Harvey Beaks

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Harvey Beaks
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Genre
Created by C. H. Greenblatt
Directed by
  • Michelle Bryan
  • Gary Conrad
Voices of
Opening theme"Harvey Beaks Main Title Theme"
Composer Ego Plum
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes52 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerC. H. Greenblatt
ProducerJoann Estoesta
Running time22 minutes (two 11-minute segments)
Production company Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Original release
Network Nickelodeon
ReleaseMarch 28, 2015 (2015-03-28) 
December 9, 2016 (2016-12-09)
Network Nicktoons
ReleaseMarch 1 (2017-03-01) 
December 29, 2017 (2017-12-29)

Harvey Beaks is an American animated television series created by C. H. Greenblatt for Nickelodeon. The series follows a friendly blue bird named Harvey, and his pair of imps named Fee and Foo who live together in Littlebark Grove as the trio seeks in to go on various adventures. Max Charles, Angelina Wahler and Jackson Brundage voice the show's characters in the series, with Tom Robinson took over to voice Foo for the rest of the series. The show's music was composed by Ego Plum. The series had two runs on two different networks; Nickelodeon from March 28, 2015 to December 9, 2016, then Nicktoons from March 1 to December 29, 2017. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Plot

The series is about a little boy named Harvey, who is a friendly bird, and his two best friends, the imp twins Fee and Foo, and their lives together as they grow and have adventures.

Together, the trio seek adventure and mischief in their home Littlebark Grove.

Episodes

SeasonSegmentsEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast airedNetwork
Pilot UnairedN/A
1 5226March 28, 2015 (2015-03-28)June 10, 2016 (2016-06-10) Nickelodeon
2 162611June 13, 2016December 9, 2016 (2016-12-09)
2915March 1, 2017December 29, 2017 (2017-12-29) Nicktoons

Characters

Main

Recurring

Children
Adults

Production

Greenblatt had previously created the show Chowder for Cartoon Network and had started to develop his next project shortly after it ended in 2010. Greenblatt was looking to create a series with a different vibe from Chowder, which was largely absurdist and comical in nature, by telling stories that had more heart and emotional connection with the audience. Greenblatt pitched the idea to Nickelodeon under the title Bad Seeds and an 11-minute pilot was commissioned. Bad Seeds was eventually picked up for a full series in September 2013, but had to change its name halfway through production due to trademark issues. [12] Greenblatt turned to social networking sites such as Tumblr while building the crew of Harvey Beaks, hiring artists who had little to no prior experience working in animation, but were brought on board due to the quality of their personal work.

As with Greenblatt's previous show, Harvey Beaks features child actors providing the voices for the younger characters, with the exception of major characters Dade and Princess Roberts (voiced by C. H. Greenblatt and Andres Salaff respectively). Most of the minor child characters are voiced by adults.

On June 21, 2015, it was confirmed that the show was renewed for a second season, which began nearly a year later on June 13, 2016, with the episode The New Bugaboo. [13]

Cancellation

On November 6, 2016, C. H. Greenblatt announced that the series had been cancelled. Additionally, Greenblatt confirmed that the remaining episodes will air on Nicktoons, which he had not been made aware of until seeing a Twitter post from Nickelodeon. [14] [15] [16] Harvey Beaks was originally set to premiere new episodes on Nicktoons on November 20, 2016. Following a series of angry rants by Greenblatt (which were later deleted), the episodes were delayed. Greenblatt later stated in a Tumblr post the following February, "I literally have no idea when or where or if [the episodes]'ll air." [17] The new episodes eventually started airing on Nicktoons on March 1, 2017. The last episode aired on Nicktoons on December 29, 2017.

Music

All of the music in Harvey Beaks is composed by Ego Plum. [18] It is also played by a 40-piece orchestra. The theme song was performed by Plum, Steve Bartek, Bob Mothersbaugh and David J. [19]

Broadcast

Harvey Beaks made its international debut on Nicktoons in the United Kingdom and Ireland on May 11, 2015. [20] The series premiered on Nickelodeon in Africa on June 1 [21] and on Nickelodeon in Australia and New Zealand on June 6. [22] The Southeast Asian feed of Nickelodeon debuted the show on June 8 in the Philippines and on June 29 in Singapore and Malaysia. [23] The series premiered on YTV in Canada on October 10, 2015, and on September 10, 2016, on the original channel. [24] According to the programming page, in Albania, it airs on the network Çufo and Yle in Finland. The series is currently available on Paramount+, with season 2 removed from the streaming platform in January 2024.

Reception

Harvey Beaks received mostly positive reviews from critics. It has 4 stars out of 5 on Common Sense Media [25] and a 7.7/10 on BehindtheVoiceActors.[ citation needed ]

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryNomineeResultSource
2016 Annie Award Best Animated TV/Broadcast Production for Children's AudienceHarvey Beaks (for "A Day of No To-Do")Nominated [26]
Outstanding Achievement in Character Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast ProductionDavid Tilton (for "Nightclub Night")Nominated
Young Artist Award Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role - Young Actress (11 and Younger)Nicole Taylor WedelNominated
2017 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Writing in an Animated ProgramC. H. Greenblatt, Shane Houghton, Kevin Kramer, Amalia Levari, & Dani MichaeliNominated

Comics

Issue one of the Harvey Beaks comic by Stefan Petrucha was due for release on January 26, 2016. [27] A special comic was available for free at San Diego Comic-Con in 2015. [28]

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