Schneider's Bakery, Inc. is an American television

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company founded on June 6, 1996 by

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. The company's name originates from Schneider's father's business located in

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. Television shows produced under the Schneider's Bakery banner are noted for using the same stable of writers on all series, something that is atypical for scripted television series and especially sitcoms that are created by the same writer; staff writers working for most of Schneider's series include Andrew Hill Newman, George Doty IV and

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, among others. Directors

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and Russ Reinsel also work for the company directing many episodes under the company banner. Musicians

Backhouse Mike Michael Corcoran (born December 9, 1972), known professionally as Backhouse Mike or Ken Lofkoll, is an American musician, record producer, and composer. He has composed songs for Nickelodeon's ''Drake & Josh'', ''iCarly'', ''Victorious'', ''The ...

and C.J. Abraham are largely responsible for the music on the shows. Background music selected by the crew of Schneider's Bakery includes such musicians as The Orion Experience, Jennifer McNutt, and AM.

History

Founded on June 6, 1996, in Tennessee. It was approved to operate in California on August 27, 1999. On January 16, 2001, Schneider's Bakery was considered delinquent by the

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for failing to file their Statements of Information, and by November 3, 2003, the company was considered forfeited by the State. In order to operate again, California's Secretary of State's Revivor Unit had to be contacted, and Schneider's Bakery was approved to be revived on February 17, 2004. In the summer of 2004, when production started on ''

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'' and filming began at

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, the Lovernich apartments on campus were used as makeshift offices for Schneider's Bakery.

Productions

TV

Live-action

Animation

References

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