The Kids from Room 402

For the book, see Gracie Graves and the Kids from Room 402.
The Kids from Room 402
GenreComedy
Created byBetty Paraskevas and Michael Paraskevas
Based onGracie Graves and the Kids from Room 402
Developed byLesa Kite and Cindy Begel
Directed byWade Konowalchuk
Starring
Composers
Country of origin
  • Canada
  • United States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes52
Production
Executive producers
  • Jacques Pettigrew
  • Michael Lemire
  • Andrew Makarewicz (episodes 41-52 only)
  • Fonda Snyder
ProducerLouis Duquet
Running time22 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkFox Family Channel (US)
Teletoon (Canada)
Fox Kids/Jetix (international)
ReleaseOctober 9, 1999 (1999-10-09) –
November 29, 2001 (2001-11-29)
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The Kids from Room 402 is an animated series produced by CinéGroupe[2] and Saban Entertainment that premiered on October 9, 1999[3] on the Fox Family Channel in the United States, and on August 29, 2000[4] on Teletoon in Canada.[5] It consists of 52 half-hour episodes, the last of which aired in 2000, with reruns airing until 2005.[citation needed] The series was also seen in Latin America and Europe on Fox Kids, with the latter region still airing the series after the Fox Kids channels were purchased by Disney and changed their name to Jetix; remaining on their schedule until the Jetix channels were once again rebranded as Disney XD.

The series is focused primarily on a group of elementary school students. Miss Graves, their teacher, is usually shown as an interlocutor in the issues and injustices that are inflicted upon the students, whether the dilemmas be internal or external. Each episode usually ends with a substantiated moral or lesson resulting from such aforementioned situations.

The series is based on the 40-page children's book Gracie Graves and the Kids from Room 402 by Betty Paraskevas and Michael Paraskevas, published in 1995.[6][7] This was retitled in 2000 as simply "The Kids from Room 402" to match the series.[8]

The animated series was story edited and developed for television by Lesa Kite and Cindy Begel, who wrote all 52 episodes.

  1. ^ a b c d The Kids from Room 402 at BMI
  2. ^ "The Hottest Family in Animated TV: Betty and Mickey Paraskevas". Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  3. ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 472–473. ISBN 978-1476665993.
  4. ^ "TELETOON: Highlights". 23 August 2000. Archived from the original on 23 August 2000. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  5. ^ "At press Time". Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Gracie Graves and the Kids from Room 402". Publishers Weekly.
  7. ^ "GRACIE GRAVES AND THE KIDS FROM ROOM 402". Kirkus Reviews.
  8. ^ The Kids from Room 402. Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books. 2000. ISBN 9780689838293.