Genius Brands International (NASDAQ:GNUS)
announces the double-episode premiere today of its second original
series and first live-action program, the unique trivia gameshow
series for kids,
KC! Pop Quiz, exclusively on
Kartoon Channel!
Delivering 140 x 11” episodes in season one, KC!
Pop Quiz is a fast-paced, live-action daily game show based on pop
culture hosted by Casey Simpson, star of the hit
Nickelodeon series Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn, and a major kid
influencer across TikTok, Twitter, and YouTube, with a social media
following of 12+ million. Following the October 12th series
premiere, Kartoon Channel! will debut new episodes daily after
school.
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Kartoon Channel! President Jon Ollwerther
commented: “There is simply nothing like this show out there for
kids and families today. KC! Pop Quiz is a high-energy game show
that offers kids a highly engaging entertainment experience with
cool prizes, that speak to today’s kid in their own language! Where
else can kids test their knowledge of Roblox, Justin Bieber, and
JLo all in one place?! KC! Pop Quiz is in a class of its own, and
we think that it will resonate with kids, parents, and advertisers
alike. With our first original series, Stan Lee’s Superhero
Kindergarten, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, a huge hit; KC! Pop
Quiz premiering; and Shaq’s Garage, starring Shaquille O’Neal and
Rob Gronkowski, in development for premiere in 2022, we are
building a diverse catalog of original series for exclusive
premiere on Kartoon Channel!, which is rapidly becoming a household
name.”
In KC! Pop Quiz, aimed at kids 6 – 11-years-old,
two kid contestants (age 9-12) compete head-to-head, answering
questions correctly to earn points, which are redeemable at the end
of the game for cool prizes selected from a virtual prize room. The
winner returns to play again the next game. Question topics come
from pop culture, such as music, movies, social media, sports,
toys, gaming, as well as general knowledge questions in categories
that include geography, history, language, science and
technology. KC! Pop Quiz is tailor-made for kids and families
to watch episode after episode together, while playing along from
the couch. In each episode, contestants are given the opportunity
to win cool kid-centric items, ranging from Macbooks, to Xbox
consoles and iPhones, to a chocolate fountain and a giant gummy
worm. Nobody goes home empty-handed!
Anna Lotto (Best Ever Trivia
Show, Mission Unstoppable with Miranda Cosgrove, The $100,000
Pyramid, Boom!, Supermarket Sweep, and more) serves as Executive
Producer and series showrunner, with Guy Shalem
(Betty White’s Off Their Rockers, Lovespring International, Fall
Into Me) as Executive Producer. Former President of Walt Disney
Television and Chief Creative Officer at Kartoon Channel!,
David Neuman, Genius Brands’ COO, Michael
Jaffa, and Genius Brands Chairman & CEO Andy
Heyward, are Executive Producers.
About Kartoon Channel!
Available everywhere and anywhere kids are today, Genius Brands
International’s digital network, Kartoon Channel!, is a family
entertainment destination that delivers enduring childhood moments
of humor, adventure, and discovery.
Delivering over 5,000 of episodes of carefully
curated free family-friendly content, the channel features animated
classics for little kids, from The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss,
Babar, Mello Dees, Super Simple Songs and Baby Genius, and hit
content for bigger kids, such as Pac-Man, Angry Birds, Yu-Gi-Oh and
Bakugan, to original programming like Stan Lee’s Superhero
Kindergarten, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, KC! Pop Quiz coming
in 2021, and Shaq’s Garage, starring Shaquille O’Neal for 2022.
Kartoon Channel! also offers STEM-based content through its Kartoon
Classroom!, including Baby Einstein, Lil Doc, Counting with Earl
and more.
Kartoon Channel! delivers fun, positive and
purposeful content that is always free, widely available and easily
accessible across all platforms (Comcast, Cox, DISH, Sling
TV, Amazon Prime, Amazon Fire, Apple
TV, Android TV, Android Mobile, Google Play,
Xumo, Roku, Tubi, Samsung Smart TVs, and LG TVs).Kartoon
Channel! can also be streamed through mobiles device by downloading
the app in App Store or Google Play Store, or on desktops by
visiting www.kartoonchannel.com
About Genius Brands
InternationalGenius Brands International, Inc. (Nasdaq:
GNUS) is a leading global kids media company developing, producing,
marketing and licensing branded children’s entertainment properties
and consumer products for media and retail distribution. The
Company’s award-winning ‘content with a purpose’ portfolio includes
the upcoming Stan Lee’s Superhero Kindergarten, starring Arnold
Schwarzenegger, for Kartoon Channel!; Shaq’s Garage, starring
Shaquille O’Neal for Kartoon Channel!; Rainbow Rangers for Nick
Jr.; Llama Llama, starring Jennifer Garner, for Netflix;
award-winning toddler brand Baby Genius; adventure comedy STEM
series Thomas Edison's Secret Lab; and entrepreneurship series
Warren Buffett's Secret Millionaires Club. Through licensing
agreements with leading partners, characters from Genius Brands’ IP
also appear on a wide range of consumer products for the worldwide
retail marketplace. The Company’s new Kartoon Channel! and Kartoon
Classroom! are available in over 100 million U.S. television
households via a broad range of distribution platforms, including
Comcast, Cox, DISH, Sling TV, Amazon Prime, Amazon
Fire, Apple TV, Apple i0s, Android TV, Android Mobile,
Google Play, Xumo, Roku, Tubi, KartoonChannel.com,
Samsung Smart TVs and LG TVs. For additional information, please
visit www.gnusbrands.com.
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