Jetix U.K. has acquired Nelvana’s quirky animated series, Grossology, and will be airing episodes in July. The show about young special agents who use fascinating and icky scientific facts to battle villains debuted in the U.S. in January on Discovery Kids.
Grossology revolves around siblings Ty and Abby Archer, the world’s foremost experts in all things gross. Assisted by the infamous “Lab Rat” and watched carefully by a mysterious “Director” the crime-fighting duo gets called in when the case becomes too disgusting for the adult agents to handle. The show is based on the books by Sylvia Branzei and is grounded in real science, lending educational value in addition to comic appeal.
In advance of next month’s MIPTV in Cannes, Jetix U.K. also announced that it has appointed four new team members to support programming director Dominic Gardiner. Emma Clark, a former program planner at Discovery and senior scheduler at Nickelodeon, has been named U.K. program manager and will be responsible for all program planning and scheduling. Assisting Clark will be Gullu Durak, who joins from Sit-Up TV as U.K. channel scheduler. Former Cartoon Network creative Jonny Potter has signed on as U.K. creative manager, responsible for the production and direction of on-air promotions, and former Cartoon Network producer Phil Knock has joined the team as U.K. producer.
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