COOKIE JAR ENTERTAINMENT'S GOTTA CATCH SANTA CLAUS MAKES ITS U.S. TELEVISION DEBUT ON ABC FAMILY Holiday Special Starring William Shatner as the Voice of Santa to Air During Network's Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas
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Burbank, CA (November 10, 2009) - ABC Family and Cookie Jar Entertainment are coming together this holiday season as the network airs the one-hour CGI-animated holiday special Gotta Catch Santa Claus, which will make its U.S. television debut during ABC Family's "Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas" on Wednesday, November 18 (7:00-8:00PM ET/PT). The network will feature an encore presentation of the special on December 15 at 6:00PM ET/PT.
Funky music, holiday magic and a supersonic sleigh are all wrapped up in this animated family adventure starring William Shatner as Santa. When a friend starts to doubt the idea of Santa Claus, 12-year-old Trevor and his friends set out on the adventure of a lifetime to catch Santa in action and reveal the true magic of Christmas. But they've got to find Santa before LeFreeze - a dim-witted monster that is carrying a serious 100-year-old grudge - and his snowman minions put Christmas on ice forever.
Gotta Catch Santa Claus is based on the 2005 comic book "I Gotta Catch Santa Claus" created by Trevor Taylor. Steven E. de Souza (Die Hard) wrote the holiday special and Taylor, now just 17, served as an executive producer.
About Cookie Jar Group
Cookie Jar Group is a global children's entertainment, consumer products and education company dedicated to excellence. Through Cookie Jar Entertainment, the company is a leader in the creation, production, marketing and licensing of evergreen character brands that appeal to kids and families worldwide. Cookie Jar Entertainment's library of nearly 6,000 half-hour episodes features some of the world's most recognizable brands, including "Caillou", "Inspector Gadget", "The Doodlebops", "Arthur" and "Johnny Test". Copyright Promotions Licensing Group (CPLG), Cookie Jar Group's full service licensing division, represents numerous third-party iconic brands. Cookie Jar Group also has a one-third interest in international children's television channel Kidsco. Cookie Jar Education is one of North America's largest providers of supplemental education materials, reaching nearly 2,000 teachers across the United States, through the Carson-Dellosa and HighReach Learning brands.
About ABC Family
Part of the Disney-ABC Television Group, ABC Family is distributed in over 98 million homes. ABC Family features programming reflecting today's families, entertaining and connecting with adults through relevant stories about today's relationships, all told with diversity, dysfunction, passion, humor and heart. ABC Family's programming is a mix of network defining original series and original movies, quality acquired series and blockbuster theatricals. ABC Family is also the destination for annual Holiday events with "13 Nights of Halloween" and "25 Days of Christmas!" ABC Family. A New Kind of Family.
MEDIA CONTACT:
Brook Hefner/Cookie Jar Group
(818) 955-5454; bhefner@cjar.com
