Toronto, Ontario, Aug. 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TVO today revealed the trailer for Old Enough! (8 x 24) a series that follows real Canadian kids, ages 3-6, as they head out by themselves and get their first taste of independence by running every-day errands for their parents. The series will be available for streaming in Canada on TVO starting September 8.
Watch the trailer here: https://youtu.be/G8uDj5Arqno
Narrated by Canadian comedy legend and improv genius Colin Mochrie (Whose Line Is It Anyway?), Old Enough! features kids taking on excursions in the wider world. What starts out as simple household tasks, turns into hilarious adventures and heartwarming interactions when carried out by newly empowered kids who are often held back by their helicopter parents.
While the episodes focus on the children’s tasks, viewers will also get to explore each parent’s approach to raising their kids. Each problem-solving journey gives parents insight and helps them discover their child’s innate potential for growth and independence. On every adventure, the kids are always under the watchful eye of the show’s safety team.
Old Enough! is based on Nippon TV’s hit Japanese format of the same name. The TVO Original series, Old Enough! is a Blue Ant Studios production and the first North American format of the show. Executive Producers for Blue Ant Studios are Matt Hornburg, Mark Bishop and Donna Luke. Stefanie Haist is the Supervising Producer. Mitch Burman (Undercover High, Extreme Babysitting) serves as Series Producer. For TVO, Natasha Negrea is the Head of Programming, Kirsten Hurd is the Commissioning Editor, TVOkids and Alexandra Roberts is the Commissioning Editor, TVO Docs. Executive Producers for Nippon TV are Naoko Yano and Akane Alex Inoue. Kiyotaka Tokunaga (Masquerade) is the Chief Director and Ayaka Isshiki is the Producer for the original Japanese series. Tom Miyauchi (Sokkuri Sweets/Eye Candy, Mute it!) is the Format Producer and Yuko Nakano is the Flying Producer. Old Enough! was produced with the participation of the Canada Media Fund and in association with Rogers Sports & Media.
Starting September 8, the series will be available to stream in Canada via TVO Docs and TVOkids YouTube channels and Smart TV apps.
Advanced screeners and media interviews with Colin Mochrie and Old Enough! families available upon request.
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ABOUT BLUE ANT STUDIOS
Blue Ant Studios is an international production studio and rights business with offices in Toronto, Los Angeles, New York, Miami, London, Singapore and Sydney. The company’s diverse production slate spans scripted comedy and drama, unscripted entertainment, formats, high-impact documentaries, live-action kids + family, and animation. The studio is anchored in original storytelling, with award-winning series that include Blown Away (Netflix), Canada’s Drag Race (Crave), the scripted teen comedy series, Davey and Jonesie’s Locker (Hulu and Prime Video), Casey Anthony: Where the Truth Lies (Peacock), Drink Masters (Netflix), Race Against the Tide (CBC), The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks (Prime Video), 9/11 Kids (CBC), See No Evil (Investigation Discovery US), and the adult-animated series, Gary and His Demons (Prime Video, Amazon Freevee). The company’s recent feature-length documentary, Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe (Prime Video), was awarded the Toronto International Film Festival’s People’s Choice Award for Best Documentary in 2023. Blue Ant Studios’ distribution arm has a vast catalogue of over 7,000 hours of premium programming from the studio and third-party, top-tier producers around the world. Blue Ant Studios is a subsidiary of the global media company, Blue Ant Media. blueantmedia.com Twitter⼁Instagram⼁LinkedIn
ABOUT NIPPON TV
Nippon TV is Japan's leading multi platform entertainment powerhouse and ratings champion broadcaster, as well as owner of streaming giant Hulu in Japan. Over 90% of its content IP is fully owned by Nippon TV and the company has been active in bringing its content to the international market in the form of anime, ready-made programs, formats, and through co-production partnerships. One of the biggest successes for the nation's finest producer of all genres of programming is the Emmy Award-winning Dragons' Den/Shark Tank, a globally successful business show format that has 50 versions in more than 180 countries across all continents of the world. Additionally, their hit drama series Mother has also achieved global success as the most exported scripted format out of Asia, with its format sales to South Korea, Turkey, Ukraine, France, Thailand,China, Indonesia, Spain, Mongolia, the Philippines, and Saudi Arabia. The company is also known for its viewer-engaging show Old Enough!, streaming on Netflix in over 190 countries and adapted in Canada, BLOCK OUT, an action-packed game show format that has been adapted in Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Spain, and the Netherlands, the award-winning unscripted format Mute it!, and Sokkuri Sweets, both produced in the Netherlands, and Sokkuri Sweets/Eye Candy on The Roku Channel in the US, UK, and Canada. Nippon TV has recently acquired Studio Ghibli, making the Academy Award-winning animation studio its subsidiary. Nippon TV ⼁LinkedIn
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Genevieve Grant, TVO | ggrant@tvo.org
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