TeenV

***TeenV*** is an American animated sitcom created by Terry Ward that ran on Fox from 2002 to 2007, before moving to NightHouse. The series centers on a group of six teenagers; Geoff Delmer, Lana Cooper, Davy Olsen, Kathy Lipowski, Penny Clarkson and Sean McMurry. The show is set in the fictional town of Smokeville and parodies American culture and society, as well as surrealism.

The show was conceived by Ward in 1997 following the controversy of the *Gabriel Garza* episode "The Line Club", which was criticized by critics and parents who interpreted the episode as an example of promoting and implicitly satirizing use of profanity towards children, leading to the creation of *TeenV*. They pitched a seven-minute pilot to Fox in May 2001, and the show was greenlit and began production. The series was originally set to premiere in the fall of 2001 with the pilot they showed to Fox earlier that year but the episode was declined to be used by Fox (until it was finally preserved on the season 1 DVD in 2005). The producers of the show then decided to "go ahead" and air another first episode as a mid-season replacement in 2002.

Since its debut after Super Bowl XXXVI, on February 3, 2002, 370 episodes of *TeenV* have been broadcast. *TeenV* has been nominated for 16 Primetime Emmy Awards and 14 Annie Awards and has won three of each. *The TeenV Movie*, a feature-length film, was released in theatres worldwide on June 17, 2005, and grossed over $288 million. Beginning on December 12, 2007, Gingo's night block NightHouse picked up the series for the seventh season following the final episode airing on Fox as the sixth season on May 20, 2007. *TeenV* is a joint production by Glass Ball Productions and 20th Century Fox Television and syndicated by 20th Television. Despite NightHouse buying the rights to air new episodes of the series in 2007, 20th Century Fox Television (now part of The Walt Disney Company) still owns the copyrights and still produces the show, and 20th Television (also part of Disney) still syndicates it to NightHouse, owned by NBCUniversal, which is a subsidiary of Comcast. *TeenV*'s eighteenth season (its 12th on NightHouse) premiered on July 24, 2019. On October 22, 2019, NightHouse renewed the series for a nineteenth season.

## Premise

### Characters

*Main article: List of TeenV characters*

*TeenV* is an animated sitcom that follows the adventures of six teenagers who reside in the town of Smokeville and live in a large suburban house without adults who intrude. Episodes usually feature the central trio of Geoff, Lana, and Davy, though occasional storylines center on the other main characters.

* **Geoffrey "Geoff" Issac Delmer** (voiced by Richard Steven Horvitz) – A hypersensitive, cocky, yet good-hearted, outgoing, independent, and confident 17-year-old teenager who is often the leader of the group. He spends much of his time with his friends and trying to impress love interest and part-time girlfriend Lana. He also likes to think of good schemes, along with the rest of his friends. Out of all the characters, Geoff saw the most appearances and character development throughout the series. Geoff's love for Lana is a recurring theme throughout the series.
* **Alana "Lana" Beth Cooper** (voiced by Grey Griffin) – A pampered, kind, witty, sarcastic, intelligent, and dazzlingly beautiful 16-year-old teenage girl who is Geoff's primary love interest. Although Geoff thinks the world of her, she apparently likes Geoff a lot, but has thought of him as a "salvageable male". She and Geoff have broken up many times, but they always seem to make up sooner or later.
* **David "Davy" Oslen** (voiced by Tom Kenny) – An immature, overemotional, dim-witted, clumsy, talkative, childish, and yet friendly teenager who is Geoff's best friend. The two often spend a lot of their time hanging out together. His parents are divorced and his behavior wavers between kindness and aggravation. He also likes to play video games and be a master of it.
* **Katherine "Kathy" Lipowski** (voiced by Hynden Walch) – A shy, moody, depressed, but sometimes sardonic, foul-mouthed, spoiled, selfish, and ill-tempered goth and emo teenage girl who is the youngest member of the group, being 14 years old. She often likes to be alone and listen to pop rock music. In the episode "The Best (or Worst) Teen", it is revealed that Kathy is extremely religious, sometimes to the point of fanaticism, and a devout Christian.
* **Penny Clarkson** (voiced by Jennifer Hale) – A cheerful, happy-go-lucky, hyper, energetic, gentle, sweet, cute, and yet geeky teenage girl who is nice to everyone in the group. She is boy-crazy and when she has grown attracted to someone, she will fawn over him endlessly. She is also very good at cooking and cleaning. Penny is also a fan of the fictional Japanese anime *My Boyfriend Koibito Mitt*, as she is obsessed with anime and manga sometimes.
* **Sean McMurry** (voiced by Gregg Berger) – An overweight, huggable, fun-loving, sensitive, and friendly teenager with a great sense of humor. He often hangs out with the boys Geoff and Davy at most times.
* **Edward "Eddie" G. Lioose** (voiced by Richard Steven Horvitz) – A mad scientist who creates some unusual inventions for the teens and is Penny's good high school friend. Most call him his surname, "Lioose". In the episode "Creeps of the Vortex", it is revealed that Lioose was the son of a family of circus performers, who runs away from the circus to become a scientist when he was obsessed with science, despite his parents' wishes.
* **Grodi William Shelby** (voiced by Gregg Berger) – A bossy man who usually visits the teen house and sometimes orders the teens to get into community service if he sees that something has gone wrong. He has a wife named Wendy Shelby (voiced by Jennifer Hale) who is always loud and drunk.
* **Theodore F. Hison** (voiced by Tom Kenny) – *Coming soon!*
* **Jack Binaski** (voiced by Richard Steven Horvitz) – *Coming soon!*
* **Mayor James Pucksbottom** (voiced by Tom Kenny) – The mayor of Smokeville.

### Setting

The primary setting of *TeenV* is Smokeville.

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## Development

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Most of the *Gabriel Garza* and *Zina Supermoon* team were given duties for *TeenV*, Craig Kellman retained his duties as art director; Craig McCracken retained his lead character design role; Phil Ortiz had his background and prop design role; along with Salene Weatherwax, the latter having a prop design role during the first four seasons.

## Production

### Executive producers

Ward and Geo G. serve as executive producers and showrunners during the show's entire run, and also function as creative consultants. Duncan Reid became an executive producer for season 15 and subsequent seasons.

### Writing

Planning for each episode begins with a table meeting of writers, who discuss the plot ideas as a group. The writers are given index cards with plot points that they are required to use as the center of activity in each episode. A single staff writer writes an outline and then produces a script. Once the first draft is finished, the writers and executive producers call in the actors for a table read. Afterward, the writers collaborate to rewrite the script as a group before sending it to the animation team.

### Voice actors

*See also: List of TeenV cast members and List of TeenV guest stars*
*TeenV* has six main cast members. Richard Steven Horvitz provided the voices of Geoff Delmer, Eddie Lioose, Jack Binaski and many other incidental characters. Horvitz was asked to voice the characters due to his involvement in the Nickelodeon animated series *The Angry Beavers*. The character of Jack Binaski was originally created and intended to be performed by Tom Cruise, but turned down the role, which he later regretted, and Horvitz was given the role.

Grey DeLisle (or otherwise known as Grey Griffin) voiced Lana Cooper and other, more minor, characters. The role of Lana was originally assigned to Debi Derryberry, who voiced Gabriel Garza in Glass Ball's animated series of the same name. However, the producers found Derryberry's voice acting too similar to Gabriel Garza so DeLisle was given the role of Lana instead.

Tom Kenny voiced Mayor James Pucksbottom and other, more minor, characters. The role of Lana was originally assigned to Mala Miles, who voiced, Malachi in Bear Bones's animated series of the same name. However, He busy on voicing Malachi, a upcoming Malachi Universal projects.

Tom Kenny performed the voice of Davy Olsen, Theodore F. Hison, Mayor James Pucksbottom, Nick Smith, Koibito Mitt, and other various characters. Kenny originally auditioned for the role of Geoff Delmer, using the voice he uses to perform Davy, and also auditioned for Davy using a different voice. Hynden Walch voices Kathy Lipowski, Jennifer Hale voiced Penny Clarkson and Wendy Shelby, and Gregg Berger voices Sean McMurry, Grodi Shelby and various other characters.

In addition to the main cast, Jim Cummings voiced Frank McDilly and Neil Ross voiced several supporting and minor characters. Like *Gabriel Garza*, *The Simpsons*, *Family Guy*, *South Park,* and *Futurama*, many episodes of *TeenV* feature guest voices from a wide range of professions, including actors, entertainers, bands, musicians, and scientists. Many guest-stars voiced supporting characters, although many voiced themselves. Recurring guest stars include Carlos Alazraqui, Billy West, Jodi Benson, Mark Hamill, Sarah Silverman, Corey Burton, Wayne Knight, John Goodman, John DiMaggio, Richard Kind, Debra Messing, Phil Proctor, Elijah Wood, Amy Hill, Maurice LaMarche, George Takei, Phil LaMarr, Harland Williams, Ryan Reynolds, Patrick Stewart, Mala Miles, Syo Tortellini, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Pharrell Williams, Snoop Dogg, Kanye West, and Dan Fogler.

Jess Harnell and Fred Tatasciore have also appeared in minor roles, but do not voice any recurring characters. Harnell left the show in 2006, and since then Brian T. Delaney has appeared regularly to voice minor characters. John Cygan voiced the majority of other minor characters until his death on May 13, 2017. Other current additional voices also include Kari Wahlgren, Eric Bauza, Roger Craig Smith, Lex Lang, Yuri Lowenthal, and Kevin Michael Richardson.

### Animation

Animation for the first two seasons was split between Sunwoo Animation in South Korea, Wang Film Productions in Taiwan, and Fil-Cartoons in the Philippines. Fil-Cartoons also provided ink-and-paint facilities during the second and third seasons. Various other animation studios were contracted beginning in season three.

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### Music

The show's soundtrack was composed by Shawn Patterson, while its theme song was composed by multi-instrumentalist Josh Mancell, produced by Devo's singer Mark Mothersbaugh, and was recorded at Mutato Muzika Studios.

## Episodes

*Main article: List of TeenV episodes*
List of TeenV episodes

## Reception and legacy

### Awards

*Main article: List of awards and nominations received by TeenV*
## Broadcast

*TeenV* premiered and originally aired in the United States on the Fox network from February 3, 2002, to May 20, 2007. Adult Swim carried the series in the US from September 7, 2004, to December 31, 2007, followed by NightHouse from December 12, 2007 – present. The syndicated broadcast of the series in the US began in September 2005.

Canadian network Global Television broadcasts *TeenV* from February 3, 2002 – present, Adult Swim airs *TeenV* from April 1, 2019 - present. It formerly aired on Teletoon at Night in Canada.

The series was broadcast in Australia on the following stations: Seven Network aired the series from November 9, 2003 – present, Fox8 from 2004–present, Network Ten between 2007–present, and on 7mate September 23, 2009 – present.

Audiences in New Zealand received the series on the following stations: TV2 February 21, 2002 – 2006, the BOX from 2003–present, Fox from 2004–present, and on Four from 2004–present.

*TeenV* currently airs in Ireland on networks Fox, Pick, and Sky1.

The series was carried by the following networks in the United Kingdom: Sky1 from August 22, 2003 – present, Channel 4 from 2004–present, and the series is currently repeated on Pick and Fox.

*TeenV* was also broadcast in Japan on the following stations: Fox from April 6, 2003 – present, Fuji Television from March 22, 2004 – present, Tokyo Broadcasting System from 2004–2005, TV Asahi from September 17, 2006 – present, and on TV Tokyo from 2012–present.

The show has also aired on Fox in other countries including South Korea, China, Russia, Brazil, Spain, and others since 2002.

### Networks

 Canada
 United Kingdom & Ireland

## Merchandise

Since the show's premiere, various forms of merchandise based on the show have been released, such as home media releases, action figures, clothing, food, and more.

## Notes

1. ↑ Credited as 20th Century Fox Television for the first 18 seasons.