Grojband


Grojband is a Canadian animated series created by Todd Kauffman and Mark Thornton for Cartoon Network. It is developed and produced by Fresh TV and was distributed by Fremantle until 2018 when Boat Rocker Media purchased their kids and family catalogue. The series was created and co-directed by Todd Kauffman and Mark Thornton. Executive producers are Brian Irving, George Elliott and Tom McGillis, Jennifer Pertsch, creators of the hit animated reality franchise Total Drama. It is geared toward children ages 6 to 11. The series premiered on June 10, 2013 in the United States, on September 5, 2013 in Canada, and on April 21, 2014 in the United Kingdom.
In the rest of the first season, the show has many changes: The live action segments didn't return, and the show went completely 2D. Various live action segments disappeared, with the 2D format being the same. Each episode has DeeDee Doodle saying "Don't pull the rope!", and Rooney Doodle saying "Don't pull the rope!" then Moe Doodle saying "Well, i have to.", then he pulls the rope and he gets poured by water and says "Well, that was refreshing than celery!", then the Grojband logo is shown with a prank. The 2D format is still the same, because of the different design on Corey's hat.

Synopsis

Grojband follows a Canadian indie rock garage band of the same name formed by Corey Riffin and his three best friends, Laney and twin brothers Kin and Kon, as they work to propel their band to international stardom. When they don't have the lyrics, Corey and his friends get Trina, Corey's sister, into an emotional mode to write entries in her diary that Corey can use for lyrical inspiration, so that Corey and his friends can perform a perfect song.

Characters

Grojband

The Newmans are a gender-reversed doppelgänger band to Grojband. The voice actors are the same as the original Grojband.

Broadcast

In the United States, the series was aired on Cartoon Network and Boomerang from June 10, 2013 to July 12, 2015.
In Canada, it debuted on September 5, 2013 on Teletoon and Télétoon. Grojband debuted on February 10, 2014 on ABC3 in Australia and in April 2014 on Pop in the United Kingdom. The show started airing on April 8, 2014 on Cartoon Network in Africa.
In 2017, an official YouTube channel featuring clips from the series was launched.

Home media

In Australia, Grojband was released on DVD on June 4, 2014 by Shock Entertainment. Two volumes were released: Rock On and Hear Us Rock!. The package claims that they are Region 4 DVDs, but they are actually region-free, so they will play on any DVD-playing device.
In December 2015, all 26 episodes of Grojband were added to Netflix in the US. Two years later, the show was removed.