Sonic Underground (TV series)

Sonic Underground is an American CGI animated television series produced by Cartoon Network Studios in partnership with Sega of America. Based on the Sonic the Hedgehog video game franchise by SEGA, the series debuted on Cartoon Network and serves as a reboot of the 1999 DIC animated series of the same name. Each episode has a running time of 22 minutes to fill a half-hour time slot. Guy Vasilovich is the series' supervising director.
The series is second to be produced in CGI and in high-definition after Sonic Boom, and premiered with a theatrical feature film. It is part of the Sonic Underground spin-off franchise, which also consists of a video game, an Archie Comics publication and a toyline.
== Production ==
SEGA produced the series at Cartoon Network Studios in Burbank, California and brought Guy Vasilovich as the supervising director. Tom Warburton, creator of Codename: Kids Next Door, wrote and directed many episodes.
== Broadcast ==
The show premiered on Cartoon Network and later premiered on its sister channel Boomerang, making it the first new Cartoon Network original series to simultaneously air on both Cartoon Network and Boomerang. It also aired on TNT, making it the first animated show to air on that channel since Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and on The CW.
== Reception ==
Despite the negative response to the theatrical animated feature film which launched it, the series has received positive reviews from critics and has developed a strong following among teenagers and adults, many of whom are attracted due to the series' animation, stories and characters. It successfully won several Annie Awards, Primetime Emmy Awards, Golden Globe Awards, Kids' Choice Awards, Teens' Choice Awards and People's Choice Awards. It has also been nominated for several Critics' Choice Television Awards and Annecy Festival Awards.
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