Unnatural History (TV series)
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| Genre |
Action-adventure Dramedy Teen drama |
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| Created by | Mike Werb |
| Starring |
Kevin G. Schmidt Jordan Gavaris Italia Ricci Martin Donovan |
| Composer(s) | Robert Carli |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 (list of episodes) |
| Executive producer(s) | Mike Werb Thania St. John Mikael Salomon |
| Producer(s) | Carol Dunn Trussell |
| Location(s) | Washington, D.C. |
| Cinematography |
Miroslaw Baszak Bruce Chun John Dyer |
| Editor(s) | Michele Conroy Michael Doherty Ben Wilkinson |
| Camera setup | Film; Single-camera |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Mike Werb Productions Unhistory Films Warner Horizon Television |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Television Distribution |
| Original network |
Cartoon Network (United States) YTV (Canada) TV Azteca (Mexico) |
| Picture format |
480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | June 13 – September 21, 2010 |
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Unnatural History is an American television series produced by Warner Horizon Television for Cartoon Network.
The series is the second scripted, live-action show on Cartoon Network after the failure of Out of Jimmy's Head. The first season consisted of thirteen, hour-long episodes and premiered on Sunday, June 13, 2010. On July 13, the series was rescheduled to Tuesday nights.
It is only the second Cartoon Network show outside of Adult Swim and Toonami to have the U.S. rating of "TV-PG-V", and a parental-guidance warning after every commercial break and at the beginning of the show (the first being Star Wars: The Clone Wars); its rating in Canada for most episodes is "G", or else "PG".
On November 19, 2010, it was announced that Cartoon Network will not renew the series for a second season.
This series is centered on Henry Griffin, a teenager with exceptional skills acquired through years of globe-trotting with his anthropologist parents. But Henry faces his biggest challenge of all when he moves back to America to attend Smithson High School in Washington D.C., a place stranger than any he's ever lived before. Together with his cousin Jasper and Jasper's friend Maggie, he uses the skills that he learned around the globe to solve the postmodern mysteries of high school.
Unnatural History received mixed reviews by critics, with Barry Garron of The Hollywood Reporter praising it as "an appealing mix between The Hardy Boys and Indiana Jones with National Treasure thrown in for good measure".Los Angeles Times writer Robert Lloyd found the show fun and lively, composed of "familiar, mashed-together" action-adventure themes.Variety reviewer Brian Lowry was more critical, calling it "unexciting" and lacking "the requisite thrills a young audience weaned on big-budget movies is apt to demand."
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