Mr. Young
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Mr. Young is a Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 television series that premiered on March 1, 2011 on YTV. The series is shot in front of a live audience in Burnaby, British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

.
The series was created by Dan Signer
Dan Signer
Daniel "Dan" Signer is a Canadian-American television producer and writer. He is creator and executive producer of A.N.T. Farm for Disney Channel and Mr...

 (The Suite Life on Deck
The Suite Life on Deck
The Suite Life on Deck is an American sitcom that aired on Disney Channel from September 26, 2008 to May 6, 2011. It is a sequel/spin-off of the Disney Channel Original Series The Suite Life of Zack & Cody...

, A.N.T. Farm
A.N.T. Farm
A.N.T. Farm is a Disney Channel television sitcom that premiered on May 6, 2011 as a special preview and continued as a regular series on June 17, 2011. The pilot episode, "TransplANTed" aired after the series finale of The Suite Life on Deck...

), and stars Brendan Meyer
Brendan Meyer
Brendan Meyer is a Canadian teen actor, known for his role as Adam Young in Mr. Young and Nelson Ort in the television program Dinosapien.-Filmography:-Awards/Nominations:-External links:...

, Matreya Fedor and Gig Morton
Gig Morton
Gig Morton is a Canadian actor. Beginning a professional career as a child actor at the age of nine, Morton is a six time Young Artist Award nominee, best known for his role as B-Dawg's boy, "Billy" in four installments of the Air Buddies film franchise, Air Buddies, Snow Buddies, Space Buddies,...

 as attendants of Finnegan High School. Further main cast includes Kurt Ostlund, Emily Tennant, Milo Shandel, Raugi Yu
Raugi Yu
Raugi Yu is a Canadian actor active in film and television. He is also a director and acting coach.Yu trained at the Dome Theatre in Montreal. He then moved to Vancouver, British Columbia where he earned his BFA through the acting program at the University of British Columbia.- Television career...

 and Paula Shaw
Paula Shaw
Paula Shaw is an American actress. She has portrayed characters in numerous films and on television . She is perhaps most well known who for portraying the character of Mrs. Pamela Voorhees in the Freddy vs. Jason movie...

.

Premise

Mr. Young centers on child prodigy Adam Young (Brendan Meyer
Brendan Meyer
Brendan Meyer is a Canadian teen actor, known for his role as Adam Young in Mr. Young and Nelson Ort in the television program Dinosapien.-Filmography:-Awards/Nominations:-External links:...

), who graduated from high school and university at the age of 14. He decides to come back to high school to live the high school experience, only he becomes the science teacher at the school. He reunites with childhood friend Derby (Gig Morton
Gig Morton
Gig Morton is a Canadian actor. Beginning a professional career as a child actor at the age of nine, Morton is a six time Young Artist Award nominee, best known for his role as B-Dawg's boy, "Billy" in four installments of the Air Buddies film franchise, Air Buddies, Snow Buddies, Space Buddies,...

) and encounters the school bully, Slab (Kurt Ostlund), and a student in his class whom he has a crush on, named Echo (Matreya Fedor).

Production

The series was created and is executive produced by Dan Signer
Dan Signer
Daniel "Dan" Signer is a Canadian-American television producer and writer. He is creator and executive producer of A.N.T. Farm for Disney Channel and Mr...

. The series is filmed in front of a live studio audience at 5828 Byrne Road, in Burnaby, British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

.

The series began taping in October 2010 and production of Season 1 was completed on April 15, 2011. Through their Facebook
Facebook
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 page, YTV announced on March 31, 2011 that Mr. Young was the #1 show on their network. On April 29, 2011 the series was renewed for a second season. Filming of Season 2 began in early July 2011 and will continue through to January 2012.

Season 1

The series began taping in October 2010 and production of Season 1 was completed on April 15, 2011.
Most of the episodes of Mr. Young on Season 1, is about Adam Young Brendan Meyer
Brendan Meyer
Brendan Meyer is a Canadian teen actor, known for his role as Adam Young in Mr. Young and Nelson Ort in the television program Dinosapien.-Filmography:-Awards/Nominations:-External links:...

trying to impress Echo Matreya Fedor with the help of Derby Gig Morton
Gig Morton
Gig Morton is a Canadian actor. Beginning a professional career as a child actor at the age of nine, Morton is a six time Young Artist Award nominee, best known for his role as B-Dawg's boy, "Billy" in four installments of the Air Buddies film franchise, Air Buddies, Snow Buddies, Space Buddies,...

 in episodes such as Mr. Ballerina, Mr. Big Brother and Mr. Meteor. There are some romantic moments with Adam and Echo, shown in Mr. Picture Day, Mr. Detention and Mr. DNA. Students such as Derby and Slab Kurt Ostlund sometimes make Adam leave or try to make him appreciate them in episodes like Mr. Elderman and Mr. Space. Principal Tater Milo Shandel also gets pranked, like in Mr. DNA and Mr. Impossible. Adam and
Ivy Emily Tennant don't really get along in the first episode. Mr. Space is the first 1 hour long special of Mr. Young. Mr. Mummy aired in the U.S along with the Disney XD
Disney XD
Disney XD is a brand of children's TV channels worldwide targeting young males, owned by The Walt Disney Company. The channel was formerly known as Toon Disney and/or Jetix in most areas. According to Gary Marsh, President of Entertainment for Disney Channel Worldwide, "XD" does not "stand for...

 show Kickin' it
Kickin' It
Kickin' It is an American martial arts inspired comedy television series, which debuted on June 13, 2011 on Disney XD. Created and executive produced by Jim O'Doherty, the series is rated TV-Y7 and follows the karate instructor at an under-performing martial arts academy, played by Jason Earles,...

 before it aired in Canada.

Season 2

On April 29, 2011 the series was renewed for a second season. Filming of Season 2 began in early July 2011 and will continue through to January 2012.Corus Entertainment’s YTV announced today that Mr. Young has been picked up for another season. Thunderbird Films will commence production of 26 new episodes in July, bringing the total number of episodes to 52. The live-action series premiered on March 1st and has quickly become one of the network’s top rated series.

Filmed in front of a live studio audience in Vancouver, Mr. Young stars Brendan Meyer as Adam Young, a whiz-kid-turned-teen genius who hit the books hard enough to get into university at the age of 9. Now, at the tender age of 14, he’s headed back to high school – as a teacher. Being the same age as his students, Adam finds himself trapped between two worlds – coping with his co-workers, who happen to be twice his age, while teaching his best friend, the girl he has a crush on, and the class bully. With one foot in the lunch room and the other foot in the staff room, it’s Mr. Young’s social life that’s being put to the test.

Mr. Young airs on Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. ET/PT on YTV.

Viewers can also test their know-how and strive to be a virtual “teacher’s pet” by playing Extra Credit while watching the show. Found at YTV.com, Extra Credit is one of the first games of its kind in Canada – a dual screen experience encouraging viewers to log in to the game during the show to answer trivia questions based on the episode. Top scores for each show are posted online at YTV.com.

Principal cast

  • Brendan Meyer
    Brendan Meyer
    Brendan Meyer is a Canadian teen actor, known for his role as Adam Young in Mr. Young and Nelson Ort in the television program Dinosapien.-Filmography:-Awards/Nominations:-External links:...

    as Adam Young a fourteen year old genius who is a teacher at Finnegan High School. He has his friends Derby and Echo. He makes it very obvious that he has a crush on Echo, even though she doesn't notice anything he does to get her attention.
  • Matreya Fedor as Echo a student at Finnegan High School. She is in Mr. Young's class and also Adams friend. She is also Adam's crush but doesn't notice anything he does to get her attention.
  • Gig Morton
    Gig Morton
    Gig Morton is a Canadian actor. Beginning a professional career as a child actor at the age of nine, Morton is a six time Young Artist Award nominee, best known for his role as B-Dawg's boy, "Billy" in four installments of the Air Buddies film franchise, Air Buddies, Snow Buddies, Space Buddies,...

    as Derby a student at Finnegan High School. Also Adam Young's friend.
  • Kurt Ostlund as Jordan 'Slab' Slabinski, the bully of Finnegan High School.
  • Emily Tennant as Ivy Young, Adam's elder sister.
  • Milo Shandel as Principal Tater, the principal of Finnegan High School who often checks up on Mr. Young and his class.

Recurring cast

  • Raugi Yu
    Raugi Yu
    Raugi Yu is a Canadian actor active in film and television. He is also a director and acting coach.Yu trained at the Dome Theatre in Montreal. He then moved to Vancouver, British Columbia where he earned his BFA through the acting program at the University of British Columbia.- Television career...

    as Dang
  • Paula Shaw
    Paula Shaw
    Paula Shaw is an American actress. She has portrayed characters in numerous films and on television . She is perhaps most well known who for portraying the character of Mrs. Pamela Voorhees in the Freddy vs. Jason movie...

    as Ms. Byrne
  • Anna Galvin
    Anna Galvin
    Anna Galvin is an Australian actress who appeared as Lex Luthor's assistant, Gina, in Smallville, and as Lavender Eyes in Tin Man. She also played Lady Marion Fitzwalter in the first season of the TV series The New Adventures of Robin Hood in 1997.-Filmography:-External links:...

    as Rachel Young
  • Brett Dier as Hutch

International release and distribution

On September 7, 2011, Corus Entertainment
Corus Entertainment
Corus Entertainment Inc. is a publicly traded Canadian media and entertainment conglomerate.Corus is a leading Canadian specialty television and radio producer, with additional assets in pay television, advertising services, television broadcasting, children's book publishing and children's...

's Nelvana Enterprises and Thunderbird Films announced that they had sold the live-action comedy series to Disney XD
Disney XD
Disney XD is a brand of children's TV channels worldwide targeting young males, owned by The Walt Disney Company. The channel was formerly known as Toon Disney and/or Jetix in most areas. According to Gary Marsh, President of Entertainment for Disney Channel Worldwide, "XD" does not "stand for...

. channels in the U.S. and around the world. Territories in addition to the U.S. include the U.K., Spain, Portugal, Italy, the Netherlands, Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Australia and New Zealand. The series is set to premiere in most territories this year. Nelvana Enterprises is the international distribution agent for Mr. Young, while Nelvana and Thunderbird are co-distributing the series in the United States.

On September 27, 2011, Nelvana Entertprises announced that it had also sold distribution rights to the series to the Latin American version of Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network (Latin America)
Cartoon Network Latin America and Brazil is a cable television channel and is an edition of the Time Warner-owned Cartoon Network for the Latin American region and the Caribbean...

, set for a 2012 debut.
Country / Region Channel Series premiere Title in country
YTV March 1, 2011 Mr. Young
Disney Channel
Disney Channel
Disney Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. It is under the direction of Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney. The channel's headquarters is located on West Alameda Ave. in...

October 25, 2011 (sneak peek)
November 2011 (premiere)
Disney XD
Disney XD
Disney XD is a brand of children's TV channels worldwide targeting young males, owned by The Walt Disney Company. The channel was formerly known as Toon Disney and/or Jetix in most areas. According to Gary Marsh, President of Entertainment for Disney Channel Worldwide, "XD" does not "stand for...

September 26, 2011
December, 2011
Autumn/Winter
Middle East
Middle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...

Africa
Cartoon Network Latin America
Cartoon Network (Latin America)
Cartoon Network Latin America and Brazil is a cable television channel and is an edition of the Time Warner-owned Cartoon Network for the Latin American region and the Caribbean...

2012

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