Cheez TV

''Cheez TV'' was an Australian children's cartoon show, hosted by Ryan Lappin and Jade Gatt, that aired on weekday mornings on Network Ten. It began broadcasting on 17 July 1995 and it ended on 31 December 2004 with the presenters leaving. After eight months of being without presenters, it officially ended on 20 August 2005, and was replaced with ''Toasted TV''.

In January 2016, Lappin and Gatt launched the official Cheez TV Facebook page with the help of friend and podcaster Brendan Dando. The page features full episodes of the show from its original run, behind the scenes photos and competitions.

''Cheez TV'' was the first show in Australia to have an internet address in 1995.

History

Initially competing against ''Agro's Cartoon Connection'' on the Seven Network, the younger youth hosts, 'edgier' feel, and larger focus on showing cartoons allowed Ten to take the early morning children's TV crown off Seven.

During the show's run, Ryan Lappin was once nominated for ''Cleo (magazine), Cleo'' magazine's Bachelor of the Year only to lose to Australian swimmer Geoff Huegill. Jade Gatt also hosted late night music show ''Ground Zero''.

During the later years of the show, Lappin and Gatt's editorials were quickly becoming notorious for their use of more adult-oriented humour.

On 20 August 2005, the last episode of ''Cheez TV'' was broadcast after 10 years on the air, although Lappin and Gatt's final on-air appearance took place on 31 December 2004. In 2005, only cartoons showed during ''Cheez TV''. It was later replaced with ''Toasted TV'' in the same time slot, which continues to screen series such as ''Naruto'', ''One Piece'' and ''Winx Club''.

In 2010, a Facebook event scheduled for 7 October 2010 appeared, attempting to gain interest in a Cheez TV reunion show. It quickly attracted the attention of Cheez TV fans. Jade and Ryan both had an interview with the E Team from U20 Radio Station which aired on 7 August 2010, where they briefly spoke to Peter Styles about the Facebook group and the show. However, after the group sent hundreds of petitioned emails to the networks, third parties made complaints which led to Facebook closing the group. It is unknown whether any consideration has been taken in relation to a ''Cheez TV'' reunion by any network contacted.

On 28 June 2011, the Adelaide Anime and Videogame Convention AVCon announced Cheez TV presenters Ryan Lappin and Jade Gatt as special guests. The pair appeared in multiple guest panels throughout the weekend.

On 22 January 2016, Ryan and Jade launched the official Cheez TV Facebook page with the help of friend and podcaster Brendan Dando, co-host of the Simpsons podcast 'Four Finger Discount', after Lappin discovered all of the tapes containing the episodes in his garage. The page features old episodes of the show as well as some new programming from Lappin and Gatt.

On 30 July 2017, Ryan and Jade started doing livestreams on Twitch (service), Twitch, performing an impromptu version of the show.

Programming

''Cheez TV'' had programming from a variety of different studios. Many of its shows were sourced from Saban Entertainment, before the company folded in the early 2000s. The two presenters, Jade Gatt and Ryan Lappin, editorialised and presented small variety segments in between cartoons. These short segments included parodies of ''Rove Live'', ''Gardening Australia'', ''Men in Black (1997 film), Men in Black'' and numerous music video re-enactments. On occasion the hosts would interview special guests as well. For a period on ''The Big Cheez'' Gatt and Lappin were joined by another presenter, Lenka, Lenka Kripac (member of Australian band Decoder Ring).

''Cheez TV'' also aired during Saturday morning under the moniker of ''The Big Cheez''.

Shows

The following is an incomplete list of series which were shown on Cheez TV in the past.

*''Action Man (1995 TV series), Action Man (1995)''
*''Action Man (2000 TV series), Action Man (2000)''
*''The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius''
*''The Adventures of Sam and Max: Freelance Police''
*''Avenger Penguins''
*''Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog''
*''The Adventures of T-Rex''
*''The Avengers: United They Stand''
*''Back to the Future (TV series), Back to the Future''
*''Bad Dog (TV series), Bad Dog''
*''Beethoven (TV series), Beethoven''
*''Beverly Hills Teens''
*''Beyblade (manga), Beyblade''
*''Beyblade (manga), Beyblade G-Revolution''
*''Beyblade (manga), Beyblade V-Force''
*''Big Bad Beetleborgs''
*''Biker Mice from Mars''
*''Bruno the Kid''
*''Bureau of Alien Detectors''
*''Butt-Ugly Martians''
*''Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars''
*''C.O.P.S. (animated TV series), C.O.P.S.''
*''Captain Simian and the Space Monkeys''
*''Cardcaptors''
*''Conan the Adventurer (animated series), Conan the Adventurer''
*''Count Duckula''
*''Crush Gear Turbo''
*''Danger Mouse (1981 TV series), Danger Mouse''
*''Dennis the Menace (1996 TV series), Dennis and Gnasher''
*''Dog City''
*''Digimon Adventure''
*''Digimon Adventure 02''
*''Digimon Frontier''
*''Digimon Tamers''
*''Dragon Ball GT''
*''Dragon Ball Z''
*''Dragon Flyz''
*''Duel Masters''
*''Dungeons & Dragons (TV series), Dungeons & Dragons''
*''Eagle Riders''
*''Earthworm Jim (TV series), Earthworm Jim''
*''Eek! The Cat''
*''Extreme Dinosaurs''
*''Extreme Ghostbusters''
*''Fievel's American Tails''
*''Fighting Foodons''
*''Gadget & the Gadgetinis''
*''Gadget Boy & Heather''
*''Garfield and Friends''
*''Godzilla: The Series''
*''Gravedale High''
*''Hamtaro''
*''He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983 TV series), He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983)''
*''He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2002 TV series), He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2002)''
*''The Hot Rod Dogs And Cool Car Cats, Hot Rod Dogs And Cool Car Cats''
*''Hot Wheels AcceleRacers, Hot Wheels: AcceleRacers – Ignition''
*''Hot Wheels AcceleRacers, Hot Wheels: AcceleRacers – The Speed of Silence''
*''Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling''
*''Hurricanes (TV series), Hurricanes (1993)''
*''The Incredible Hulk (1982 TV series), The Incredible Hulk (1982 series)''
*''Inspector Gadget (1983 TV series), Inspector Gadget''
*''Iznogoud''
*''Jackie Chan Adventures''
*''Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors''
*''Jumanji (TV series), Jumanji''
*''Kaput and Zösky''
*''The Kids from Room 402''
*''The Littles (TV series), The Littles''
*''The Marvel Action Hour''
*''M.A.S.K. (TV series), M.A.S.K.''
*''Medabots''
*''MegaMan NT Warrior''
*''Men in Black: The Series''
*''Mighty Max (TV series), Mighty Max''
*''The New Archies''
*''The New Woody Woodpecker Show''
*''One Piece''
*''Phantom Investigators''
*''Pokémon (anime), Pokémon'' (Season 1-7)
**''List of Pokémon: Indigo League episodes, Pokémon: Indigo League''
**''List of Pokémon: Adventures on the Orange Islands episodes, Pokémon: Adventures on the Orange Islands''
**''List of Pokémon: The Johto Journeys episodes, Pokémon: The Johto Journeys''
**''List of Pokémon: Johto League Champions episodes, Pokémon: Johto League Champions''
**''List of Pokémon: Master Quest episodes, Pokémon: Master Quest''
**''List of Pokémon: Advanced episodes, Pokémon: Advanced''
**''List of Pokémon: Advanced Challenge episodes, Pokémon: Advanced Challenge''
*''Project G.e.e.K.e.R.''
*''Red Planet (miniseries), Red Planet''
*''RoboRoach''
*''Rocket Power''
*''Rude Dog''
*''Rugrats''
*''Saber Rider And The Star Sheriffs''
*''Sailor Moon''
*''The Savage Dragon (TV series), The Savage Dragon''
*''The Secret Files of the Spy Dogs''
*''Silver Surfer (1998 TV series), Silver Surfer''
*''Sky Dancers''
*''Sonic X'' (Series 1)
*''Sooty's Amazing Adventures''
*''Space Goofs'' (Series 1)
*''Spider-Man (1967 TV series), Spider-Man (1967)''
*''Spider-Man (1994 TV series), Spider-Man: The Animated Series''
*''Spider-Man: The New Animated Series''
*''Spider-Man Unlimited''
*''SpongeBob SquarePants''
*''The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper''
*''Stuart Little: The Animated Series''
*''Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003 TV series), Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003)''
*''Street Sharks''
*''Superior Defender Gundam Force'' (Series 1)
*''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003)''
*''Tekkaman Blade, Teknoman''
*''Tenko and the Guardians of the Magic''
*''The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers''
*''The Tick (1994 TV series), The Tick''
*''ThunderCats (1985 TV series), Thundercats''
*''Totally Spies!''
*''List of Transformers TV series, Transformers''
*''Transformers: Armada''
*''Transformers: Energon''
*''Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 TV series), Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001)''
*''Walter Melon (TV series)''
*''WildC.A.T.S. (TV series), WildC.A.T.S.''
*''Willow Town''
*''Wing Commander Academy''
*''Winx Club''
*''X-Men: The Animated Series''
*''Yowie Power''
*''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters''
*''Zoids: Chaotic Century''
*''Zoids: Fuzors''
*''Zoids: New Century''

See also

* List of Australian television series
* Toasted TV

References

External links

*

Cartoon schedule 2001 to 2005

Cheez TV Official Facebook Page

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Network 10 original programming
Television programming blocks in Australia
Australian children's television series
1995 Australian television series debuts
2005 Australian television series endings
Television shows set in Sydney
English-language television shows