No More Upside Down Show for Noggin
It occurred to me today that I had not followed up on this post regarding the future of The Upside Down Show. I originally posted about the speculations of whether the show would be canceled or not back in January, with promises of an answer in February. A little bit of quick research gave me the answer I was searching for. Previous reports made it sound like the show’s stars were debating whether they wanted to continue, but according to the June 1st post on The Umbilical Brothers‘ home page, Nickelodeon made the final decision. Here is the note from Shane and David:
To all the fans of The Upside Down Show, we reluctantly have to give you some bad news. We have received word from Nickelodeon/Noggin USA that they don’t want to do a second season. After all of the positive feedback we’ve received from around the world, and the show’s critical success, this decision is somewhat mystifying. Our executive producer Michael Bourchier has looked into other avenues to get another season off the ground and keep the show alive, but unfortunately he has run out of options. So we’d like to thank everyone involved in the show at Sesame Workshop and Blink Films, from conception (thanks Kurt and Belinda) right through to production here in Oz. The production team was brilliant, and we couldn’t ask for a better crew. And now we must move on to other challenges. Thanks for watching!
~ Shane and David
I have to say that I’m really upset about this. My son absolutely loves The Upside Down Show. It was one of the few shows that we really enjoyed watching together. What I’m even more upset about is that we deleted most of the saved episodes that were on the TiVo not too long ago. I guess now we just have to hope that the first (and only) season will be released on DVD.
The Upside Down Show, The Umbilical Brothers, Shane Dundas, David Collins, Nickelodeon, Noggin, cancellation
June 13th, 2007 at 7:32 am
Say it ain’t so! My kids love them. I find them odd, but my kids love them.
June 13th, 2007 at 11:03 am
I find them a little odd as well, but they sure do entertain my son. I think he learned a lot of new concepts watching them too.
June 13th, 2007 at 5:55 pm
Oh, sorry to hear that. We never got the chance to watch it as I never knew it was on. Only recently did I start hearing about it.
June 22nd, 2007 at 12:56 pm
Oh that is sad, my daughters LOVE this show!
August 25th, 2007 at 3:32 pm
Noooooo! I am so, so sad to learn this. I was keeping my fingers crossed. I hope that Noggin will at least keep running the old episodes. They are still on according to the schedule - so get that TiVO a-runnin’!
http://www.noggin.com/schedule/index.php
Sincerely,
Scurvyann
August 29th, 2007 at 12:40 am
i’m heartbroken by the news. it has been one of the most refreshing original and unassuming show for kids in my lifetime. give me shane and david anytime over barney!!! my 6 year old daughter loves it. we have been watching reruns of the few episodes we managed to tape. hoping that the dvd of the first(and only) season will b out.
September 1st, 2007 at 6:51 am
It is a bummer for me too. My Tivo has all the upside down episodes but they are getting a little stale after the 15th time (not kidding). I’ve even got an idea for a great related college drinking game.
One thing to look out for is searching YouTube for Umbilical Brothers. You probably don’t want to show the kids their “Fingers” sketch. LOL.
Cheers to the Umbilical Brothers!
September 13th, 2007 at 8:02 am
HAHh, Urb - I had done some poking around on YouTube and watched a lot of the UmbiBros stuff - and the “Fingers” sketched killed me!!!
August 4th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
Nooo! I was just wanting to know if they could show the show earlier. My 3 yr old LOVES the upside down show.