The Fresh Beat Band
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The Fresh Beat Band (originally known as The JumpArounds) is an American live-action musical children's television series created by the duo of Scott Kraft and Nadine van der Velde and developed by Kraft, van der Velde, and Alice Prodanou for Nickelodeon. Kraft and van der Velde additionally serve as executive producers, while most of the episodes were written by Alice Prodanou, Dan Danko, Tom Mason, Carla Banks Waddles, Kim Duran, Scott Kraft, Heather MacGillvray, Linda Mathious, and Nadine van der Velde, with additional contributions from Bradley Zweig, Matt Sheppo, John Ritchie, Amy Keating Rogers, Laurie Israel, Rachel Ruderman, script supervisor Kerri Grant, Ursula Ziegler-Sullivan, Tom Saunders, and script coordinator Calvin Leung. Kraft also directed several of the episodes; other directors include Linda Mendoza, Neal Israel, Jonathan Judge, Henry Chan, James Wahlberg, Jody Margolin Hahn, and Savage Steve Holland. The show stars Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer, Thomas Hobson, Shayna Rose (later Tara Perry), and Jon Beavers as the "Fresh Beats" (Kiki, Shout, Marina, and Twist), described as four best friends in a band who are determined to follow their dreams. The series aired from August 24, 2009 to December 7, 2013.
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Also known as | The JumpArounds |
Genre | Musical fiction Children's television series Comedy |
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Opening theme | "The Fresh Beat Band!" |
Ending theme | "The Fresh Beat Band!" (instrumental) |
Composer | Matter Music |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 60 + 1 stand-alone special[1] (list of episodes) |
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Production locations | Paramount Studios, Hollywood |
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Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 23 minutes |
Production company | Nickelodeon Productions |
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Release | August 24, 2009 (2009-08-24) – December 7, 2013 (2013-12-07) |
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Fresh Beat Band of Spies |
In 2015, an animated television series, Fresh Beat Band of Spies, premiered on Nickelodeon. All four members of the band lend their voices to their respective characters in the spin-off.