Breakthrough Entertainment

**Breakthrough Entertainment** is a Canadian production company. It was founded in 1986 by Peter Williamson and Ira Levy. It produces famous Canadian TV shows such as _Think Big_, _Jimmy Two-Shoes_, _My Big Big Friend_, _Jay Jay the Jet Plane_, _Max & Ruby_, _Barney & Friends Star Again_, _Baby Einstein Comes to Physical_, _Baby Einstein_, _The Wiggles Space Dancing_, _Wide-Eye_, and _Atomic Betty_.

On July 10, 2018, 9 Story Media Group acquired Breakthrough Entertainment's kids and family library and development slate.

In 2022, due to a shareholder dispute and disruption in production caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Breakthrough Film & Television and all of its affiliated entities filed a Notice of Intention to make a Proposal under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, hiring Dodick & Associates as the Trustee

Somewhere in 2023, Breakthrough Entertainment was acquired by Shadow Pines Studios. This means that employees at the company would shift to new positions at Shadow Pines Studios, and that they also manage Breakthrough's existing catalogue.

## Information

Based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Breakthrough Entertainment produces a variety of programming, including primetime comedy and drama series, factual entertainment, documentaries, television movies, feature films, family entertainment and children's animation. The company has licensed programs to major broadcasters in over 200 territories, handling worldwide pre-sales, co-productions, and third-party acquisitions.

## Films and series

- _The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon_ (1993–1997)
- _The Adventures of Napkin Man!_ (2015–2017)
- _Atomic Betty_ (2004–2007)
- _Battlefields Mysteries_ (2013)
- _Between The Sheets With Rebecca Rosenblat!_ (2017–present)
- _Bite_ (2013)
- _Blood and Water_ (2014–2016)
- _Bruno & Boots_ (2016–present)
- _Captain Flamingo_ (2006-2007)
- _Children of Chelm_ (2011–2012)
- _Class Act_ (2016)
- _Coming of Age_ (1993)
- _Crash Canyon_ (2011–2012)
- _Design Match_ (2013)
- _The Edge of Extinction_ (2013)
- _Exchanging Vows_ (2013)
- _Face to Face_ (2014)
- _Faking a Murderer_ (2020)
- _The Family Dance_ (2014)
- _Femme Fatale_ (2015)
- _For King and Country_ (Dec 20, 2015)
- _For King and Empire_ (Dec 26, 2015)
- _I Love Mummy_ (2014–present)
- _In Korea With Norm Christie_ (2016)
- _Inside the Parole Board_ (2015)
- _It Seems Like Yesterday_ (2014)
- _Jenny and the Queen of Light_ (2016)
- _Jimmy Two-Shoes_ (2009–2012)
- _Kenny vs. Spenny_ (2003–2010)
- _KidsWorld Sports_ (2005)
- _Less Than Kind_ (2011–2013)
- _Life's Little Miracles_ (1999)
- _L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables_
- _Lost Battlefields_ (2016)
- _The Manic Organic_ (2017)
- _Med Students_ (2015)
- _Medical Maverick_ (2013)
- _Miss BG_ (2005)
- _The Mr. Men Show_ (1997–1999)
- _Max & Shred_ (2014–2016)
- _My Big Big Friend_ (2009–2014)
- _Out in Black_ (2015)
- _Paradise Falls_ (2015)
- _Patient Files_ (2015–present)
- _Pirate Express_ (2015)
- _Please Kill Mr. Know It All_ (2010)
- _Producing Parker_ (2008–2011)
- _Real Men_ (2012)
- _Ride_ (2016–Apr 14, 2017)
- _The Riot At Christie Pits_ (1996)
- _Rocket Monkeys_ (2012–2016)
- _The Secret Liberators_ (2017)
- _Shadow Lake_ (2016)
- _Shaye: This Is It_ (2016)
- _Situation Critical_ (2016)
- _Skooled_ (2016)
- _Star Falls_ (2018)
- _Stories of Mothers & Daughters_ (2017)
- _Streets of the World!_ (2012)
- _Striking Back!_ (2013)
- _Swap TV_ (2014)
- _Tooned!_ (2008–2009)
- _The Toronto Show_ (2003–2005)
- _Vandits_ (2022)
- _Wandering Wenda!_ (2017)
- _War of the Wheels_ (2015)
- _Zerby Derby_ (2018)

## Infobox (company)

- **name**: Breakthrough Entertainment
- **industry**: Animation
- **founded**: in Canada
- **founder**: Peter Williamson
Ira Levy
- **hq location city**: Toronto
- **hq location country**: Canada
- **key people**: Peter Williamson (President)
Ira Levy (CEO)