Some Assembly Required | |
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Genre | Teen situation comedy |
Created by |
Dan Signer Howard Nemetz |
Starring | Kolton Stewart Charlie Storwick Harrison Houde Sydney Scotia Dylan Playfair Travis Turner |
Theme music composer | Matthew Tishler and Andrew Ang |
Opening theme | "Here We Go" performed by Kolton Stewart |
Country of origin | Canada |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 57(list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Dan Signer Howard Nemetz Michael Shepard Tim Gamble |
Location(s) |
Burnaby, British Columbia (taping location) |
Editor(s) | Daria Ellerman Warren Hickman |
Camera setup | Videotape; Multi-camera |
Running time | 22–23 minutes (approximately) |
Production company(s) | Thunderbird Films Gravy Boat Productions Remotely Funny |
Distributor |
Corus Entertainment, (worldwide) Thunderbird Films (United States, in conjunction with Corus) YTV |
Release | |
Original network | YTV |
Picture format | 1080i (16:9 HDTV) |
Audio format | Stereo |
Original release | January 6, 2014 | – June 6, 2016
External links | |
Website |
Some Assembly Required is a teen situation comedy series that aired on YTV in Canada and streams on Netflix worldwide. The series was shot in front of a live audience in Burnaby, British Columbia. The series was created by Dan Signer (The Suite Life on Deck, A.N.T. Farm, Mr. Young) & Howard Nemetz, and stars Kolton Stewart, Charlie Storwick, Harrison Houde, Sydney Scotia, Dylan Playfair, Travis Turner, and Ellie Harvie. The first season consists of 26 episodes, all of which were made available on Netflix on June 19, 2015. The season finale for Season 3 aired June 6, 2016. On January 7, 2017, YTV series is cancelled on Monday, June 6, 2016.
Jarvis Raines (Kolton Stewart) is an average 14-year-old who becomes a boss overnight after he sues a toy company over a defective chemistry set that blows up his house. Jarvis' first act as CEO of Knickknack Toys is to recruit a diverse group of kids from his high school to help him run the company. Usually something backfires when they are trying to develop a new toy. Before the end credits there are usually advertisements showing Knickknack Toys' newest products, which are shown or often invented in said episode.
The series was created and is executive produced by Dan Signer and Howard Nemetz. The series is filmed in front of a live studio audience at 5828 Byrne Road, in Burnaby, British Columbia.
The series was renewed for a second season in June 2014. A third season was announced in August 2015, for a planned airing in 2016. The third season was the final season of the series.