Indiantelevision.com's Kidology: Pogo to launch new season of Skatoony on 21 September
Indiantelevision.com's Kidology
Pogo
to launch new season of Skatoony on 21 September
Indiantelevision.com
Team
(19
September 2008 7:00 pm)
MUMBAI: Pogo will launch a new season of its popular quiz show on 21 September
at 11 am. The daily show will air every Sunday.
'Skatoony'
is a quiz show where children compete with cartoon characters for prizes.
Sharing
the show details, Turner International India programming director Krishna Desai
said, "Original productions continue to be a cornerstone of our India strategy
as we grow and expand our portfolio to offer the best in class home grown programming
to our discerning viewers. Embodying Pogo's key attributes- humour and play smarter,
'Skatoony' is undoubtedly the funniest quiz show on television."
The
series was first produced in the UK, and has been re-imagined for India by Miditech
India Pvt Ltd. Each 'Skatoony' episode comprises four rapid fire rounds and the
winner receives a Sony Playstation 3.
In
every episode, three kids compete with three toons in a 'cartoon world' where
besides these three kids, everyone includingthe host, participants and audience
is animated. The questions asked in each round are a mix of knowledge and humour.
The show has two hosts, Chak Chakachak the quizmaster and Jimmy Kundu.