Comedy World

Comedy World   (often shortened to  CW ) is a British-American animated comedy series created by Gary Sauls (founder of Chatterbox Productions). It made its debut on October 5, 1997. It currently airs reruns and new episodes on  Global Network  and Orange Otter Network.

The show is rated TV-Y7, or, in some cases, TV-Y7-FV.

Comedy World will end its run on December 2, 2016.

Synopsis
Two brothers, Eric and PC Guy have been left in their house alone while their parents are out in order to set a world record for the longest - and most - honeymoons. Despite feeling neglected, they're always up for slice-of-life (well, sorta) adventures in their hometown, Lakeside City.

Note(s)

 * All of the characters are on floating timelines, therefore they do not age. So, they're stuck in their 2014 ages. If a character is still in school, they'll remain in their grade forever.

Setting
The show takes place in Lakeside City (sometimes referenced as "Lakeside"), the biggest town in GoCity, FL. Ironically, there is no lake at Lakeside City. The date Comedy World is set in is 2014, "11 minutes into the future". Thanks to an incident, the year has been permanently set to 2014.

Development
In March 1992, the series creator Gary Sauls sketched a picture of a very early version of PC Guy slipping on a banana peel. He wrote in cruel handwriting "THE AGONY!!" because he wanted to make a sitcom about a nerd suffering bad luck in his life, but wasn't interested in the concept and abandoned the thought of making a show for almost a year.

In February 1993, Sauls decided to create a children's series mainly intended for boys. So, he thought about creating Comedy World because "some of the episodes reminds him of his misadventures as a child." CW was also the first show he was going to produce, so he "wanted to see if this cartoon will be a success."

In October 1995, Sauls storyboarded episodes 1-10. The early storyboards were unusual; for example, some had the sight of blood. "I was out of my mind," Sauls said. "I was in my bedroom for 3 months. It was like being stranded on an island. And all I could do was draw and draw and draw and draw."

In March 1997, Sauls tried to pitch the pilot to several channels, but the executives were unimpressed, so he decided to go with broadcasting it on syndication. The series finally premiered on October 5, 1997.

Broadcasting history

 * October 5, 1997 - The series premieres on syndication.
 * September 19, 1998 - The series stops airing on syndication.
 * February 6, 1999 - The series premieres on Kids' WB.
 * January 1, 2000 - The series starts airing reruns on Global Network.
 * July 29, 2000 - Kids' WB cancels Comedy World, so the show moves to Disney Channel.
 * June 26, 2006 - Disney Channel cancels Comedy World.
 * September 9, 2006 - The series starts airing new episodes on Global Network.
 * September 20, 2014 - The series premieres on Orange Otter Network and became an original on that channel.

Outside of the US

 * UK and Ireland: Disney Channel and Disney XD


 * Australia: Cartoon Network


 * Canada: Teletoon


 * Japan: TV Tokyo


 * Latin America: Disney Channel and Disney XD


 * France: Nickelodeon


 * Asia: Disney Channel


 * Poland: Nickelodeon


 * Germany: Super RTL (2002-2009); Disney Channel (2009-present)


 * RG: GoAnimate Network (1999-present)


 * China: The Comedy Network of China (1997-present)


 * Russia: Cartoon Network (1997-2000); Kids' WB (2000-2006); Nickelodeon (2006-present)

Trivia

 * Comedy World was the first show non-WB related to air on Kids' WB.
 * The show uses APM (Associated Production Music) tracks from time to time.

Episodes

 * See List of Comedy World episodes

Home video releases

 * Comedy World: Cartoon Crack-Ups
 * Comedy World: Adventures in Lakeside City
 * Comedy World: Eager Eric
 * Comedy World: Peeved PC Guy
 * Comedy World: Dangerous Dallas

Ratings
When Comedy World debuted, it started to attract a fair amount of viewers. After it premiered on Kids' WB, the number of audiences were impressive. Although it was doing well on the block, the show moved to Disney Channel on July 29 the next year. The results were the ratings increasing more than ever. It was even declared one of the highest rated cartoons, a position SpongeBob SquarePants and Pokémon had.

On weekdays, the time slot for Comedy World was 7/6pm central. On weekends, it was 10:30/9:30am central.

Critical response
The show currently holds a rating of 7.8/10 on IMDb and an 8.6/10 on TV.com.