This Year From Netflix, Other TV Deals". Variety. Retrieved October 12, 2014.

[6] Graser, Marc (July 31, 2013). "Nickelodeon Vet Marjorie Cohn to Run DreamWorks Animation Television". Variety. Retrieved August 5, 2013.

[7] Vivarelli, Nick (September 18, 2013). "DreamWorks Animation Buys Chapman Entertainment Library". Variety. Retrieved November 14, 2013.

[8] Bond, Paul (December 9, 2014). "DreamWorks Animation to Launch TV Channel in Asia". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 10, 2014.

[9] Blecken, David (July 29, 2015). "DreamWorks to launch first dedicated channel in Thailand". Campaign. Retrieved August 3, 2015.

[lat-comcastbuy-10] "Comcast's NBCUniversal buys DreamWorks Animation in $3.8-billion deal". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November 29, 2019. Retrieved April 28, 2016.

[11] "NBCUniversal Unveils New DreamWorks Annimation Senior Management". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on August 27, 2016. Retrieved September 3, 2016.

[12] McNary, Dave (August 22, 2016). "Comcast Completes $3.8 Billion Purchase of DreamWorks Animation". Variety. Archived from the original on October 24, 2016. Retrieved October 27, 2016.

[Archibaldpeacock-14] "Tony Hale's All-Star Animated Series "Archibald" Flocks to Peacock with a New Installment of DreamWorks "Archibald's Next Big Thing Is Here," Premiering February 18" (Press release). Peacock. January 26, 2021 – via The Futon Critic.

[15] Pedersen, Erik (January 16, 2020). "Peacock Programming: List Of NBCUniversal Streaming Service's Series, Films, Sports, News & More". Deadline. Retrieved January 16, 2020.

[16] Goldberg, Lesley (November 13, 2019). "Nickelodeon, Netflix Team for Original Animated Features, TV Series". The Hollywood Reporter. The Nickelodeon-produced films and TV series join a Netflix animated slate that also includes…DreamWorks' Fast & Furious Spy Racers (Dec. 26), among others.

[17] "Teaser: DreamWorks Dragons Take Flight for the Future in 'The Nine Realms'". Animation Magazine. October 13, 2021.

[18] "Dentsu, DreamWorks Plan TV Animation for Medicom's Be@rbrick Figures". Anime News Network. December 26, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2017.

[19] Hulett, Steve (March 2, 2016). "The Animated Production Among Us ... Again". Animation Guild Blog.

[20] "Making Archibald's Next Big Thing (mentioned at 22:47)". WorldScreen Festivals. February 2, 2021.

[21] "'Kids Tonight Show' from Jimmy Fallon in the Works at Peacock". May 13, 2021.

[22] "Nancy Cartwright juggles voices of 'Rugrats' Chuckie, Bart Simpson".