An overview of all of Cartoon Network's announcements can be found at the following AnimationInsider.net news article: CN Upfront 2008 Overview.
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Cartoon Network has announced that The Secret Saturdays is currently slated to premiere in fall 2008.
In the new comedy-action series created by Jay Stephens; Doc, Drew and Zak Saturday are a family of world-saving adventure scientists called The Secret Saturdays. They live in a hidden base and are part of a network of scientists who protect against all of the underlying evil in world. To the Saturdays, ordinary folk-tales aren't just legends, but real-life mysteries and adventures. Traveling from the hot Gobi Desert to the icy Marianas Trench, they explore ancient temples and bottomless caves and tangle with twisted villains, including the masked madman V.V. Argost and his half-human/half-giant spider.
But aside from the adventures that span the globe, at the end of the day the Saturdays, along with their hyper exotic pets Fiskerton Komodo and Zon, are just a warm, loving family getting through everyday growing pains and squabbles.
Twenty-six episodes of The Secret Saturdays are currently in production at Porchlight Entertainment in Los Angeles, Calif. The series is from creator Jay Stephens and producer Fred Schaefer.
The Secret Saturdays' creator, Jay Stephens, began his career creating independent comic books like Atomic City Tales, The Land of Nod and Jetcat Clubhouse, which he later made into an animated short. The short was featured in the Nickelodeon animated series KaBlam and not only helped propel a transition into animation, but earned Stephens an Annie Award nomination. Stephens has also won two Daytime Emmy Awards for his hit international animated series Tutenstein on NBC and Discovery Kids.
Voice-over cast currently includes: Phil Morris ("Doc Saturday"), Nicole Sullivan ("Drew Saturday"), Sam Lerner ("Zak Saturday"), Diedrich Bader ("Fiskerton"), and Corey Burton ("V.V. Argost").
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