| Dino Dan | |
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| Created by | J. J. Johnson |
| Directed by | J. J. Johnson |
| Starring | Jason Spevack Sydney Kuhne Isaac Durnford Jaclyn Forbes Allana Harkin Ricardo Hoyos Trek Buccino Keana Bastidas Sarah Carver Andrea Martin Jayne Eastwood Mark McKinney |
| Theme music composer | Michael-Paul Ella |
| Composer | Michael-Paul Ella |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 8 |
| No. of episodes | 103(list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Blair Powers Bruce Johnson |
| Producers | Matthew J.R. Bishop J.J. Johnson Blair Powers |
| Production locations | Toronto,Ontario, Canada |
| Editors | Matthew J.R. Bishop Liam Ward |
| Camera setup | Single-Camera |
| Running time | 22–23 minutes |
| Production company | Sinking Ship Entertainment |
| Original release | |
| Network | TVOKids Access Knowledge Network SCN |
| Release | January 4, 2010 (2010-01-04) – August 23, 2019 (2019-08-23) |
Dino Dan is a Canadian television series created and directed byJ. J. Johnson. The series premiered onTVOKids in Canada on January 4, 2010, and ended on August 23, 2019. In the US, the series premiered on theNick Jr. Channel on October 17, 2010 as an acquired series. The show was produced by Sinking Ship Entertainment, in association withTVOKids,[1]Access,Knowledge Network, andSCN. A sequel of the series,Dino Dana,[2] premiered onAmazon Prime on May 26, 2017.[3] The show premiered onUniversal Kids on October 6, 2018, three years afterNick Jr.'s rights to the series expired.[4]
On February 4, 2013, it was reported thatCITV had acquired and secured rights to air the series in the UK and eventually to re-air it on the channel.[5][6]
In this series that combines live action with CGI animation, a young boy named Dan Henderson has a magic dino field guide that allows him to see dinosaurs in real life. He has many adventures, uncovering clues about the past and teaching others scientific information ranging from new species to dinosaur vocabulary.
A follow-up season starring Dan's younger brother, Trek, began airing in 2013. Trek, now age ten, is also able to see dinosaurs and spends his time learning about them as his brother did. There are fifteen new dinosaurs fromAlbertosaurus toMicroraptor in this series. Dan did not have time to do his experiments because he has to help his father, so he asks Trek to do them for him. Although Trek becomes the main character for the episodes, Jason Spevack made periodic appearances as Dan throughoutTrek's Adventures, though much of the original cast remained largely unchanged.
2009: Nominated for aGemini Award for Best Preschool-to-4th Grade Program or Series
2009:Won the Shaw Rocket Prize for best independently produced Canadian children's, youth, or family program[7]
2010:Won theYoung Artist Award for Most Outstanding Young Ensemble In A TV Series[8]
2015:Dino Dan: Trek's Adventureswon theDaytime Emmy Award forOutstanding Pre-School Children's Series[9]
2016:Dino Dan: Trek's Adventures was nominated for theDaytime Emmy Award forOutstanding Pre-School Children's Series[10]