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The week leading up to Christmas leaves very little in the way of new programming. Major networks are busy airing holiday specials and repeats, knowing regular viewers are busy this time of year. But that didn’t stop a cable network and a streaming service from trying to entice the kids heading into a holiday break from school with some new animated programming, albeit just in two decades. 2005 saw a Cartoon Network series ‘premiere’ with a sneak peek episode, and Netflix launched a prequel series to an animated feature film in 2015, minus all of the voice talent from the movie. Scroll down to see the shows that premiered this week, and tell us if you remember either of them.
1955
- No new series premiered this week in 1955.
1965
- No new series premiered this week in 1965.
1975
- No new series premiered this week in 1975.
1985
- No new series premiered this week in 1985.
1995
- No new series premiered this week in 1995.
2005
Cartoon Network Studios
- December 26 – My Gym Partner’s a Monkey (Cartoon Network, Four seasons, 56 episodes)
My Gym Partner’s a Monkey premiered as part of Cartoon Network’s ‘Sneak Peek Week’, while the series proper began airing with a two-episode premiere on February 24, 2006. A TV movie titled The Big Field Trip aired in 2007 as part of Season 3. Another special episode, ‘That Darn Platypus’, aired as part of Cartoon Network Invaded in May 2007. The show was nominated for three Annie Awards total (2006 and 2007), and won an Emmy Award in 2007 for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation.
2015
- December 24 – Dawn of the Croods (Netflix, Four seasons, 52 episodes)
Dawn of the Croods is a 2D animated prequel series based on the 2013 CGI animated film, The Croods. None of the main voice actors from the movie provided the voices for their character on the series. The series earned three Annie nominations, with one each for Grey Griffin and Laraine Newman for their voice work.