Best Ed

Best Ed
GenreComedy
Created byRick Marshall
Developed byJ.D. Smith
Directed byRick Marshall
Voices ofSean Cullen
Patrick McKenna
Opening theme"Best Ed"
Composers
  • Steve D'Angelo
  • Doug Pennock
  • Terry Tompkins
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes26 (52 segments)
Production
Executive producers
  • Vince Commisso
  • Steve Jarosz
  • For Cartoon Network: Richard Rowe and Cecilia Persson
ProducerJ.D. Smith (also creative producer)
Running time22 minutes (11 minutes per segment)
Production company9 Story Entertainment
Original release
NetworkTeletoon (Canada)
Cartoon Network (Europe)
ReleaseOctober 3, 2008 (2008-10-03) –
October 22, 2009 (2009-10-22)
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Best Ed is a Canadian animated television series created by Rick Marshall and developed by J.D. Smith. The show chronicles the adventures of an excessively helpful and enthusiastic dog named Ed who everyone adores, and his best friend, Doug the squirrel, whom everyone calls "Buddy" but nobody likes. They live in their fictional hometown of Swellville. Best Ed was produced by 9 Story Entertainment and was animated in flash animation.[1]

The fifth episode ("Nightmare on Sweet Street/Cat Fright!") premiered on October 3, 2008, on Teletoon as a sneak preview.[2][3] Subsequent episodes were shown beginning October 5, 2009.[3] The series ended on October 22, 2009.[3] 26 episodes were produced.[4]

  1. ^ Kuzmyk , Jenn: 9 Story Entertainment, C21 Media, February 9, 2006.
  2. ^ "PR: A Spooky Schedule This October on TELETOON" (Press release). Toronto: Teletoon and Cartoon Network US. Toon Zone. October 1, 2008. Archived from the original on September 17, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c "Television Program Logs". Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. March 2, 2016.[dead link] Alt URL
  4. ^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 216. ISBN 9781476672939.