What a week

More good news - Tuff Puppy has been nominated for "Best TV Series" at the 2011 Annecy International Animated Film Festival!

Annecy is the number one competitive international festival entirely dedicated to animation. The capacity to present and promote animation in all its different forms has made Annecy a world-wide point of reference for animation professionals.

Annecy 2011 will take place from June 6 – 11, 2011 in Annecy, France.

For a complete list of programs included in the competition, please visit their website at http://www.annecy.org/annecy-2011/festival/official-selection.

Tuff Puppy in the Cable Top 25 AGAIN!

Check out Number 14!

Rank Program Network Day Time Viewers (000)

1 JERSEY SHORE 2B MTV Thu 10:00P-11:00P 7,772
2 WWE RAW USA Mon 10:00P-11:11P 5,610
3 WWE RAW USA Mon 09:00P-10:00P 5,599
4 SPONGEBOB NICK Sat 10:30A-11:00A 4,909
5 SPONGEBOB NICK Sat 10:00A-10:30A 4,703
6 SPONGEBOB NICK Sun 10:30A-11:00A 4,472
7 SPONGEBOB NICK Sat 09:30A-10:00A 4,399
8 ARMY WIVES LIFE Sun 09:00P-10:00P 4,228
9 SPONGEBOB NICK Sun 10:00A-10:30A 4,181
10 SPONGEBOB NICK Sun 09:30A-10:00A 4,110
11 GOOD LUCK CHARLIE DSNY Sun 08:00P-08:30P 4,059
12 SPONGEBOB NICK Sat 09:00A-09:30A 4,046
13 JERSEY SHORE AFTER HOURS MTV Thu 11:00P-11:30P 4,004
14 T.U.F.F. PUPPY NICK Sat 11:00A-11:30A 3,958
15 SPONGEBOB NICK Sun 09:00A-09:30A 3,945
16 American Pickers HIST Mon 09:00P-10:00P 3,911
17 PAWN STARS HIST Mon 08:30P-09:00P 3,898
18 SHAKE IT UP DSNY Sun 08:30P-08:55P 3,817
19 SUITE LIFE ON DECK DSNY Fri 08:00P-08:30P 3,806
20 SPONGEBOB NICK Mon 05:30P-06:00P 3,755
21 GAME, THE S4 BET Tue 10:00P-10:30P 3,746
22 SPONGEBOB NICK Thu 05:30P-06:00P 3,680
23 NCIS USA Mon 08:00P-09:00P 3,665
24 NCIS USA Mon 07:00P-08:00P 3,619
25 PAWN STARS HIST Mon 10:00P-10:30P 3,547

Thanks to everyone that watched!

Ratings Bonanza!

FOP and TUFF Puppy continue to do well in the ratings! Check out the info on Thunderdog/Snapdad:

TUFF Puppy hit a series high across key demos

• Delivered a 7.52 K2-11, 7.92 K6-11, 4.74 T9-14 and averaged 4.2 million total viewers (Sat 10a-1030a)
• This was the highest TUFF Puppy episode of the series among K2-11, K6-11 and total viewers (for tweens it was the highest since the series premiere on 10/2/10)
• TUFF Puppy retained approximately 90% of its SpongeBob lead-in among K2-11 and K6-11 while boys 6-11 grew slightly from the lead-in (+2%)
• Big gains from the season to date average: +33% K2-11, +30% K6-11, +23% T9-14

And here's the breakdown on Love Triangle:

Most watched Fairly Odd Parents telecast since November 2009 with K2-11 and K6-11. Most watched Fairly Odd Parents telecast with Tweens since March 2008

• Delivered a 5.56 K2-11, 6.38 K6-11, 5.06 T9-14 and averaged 3.4 million total viewers (11a-1130a)
• On par among K2-11 versus year ago but up double digits among K6-11 (+20%) and Tweens (+31%) (yago: SB)
• Compared to the prior four week average, FOP was on par among K6-11 and up +12% among T9-14
• Strong retention out of Penguins, retaining 95% of K2-11, all of the K6-11 audience and growing +17% among Tweens

That's phenomenal news! Thanks for watching!

And thanks to Nickandmore.com for putting this all together!

Is it candy?

Here's a few pages from my Thunder Dog board.

It was my favorite script from Season 1 of Tuff Puppy; and I was super stoked I got to board it.

More Tuff Puppy headed your way!

It's official. Nick has just picked up 20 more half hours of TUFF Puppy!

Congratulations to our amazing crew!

2010 Annie Nomination

Great news! I have been nominated for a 2010 Annie Award for my storyboarding work on Fairly Oddparents!

The complete board can be found online here:

http://frederatorblogs.com/odd/2010/12/07/congratulations-dave-thomas-2/

Add A Dad

Whoops! My first TUFF Puppy Episode, Thunder Dog, won't air till much later this year, so until then, I'll continue to post FOP boards!

Season 7 had a lot of good scripts, but this was one of my favorites. Written by Kevin Sullivan, it all the things that I think make a great FOP story: a simple story, a problem kids can really relate to, a wish that creates lots of fun visuals, tons of jokes, and most importantly, HEART.