handsome guys only to get dumped towards their conclusions for baseless and confusing reasons. Production and reunion Fascinated and surprised by preteen-aged children watching adult-targeted sitcoms on the basis of their smart writing, fast-paced dialogue and various plot lines at the time, the show's co-creator Tom McGillis told locally-based Media Caster Magazine about making a show (this show) with the working title of The Mall in reference to shopping and teenage antics at the Toronto Eaton Centre. Among the team of writers and directors for the show include Sean Cullen (The Sean Cullen Show), George Westerholm (This Hour Has 22 Minutes), Gary Hurst, Alice Prodanou and Hugh Duffy. The series' main characters were designed by Brad Coombs and the music composed by Donald "Don" Breithaupt and Anthony Vanderburgh. The show was produced with a then newly-implemented hybrid-2D-computer animation animation software called "Opus" through a development partnership between Teletoon, Nelvana and Montreal-based acclaimed animation software company Toon Boom Animation. An acoustic version of the theme music by Brian Melo is included in the show's final episode, "Bye Bye Nikki?". A special reunion public-service announcement video titled "Vote, Dude!" was released on YouTube on 12 September 2018, with the original voice cast reprising their respective roles to raise awareness for voting in the 2018 US midterm elections, though no plans to bring back the show have been announced. Characters Episodes Canada United States Reception and honours The show has received critical acclaim locally throughout its run, including its ranking among Teletoon's Top 10 for children aged 10+ in the bilingual markets in the winter/spring season of 2005 as well as being the only Canadian production to be nominated for that year's Italian "TV Series for All Audiences" Pulcinella Award. Furthermore, it received an award from the Alliance for Children and Television for being the best of children's television to fall under the 9–14 age group on 2 June 2007. Carole Bonneau, the then-vice-president of programming at Teletoon, has remarked about the show: Locally, the show garners about 2.5 million viewers each episode and in the United States, specifically on Cartoon Network, 1.8 million viewers each episode. It soon became one of the network's top shows between October 2008 and September 2009 with the steady increase in ratings up to its peak of 3.7 million viewers on 11 June 2009 following the season premiere of Total Drama Action. As time went on, starting