Majority Rules!

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Majority Rules!
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Genre Comedy-drama
Teen drama
Created byWilson Coneybeare
Written byWilson Coneybeare
Directed byCraig Pryce
Creative directorGreg Lawrence
Starring Tracy Spiridakos
Jenny Raven
Sasha Clements
Dalmar Abuzeid
Madison Cassaday
Wesley Morgan
Jackie Richardson
Shauna MacDonald
Opening theme'On Our Own' by Shiloh
ComposersChristian Szczesniak (22 episodes)
David Krystal (21 episodes)
Country of origin Canada
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes26
Production
Executive producersJohn Morayniss
Frank Saperstein
ProducersChris Danton
Steve Wright (co-producer)
Myra Fried (co-producer)
Production company E1 Entertainment
Release
Original network Teletoon
Original releaseSeptember 10, 2009 (2009-09-10) 
2010 (2010)

Majority Rules! is a Canadian teen comedy drama series which first aired on Teletoon in 2009. The series is also dubbed Votez Becky! for the French title.

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Airing

The production company Entertainment One (at the time called E1 Entertainment) began filming for the first (and only) season on January 12, 2009. The show had the distinction of being the first near live-action regular program on Teletoon, an animation channel. Majority Rules! aired in the United States on Starz Kids & Family, starting in November 2013. [1]

Synopsis

The series revolves around Rebecca "Becky" Richards (Tracy Spiridakos), a fifteen-year-old whose life is changed when she is elected mayor of her hometown of Mayfield. Even with the pressures of her extremely irregular life she manages to still have a smile on her face with the help of her friends Margo Dubois (Jenny Raven) and Kiki Kincaid (Sasha Clements). [2]

Cast

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Recurring

Episodes

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References

  1. "Majority Rules 2009". 2018.
  2. "Majority Rules – Season 1 Out On DVD". Faze Media. 2018.