| Wayside | |
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| Also known as | Wayside School |
| Genre | Animated sitcom |
| Based on | Wayside School by Louis Sachar |
| Developed by | John Derevlany |
| Directed by | Riccardo Durante |
| Voices of | Michael Cera (pilot) Mark Rendall Denise Oliver Lisa Ng Martin Villafana Kathleen Laskey Kedar Brown Sergio Di Zio Jayne Eastwood |
| Theme music composer | James Robertson |
| Opening theme | "Fly by the Wayside", performed by Skye Sweetnam |
| Ending theme | "Fly by the Wayside" (instrumental) |
| Composer | Scott Bucsis |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 26 (52 segments) + 1 movie |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Scott Dyer Doug Murphy Lin Oliver |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company | Nelvana Limited |
| Original release | |
| Network | Teletoon (Canada) Nickelodeon (USA) |
| Release | June 25, 2007[1] – September 18, 2008[1] |
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Wayside (also known as Wayside School) is a Canadian animated series and sitcom developed by John Derevlany and produced by Nelvana Limited.[2] The series follows Todd, a transfer student who attends Wayside, an offbeat 30-story grammar school. It is loosely based on the Wayside School books by Louis Sachar, and several elements differ between the two works.
Derevlany conceived Wayside in 2003, leading to an hour-long television special pilot titled Wayside: The Movie that aired in 2005. Teletoon greenlit two seasons of Wayside consisting of thirteen half-hour episodes each, and they aired from 2007 to 2008; the series also aired briefly on Nickelodeon in the U.S. during this time.
Wayside received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised its clever and off-beat humour, though some criticized its differences with the Wayside School book series. The series was nominated for a "Best TV Series for Children" at the 2008 Cartoons on the Bay award ceremony. The pilot episode and the first season are both available on DVD. Season 2 is available on YouTube.
- ^ a b "Television Program Logs". Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. 2016-03-02.[dead link] Alt URL
- ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 684–685. ISBN 978-1538103739.