The New Inspector Gadget TV Series Is Scheduled For 2013

This just in (or in endure month, actually): The revival/spinoff alternation that I talked about abounding months ago is absolutely in production! Endure ages in Cannes, Cookie Jar appear their accessible Inspector Gadget alternation at the TV and ball bazaar MIPCOM - or added precicely, at MIPJunior, a 2-day screening and appointment accident for kids' agreeable which precedes the capital show. Below is the abbreviate columnist absolution that has been circulating online as allotment of the MIPJunior advance (snagged from WorldScreen with the advice of Google Cache, back it's hidden abaft a cable wall)

MIP Junior Spotlight: Cookie Jar Entertainment

Published: October 2, 2012



CANNES: Cookie Jar Entertainment is celebrating Inspector Gadget’s 30th anniversary with the launch of a brand-new series with its Canadian broadcast partner TELETOON. 

The series will again revolve around the iconic bionic bumbling detective. Also for TELETOON is Dr. Dimension Pants, an original series by Brad Peyton. The show What Do People Do All Day?, based on the popular Richard Scarry franchise, is for the Canadian broadcaster CBC. “These shows are based on very popular children’s brands and have shown through previous productions that they rate highly with audiences around the world,” says Michael Hirsh, Cookie Jar’s CEO.



Hirsh says that the company is expecting to pre-sell Inspector Gadget, What Do People Do All Day? and Dr. Dimension Pants at the market. He is also keen to find co-production partners for the latter two titles. “We have become the number one supplier to streaming networks for their kids’ content and we look forward to meeting with our existing customers as well as new entrants to the field around the world,” he adds of his further MIPCOM goals.

Want more? Here's picture proof of the press release, taken from the online slideshow version of the MIPJunior & MIPCOM edition of TV Kids, published September 25th. (You can find the press release yourself by going to page 26 in the slideshow.)

So finally, the revival/spinoff alternation is an official fact. (It somehow consistently feels added official if the assembly aggregation announces it themselves.) And, it looks like "revival" ability be the appropriate chat for it. Not abundant detail is uncovered, but anticipation by the aloft annual snapshot, the show's appellation seems to artlessly be "Inspector Gadget". As in... a cast new division of the 80s alternation "Inspector Gadget"? Plus, the one book in fact cogent us something about the appearance says, "The alternation will afresh circumduct about the iconic bionic bumbling detective." What, so it will not circumduct about the son of the iconic bionic bumbling detective? WHEW! 

Of course, we don't absolutely apperceive yet what the appearance will or will not do... but if it proves NOT to accept any shockingly groundbreaking twists on the archetypal blueprint (like introducing a son for the capital appearance - just a anticipation that popped into my mind), I absolutely wouldn't mind. I just wish to see anyone do a good, new Inspector Gadget alternation - a new alternation which doesn't yield abroad or change aggregate that fabricated the appearance abundant in the aboriginal place. I'm acquisitive Cookie Jar and its accomplice TELETOON can do that. So far, at least, I'm affection what I'm hearing. It's nice that they're timing the new appearance to admission for Gadget's 30th anniversary. It's nice, too, that Michael Hirsh (executive administrator of Cookie Jar and DHX Media) is the one to advertise it. Considering that Hirsh was aswell one of the aboriginal founders and leaders of Nelvana - the acclaimed Canadian action flat which co-produced the aboriginal division of Inspector Gadget with DiC - it just seems to fit. The new appearance is getting produced in Canada, like the aboriginal division of the old appearance was, and for some acumen I just like the complete of that 

To annular off, here's yet addition abrupt acknowledgment of the new show, from the MIPCOM News - Quick Review newsletter (page 4):

MIPCOM 2012 was the first time that kids studios DHX Media and Cookie Jar Entertainment have been in Cannes since they agreed a $111m deal. Underlining Canada’s importance to the kids business, the deal creates the largest independent owner of children’s programming in the world. Executive chairman of the enlarged group, Michael Hirsh, was in town with series such as Inspector Gadget (a new version) and Dr Dimensionpants.

This abbreviate abrupt mentions a actuality I haven't yet agitated to address about: DHX Media affairs Cookie Jar Ball in a accord which, afterwards finalizing endure month, created the world's better absolute library of children's entertainment. (Brag, brag.) So Gadget is technically endemic by DHX now... even admitting Cookie Jar is still an up and active company, as a accessory of DHX. I had wondered if this buyout would affect the accessible Gadget alternation in any way (maybe a bit like how the planned 2009 reboot was annulled afterwards Cookie Jar bought and swallowed DiC)... but this seems not to be the case here, as both DHX and Cookie Jar were abaft announcement the new appearance at MIPCOM. Good stuff.

By the way... "iconic bionic bumbling detective" has a affectionate of addictive ring to it. New official tagline?