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DreamWorks Animation Television
FormerlyDreamWorks Television Animation
(1996–1999)
DreamWorks Animation SKG
(2008–2016)
Company typeDivision
IndustryAnimation
Television production
Founded1996; 28 years ago (1996) (as DreamWorks Television Animation)
2012; 12 years ago (2012) (as DreamWorks Animation Television)
Founders
Headquarters1000 Flower Street,
Glendale, California 91201
,
United States
Areas served
Worldwide
ProductsAnimated television series
Parent
Websitedreamworks.com/shows

DreamWorks Animation Television (abbreviated as DWATV) is an American animation studio that serves as the television production arm of DreamWorks Animation, itself a subsidiary of Universal Pictures and a division of Comcast's NBCUniversal. Founded in 1996, the entity was formerly named DreamWorks Television Animation. Its first programs from the 1990s and early 2000s used the live-action television logo, and were produced by DreamWorks Television, before DWATV and its parent company were spun off into an independent company in 2004 and later purchased by NBCUniversal in 2016. In total, the division has released 59 programs, with 7 in development.

History

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The company was first formed in 1996 as the animation division of DreamWorks Television, a subsidiary of the main DreamWorks studio. The TV division was spearheaded by Jeffrey Katzenberg and Steven Spielberg and was headed by former Walt Disney Television Animation executives Gary Krisel and David Simon.[1] DWTA only produced two series: Invasion America and Toonsylvania. In a move to consolidate, DreamWorks Television Animation was shut down in 1999 with the direct-to-video subsidiary subsequently merged into the studio's feature animation division, as a way for the company to reorganize its animation divisions to operate under one umbrella.[2] More than two-thirds of the TV division's 50 employees were transferred to the direct-to-video unit and it was expected that only a minimal number of employees would be affected by the reorganization.[2]

In 2013, DreamWorks Animation entered a multi-year content deal with Netflix to provide 300 hours of exclusive original content.[3] The intent of the deal was to establish a reliable income for the studio to defray the financial risk of solely relying on the theatrical film market.[4] The next day, DWA completed a five-year licensing agreement with Super RTL for the Classic Media library and the Netflix slate.[5] DWA announced executive hiring for its new television group, DreamWorks Animation Television in late July. Former Nickelodeon senior executive Margie Cohn became Head of Television for the group.[6] In September that same year, DreamWorks announced that it has acquired the TV library of London-based Chapman Entertainment with the programs to distributed through DWA's UK-based TV distribution operation.[7]

In late 2014, DreamWorks Animation launched its own channel called the DreamWorks Channel. DreamWorks made a deal with HBO Asia to handle affiliate sales, marketing and technical services, the network will launch in several Asian countries (excluding China and Japan) in the second half of 2015.[8] The channel first premiered in English on August 1, 2015, and a Thai-dubbed channel launched in September 2015.[9] In 2016, DreamWorks Animation Television and its parent company were purchased by Comcast through its NBCUniversal division.[10][11][12]

Television series

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Released

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Title Creator(s) / Developer(s) Year(s) Network Co-production with Production services
Premiere date End date
Toonsylvania Bill Kopp
Mike Peters
Chris Otsuki		 February 7, 1998 January 18, 1999 Fox Kids — Fil-Cartoons
Invasion America Steven Spielberg
Harve Bennett		 June 8, 1998 July 7, 1998 The WB AKOM
Father of the Pride Jeffrey Katzenberg
Jonathan Groff		 August 31, 2004 December 28, 2004 NBC Imagi Animation Studios
Pacific Data Images
The Penguins of Madagascar Mark McCorkle
Bob Schooley		 November 29, 2008 December 19, 2015 Nickelodeon
(2008–2012)
Nicktoons
(2013–2015)		 Nickelodeon Animation Studio Oktobor Animation
CGCG
DQ Entertainment
Paprikaas Interactive Services
Neighbors from Hell[a] Pam Brady June 7, 2010 July 26, 2010 TBS Wounded Poodle
20th Century Fox Television		 Bardel Entertainment
Bento Box Entertainment
Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness Peter Hastings September 19, 2011 June 29, 2016 Nickelodeon
(2011–2014)
Nicktoons
(2016)		 Nickelodeon Animation Studio Paprikaas Animation Studios
Oktobor Animation
Cinepix
DreamWorks Dragons Linda Teverbaugh
Mike Teverbaugh		 August 7, 2012 February 16, 2018 Cartoon Network
(2012–2014)
Netflix
(2015–2018)		 — CGCG
Original Force
The Monk Studio
Technicolor Animation Productions
Tata Elxsi
37 Entertainment
House of Cool
Monsters vs. Aliens Mark McCorkle
Bob Schooley		 March 23, 2013 February 8, 2014 Nickelodeon Nickelodeon Animation Studio Oktobor Animation
Bardel Entertainment
Turbo Fast Jack Thomas December 24, 2013 February 5, 2016 Netflix Titmouse, Inc. Titmouse, Inc.
Robin Red Breast
Dong Woo Animation
SMIP, Inc.
VeggieTales in the House[b] Doug TenNapel November 26, 2014 September 23, 2016 Netflix Big Idea Productions
DreamWorks Classics		 Bardel Entertainment
All Hail King Julien Bret Haaland December 19, 2014 December 1, 2017 — Bardel Entertainment
Technicolor Animation Productions
The Adventures of Puss in Boots Doug Langdale January 16, 2015 January 26, 2018 Bardel Entertainment
Dave Enterprises
Dinotrux Ron Burch
David Kidd		 August 14, 2015 August 3, 2018 Bardel Entertainment
Technicolor Animation Productions
Dave Enterprises
The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show David P. Smith October 9, 2015 April 21, 2017 Netflix Jay Ward Productions
Bullwinkle Studios
DreamWorks Classics		 DHX Media Vancouver
Top Draw Animation
Dawn of the Croods Brendan Hay December 24, 2015 July 7, 2017 — Bardel Entertainment
Digital eMation
NE4U
Dong Woo Animation
Toon City
Noddy, Toyland Detective Heath Kenny
Myles McLeod		 April 2, 2016 March 22, 2020 France 5
(France)
Channel 5
(United Kingdom)
Universal Kids
(United States)		 Gaumont Animation
DreamWorks Classics		 Xentrix Studios
Voltron: Legendary Defender Joaquim Dos Santos
Lauren Montgomery		 June 10, 2016 December 14, 2018 Netflix World Events Productions Studio Mir
Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh Ryan Crego
Thurop Van Orman		 July 29, 2016 July 20, 2018 — Titmouse, Inc.
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia Guillermo del Toro December 23, 2016 May 25, 2018 Netflix Double Dare You Productions 88 Pictures
Arc Productions
Assemblage Entertainment
CGCG
House of Cool
Nitrogen Studios
Original Force
VeggieTales in the City[b] Doug TenNapel February 24, 2017 September 15, 2017 Big Idea Productions
DreamWorks Classics		 Bardel Entertainment
Spirit Riding Free Aury Wallington May 5, 2017 December 8, 2020 Netflix Technicolor Animation Productions
Toiion
Dave Enterprises
The Monk Studio
Trolls: The Beat Goes On! Matthew Beans
Hannah Friedman
Sam Friedman		 January 19, 2018 November 22, 2019 Netflix Digital eMation
NE4U
The Boss Baby: Back in Business Brandon Sawyer April 6, 2018 November 17, 2020 Technicolor Animation Productions
Dave Enterprises
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle Marco Schnabel
David P. Smith		 May 11, 2018 January 11, 2019 Amazon Prime Video Jay Ward Productions
Bullwinkle Studios
DreamWorks Classics		 DHX Media Vancouver
Yeson Entertainment
Harvey Girls Forever! Emily Brundige June 29, 2018 January 10, 2020 Netflix DreamWorks Classics Dave Enterprises
Digital eMation
NE4U
Wang Film Productions
The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants Peter Hastings
Mark Banker		 July 13, 2018 July 10, 2020 Scholastic Entertainment Titmouse, Inc.
Dave Enterprises
Stoopid Buddy Studios
Inspidea
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power ND Stevenson November 13, 2018 May 15, 2020 Mattel Creations
DreamWorks Classics		 NE4U
Dave Enterprises
Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny Elliott Owen November 16, 2018 July 4, 2019 Amazon Prime Video — Bardel Entertainment
The Monk Studio
3Below: Tales of Arcadia Guillermo del Toro December 21, 2018 July 12, 2019 Netflix Double Dare You Productions Original Force
CGCG
88 Pictures
House of Cool
Where's Waldo? Koyalee Chanda
Lucas Mills		 July 20, 2019 July 3, 2021 Universal Kids
(2019)
Peacock
(2020–21)		 DreamWorks Classics Snipple Animation Studios
Dave Enterprises
Archibald's Next Big Thing Tony Hale
Drew Champion
Jacob Moffat		 September 6, 2019 October 14, 2021 Netflix
(2019–2020)
Peacock
(2021)[13][14]		 — Dave Enterprises
Titmouse, Inc.
DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue Riders Jack Thomas
Johnny Belt
Robert Scull		 September 27, 2019 September 29, 2022 Netflix
(2019–2020)
Peacock
(2021–22)		 Bardel Entertainment
Dave Enterprises
Technicolor Animation Productions
The Monk Studio
88 Pictures
Cleopatra in Space Doug Langdale
Julia "Fitzy" Fitzmaurice		 November 25, 2019
(Asia)
April 15, 2020
(United States)		 June 25, 2021 DreamWorks Channel
(Asia)
Peacock
(United States)[15]		 Titmouse, Inc.
Inspidea
Digitoonz
Fast & Furious Spy Racers Tim Hedrick
Bret Haaland[16]		 December 26, 2019 December 17, 2021 Netflix Universal Pictures Technicolor Animation Productions
88 Pictures
The Monk Studio
Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts Radford Sechrist
Bill Wolkoff		 January 14, 2020 October 12, 2020 — Studio Mir
Rhyme Time Town Dan Berlinka June 19, 2020 June 15, 2021 Doberman Pictures
Top Draw Animation
Wizards: Tales of Arcadia Guillermo del Toro
Aaron Waltke
Marc Guggenheim
Chad Quandt		 August 7, 2020 Double Dare You Productions 88 Pictures
CGCG
Madagascar: A Little Wild Dana Starfield September 7, 2020 June 30, 2022 Peacock
Hulu		 — Mainframe Studios
Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous Zack Stentz September 18, 2020 July 21, 2022 Netflix Universal Pictures
Amblin Entertainment		 CGCG
The Mighty Ones Sunil Hall
Lynne Naylor		 November 9, 2020 December 9, 2022 Peacock
Hulu		 — Snipple Animation Studios
Doug Unplugs Jim Nolan
Aliki Theofilopoulos
Dan Yaccarino		 November 13, 2020 April 1, 2022 Apple TV+ CGCG
Dave Enterprises
Trolls: TrollsTopia Matthew Beans
Hannah Friedman
Sam Friedman		 November 19, 2020 August 11, 2022 Peacock
Hulu		 Atomic Cartoons
Gabby's Dollhouse Traci Paige Johnson
Jennifer Twomey		 January 5, 2021 present Netflix Technicolor Animation Productions
Doberman Pictures
Dave Enterprises
One-Take Floyd
CGCG
Go, Dog. Go! Adam Peltzman January 26, 2021 November 27, 2023 WildBrain Studios
The Croods: Family Tree Mark Banker
Todd Grimes		 September 23, 2021 November 9, 2023 Peacock
Hulu		 — Technicolor Animation Productions
Dave Enterprises
DreamWorks Dragons: The Nine Realms Henry Gilroy December 23, 2021 December 14, 2023 Technicolor Animation Productions
CGCG
Dave Enterprises
Team Zenko Go Jack Thomas March 15, 2022 August 8, 2022 Netflix Mainframe Studios
Pinecone & Pony Stephanie Kaliner April 8, 2022 February 3, 2023 Apple TV+ Atomic Cartoons
First Generation Films		 Atomic Cartoons
The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib Brandon Sawyer May 19, 2022 April 13, 2023 Netflix — Technicolor Animation Productions
Toiion
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight Mitch Watson
Peter Hastings		 July 14, 2022 September 7, 2023 Technicolor Animation Productions/Mikros Animation
Dave Enterprises
Stellar Creative Labs
88 Pictures
Abominable and the Invisible City Katherine Nolfi October 5, 2022 March 29, 2023 Peacock
Hulu
 CGCG
Dave Enterprises
Not Quite Narwhal Sarah Katin
Nakia Trower Shuman		 June 19, 2023 January 22, 2024 Netflix Lemon Sky Studios
Dew Drop Diaries Rick Suvalle July 24, 2023 December 4, 2023 TeamTO
Fright Krewe Eli Roth
James Frey		 October 2, 2023 Present Peacock
Hulu		 Digitoonz
Curses! Jeff Dixon
Jim Cooper		 October 27, 2023 Apple TV+ Sunday Night Productions CGCG
Megamind Rules! Alan Schoolcraft
Brent Simons		 March 1, 2024 June 20, 2024 Peacock — 88 Pictures
Jurassic World: Chaos Theory Scott Kreamer
Zack Stentz		 May 24, 2024 Present Netflix Universal Pictures
Amblin Entertainment		 CGCG
Saffronic
Mighty MonsterWheelies Kyel White October 14, 2024 Universal Pictures Lemon Sky Studios

Upcoming

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Title Creator(s)/Developer(s) Premiere date Network Co-production with Production Services Ref(s)
Untitled live-action Casper series Wu Kai-yu TBA Peacock Universal Content Productions
DreamWorks Classics		 — [17]
Bearbrick TBA 2025 Apple TV+ Dentsu Entertainment [18][19]
Felix the Cat TBA 2026 DreamWorks Classics [20]
The Gumazing Gum Girl! CRE84U Entertainment [21]
Untitled Tony Hale series Tony Hale — [22]
Mama & Dada Johanna Stein
Noelle Lara		 Electric Hot Dog [23]

Films

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Title Release date Director(s) Writer(s) Composer(s) Co-production with Production Services Network
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans July 21, 2021 Johane Matte
Francisco Ruiz Velasco
Andrew Schmidt 		Based on the characters by:
Guillermo del Toro
Daniel Kraus 		Jeff Danna Double Dare You Productions 88 Pictures
CGCG Inc.
Original Force 		Netflix
Guillermo del Toro
Marc Guggenheim
Dan Hageman
Kevin Hageman
Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate March 1, 2024 Eric Fogel[24] Alan Schoolcraft
Brent Simons 		Matthew Janszen
Bryan Winslow 		— 88 Pictures
Doberman Pictures 		Peacock

Television specials

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Title Director(s) Release date Network Co-production with Production Services
Puss in Book: Trapped in an Epic Tale Roy Burdine
Johnny Castuciano		 June 20, 2017 Netflix — Bardel Entertainment
Home for the Holidays Blake Lemons December 1, 2017 Titmouse, Inc.
The Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants: Hack-a-Ween Seung W. Cha
Kevin Peaty		 October 8, 2019 Scholastic Entertainment
Spirit Riding Free: Spirit of Christmas Allan Jacobsen
Kevin Wotton		 December 6, 2019 — Toiion
Captain Underpants: Epic Choice O' Rama Todd Grimes February 11, 2020 Scholastic Entertainment Titmouse, Inc.
Dragons: Rescue Riders: Hunt for the Golden Dragon T.J. Sullivan
Greg Rankin		 March 27, 2020 — Bardel Entertainment
Dragons: Rescue Riders: Secrets of the Songwing July 24, 2020
The Boss Baby: Get That Baby Dan Forgione
Pete Jacobs
Matt Whitlock		 September 1, 2020 —
Madagascar: A Little Wild: A Fang-Tastic Halloween Erik Kling October 21, 2020 Peacock
Hulu		 Mainframe Studios
Dragons: Rescue Riders: Huttsgalor Holiday T.J. Sullivan
Greg Rankin		 November 24, 2020 Netflix Bardel Entertainment
Captain Underpants: Mega Blissmas Erik Kling
Kevin Peaty		 December 4, 2020 Scholastic Entertainment Titmouse, Inc.
Stoopid Buddy Studios
Spirit Riding Free: Ride Along Adventure Beth Sleven
Allan Jacobsen
Kevin Wotton		 December 8, 2020 — Toiion
Madagascar: A Little Wild: Holiday Goose Chase Chad Van De Keere November 26, 2021 Peacock
Hulu		 Mainframe Studios
Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous: Hidden Adventure Leah Artwick
Eric Elrod
Michael Mullen		 November 15, 2022 Netflix Universal Pictures
Amblin Entertainment		 CGCG
The Boss Baby Christmas Bonus[25] Matt Engstrom
Christo Stamboliev		 December 6, 2022 — Technicolor Animation Productions
The Bad Guys: A Very Bad Holiday[26][27] Bret Haaland November 30, 2023 88 Pictures
The Bad Guys: Haunted Heist[28] Kevin Peaty October 3, 2024

Short films

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Title Director(s) Release date Network Co-production with Animation producer(s)
The Nock and the Treeples[c][29] — 2018 — — —

Notes

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  1. ^ Credited as MoonBoy Animation.
  2. ^ a b Although DreamWorks Animation Television helped produce VeggieTales in the House and its follow-up VeggieTales in the City, they went uncredited in both of those shows.
  3. ^ Commission for the Hope Works Project

See also

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References

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  2. ^ a b Amidi, Amid (March 9, 1999). "DreamWorks TV shuts down". Animation World Network. Archived from the original on February 4, 2017. Retrieved August 26, 2015.
  3. ^ Szalai, George (June 17, 2013). "Netflix to Air New DreamWorks Animation Shows". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on October 25, 2014. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
  4. ^ "" Netflix Secures Deal With DreamWorks For New Shows (NASDAQ:NFLX)". Zolmax. June 28, 2013. Archived from the original on July 3, 2013. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
  5. ^ Spangler, Todd (June 18, 2013). "DreamWorks Animation Sees $100m Revenue This Year From Netflix, Other TV Deals". Variety. Archived from the original on December 19, 2014. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
  6. ^ Graser, Marc (July 31, 2013). "Nickelodeon Vet Marjorie Cohn to Run DreamWorks Animation Television". Variety. Archived from the original on August 3, 2013. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
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  8. ^ Bond, Paul (December 9, 2014). "DreamWorks Animation to Launch TV Channel in Asia". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on June 29, 2018. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
  9. ^ Blecken, David (July 29, 2015). "DreamWorks to launch first dedicated channel in Thailand". Campaign. Archived from the original on August 13, 2015. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  10. ^ "Comcast's NBCUniversal buys DreamWorks Animation in $3.8-billion deal". Los Angeles Times. April 28, 2016. Archived from the original on November 29, 2019. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
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  13. ^ "Tony Hale's All-Star Animated Series "Archibald" Flocks to Peacock with a New Installment of DreamWorks "Archibald's Next Big Thing Is Here," Premiering February 18" (Press release). Peacock. January 26, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021 – via The Futon Critic.
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  16. ^ Goldberg, Lesley (November 13, 2019). "Nickelodeon, Netflix Team for Original Animated Features, TV Series". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on February 3, 2021. Retrieved October 13, 2021. The Nickelodeon-produced films and TV series join a Netflix animated slate that also includes…DreamWorks' Fast & Furious Spy Racers (Dec. 26), among others.
  17. ^ O'Rourke, Ryan (April 11, 2022). "'Casper the Friendly Ghost' Live-Action Series in Development at Peacock". Collider. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
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  19. ^ Petski, Denise (April 25, 2023). "Apple TV+ Orders 'Be@rbrick' Animated Kids Series Based On Collectible Bear-Shaped Figures". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
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