On Goosebumps

[GaryPotter]

Imagine if ABC Family showed How the Grinch Stole Christmas and enjoyed the ratings so much it decided to show it every night for the whole year.

Yeah, it's like that.

[Space Cadet]

But the difference between that is Goosebumps is a TV series while the How the Grinch Stole Christmas is a TV movie. Sure, Goosebumps is more for October, but that doesn't mean it can't air on other months. I mean, when these episodes were new, did Fox Kids just air them in October and then take the show off the air for a year?

[GaryPotter]

But the difference between that is Goosebumps is a TV series while the How the Grinch Stole Christmas is a TV movie. Sure, Goosebumps is more for October, but that doesn't mean it can't air on other months. I mean, when these episodes were new, did Fox Kids just air them in October and then take the show off the air for a year?

Actually they aired in the spring of 1998 and then were never seen again. They were part of a Saturday morning lineup called the "No Yell Motel." I actually liked it back then, but I don't want to see this feces on Cartoon Network.

Also, Kids WB came out with their own Goosebumps show in the fall of 2001 which I believe was scrapped after about a month.

[Silverstar]

But the difference between that is Goosebumps is a TV series while the How the Grinch Stole Christmas is a TV movie.

Well, technically, How the Grinch Stole Christmas was a TV special, not a movie. It was only 30 minutes long with commercials; hardly movie length.

[Nexonius]

I guess Halloween isn't over to Cartoon Network. How many Disney properties CN showed now? Yes, Goosbumps 1995 is a Disney property.

[Space Cadet]

Well, technically, How the Grinch Stole Christmas was a TV special, not a movie. It was only 30 minutes long with commercials; hardly movie length.

Oh, I was going to originally say that, but I forgot the length of the movie.

[Andrew T. Hingson]

I guess Halloween isn't over to Cartoon Network. How many Disney properties CN showed now? Yes, Goosbumps 1995 is a Disney property.

Pretty sure the rights went back to Schoolastic not Fox Kids (now part of Disney).

[GaryPotter]

Pretty sure the rights went back to Schoolastic not Fox Kids (now part of Disney).

Exactly.

[Jeff Harris]

Yes, Goosbumps 1995 is a Disney property.No, it isn't. Fox Kids had nothing to do with the production of the series. That was entirely a Scholastic Entertainment production, just like Clifford the Big Red Dog and Charles In Charge.

Yeah. Charles In Charge. The Scott Baio sitcom.

[Nexonius]

Hyperion Pictures (A Disney affiliated company that also produced Life With Louie (Film Roman animated)) and Protocol Ent. produced the show with assosiation with Scholastic Entertainment. Scholastic owns the Goosebumps likeness and characters and stuff, but Disney is the owner of Goosebumps 1995. And Goosebumps was also on Fox Family, (a channel for Fox Kids properties and Family oriented shows, specials and movies) a while back. And while watching the credits of Goosebumps, not the US, but the International credits, had the Saban International logo. Plus, it was on one of the Jetix Int. networks. But I don't see why Jetix US (Toon Disney) didn't air the show since it's theirs.



EDIT: Oopsy. Fast typing there. Yep, Scholastic owns the series. But last time I checked, Fox does own the Home Video rights to the series, if I'm not mistaken?


And It's still strange to see the Saban Int. logo on the 1995 series in the International channels though.

[Silverstar]

Hyperion Pictures (A Disney affiliated company that also produced Life With Louie (Film Roman animated)) and Protocol Ent. produced the show with assosiation with Scholastic Entertainment. Scholastic owns the Goosebumps likeness and characters and stuff, but Disney is the owner of Goosebumps 1995. And Goosebumps was also on Fox Family, (a channel for Fox Kids properties and Family oriented shows, specials and movies) a while back. And while watching the credits of Goosebumps, not the US, but the International credits, had the Saban International logo. Plus, it was on one of the Jetix Int. networks. But I don't see why Jetix US (Toon Disney) didn't air the show since it's theirs.

Perhaps CN inked some kind of deal with Disney to obtain the rights to air Goosebumps; much in the same manner that Pinky and the Brain, a Warner Bros. production, is currently airing on Jetix and not on CN.

[D Dubbs]

Actually they aired in the spring of 1998 and then were never seen again. They were part of a Saturday morning lineup called the "No Yell Motel." I actually liked it back then, but I don't want to see this feces on Cartoon Network.

Yeah, but it still had year-round premieres from 1995-1998, right?

You're analogy doesn't work, anyway. It's like saying people only watch horror movies in October, which clearly isn't the case. Sure, people may watch less horror movies outside of October, but CN isn't airing Goosebumps as much either now. In October, it had twelve airings a week, now it has eight, and next week there'll be six.

[Jeff Harris]

Hyperion Pictures (A Disney affiliated company that also produced Life With Louie (Film Roman animated)) and Protocol Ent. produced the show with assosiation with Scholastic Entertainment.
Scholastic owns the Goosebumps likeness and characters and stuff, but Disney is the owner of Goosebumps 1995. No, they're not.

And Hyperion Pictures is NOT a Disney-affiliated company. They're an independent production group . . . you know, I'll let the company explain who they are:


Hyperion was founded in 1984 by Tom Wilhite, after serving as head of motion picture and television production for The Walt Disney Studios. Among the motion pictures made during his Disney tenure are “TRON,” the first computer-generated feature film, and “Splash,” up to then Disney's biggest live-action success. A former executive director of Sundance Institute and Sundance Film Festival, Wilhite began his entertainment industry career at the Rogers & Cowan public relations firm before joining Disney as a senior marketing executive.

Hyperion currently has four series playing on TV around the world: “The Proud Family,” the top-rated animated series on Disney Channel; three-time Humanitas Prize winner “Life With Louie”; CableACE winner “Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child”; and “Da Boom Crew.”

In 2000, Hyperion moved actively into making TV movies and theatrical films with the Miramax release “Playing By Heart” – an all-star drama written and directed by Willard Carroll – with Sean Connery, Gillian Anderson, Ellen Burstyn, Anthony Edwards, Angelina Jolie, Jay Mohr, Ryan Phillippe, Dennis Quaid, Gena Rowlands, Jon Stewart, and Madeleine Stowe. Hyperion won the 2003 Emmy Award for its Showtime movie “My Louisiana Sky,” and last summer Sony released the thriller “Three Way” starring Gina Gershon, Joy Bryant, and Dominic Purcell.

Hyperion is also the leading independent producer of direct-to-DVD animated features. “The Proud Family Movie” will be released by Disney on Dec. 6. Miramax recently released “The Adventures of Tom Thumb & Thumbelina” starring Elijah Wood and Jennifer Love Hewitt. And production starts early next year on a CG-animated sequel to the best-selling “Brave Little Toaster” animated movie series.

The company’s past theatrical, TV, and home video productions include “Bebe’s Kids” (Paramount), “Tom’s Midnight Garden” (BBC/HBO), “Killing Mr. Griffin” (NBC), “The Tangerine Bear” (Lion’s Gate), “Bone Chillers” (ABC), “Rover Dangerfield” (Warner Bros.), “Family Dog” (CBS), “The Oz Kids” (Paramount), “The Runestone” (Lion’s Gate), “Nutcracker” (Paramount), and “The Itsy Bitsy Spider” (USA). While a lot of their recent products have been released by Disney, they are NOT a Disney-owned company nor affiliate. There is a Hyperion Publishing that is owned by Disney, but that company isn't connected to Hyperion Pictures.


And Goosebumps was also on Fox Family, (a channel for Fox Kids properties and Family oriented shows, specials and movies) a while back.So were Spellbinder, The Real Ghostbusters, Mork and Mindy, and Pee-Wee's Playhouse, but Fox Family didn't own them either.


And while watching the credits of Goosebumps, not the US, but the International credits, had the Saban International logo. Plus, it was on one of the Jetix Int. networks. But I don't see why Jetix US (Toon Disney) didn't air the show since it's theirs.Because Saban has/had the international rights to the series outside of the US. A lot of companies work like this.

For example, Danny Phantom, The Fairly Oddparents, and My Gym Partner is a Monkey are internationally distributed by Nelvana outside of the US although different parties own them here in the states.


But last time I checked, Fox does own the Home Video rights to the series, if I'm not mistaken?You could be mistaken. Fox hasn't released Goosebumps episodes in quite a while, so the distribution rights might have lapsed in recent years. Perhaps the newfound Goosebumps renaissance will inspire Scholastic to find a new DVD distributor for episodes in the near future.

By the way, in case you all never figured it out, Scholastic planned the renaissance of Goosebumps for 2007 all along. They recently reintroduced the book series, and R.L. Stine is currently writing new Goosebumps stories. Now the public is seemingly hooked on the property again, it should be no surprise that a truly new season of Goosebumps is in the planning stages, including truly original stories. I wouldn't be surprised if Goosebumps' current broadcaster would be clamoring for a first look at the new series. Then the strike happened, and stuff gets in the way.

[D Dubbs]

By the way, in case you all never figured it out, Scholastic planned the renaissance of Goosebumps for 2007 all along. They recently reintroduced the book series, and R.L. Stine is currently writing new Goosebumps stories. Now the public is seemingly hooked on the property again, it should be no surprise that a truly new season of Goosebumps is in the planning stages, including truly original stories. I wouldn't be surprised if Goosebumps' current broadcaster would be clamoring for a first look at the new series. Then the strike happened, and stuff gets in the way.

Wait...so there is a new season in production? Or are you just speculating?

And I didn't know that Stine was writing new stories again. Very interesting.

[Jeff Harris]

Wait...so there is a new season in production? Or are you just speculating?It's in pre-pre-production. Or, at least, it was. Things happen, and things can change like that. So, the thought process is on hold for now.


And I didn't know that Stine was writing new stories again. Very interesting.Right now, he's writing 12 new Goosebumps books for the first time in years. Read this interview (http://kids.aol.com/movies-and-tv/books/r-l-stine-interview-part-1) for more details on that tidbit.

[D Dubbs]

It's in pre-pre-production. Or, at least, it was. Things happen, and things can change like that. So, the thought process is on hold for now.

Right now, he's writing 12 new Goosebumps books for the first time in years. Read this interview (http://kids.aol.com/movies-and-tv/books/r-l-stine-interview-part-1) for more details on that tidbit.

Hmm, that is pretty interesting. So it sounds like a second movie is definitely a go. And 12 new books...man, never expected that.

Thanks for sharing!

[Jeff Harris]

Thanks for sharing!Hey, it's what I do. Just proves that nothing is accidental and nothing is chance.

As proven by the current Goosebumps renaissance (which, not so ironically, began after the ending of Harry Potter, a book series that supplanted Goosebumps in popularity at Scholastic when it arrived), everything happens for a reason and on purpose. If more eyes opened up about that, then everybody will know what's up.

People need to pay attention to all of their surroundings.

[Ace Goodheart]

As long as they retain the Castlevania-esque theme music, I'll be back............to watch the new intro and then tune off.

That snappy theme music is the only thing I like about "Goosebumps" TV. I was more of a "Are Yous er, Afraid of da Dark?" kind of guy.

[Anthony C.]

By the way, in case you all never figured it out, Scholastic planned the renaissance of Goosebumps for 2007 all along. They recently reintroduced the book series, and R.L. Stine is currently writing new Goosebumps stories. Now the public is seemingly hooked on the property again, it should be no surprise that a truly new season of Goosebumps is in the planning stages, including truly original stories. I wouldn't be surprised if Goosebumps' current broadcaster would be clamoring for a first look at the new series. Then the strike happened, and stuff gets in the way.

Yeah I pretty much figured it out. Why would CN show a ten year old live action series out of the blue even if it the Halloween season? This was like when Batman 1989 was shown two years ago; I knew that this was the iceberg for more to come.

[MegaJ]

which, not so ironically, began after the ending of Harry Potter, a book series that supplanted Goosebumps in popularity at Scholastic when it arrived

Animorphs (another Scholastic series with a crappy TV show) supplanted Goosebumps on popularity awhile back because I remember being a rabid Animorphs fans watching the book sales.

I want my Animorphs renaissance...

[bigddan11]

Actually they aired in the spring of 1998 and then were never seen again. They were part of a Saturday morning lineup called the "No Yell Motel." I actually liked it back then, but I don't want to see this feces on Cartoon Network.

Also, Kids WB came out with their own Goosebumps show in the fall of 2001 which I believe was scrapped after about a month.
I believe you're referring to RL Stine's The Nightmare Room which ws done by Scholastic, the same as Goosebumps was, and was based off of his newest book series. It lasted a full season: 13 episodes, and was shown until May of the following year.

Goosebumps aired on the Fox Kids weekday line-up until it was replaced by Eerie, Indiana. It was shown throughout the year, not just October, so while I don't like it airing on CN, it has been done and proven to be successful before.

[TheVofSteel]

Animorphs (another Scholastic series with a crappy TV show) supplanted Goosebumps on popularity awhile back because I remember being a rabid Animorphs fans watching the book sales.

I want my Animorphs renaissance...

Animorphs wasn't THAT popular. Not for a long time, at least. I think it lasted like 2 or 3 years at best. I could be wrong though.

Also, the tv series was a flop for Nick. Goosebumps was a better show anyway IMO.

[MegaJ]

Animorphs wasn't THAT popular. Not for a long time, at least. I think it lasted like 2 or 3 years at best. I could be wrong though.

Animorphs' popularity may have lasted 2 or 3 years (and it did best Goosebumps in terms of sales) but the book series lasted 4-5 years.

[GaryPotter]

So Goosebumps isn't the same thing, en?

*ahem*

IT'S THE SAME THING!

Just because something has okay ratings doesn't mean it should be somewhere it doesn't belong. Goosebumps has no place on Cartoon Network and never did. It was brought on as a pathetic Halloween special sort of thing and stayed on because CN has nothing better to show. It's very much the equivalent of showing the Grinch every night well past Christmas, just because some people like it. It makes no logical sense.

Really, you guys have to throw better stuff at me instead of just this "it has good ratings" crap.

[veemonjosh]

It's very much the equivalent of showing the Grinch every night well past Christmas, just because some people like it. It makes no logical sense.

...Except the Grinch is a 30 minute one-shot special and Goosebumps is a 78 episode series that was created to run every week of the year for a defunct Saturday morning block.

Come to think of it, I remember you using this EXACT same comparison before, and someone else shot it down with the EXACT same point I just made. This discussing about Goosebumps is just going around in circles.

[Anime Freak]

*sighs* oh how well I remember the good ole days of Fox Kids and waking up early on saturday mornings to catch the latest new eppy of Goosebumps.

[Bat Artist]

I haven't seen Goosebumps in years. Frankly, I kinda forgot about it. Whenever I heard it was on Cartoon Network, I thought 'Yay, I remember enjoying that show when I was little.' Back then, I thought it was pretty scary, but when I sat down to watch it about a week ago, I laughed. Gotta admit though, the theme song is kinda catchy.