

With a 10-year run, Ed, Edd n Eddy is the longest running Cartoon Network original series. The series has also garnered a large cult following and has included spin-off media such as four video games, four official DVD releases, and a series of books and comic books featuring characters from the series. The show attracted an audience of 31 million households, was broadcast in 120 countries, and proved to be popular among children, teenagers, and adults. It won a Reuben Award, two Leo Awards and a SOCAN Award, and was also nominated for another four Leo Awards, an Annie Award and two Kids' Choice Awards. The series concluded with a television film, Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show, on November 8, 2009.Įd, Edd n Eddy received critical acclaim and became one of Cartoon Network's most successful original series. During the show's run, several specials and shorts were produced in addition to the regular television series. He pitched the series to Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon, but the latter would not give him creative control, leading to a deal being made with the former and the series premiering on January 4, 1999.

Īdult cartoonist Antonucci was dared to create a children's cartoon while designing a commercial, he conceived Ed, Edd n Eddy, designing it to resemble classic cartoons from the 1940s–1970s. Their plans usually fail, leaving them in various, often humiliating, predicaments. Under the unofficial leadership of Eddy, the trio frequently invents schemes to make money from their peers to purchase their favourite confection, jawbreakers. They live in a suburban cul-de-sac in the fictional town of Peach Creek along with fellow neighborhood children Kevin, Nazz, Sarah, Jimmy, Rolf, Jonny, and the Eds' female adversaries, the Kanker Sisters, Lee, Marie, and May. The series revolves around three preteen boys named Ed, Edd (called "Double D" to avoid confusion with Ed), and Eddy-collectively known as "the Eds"-who respectively are voiced by Matt Hill, Samuel Vincent, and Tony Sampson. Ed, Edd n Eddy is an animated comedy television series created by Danny Antonucci for Cartoon Network and the sixth of the network's Cartoon Cartoons.
