AwesomenessTV (TV series)

AwesomenessTV
Genre	Sketch comedy reality
Created by	Brian Robbins
Presented by	Daniella Monet
Starring	Noland Ammon Teala Dunn Lauren Elizabeth Isaiah Fredericks Jo Jo Fredericks Lia Marie Johnson Lainey Lipson Austin Mahone Jenn McAllister Kamil McFadden Audrey Whitby
Opening theme	"Get Set Go" by Seaside
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	40
Production
Executive producer(s)	Shauna Phelan Brian Robbins Joe Davola
Running time	30 Minutes
Production company(s)	AwesomenessTV Nickelodeon Productions
Release
Original network	Nickelodeon
Original release	July 1, 2013 – March 7, 2015
External links
Website

AwesomenessTV was an American sketch-comedy reality series based on the YouTube channel of the same name and is created by Brian Robbins. Both seasons contain 20 episodes.

On May 1, 2014, Nickelodeon announced that the series had been renewed for a second season which premiered on May 5, 2014.^[1] It was not renewed for a third season after the end of DreamWorks Animation's television deal with Nickelodeon through Viacom; DWA is the owner of Awesomeness TV.

Plot

In the first season, the series was hosted by Daniella Monet as she presented sketches, music videos, and hidden camera antics. Young celebrities guest co-hosted episodes in the second season.

Cast

• Daniella Monet – Host (season 1)
• Noland Ammon – Various
• Allisyn Ashley Arm – Various
• Joey Bragg – Various
• Paulina Cerrilla – Various
• Ricky Dillon – Various
• Teala Dunn – Various
• Gracie Dzienny – Various
• Lauren Elizabeth – Various
• Tiffany Espensen – Various
• Sophie Everhart – Various
• Connor Franta – Various
• Isaiah "Zay Zay" Fredericks – Himself
• Jo Jo Fredericks – Himself
• John Gasienica – Various
• Damien Haas – Various
• Corey Johnson – Various
• Lia Marie Johnson – Various
• Sammie Johnson – Various
• Kian Lawley – Various
• Lainey Lipson – Various
• Austin Mahone – Various
• Jenn McAllister – Various
• Kamil McFadden – Various
• Amber Montana – Various
• Trevor Moran – Various
• Sydney Park – Various
• Zac Pullman – Various
• Meghan Rienks – Various
• Arden Rose – Various
• Bridget Shergalis – Various
• Taryn Southern – Various
• Brittani Louise Taylor – Various
• Shayne Topp – Various
• Catherine Valdes – Various
• Audrey Whitby – Various
• Jenna Willis – Various

Recurring sketches

• As the Locker Turns – A soap opera parody detailing various occurrences at a school.
• Bad Lifeguard on Duty – Cody (played by Teala Dunn) and Harper (played by Lauren Elizabeth) are two lifeguards who don't take their job seriously.
• Bad Troop Leader – A troop leader (played by Taryn Southern) does a terrible job when leading her scout troop.
• Best Excuses – Teala Dunn plays different girls who show viewers the different excuses for everything.
• Cave Girl's Guide To Beauty – A prehistoric teenage cavewoman (played by Lainey Lipson) hosts a vlog where she shows people her prehistoric beauty tips as the self-proclaimed "prehistoric beauty guru."
• Gillian's Island – Gillian (played by Amber Montana) is a girl who is a castaway on an island after her little brother farted and she fell off her parents' boat. With the help her coconut friend Becky who is the producer of her show, Gillian shows people different things to do on the island while awaiting to be rescued from the island.
• Gnarly Mann – Gnarly Mann (played by Noland Ammon) is a radical and bodacious surfer-speaking boy who helps people with their romance problems.
• Hi-Tech History – Professor Hopkins Bittridge (played by Kian Lawley) narrates about historic events while mentioning what would happen if there was advanced technology in the past.
• JennXPenn's 10 Ten – JennXPenn (the user name of Jenn McAllister) gives the views the top 10 guide for various topics.
• Kid History – A young narrator (played by Zac Pullman) tells people about historic events in kid history like the first pillow fight and the first homework excuse.
• Mega Taco – Timbo (played by Kamil McFadden) and Lala (played by Lia Marie Johnson) work at the Mega Taco food truck and try to make the orders there "mega."
• Molly is Totally Judging You – Molly Sanders (played by Teala Dunn) is a teenage judge who presides over the campus dramas at Franklin High School where she is assisted by her teenage bailiff Bailey (played by Lainey Lipson). Molly would go over different teenage cases where a teenager would sue another teenager for bad things that they did to them.
• Pet Therapist – A pet therapist (played by Lia Marie Johnson) goes over therapy sessions with a pet and their owner where the therapist would often speak the mind of the owner's pet.
• Sarah's Slumber Party – Sarah (played by Lauren Elizabeth) hosts a slumber party with her best friend Elizabeth (played by Meghan Rienks). Their third member is Chloe (Arden Rose) who Sarah reluctantly invites due to her mom being friends with Chloe's mom.
• Sierra's Guide to Acting Glamorously – Sierra (played by Paulina Cerrilla) shows people how to act glamorously with the help of her butler Edmund (played by Corey Johnson).
• Signs You're Addicted to... – Teala Dunn plays a different character who is addicted to a variety of social network services like Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and others.
• Super Fan Brit Stickley – Brit Stickley (played by Tiffany Espensen) is a super fan who would infiltrate different places where different celebrities are at and collects different things from them to put in her scrapbook. She is often accompanied by her offscreen little brother Petey as her cameraman where Brit would often argue with him.
• Super Science with Melvin – A self-proclaimed super scientist named Melvin (played by Noland Ammon) tries to make new inventions which backfires on him.
• Swag Master J – Swag Master J (played by Kamil McFadden) is a nerd who can "swaggify" anything.
• Terry the Tomboy – A tomboy named Terry (played by Lia Marie Johnson) teaches the viewers of her vlog her guide to various stuff. She sometimes drags her friend Duncanty (played by Noland Ammon) into her different vlogs. This sketch has a TV film of the same name.
• The Breakup Queen – A girl (played by Sydney Park) breaks up with various people.
• The Love Doctor – Lindsay (played by Lia Marie Johnson) runs an online show under the alias of "The Love Doctor" where she gives love advice to people who write to her.
• The Totally Completely Absolutely Unhelpful Verbose Customer Service Girl – Mia Anders (played by Audrey Whitby) is a talkative customer service Girl who won't stop derailing the conversation whenever someone calls her up for customer service
• The Worst DIY'er – Cybil (played by Audrey Whitby) teaches people how to handle do-it-yourself projects which doesn't go well for her.
• Us and Jan – A series of music videos where Audrey (played by Audrey Whitby) would do some activity and would be annoyed by her friend Jan (played by Allisyn Ashley Arm) who would try to get involved in the activity with disastrous results.
• Violet's Vampire Vlog – A vampire named Violet (played by Catherine Valdes) does a vlog that details what vampires should be like when encountering people at night.
• World's Worst Babysitter – A laid back babysitter named Lia (played by Lia Marie Johnson) shows viewers what not to do when babysitting as she demonstrates on her client Sammie (played by her younger sister Sammie Johnson).
• Worst Teacher Ever – A teacher (played by Brittani Louise Taylor) tells inaccurate information to her class.
• Yo My Boyfriend Ugly – Angelica Fratelli (played by Teala Dunn) does makeovers to various characters to make them look good.
• Zay Zay and Jojo Sketches – Various sketches depict Zay Zay and Jo Jo in different activities.
  • Like a Boss – Zay Zay and Jo Jo show viewers how to do different things like a boss.
  • Random Thoughts by Jo Jo – Jo Jo tells people his random thoughts.
  • The Most Interesting Kid in the World – A parody of The Most Interesting Man in the World where Zay Zay has interesting talents like teaching his teachers, ghosts believing in him, making bullies pee their pants, and not being found during a game of hide and seek.
  • Would You Rather – Zay Zay and Jo Jo ask each other "Would You Rather" questions.

Episodes

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Air date
			Season premiere	Season finale
	1	20	July 1, 2013	December 16, 2013
	2	20	May 5, 2014	March 7, 2015

Season 1 (2013)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"Terry The Tomboy: Summer Style Guide"	TBA	TBA	July 1, 2013	101	N/A
2	2	"Walking Fred"	TBA	TBA	July 8, 2013	102	N/A
3	3	"Swag Master J: Swagify for School"	TBA	TBA	July 15, 2013	TBA	N/A
4	4	"Random Thoughts by JoJo"	TBA	TBA	July 22, 2013	TBA	N/A
5	5	"Worst Babysitter Ever: Relax"	TBA	TBA	July 29, 2013	TBA	N/A
6	6	"5 Signs You're Addicted to Instagram"	TBA	TBA	August 5, 2013	TBA	N/A
7	7	"The Worst DIYer: Zen Candle"	TBA	TBA	August 26, 2013	TBA	N/A
8	8	"Gnarly Mann"	TBA	TBA	September 2, 2013	TBA	N/A
9	9	"Pet Therapist: Hare Trouble"	TBA	TBA	September 9, 2013	TBA	N/A
10	10	"Terry the Tomboy: Back to School Guide"	TBA	TBA	September 16, 2013	TBA	N/A
11	11	"Txting 4 Rents"	TBA	TBA	September 23, 2013	TBA	N/A
12	12	"Kid History: Pillow Fight"	TBA	TBA	September 30, 2013	TBA	N/A
13	13	"Box Prank"	TBA	TBA	October 7, 2013	TBA	N/A
14	14	"The 5 Most Annoying Siblings"	TBA	TBA	October 21, 2013	TBA	N/A
15	15	"Zay Zay and Jo Jo's Halloween Tips"	TBA	TBA	October 28, 2013	TBA	N/A
16	16	"Worst Teacher Ever: Dodgeball"	TBA	TBA	November 4, 2013	TBA	N/A
17	17	"Us & Jan"	TBA	TBA	November 18, 2013	TBA	N/A
18	18	"Big Brother Problems"	TBA	TBA	December 2, 2013	TBA	N/A
19	19	"Hi-Tech History: Paul Revere"	TBA	TBA	December 9, 2013	TBA	N/A
20	20	"Swag Master J: Swagify for Christmas"	TBA	TBA	December 16, 2013	TBA	N/A

Season 2 (2014–2015)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
21	1	"Teen Challenge"	TBA	TBA	May 5, 2014	TBA	1.6[2]
Kira Kosarin and Jack Griffo guest host this episode.
22	2	"Tangent Girl: The Machine"	TBA	TBA	May 12, 2014	TBA	1.2
Smosh guest hosts this episode.
23	3	"Top 5 Ways To Defeat A Bully"	TBA	TBA	May 19, 2014	TBA	1.5
Cimorelli guest hosts this episode.
24	4	"Us & Jan: Cheer"	TBA	TBA	June 2, 2014	TBA	1.5
Grace Helbig guest hosts this episode.
25	5	"10 Ways To Reject A Guy"	TBA	TBA	June 9, 2014	TBA	1.4
Emblem3 guest hosts this episode.
26	6	"Terry the Tomboy: Hairbrush For Hair"	TBA	TBA	June 16, 2014	TBA	1.6
Lia Marie Johnson as Terry the Tomboy guest hosts this episode.
27	7	"High Tech History: Shakespeare"	TBA	TBA	June 28, 2014	TBA	0.7[3]
Fifth Harmony guest hosts this episode.
28	8	"The Love Doctor #2"	TBA	TBA	July 12, 2014	TBA	1.5[4]
5 Seconds of Summer guest hosts this episode.
29	9	"Noisy Rosie: Brad Pitt"	TBA	TBA	July 26, 2014	TBA	1.0
The Vamps guest host this episode.
30	10	"Pro Wrestling Family"	TBA	TBA	August 2, 2014	TBA	1.5
31	11	"Terry the Tomboy: What's in My Beach Bag?"	TBA	TBA	August 16, 2014	TBA	N/A
Rixton guest host this episode.
32	12	"Top 5 Worst Teachers"	TBA	TBA	September 13, 2014	TBA	N/A
Nathan Kress guest hosts this episode.
33	13	"Homework Like a Boss"	TBA	TBA	September 20, 2014	TBA	N/A
Sydney Park guest hosts this episode.
34	14	"Worst Babysitter Ever: Lemonade Stand"	TBA	TBA	September 27, 2014	TBA	N/A
Amber Montana and Curtis Harris guest host this episode.
35	15	"Kanye: What's In My Murse?"	TBA	TBA	October 4, 2014	TBA	N/A
Cameron Dallas and Nash Grier guest host this episode.
36	16	"Gillian's Island: Cooking Show"	TBA	TBA	November 1, 2014	TBA	N/A
MKTO guest hosts this episode.
37	17	"The Thank You Mask"	TBA	TBA	November 29, 2014	TBA	N/A
Benjamin Flores, Jr. and Breanna Yde guest host this episode.
38	18	"Terry the Tomboy: Guide to Winter Fashion"	TBA	TBA	February 7, 2015	TBA	1.14[5]
39	19	"Gillian's Island"	TBA	TBA	February 28, 2015	TBA	N/A
Shawn Mendes guest hosts this episode.
40	20	"Ultimate Sports Fan"	TBA	TBA	March 7, 2015	TBA	1.25[6]
Jenn McAllister guest hosts this episode.

Production

The show is based on the YouTube channel and multi-channel network of the same name, featuring original content and existing content already on the channel.^[7] On August 27 2013, Nickelodeon picked up 7 more episodes to add to Season 1, bringing the freshman season up to 20 episodes.^[8]

References

1. "Nickelodeon's AwesomenessTV Is Back For Another Season!". Fanlala.com. May 1, 2014. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
2. "Ratings - Monday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: "The Voice," "Dancing" Top Demos, Viewers". The Futon Critic. May 6, 2014.
3. "Ratings - Saturday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: "Dateline," NASCAR Top the Charts". The Futon Critic. July 7, 2014.
4. "Ratings - Saturday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: "Dateline NBC" Keeps Win Streak Alive". The Futon Critic. July 15, 2014.
5. Metcalf, Mitch (February 10, 2015). "Top 25 Saturday Cable Originals: 2.7.2015". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
6. Pucci, Douglas (March 10, 2015). "Saturday Final Nationals: Respectable Premiere of 'Premier Boxing Champions' on NBC". TV Media Insights. Cross MediaWorks. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
7. "Nickelodeon to Premiere AWESOMENESS TV, 7/1". Broadway World. June 25, 2013. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
8. Nededog, Jethro (August 27, 2013). "Nickelodeon Orders 7 More Episodes of 'AwesomenessTV' (Exclusive)". TheWrap. Retrieved December 21, 2015.

External links

• AwesomenessTV at Internet Movie Database