| On the Team | |
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| Also known as | Noggin's On the Team[1] |
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| Created by | Lisa Wood Shapiro |
| Composer | Chris Hajian |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
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| Production locations | Brooklyn, New York |
| Editor | Jill Schweitzer |
| Camera setup | Videotape; Multi-camera |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
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| Original release | |
| Network | Noggin |
| Release | January 30 – April 24, 2001 |
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On the Team is an American documentary television series produced for the Noggin channel. It covers the experiences of a youth baseball team in Brooklyn as they prepare for the 2000 playoff games. The series premiered on Noggin on January 30, 2001. It started airing on Noggin's sister channel, Nickelodeon, on May 2, 2001. It was created by Lisa Wood Shapiro and executive-produced by Shapiro and Gus Reyes.
The show was first announced by Variety in November 2000.[3] According to an article in The New York Times, the idea stemmed from Lisa Wood Shapiro's wish to create a "cinéma vérité for kids."[6] She spent the summer of 2000 scouting different teams, looking for a group that demonstrated team spirit. Shapiro eventually chose the Camp Friendship Panthers, a team that played at Brooklyn's Prospect Park. Noggin greenlit a thirteen-episode series based on the team because the network "wanted a program about real kids doing real things."[7] Ahead of the show's premiere, former New York Mets player John Franco hosted promotional events for On the Team.[7]
On the Team debuted during Noggin's primetime block, The Hubbub, which was designed to allow viewers to interact with the show as it aired. Viewer comments were played live during interstitials and after each broadcast. The show was aimed at pre-teens.[8] Critical response to the series was positive, with The Los Angeles Times calling it "unexpectedly compelling true storytelling"[9] and The Star Democrat calling it better than most new adult documentaries at the time.[10]
- ^ Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. United States Patent and Trademark Office. May 15, 2001. p. 233.
SN 78-025,356. Viacom International Inc., New York, NY. Filed 9-11-2000: Noggin's On the Team
- ^ a b "On the Team episode list on TV Guide". TV Guide. CBS Interactive. 2001. Archived from the original on August 29, 2020.
- ^ a b Bernstein, Paula (November 5, 2000). "Noggin adds new series to its lineup". Variety. Penske Media Corporation.
- ^ International Documentary: The Newsletter of the International Documentary Association. International Documentary Association. 2001. p. 35.
- ^ "The Creative Team of People Like Us". Louis Alvarez and Andrew Kolker. 2002. Archived from the original on January 5, 2016.
Most recently, through Hitchhiker, she executive produced and directed the new 13 episode documentary series for Noggin called On the Team.
- ^ Shattuck, Kathryn (June 17, 2001). "A Team Grows in Brooklyn". The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 27, 2015.
- ^ a b Shelby, Joyce. "No 'Bad News Bears': Prospect Park Little Leaguers making TV debut". New York Daily News. Tribune Publishing.
- ^ Connell, Mike (January 3, 2002). "Noggin has tween educon on the brain". Kidscreen.
- ^ Heffley, Lynne (January 29, 2001). "New on Noggin: Team, Yes, Big Kids, No". The Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Levine, Evan (June 10, 2001). "Reflections and reality on TV". The Star Democrat. Jim Normandin – via Newspapers.com.