Pig City

Pig City is a 2002-2004 Canadian-French animated television series co-produced by CinéGroupe, AnimaKids, and Red Rover Studios in association with Merchandising München[2] and original networks Teletoon in Canada, ProSieben in Germany,[3] and Fox Kids internationally.[4][5][6]

This article is about the animated television series. For the children's novel by Louis Sachar, see Pig City (novel).

Pig City
Created byAndy Knight
Developed byAndy Knight
J.D. Smith
Directed by
  • Andy Knight
  • Wade Konowalchuk
  • Jean-Michael Franco
ComposersKia Productions:
Noam Kaniel
David Vadant
Country of originCanada
France
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes39 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Jacques Pettigrew
  • Marie-Claude Beauchamp
  • Phillipe Garell
  • Andrew Makarewicz
  • Andy Knight
ProducersJennifer Hibbard
Annick de Vries
Running time22 minutes
Production companiesCinéGroupe
AnimaKids Productions
Red Rover Studios
DistributorCinéGroupe Distribution (Canada)
Fox Kids Europe[1] (Europe)
AnimaKids Productions (France)
SMEC Media & Entertainment
Release
Original networkTeletoon (Canada)
ProSieben (Germany)
Fox Kids (international)
Original releaseApril 16, 2002 (2002-04-16) –
January 10, 2004 (2004-01-10)

The show features a country pig (Mikey) moving to the big city to live with his cousins (Martha and Reggie). Thirty-nine[7] half-hour episodes have been produced.

Cast
  • Thor Bishopric as Mikey
  • Philip Lemaistre as Reggie
  • Emma Campbell as Martha
  • Michael Yarmush as E. Brian
  • Lindsay Abrahams as Betty
  • Matt Holland as Dave
  • Teddy Lee Dillon as Bob
  • Pier Kohl as Uncle Porter
  • Jennifer Seguin as Trish
  • Harry Standjofski as V.P. Larden
  • Ellen David as Aunt Yardley
  • Brett Watson as Link
  • Ricky Mabe as Stig
  • Pierre Lenior as Principal Hamhock

Characters
  • Mikey – a country pig that goes to the big city to live with his cousins, Reggie and Martha. He can be described as humble.
  • Reggie – a rocker, complete with his own band, 'Reggie And The Rashers'.
  • Martha – a bit self-centered pig. She is also concerned with her looks.

Production

During production in 2001, the show was titled The Three Pigs.[8][9][10] At one point, Lionsgate Television was attached to the show's production.[8]

SMEC Media & Entertainment in Taiwan (uncredited) and SMEC Animation & Graphic Technology in China were the overseas animation studios for the series.

CineGroupe's distribution arm distributed the series in Canada, the U.S., Asia, Australia and New Zealand, with Fox Kids Europe N.V. distributing in Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa, co-producer AnimaKids distributing in France and Merchandising Munchen distributing in Germany.[1]

Episodes

Season 1 (2002)
No.Title [7]Original air date [11]
1"Wag the Hog"April 16, 2002 (2002-04-16)
2"Taking Care of Bacon"April 23, 2002 (2002-04-23)
3"Pork Barrel Politics"April 30, 2002 (2002-04-30)
4"Hogtied"May 7, 2002 (2002-05-07)
5"Mr. Mikey"May 14, 2002 (2002-05-14)
6"Meteorite Madness"May 28, 2002 (2002-05-28)
7"It's the Principal"May 21, 2002 (2002-05-21)
8"Martha and the Razorbacks"September 6, 2002 (2002-09-06)
9"Porkstars"June 4, 2002 (2002-06-04)
10"Raising a Stink"June 11, 2002 (2002-06-11)
11"Pigmalion"June 18, 2002 (2002-06-18)
12"Honey Mommy"June 25, 2002 (2002-06-25)
13"Pork Up the Volume"July 1, 2002 (2002-07-01)

Season 2 (2002)
No.Title [7]Original air date [11]
14"Motivational Ham"June 30, 2002 (2002-06-30)
15"Bachelor Daze"September 2, 2002 (2002-09-02)
16"Coming to Grips"September 9, 2002 (2002-09-09)
17"Family Plot"September 13, 2002 (2002-09-13)
18"Driven"September 16, 2002 (2002-09-16)
19"Dear Martha"September 20, 2002 (2002-09-20)
20"The Hogfather"September 23, 2002 (2002-09-23)
21"Pork n' Screams"October 21, 2002 (2002-10-21)
22"Christmas Ham"December 10, 2002 (2002-12-10)
23"Reggie vs. His Brain"September 27, 2002 (2002-09-27)
24"Headcheese of the Class"September 30, 2002 (2002-09-30)
25"Capitalist Pig"October 4, 2002 (2002-10-04)
26"Pig in Japan"October 7, 2002 (2002-10-07)

Season 3 (2003–04)
No.Title [7]Original air date [11]
27"Rind Date"September 14, 2003 (2003-09-14)
28"The Royal Visit"September 21, 2003 (2003-09-21)
29"Rockey Night In Pork City"October 19, 2003 (2003-10-19)
30"Metal Mayhem"October 26, 2003 (2003-10-26)
31"Pigs On A Train"November 2, 2003 (2003-11-02)
32"Pigs Don’t Plant Trees"November 9, 2003 (2003-11-09)
33"Pigs On Ice"November 23, 2003 (2003-11-23)
34"Snowblitzed"November 30, 2003 (2003-11-30)
35"Northern Lightweights"January 10, 2004 (2004-01-10)
36"The Big Catch"September 6, 2003 (2003-09-06)
37"A Geek Of Our Own"September 7, 2003 (2003-09-07)
38"Fame Or Shame"October 5, 2003 (2003-10-05)
39"Deep Space Swine"October 12, 2003 (2003-10-12)

Awards and nominations
Year Association Category Nominee Result Ref.
2003 Gemini AwardsBest Animated Program or SeriesJacques PettigrewNominated[12]

Home video releases

Three episodes (1, 4, and 9) were released in Canada as a single volume by CinéGroupe/Star, available on both VHS and bilingual DVD.[13][14]

Soundtrack

A soundtrack CD containing songs from the show was released by Les Disques Star Records Inc. on December 3, 2002,[15] in both English[16] and French.[17] Three music videos for these songs were included on VHS tapes of What's with Andy? and The Kids from Room 402.[18]

References
  1. https://www.awn.com/news/mipcom-news-cinegroupe-and-fox-kids-europe-team-pig-city-distribution
  2. "Cinegroup Pig City distribution ::: Jetix". web.archive.org. June 3, 2016. Archived from the original on June 3, 2016.
  3. Waller, Ed (November 20, 2001). "Slate of new toons from CineGroupe". C21 Media.
  4. "MIPCOM News - Cinegroupe And Fox Kids Europe Team For Pig City Distribution". Animation World Network.
  5. Fraser, Fiona (October 8, 2002). "FKE pairs with CineGroupe on Pig City". C21 Media.
  6. 2002-07-25T15:16:49. "FOX GIVES PIG STARRING ROLE IN AUTUMN LINE-UP". Broadcast.
  7. KG, imfernsehen GmbH & Co. "Die Schweinebande: Episodenguide" – via www.fernsehserien.de.
  8. Tillson, Tamsen (November 11, 2001). "Cinegroup, Lions Gate toon up kidvid series".
  9. "CinéGroupe Adds Two New Shows". Animation World Network.
  10. "dFX News - Monsters, Inc. Expands - Clusterball Screenshots". www.digitalmediafx.com.
  11. "Television Program Logs". Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. March 2, 2016. Alt URL
  12. https://acctmembership.secure.force.com/database/Media?id=a0k0H00000flkerQAA
  13. "Porcité - Volume 1". web.archive.org. May 6, 2003. Archived from the original on May 6, 2003.
  14. "Pig City / Porcite - Vol. 1(bilingual) on DVD Movie". www.inetvideo.com.
  15. "De Porcité, Reggie et les Tranches de Bacon". web.archive.org. May 6, 2003. Archived from the original on May 6, 2003.
  16. "Pig City Reggie and The Rashers - Amazon.com Music". Amazon.com.
  17. "Porcite Reggie & Tranches - Amazon.com Music". Amazon.com.
  18. "Sacré Délire - Volume 1". web.archive.org. May 6, 2003. Archived from the original on May 6, 2003.
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