Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide

Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide is a live-action situation comedy on Nickelodeon that debuted in the channel's Sunday night TEENick block on September 12, 2004, although the series' actual pilot episode aired in September 2003 without many of the present version's main characters. Nickelodeon's United Kingdom network airs the show Mondays - Fridays at 3:30 PM, and France2 recently acquired the rights to air the show in France (new, blank templates for the tips in the show were created by Jack Allison and Joshua Marx for the foreign airings). The visual effects are done by John Allison Inc., supervised by John Allison and Robin Snelson. The show is produced by ApolloProScreen GmbH & Co. Filmproduktion KG in association with Jack Mackie Pictures, its main executive producer and creator is Scott Fellows, who also happens to be the head writer for The Fairly OddParents, which is why in the short titled "Day Dreaming", which aired on February 5, 2005, Cosmo and Wanda appeared. Fellows also created a new show on Kids WB called Johnny Test and former The Wonder Years star Fred Savage is one of the show's directors. The other executive producers are Jan Korbelin and Bill O'Dowd. Rich Magallanes is the executive in charge of production.

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Live-action - Situation comedy - Nickelodeon - Sunday - September 12 - 2004 - Pilot episode - September - 2003 - United Kingdom - Mondays - Fridays - PM - France2 - France - Jack Allison - Joshua Marx - John Allison Inc. - John Allison - Robin Snelson - ApolloProScreen GmbH & Co. Filmproduktion KG - Jack Mackie Pictures - Executive producer - Scott Fellows - The Fairly OddParents - February 5 - 2005 - Cosmo - Wanda - The Wonder Years - Fred Savage - Jan Korbelin - Bill O'Dowd - Rich Magallanes

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Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide takes place in California at James K. Polk Middle School. It centers around Ned Bigby, a 12- or 13-year-old seventh grader at the school. Throughout each episode, Ned breaks down the fourth wall by giving tips to the viewing audience at home on different subjects, such as the first day of school, school dances, backpacks, and trying out for a sports team. Ned's two best friends are Jennifer Mosely, known as "Moze", and Simon Nelson-Cook, known as "Cookie." While Ned's tips are serious, they usually take place in silly situations.

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California - James K. Polk - Middle School - Ned Bigby - The fourth wall - Jennifer Mosely - Simon Nelson-Cook

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Each 30-minute episode contains two 10-minute shorts, both of which deal with a subject about school life. Ned, Moze, and Cookie all end up in situations in each short where Ned's tips are needed, and by the end of each short, everything is resolved.

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The show is very popular with many viewers, and some of those are viewers who have lost interest in Nickelodeon, even with the popularity of The Fairly OddParents and SpongeBob SquarePants. Those viewers say Ned's Declassified... reminds them of the Nickelodeon of the late 1980s and 1990s with its smart humor. Younger viewers have said they try the tips the show gives them, and that they work.

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The Fairly OddParents - SpongeBob SquarePants - 1980s - 1990s

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