Debra!

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Debra!
Genre Comedy
Sitcom
Created by Andrew Nicholls
Darrell Vickers
Directed byStacey Stewart Curtis, Andrew Young
Starring Niamh Wilson
Will Jester
Austin MacDonald
Alicia Josipovic
James Coholan
Opening theme"Decidedly Debra!" performed by jACK
(Craig McConnell and Chad Richardson)
Ending theme"Decidedly Debra!"
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers Andrew Nicholls
Darrell Vickers
Stacey Stewart Curtis
Michael Hirsh
Toper Taylor
Tom Mazza
Maggie Murphy
ProducersKevin May, Dan Danko, Tom K. Mason
EditorsPeter F. Light, CCE
Camera setupFilm; Single-camera
Running time22 minutes (Approximately)
Production company Cookie Jar Entertainment
Original release
Network Family Channel
ReleaseJune 4, 2011 (2011-06-04) 
January 1, 2012 (2012-01-01)

Debra! (originally Decidedly Debra!) [1] is a Canadian live-action sitcom that focuses on 14-year-old Debra Delong, who wants to make her own company and wants to run it with a boy named Preston Lunford. The series was created by Andrew Nicholls, and Darrell Vickers, and produced by Cookie Jar Group. Debra! is executive-produced by Stacey Stewart Curtis, and produced by Kevin May. [2] The series was cancelled on January 1, 2012.

Contents

Characters

Episodes

No.TitleOriginal air dateProd.
code
1"Introducing Debra!"June 4, 2011 (2011-06-04) [8] [9] 101 [10]

Debra meets Preston at her new school and tries to make friends with him, but Preston thinks she's missing a couple parts up there, so to prove her friendship, Debra offers to share her company, The Magical Flying Pony, with him. But Preston refuses and so instead Debra decided to help him in the talent show with his magical act by adding Dancy and the principal. Meanwhile Debra tries to prove herself to Dancy that she is just as "terrific" as she is.

Note: In Canada, this episode aired on April 22, 2011 [11] [12] as a special preview.
2"Graduating Fenufsky"June 5, 2011 (2011-06-05) [9] 102 [13]
Debra helps a hard-working high school senior by helping him gain his last requirement to graduate, wrestling.
3"Cannon Have Your Cake"June 10, 2011 (2011-06-10) [13] 108 [13]
Debra wants to do something great for a town holiday, so she wants to shoot Preston out of a cannon.
4"Project Josie"June 19, 2011 (2011-06-19) [13] 111 [13]
Debra helps tough female jock Jo "The Slammer" Briggs soften her image.
5"Chez Camfield"June 26, 2011 (2011-06-26) [14] 104 [15]
Debra sneaks her own strange recipes onto the school menu.
6"Let's Party"July 3, 2011 (2011-07-03) [16] 112 [15]
Debra tries to get Preston the perfect gift for his birthday.
7"Designing Auzzie"July 10, 2011 (2011-07-10) [17] 109 [15]
Debra and Preston give Auzzie a makeover.
8"Operation Dancy"July 22, 2011 (2011-07-22) [18] 106 [15]
Debra goes to great lengths to help a spurned Dancy mend her broken heart.
9"Teen Capsule"July 29, 2011 (2011-07-29) [19] 107 [15]
Debra enlists Preston's help to make and bury a teen time capsule.
10"Drum and Drummer"August 19, 2011 (2011-08-19) [20] 113 [10]
Debra sets up a gig for Preston's band, but Brud is stricken with 'drummer's block.'
11"My Dinner with Dancy"September 4, 2011 (2011-09-04) [21] 105 [22]
To Debra's chagrin, Preston wins a dinner date with Dancy Cologne.
12"Lung Trumpet"September 18, 2011 (2011-09-18) [23] 103 [22]
Debra hatches a plan to rekindle the romance between Preston's parents when she thinks they're splitting up.
13"Spelling Bee Rematch"January 1, 2012 (2012-01-01)110
Debra is stricken with stage fright when Dancy challenges her to a spelling bee rematch.

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryRecipientResultRef.
2013 Young Artist Award Best Performance in a TV Series – Supporting Young Actor Austin MacDonald Nominated [24]

International broadcast

Country / regionChannelPremiereTitleTimeslot
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Family April 22, 2011 (Preview)
June 4, 2011 [25] [9] (Official)
Debra!Weekends at 4:00pm (Eastern)(June 2011 – November 2011)
Sundays at 6:30pm (Eastern)
Daily at 1:00am (Eastern)
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Arutz HaYeladim September 20, 2011דברה (Debra)Sunday–Thursday at 11:00pm
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Kidz TV March 10, 2012Debra!Saturday - Sunday 14:30 - 19:30

repeats Monday to Friday 14:30 - 19:30

Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Canal Puntos March 12, 2016Debra!Sunday-Thursday at 6:00am

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