children's television series
Children's television series (or children's television shows) are television programs designed for children, normally scheduled for broadcast during the morning and afternoon when children are awake. They can sometimes run during the early evenin ...
created by Tone Thyne and
Josh Selig
Joshua Selig (born May 12, 1964) is an American television producer and director. He won ten Daytime Emmy Awards for his work as a writer on ''Sesame Street''. After leaving ''Sesame Street'', Selig partnered with Lori Shaer to create a studio c ...
. It premiered in 2013 on
CBC Television
CBC Television (also known as CBC TV) is a Canadian English-language broadcast television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster. The network began operations on September 6, 1952. Its French-l ...
, as part of the ''
Kids' CBC
''CBC Kids'' is a Canadian children's block on CBC Television. The block was launched as Hodge Podge Lodge in 1987 and contains programming targeted at children. The block airs on weekdays from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Saturdays from 6:00 a.m. ...
'' block. Mixing live action with animation, the series stars
Yannick Bisson
Yannick Denis Bisson (born May 16, 1969) is a Canadian film and television actor and director best known to international audiences for playing Detective William Murdoch on the series ''Murdoch Mysteries''.
Early life
Bisson was born in Montrea ...
as Mr. Anthony, a preschool teacher who writes and illustrates stories featuring Napkin Man, a
superhero
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figure, to teach his students how to handle difficult
emotion
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s.
The series was produced by
Little Airplane Productions
Little Airplane Productions is an American television production company co-founded by Josh Selig and Lori Shaer (née Sherman) in 1999. The company produced '' Oobi'' for Noggin, ''Wonder Pets!'' for Nickelodeon, and '' 3rd & Bird'' for the BB ...
and
Breakthrough Entertainment
Breakthrough Entertainment is a Canadian production company founded in 1986 by Peter Williamson and Ira Levy. It produces famous Canadian TV shows such as '' Jimmy Two-Shoes'' and '' Atomic Betty''.
History
On July 10, 2018, 9 Story Media Group ...
.
The series won the
Canadian Screen Award
The Canadian Screen Awards (french: link=no, Les prix Écrans canadiens) are awards given for artistic and technical merit in the film industry recognizing excellence in Canadian film, English-language television, and digital media (web series) p ...