DreamWorksTV Launches Today On YouTube

DreamWorks has launched DreamWorksTV, a new original family content destination on YouTube. DreamWorksTV is now the online home for such DreamWorks Animation characters as Shrek, Puss in Boots and Kung Fu Panda.

DreamWorksTV will feature new live-action and animated short-form content, including family-friendly reality TV series, such as Prank My Parents and Record Setter Kids, animated web series, including Jimmy Blue Shorts, Gorillaville and Report Card, and vlog posts from DreamWorks Animation characters. This summer, DreamWorksTV will debut a new series based on the classic Harvey Comics character Richie Rich.

DreamWorksTV is a partnership between DreamWorks Animation and AwesomenessTV. The project is being overseen by a team assembled and headed by AwesomenessTV founder Brian Robbins.

“DreamWorksTV is committed to delivering original content, from scripted live-action series based on great characters like Richie Rich, to fresh new animated characters like Jimmy Blue Shorts to vlogs and other short-form content featuring the much beloved Shrek, Po and Puss in Boots,” said Robbins. “We are combining the DreamWorks brand with lessons learned from AwesomenessTV to create content that will be embraced by families everywhere.”

DreamworksTV series include:

Live Action:

• OMG – A live-action sketch comedy series featuring up and coming kid comedians.
• Record Setter Kids – Hosted by YouTube star JennXPenn, features kids from all  over the country who come up with wacky records to break.
• Prank My Parents – Kids get a chance to play tricks on their parents in this fun hidden-camera series where kids make all the rules.

Animation:

• Jimmy Blue Shorts – This animated sketch comedy created by Zach Aufdemberg and produced by Oddbot is hosted by talking jean shorts.
• Gorillaville – This punny slapstick comedy by Ron Yavnieli centers around three gorillas who wreak havoc, perpetually disturbing the peace in their otherwise idyllic wildlife preserve.
• Report Card – “Let’s get newsie” with a top flight anchor team of cardboard cut-ups in a stop-motion series created byJimbo Matison.
• Public Pool – Everything happens at the Puddleton Public Pool. Teenagers!  Musclemen!  Wimps!  Inflatable Rafts!  Bad Swimwear! It’s all fodder for fun in this irreverent ensemble comedy by David Fremont (Liquid TV).
• Fifi Cat Therapist – Have a seat on the couch and tell all to Fifi, cat therapist extraordinaire.  This sassy house-cat tells it like it is to neighborhood animals seeking advice in this animated comedy by Mike Blum (Lilo & Stitch).

DreamWorksTV will also feature Watch This, curated “best-of-the-web” shorts, and RetroToons, featuring highlights from the Classic Media library. New series will launch this summer.