Screech Owls

Canadian mystery television series

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Screech Owls

Genre| Mystery/Crime
Based on| The Screech Owls
by Roy MacGregor
Starring| Jonathan Malen
William Greenblatt
Nicole Hardy
Fraser McGregor
Peter Oldring
Neil Crone
Nicole Dicker
Music by| Jono Grant
Country of origin| Canada
Original language| English
No. of series| 2
No. of episodes| 27
Production
Executive producer| Christina Jennings
Producer| Moira Holmes
Running time| 25 minutes
Production companies| Oasis International
Shaftesbury Films
YTV Canada Inc.
Corus Entertainment
Original release
Network| YTV
Release| September 1, 2000 (2000-09-01) –
February 10, 2002 (2002-02-10)

The Screech Owls is a Canadian mystery television series based on Roy MacGregor's The Screech Owls book series, that originally aired on YTV from September 1, 2000, to February 10, 2002.[1][2] It was nominated for Best Children's or Youth Series or Program at the 16th Gemini Awards in 2001.[3] Jonathan Malen was nominated at the Young Artist's Awards.[4] In the USA, it was aired alongside other Canadian imports on Discovery Kids.

## Premise

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The plot centers on "The Screech Owls", who are one of the great contenders of the Lapine Cup. They solve mysteries that are occurring in the town of Tamarack, between the games.

## Cast

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* Jonathan Malen as Wayne "Nish" Nishikawa
* William Greenblatt as Travis Lindsay
* Nicole Hardy as Sarah Cuthbertson
* Fraser McGregor as Simon Milliken
* Peter Oldring as Mr. Dillinger
* Neil Crone as Muck Murno
* Nicole Dicker as Samantha McGuire

## Characters

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* Wayne Nishikawa, called "Nish" by his friends, is the Screech Owls' captain. He enjoys joking and making pranks to his friends. Nish likes collecting hockey cards and loves T-shirts, baseball, and alternative music.
* Travis Lindsay has much natural ability and good leadership skills. He is a great skater and stickhandler. He is passionate about various sports.
* Sarah Cuthbertson is the best skater and one of the best point-scorers on the team. Sarah is also considered one of the best upcoming female players in hockey.
* Simon Milliken is the smallest and most fearful Screech Owl, but he is the hardest working player on the team. He often joins the adventures of the Screech Owls.
* Mr. Dillinger is the assistant coach of the Screech Owls.
* Muck Murno is the coach of the Screech Owls.
* Samantha McGuire is a very talented girl originally from the West who joins the Screech Owls during the second season. The protagonists discover that her family was forced to move away all the time the older brother committed crimes. This changes when the family settles in Tamarack; Sam, not wanting to abandon her new friends, encourages her brother to change his life.

## References

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1. ^ "ytv-CRTC-Logs directory listing". archive.org. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
2. ^ "Screech Owls\- Il mondo dei doppiatori" (in Italian). www.antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
3. ^ "Screech Owls". TV.com. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
4. ^ "Jonathan Malen". imdb.com. Retrieved 2018-09-14.

## External links

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* Screech Owls at IMDb
* YTV.com

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Former YTV original programming

1980s debuts|

* YTV Rocks (1988–97)
* Generation Gap (1989)

1990s debuts|

* The Anti-Gravity Room (1990s)
* Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990–2000)
* Maniac Mansion (1990–93)
* Dog House (1990–91)
* Hit List (1991–2005)
* Video & Arcade Top 10 (1991–2006)
* Rupert (1991–97)
* The Big Comfy Couch (1992–96)
* Catwalk (1992–94)
* Clips (1992–96)
* Rock 'n Talk (1992–95)
* It's Alive (1993–97)
* Short Circutz (1994–96)
* Squawk Box (1994)
* ReBoot (1994–2001)
* YTV News (1995–2000)
* Wimzie's House (1995–96)
* Groundling Marsh (1995–97)
* Goosebumps (1995-98)
* My Hometown (1996–2000)
* Stickin' Around (1996–98)
* Beast Wars: Transformers (1996–99)
* Monster by Mistake (1996–2003)
* The Adventures of Shirley Holmes (1997–2000)
* Uh Oh! (1997–2003)
* The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon (1997)
* Incredible Story Studios (1997–2002)
* Breaker High (1997–98)
* Student Bodies (1997–99)
* The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police (1997–98)
* Freaky Stories (1997–2000)
* Ants in Your Pants (1997–2004)
* Crazy Quilt (1997–99)
* The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures (1998-2004)
* Radio Active (1998–2001)
* The Fuzzpaws (1998–99)
* Panda Bear Daycare (1998-99)
* Ruffus the Dog (1998–99)
* St. Bear's Dolls Hospital (1998–2000)
* Shadow Raiders (1998–99)
* The New Addams Family (1998–99)
* Charley and Mimmo (1999–2002)
* Gamerz (1998–2000)
* System Crash (1999–2001)
* George and Martha (1999–2000)
* Big Wolf on Campus (1999–2002)
* I Was a Sixth Grade Alien! (1999–2001)
* Mona the Vampire (1999–2006)
* Watership Down (1999–2001)
* Weird-Ohs (1999–2002)
* Beast Machines: Transformers (1999–2000)
* Daring & Grace: Teen Detectives (1999–2000)

2000s debuts|

* Nanalan' (2000-06)
* Caitlin's Way (2000-02)
* Screech Owls (2000–02)
* Treasure (2000)
* Yvon of the Yukon (2000-04)
* The Zack Files (2000–02)
* Wee 3 (2001–11)
* Xcalibur (2001–02)
* Vampire High (2001–02)
* The Saddle Club (2001–03)
* Ultimate Book of Spells (2001–02)
* Galidor: Defenders of the Outer Dimension (2002)
* Guinevere Jones (2002)
* The Bittles (2002-03)
* 2030 CE (2002–03)
* Girlstuff/Boystuff (2002–03)
* Seriously Weird (2002)
* Moville Mysteries (2002)
* Mystery Hunters (2002–09)
* Mental Block (2003)
* Timeblazers (2003–06)
* Jacob Two-Two (2003–06)
* Martin Mystery (2003–06)
* The Boy (2004–05)
* Fries with That? (2004)
* 15/Love (2004–06)
* Dark Oracle (2004–06)
* Zixx (2004–09)
* Ralf the Record Rat (2004)
* Spy Academy (2004–05)
* Mischief City (2005)
* Being Ian (2005–08)
* Brady's Beasts (2005–06)
* Funpak (2005)
* Prank Patrol (2005–10)
* Jane and the Dragon (2005–06)
* If the World Were a Village (2005)
* Ghost Trackers (2005–08)
* Captain Flamingo (2006–10)
* Monster Warriors (2006–08)
* Viva Piñata (2006–09)
* Erky Perky (2006–09)
* Grossology (2006–09)
* Team Galaxy (2006–07)
* Ruby Gloom (2006–08)
* Game Gurus (2006–07)
* Weird Years (2006)
* The Amazing Adrenalini Brothers (2007)
* Storm Hawks (2007–09)
* Game Gurus (2007–08)
* Jibber Jabber (2007)
* Clang Invasion (2007–08)
* Will and Dewitt (2007–08)
* The Adrenaline Project (2007–09)
* Edgar & Ellen (2007–08)
* Urban Vermin (2007–08)
* Monster Buster Club (2007–09)
* Three Delivery (2008–09)
* The Next Star (2008–14)
* Kid vs. Kat (2008–11)
* Willa's Wild Life (2008–09)
* RollBots (2009)
* In Real Life (2009–11)
* Karaoke Star Jr. (2009)
* Family Biz (2009)
* League of Super Evil (2009–12)
* Survive This (2009–10)
* That's So Weird! (2009–12)
* Pearlie (2009–11)
* How to Be Indie (2009–11)

2010s debuts|

* Zeke's Pad (2010)
* Sidekick (2010–13)
* Babar and the Adventures of Badou (2010–15)
* Almost Naked Animals (2011–13)
* Mr. Young (2011–13)
* Splatalot! (2011–13)
* Scaredy Squirrel (2011–13)
* Redakai: Conquer the Kairu (2011–13)
* Rated A for Awesome (2011–12)
* Life with Boys (2011–13)
* Zoink'd (2012–13)
* BeyWheelz (2013)
* Extreme Babysitting (2013–14)
* Cache Craze (2013–14)
* Oh No! It's an Alien Invasion (2013–15)
* Japanizi: Going, Going, Gong! (2013–14)
* BeyWarriors: BeyRaiderz (2014)
* Mission: 4Count (2014)
* Some Assembly Required (2014–16)
* Numb Chucks (2014–16)
* Nerds and Monsters (2014–16)
* Cook'd (2014–15)
* Max & Shred (2014–16)
* Undercover High (2014–15)
* Open Heart (2015)
* The Stanley Dynamic (2015–17)
* Make It Pop (2015–16)
* Game On (2015–16)
* Ride (2016)
* Tricked (2016)
* Driving Me Crazy (2016)
* Made Up (2016–17)
* 3 Amigonauts (2017)
* Chuck's Choice (2017)
* The ZhuZhus (2017)
* Mysticons (2017–18)
* Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2017–18)
* ReBoot: The Guardian Code (2018)
* Star Falls (2018)
* Go Away, Unicorn! (2018–19)

2020s debuts|

* Ollie's Pack (2020–21)
* The Hardy Boys (2021–23)
* Super Wish (2022–23)
* Best & Bester (2022–23)

See also|

* Current original series
* Corus Entertainment
* Nelvana
* The Zone
* Treehouse TV
* Teletoon
* StackTV

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