Dino Dan

Dino Dan
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(s)	Michael-Paul Ella
Country of origin	Canada
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	78 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Blair Powers; Bruce Johnson
Producer(s)	Matthew J.R. Bishop; J.J. Johnson; Blair Powers
Editor(s)	Matthew J.R. Bishop; Liam Ward
Camera setup	Single-Camera
Running time	22–23 minutes
Production company(s)	Sinking Ship Entertainment
Release
Original network	TVOKids (Canada); Nick Jr. (Seasons 1-2); Universal Kids; Amazon (U.S.)
Picture format	HDTV (1080i)
Audio format	Surround
First shown in	2009
Original release	January 4, 2010 – present
External links
	Website

Dino Dan is a Canadian television series that was created and is directed by J. J. Johnson. The series premiered on TVOKids in Canada on January 4, 2010 and on Nick Jr. in the United States on October 17, 2010. The series also airs on Access, Knowledge Network, and SCN. It is produced by Sinking Ship Entertainment, in association with TVOKids^[1], Access, Knowledge Network, and SCN. A third season of the series, Dino Dana^[2], premiered on Amazon Prime on May 26, 2017.^[3] The show will premiere on Universal Kids on October 6 2018, three years after Nick Jr. cancelled it.^[4]

Plot

In this series that combines live action with CGI animation, paleontologist-in-training Dan Henderson and his friends take a journey to a modern-day world where dinosaurs roam freely. There, they have adventures, uncover clues about the past and teach children scientific information ranging from new species to dinosaur vocabulary.

Dino Dan: Trek's Adventures

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 from Albertosaurus to Microraptor 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. There was one season of 26 episodes.

Dino Dana

On October 6, 2016, on YouTube, short introductory Dino Dana clips were first published. Dino Dana premiered on May 26, 2017 on Amazon Prime in the US and UK.^[5]TVO Kids picked up the show in June 2017.^[6]

Dino Dana is about a nine-year-old girl named Dana Jain who sets out to achieve "dino experiments" that teaches her more about dinosaurs, pterosaurs, prehistoric marine reptiles, and prehistoric mammals. Other characters include Saara, the older stepsister of Dana, Ava the mother of Dana and stepmother of Saara, and Gloria the grandmother of Dana on her mother's side.

Dino Dan Cast

Jason Spevack as Dan Henderson
Sydney Kuhne as Angie
Isaac Durnford as Cory Schluter
Jaclyn Forbes as Kami
Allana Harkin as Mom (Melissa Jessica)
Ricardo Hoyos as Ricardo Sanchez
Trek Buccino as Trek Henderson
Keana Bastidas as Jordan
Sarah Carver as Mrs. Carver
Andrea Martin as Mrs. Hahn
Jayne Eastwood as Dan's grandmother (Ms. Currie)
Mark McKinney as Mr. Drumheller

Episodes

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
Season		Episodes	First aired	Last aired
	1	26	May 25, 2009 (2009-05-25)	February 15, 2011 (2011-02-15)
	2	26	September 3, 2013 (2013-09-03)	October 15, 2015 (2015-10-15)
	3	13	May 24, 2017 (2017-05-24)	August 19, 2017 (2017-08-19)
	4	13	March 19, 2018 (2018-03-19)	August 4, 2018 (2018-08-04)

Dinosaurs

Awards

2009: Nominated for a Gemini 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 the Young Artist Award for Most Outstanding Young Ensemble In A TV Series^[8]

2015: Dino Dan: Trek's Adventures won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Pre-School Children's Series^[9]

2016: Dino Dan: Trek's Adventures was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Pre-School Children's Series^[10]

2017: Dino Dana won the Kidscreen Award for Best New Series ^[11]

References

↑ "Dino Dan - TVOKids.com". tvokids.com. Archived from the original on October 13, 2017. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
↑ "Sinking Ship debuts Dino Dana – Page 661612 – TBI Vision". tbivision.com. Archived from the original on August 18, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
↑ "Amazon sets the date for Dino Dana". kidscreen.com. Archived from the original on August 28, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
↑ "Schedule October 6 2018". Universal Kids. Universal Kids. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
↑ "Amazon Original Kids Series Dino Dana Premieres May 26 on Prime Video in the US and UK". businesswire.com. Archived from the original on May 17, 2018. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20170605121905/https://tvokids.com/school-age/dino-dana
↑ "Rocket Fund". www.rocketfund.ca. Archived from the original on December 11, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
↑ "32nd Annual Young Artist Awards - Nominations / Special Awards". youngartistawards.org. Archived from the original on August 8, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
↑ "Internet animation projects leave mark at Daytime Emmy Awards". kidscreen.com. Archived from the original on July 18, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
↑ "Daytime Emmy Award nominees announced". kidscreen.com. Archived from the original on September 8, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
↑ "And the 2018 Kidscreen Awards go to". Kidscreen. Kidscreen. Archived from the original on February 14, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2018.

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[1] "Dino Dan - TVOKids.com". tvokids.com. Archived from the original on October 13, 2017. Retrieved March 30, 2018.

[2] "Sinking Ship debuts Dino Dana – Page 661612 – TBI Vision". tbivision.com. Archived from the original on August 18, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2018.

[3] "Amazon sets the date for Dino Dana". kidscreen.com. Archived from the original on August 28, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2018.

[4] "Schedule October 6 2018". Universal Kids. Universal Kids. Retrieved 6 October 2018.

[5] "Amazon Original Kids Series Dino Dana Premieres May 26 on Prime Video in the US and UK". businesswire.com. Archived from the original on May 17, 2018. Retrieved May 17, 2018.

[6] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20170605121905/https://tvokids.com/school-age/dino-dana

[7] "Rocket Fund". www.rocketfund.ca. Archived from the original on December 11, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2018.

[8] "32nd Annual Young Artist Awards - Nominations / Special Awards". youngartistawards.org. Archived from the original on August 8, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2018.

[9] "Internet animation projects leave mark at Daytime Emmy Awards". kidscreen.com. Archived from the original on July 18, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2018.

[10] "Daytime Emmy Award nominees announced". kidscreen.com. Archived from the original on September 8, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2018.

[11] "And the 2018 Kidscreen Awards go to". Kidscreen. Kidscreen. Archived from the original on February 14, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2018.

Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Series
Entertainment Children's Series (1974–1984, retired)	Zoom (1974) Star Trek: The Animated Series (1975) The Big Blue Marble (1976) Zoom (1977) Captain Kangaroo (1978) Kids Are People Too (1979) Hot Hero Sandwich (1980) Captain Kangaroo / Once Upon a Classic ("A Tale of Two Cities") (1981) Captain Kangaroo (1982) Captain Kangaroo / The Smurfs (1983) Captain Kangaroo / The Smurfs (1984)
Children's Instructional Programming (1976–1979, retired)	Schoolhouse Rock! (1976) Sesame Street (1977) Schoolhouse Rock! (1978) Schoolhouse Rock! (1979)
Informational Children's Series (1976–1979, retired)	Go (1976) The Electric Company (1977) Animals, Animals, Animals (1978) The Big Blue Marble (1979)
Children's Informational/Instructional Series (1980–1984, retired)	Sesame Street / 30 Minutes (1980) 30 Minutes (1981) 30 Minutes (1982) Sesame Street (1983) ABC Weekend Specials (1984)
Children's Series (1985–present)	Sesame Street (1985) Sesame Street (1986) Sesame Street (1987) Sesame Street (1988) Newton's Apple (1989) Reading Rainbow (1990) Sesame Street (1991) Sesame Street (1992) Reading Rainbow (1993) Sesame Street (1994) Nick News with Linda Ellerbee (1995) Reading Rainbow (1996) Reading Rainbow (1997) Reading Rainbow (1998) Bill Nye, the Science Guy (1999) Bill Nye, the Science Guy (2000) Reading Rainbow (2001) Reading Rainbow (2002) Reading Rainbow (2003) Assignment Discovery (2004) Reading Rainbow (2005) Zoom (2006) Reading Rainbow (2007) Greatest Inventions with Bill Nye / Jack Hanna's Into the Wild (2008) From the Top at Carnegie Hall (2009) The Electric Company (2010) The Electric Company (2011) The Electric Company / Jack Hanna's Into the Wild (2012) R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour (2013) R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour (2014) R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour (2015) Sea Rescue (2016) Give (2017)
Pre-School Children's Series (1995–present)	Sesame Street (1995) Sesame Street (1996) Sesame Street (1997) Sesame Street (1998) Sesame Street (1999) Sesame Street (2000) Sesame Street (2001) Sesame Street (2002) Sesame Street (2003) Sesame Street (2004) Sesame Street (2005) Sesame Street (2006) Sesame Street (2007) Sesame Street (2008) Between the Lions (2009) Sesame Street (2010) Sesame Street (2011) Sesame Street (2012) Sesame Street (2013) Sesame Street (2014) Dino Dan: Trek’s Adventures (2015) Sesame Street (2016) Sesame Street (2017)