Dino Dan

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Dino Dan
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Created by J. J. Johnson
Directed byJ. J. Johnson
Starring Jason Spevack
Sydney Kuhne
Isaac Durnford
Jaclyn Forbes
Allana Harkin
Ricardo Hoyos
Trek Buccino
Keana Bastidas
Sarah Carver
Andrea Martin
Jayne Eastwood
Mark McKinney
Theme music composerMichael Paul-Ella
ComposerMichael-Paul Ella
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons8
No. of episodes103 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersBlair Powers
Bruce Johnson
ProducersMatthew J.R. Bishop
J.J. Johnson
Blair Powers
Production locations Toronto, Ontario, Canada
EditorsMatthew J.R. Bishop
Liam Ward
Camera setup Single-Camera
Running time22–23 minutes
Production company Sinking Ship Entertainment
Original release
Network TVOKids
Access
Knowledge Network
SCN
ReleaseJanuary 4, 2010 (2010-01-04) 
August 23, 2019 (2019-08-23)

Dino Dan is a Canadian television series that was created and is directed by J. J. Johnson. The series premiered on TVOKids in Canada on January 4, 2010, and on the Nick Jr. Channel in the United States on October 17 of the same year. The show is produced by Sinking Ship Entertainment, in association with TVOKids, [1] Access, Knowledge Network, and SCN. A sequel of the series, Dino Dana , [2] premiered on Amazon Prime on May 26, 2017. [3] The show premiered on Universal Kids on October 6, 2018, three years after Nick Jr.'s rights to the series expired. [4] It was reported in February 2013 that CITV had acquired and secured rights to air the programme and eventually re-air it on the channel. [5] [6]

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Plot

In this series that combines live action with CGI animation, paleontologist-in-training Dan Henderson and his friends take a journey to a modern-day world where dinosaurs roam freely in the world. There, they have adventures, uncover clues about the past and teach children scientific information ranging from new species to dinosaur vocabulary.

Dino Dan: Trek's Adventures

A follow-up season starring Dan's younger brother, Trek, began airing in 2013. Trek, now age ten, is also able to see dinosaurs and spends his time learning about them as his brother did. There are fifteen new dinosaurs from Albertosaurus to Microraptor in this series. Dan did not have time to do his experiments because he has to help his father, so he asks Trek to do them for him. Although Trek becomes the main character for the episodes, Jason Spevack made periodic appearances as Dan throughout Trek's Adventures, though much of the adult cast remained largely unchanged.

Dino Dan cast

Trek's Adventures

Episodes

Awards

2009: Nominated for a Gemini Award for Best Preschool-to-4th Grade Program or Series

2009: Won the Shaw Rocket Prize for best independently produced Canadian children's, youth, or family program [7]

2010: Won the Young Artist Award for Most Outstanding Young Ensemble In A TV Series [8]

2015: Dino Dan: Trek's Adventureswon the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Pre-School Children's Series [9]

2016: Dino Dan: Trek's Adventures was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Pre-School Children's Series [10]

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