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Jennifer Pertsch

Writing

Biography

Jennifer Pertsch (born February 6, 1975) is a Canadian writer, producer, and one of the founding partners of Fresh TV, a production studio specializing in teen and family oriented television projects. She began her career as a writer for Nelvana Ltd., before moving to Fresh TV. She co-created and executive produced 6teen, Stoked, Total Drama Island, Total Drama Action, and Total Drama World Tour.

Known For

Franklin
6.7

Franklin is an Canadian educational animated television series, based on the Franklin the Turtle books by Brenda Clark and Paulette Bourgeois. The television series was named after its main character, Franklin the Turtle. It was produced by PolyGram Television, Alphanim, LuxAnimation, Nelvana, Neurones Enterprises, Reader's Digest for Young Families, TF1, Funbag Animation Studios, Europool, Mini TFO, and Family Channel, and syndicated by Summit Entertainment.

Franklin

1997
Rolie Polie Olie
6.7

Rolie Polie Olie was a children's television series produced by Nelvana, distributed by Disney, and created by William Joyce, Maggie Swanson, and Anne Wood. The show centers on a little roly pollie who is composed of several spheres and other three-dimensional geometric shapes. The show was one of the earliest series that was fully animated in CGI, and the first CGI animated preschool series.Rolie Polie Olie now airs in reruns on Disney Junior. Rolie Polie Olie won a Gemini Award in Canada for "Best Animated Program" in 1999. The show also won a Daytime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Special Class Animated Program" in 2000 and 2005. William Joyce won a 1999 Daytime Emmy for Best Production Design for this series. The show has a vintage atmosphere reminiscent of the 1950s and early 1960s, with futuristic elements.

Rolie Polie Olie

1998
My Babysitter's a Vampire
8.1

Ethan, Benny and fledgling vampire Sarah battle zombies, demons and the other supernatural beasties that regularly threaten their school.

My Babysitter's a Vampire

2011
6teen
7.5

At the Galleria Mall, six teens learn the ropes at their first jobs while negotiating the bumpy road through their high school years.

6teen

2004
Total Drama Island
7.5

Total Drama Island focuses on twenty-two teenagers' arrival at Camp Wawanakwa to compete on a reality television show. The contestants are divided into two teams and must compete in challenges every three days. While the winning team earns invincibility, the losing team has to vote off one of their own players. Whoever is voted off must walk the Dock of Shame to the Boat of Losers and leave the island. The teams eventually dissolve and the elimination process continues until the last contestant standing wins a grand prize of $100,000.

Total Drama Island

2007
Total DramaRama
5.0

Some of the original "Total Drama" characters enter into an alternate universe where they are aged down from teenagers to toddlers.

Total DramaRama

2018
Total Drama All-Stars
6.4

The fifth season of Total Drama. In the first half, 'Total Drama All-Stars', 14 contestants from the previous seasons return to Camp Wawanakwa, now having been decontaminated from toxic waste, to win the C$1,000,000 prize. In the second half, "Total Drama: Pahkitew Island", the setting changes to Pahkitew Island, an island located in Western Canada, featuring a brand new 14 contestants.

Total Drama All-Stars

2014
Total Drama Island
6.9

After 7 seasons of Total Drama, it's time to go back to the Island! Taking place in the run-down Camp Wawanakwa, contestants must give it their all as they compete in extreme baking, TikToking, drag racing and "disaster and horror movie inspired challenges" for a chance to win the one million dollar prize!

Total Drama Island

2023
Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race
6.9

18 teams travel the world to 26 exotic locations trying to be the last team standing to win a million dollars complete with a new host.

Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race

2015
Stoked
6.0

At the famed Surfer's Paradise Resort, six teenage groms will spend their first summer away from home, work the hardest they've ever worked in their lives and, most importantly, have the opportunity to surf the epic waters on their days off.

Stoked

2009
Total Drama World Tour
7.8

Total Drama World Tour is the third season of the Total Drama franchise. In this series, fifteen returning contestants and three new contestants are taken on a trip around the world, and compete in cultural-themed challenges of countries they visit. An added twist in this season is that they are required to break spontaneously into song, or else be immediately eliminated.

Total Drama World Tour

2010
Backstage
7.2

A group of “very talented” teenagers sing, dance, and perform their way to the top at the famous Keaton School of the Arts! From the disappointments of failure, to the new friendships and crowning achievements, being a student at Keaton means you're on the path to becoming a star!

Backstage

2016
The Berenstain Bears
6.6

We follow a family of bears, known as the Berenstain Bears, as they figure out life together. With friendly neighbors and close friends, the journey is never boring. Inspired by the book series written by Stan and Jan Berenstain.

The Berenstain Bears

2003
Pelswick
8.5

Pelswick Eggert is just like most 13-year-olds, except that he is in a wheelchair -- or permanently seated as he prefers to call it. He doesn't let that stop him, though, as he deals with the usual obstacles that come with being a teenager.

Pelswick

2000
Lucas the Spider
7.2

Follow the adventures of an endearing young spider as he and his friends try to navigate the big world around them.

Lucas the Spider

2021
Total Drama Action
7.4

After losing a chance to win a million dollars, campers from "Total Drama Island" get a second chance to win a million dollars through movie-oriented challenges for the next 6 weeks.

Total Drama Action

2009
Grojband
7.6

The story about a teenage boy that emotionally torments his sister so that she will write the ultimate lyrics for his garage band.

Grojband

2013
Total Drama: Revenge of the Island
6.7

This series takes the contestants back to Camp Wawanakwa, only this time with thirteen new contestants; Anne Maria, B, Brick, Cameron, Dakota, Dawn, Jo, Lightning, Mike, Sam, Scott, Staci, and Zoey. Additionally the island is radioactive due to becoming a nuclear waste dump. This new season has new friendships, new rivalries, new relationships, and the biggest drama to date.

Total Drama: Revenge of the Island

2012
My Babysitter's a Vampire
7.0

Geeky 14-year old Ethan is left to babysit his younger sister, Jane, with his best friend Benny but after Ethan inadvertently puts Jane in harm's way, his parents hire a professional babysitter, the beautiful yet mysterious 17-year-old Sarah who, unbeknownst to them, is actually a fledgling vampire.

My Babysitter's a Vampire

2010
Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse
7.3

Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse is a Canadian animated television show produced by Nelvana. It tells the stories of a young horse named Marvin who is part of a carnival. Among the Executive Producers are Michael Paraskevas and Betty Paraskevas, creators of Maggie and the Ferocious Beast who also created the book that the show is based on. The show first aired on the Treehouse block before moving to just before Tiny Pop. The series also aired on PBS Kids as part of the PBS Kids Bookworm Bunch from 2000 to 2002. It can now be seen in the US on Qubo. It also aired on Teletoon for a brief time. Some episodes include original songs to help illustrate the theme or accompany montages that carry the story forward.

Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse

2000