Mortified
Mortified is an Australian children's television series, co-produced by the Australian Children's Television Foundation and Enjoy Entertainment for the Nine Network Australia. The series premiered on 30 June 2006 and ended on 9 May 2007 with two seasons and a total of 26 episodes. Currently, re-runs air on both ABC and the Disney Channel, in the U.S. on Starz Kids and Family. Premise. "Mortified" follows the imaginative life of Taylor Fry, a thirteen-year-old girl living in a beachside town in Australia called Sunburn Beach, as she struggles to make it through her teen  years with her flawed and embarrassing family. She is embarrassed by her parents; jealous of her neighbour Brittany; her best friend, Hector, has a crush on her; and she has a crush on popular Leon. Taylor frequently breaks the fourth wall and speaks directly to the audience. Her imagination causes inanimate objects to seemingly come to life. Development and production. "Mortified" was created by screenwriter and author Angela Webber. Series director is Pino Amenta. It consists of 26 24-minute episodes. The first season of "Mortified" had a budget of A$9.3 million. It was shot on location in Coolangatta , Palm Beach, Burleigh Heads, Elanora and Tugun on the Gold Coast while most of the school scenes were filmed at the local Palm Beach Currumbin High School and Coolangatta State School starting on 8 June 2005, with the shopping centre scenes filmed at The Pines Shopping Centre at Elanora. "Mortified" was launched in Cannes at MIPTV in April 2006. Home release. A DVD of the series was released in PAL format on 4 April 2007. Titled "Mortified: Volume 1," the 2-disc DVD has a running time of 299 minutes and includes the first 13 episodes. "Mortified: Volume 2", a  2-disc DVD consisting of episodes 14–26 (running time of 312 minutes), was released on 18 July 2007.