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40-522: After losing his farm in the country town of Smalton, Bill Green and his two children Cricket and Tilly move in with his mother Alice Green (Gramma), who lives on a small farm in the middle of a city known as "Big City". By the second half of season three, Bill moves his family back to Smalton after regaining his farm with Cricket's friend Remy coming along for the ride. At the end of season three, Cricket, Tilly, and Bill balance between going back and forth from Big City to Smalton while Nancy, Bill's ex-wife and

80-515: A 3D animated, Big City Greens -themed presentation of a game. Disney XD, similarly born of a merger between Jetix and Toon Disney , was formerly available around the world. Most of the international Disney XD networks have been closed down from 2019, due to the launch of Disney+ . On January 6, 2019, Disney XD closed down in Australia and New Zealand with programs moving to Disney Channel for that network's last year before its content

120-475: A little time with this wacky family." Dave Trumbore of Collider asserted, "The animated series does a solid job of delivering fish-out-of-water laughs alongside some good, old-fashioned heart, making for a refreshing story that has one foot in the country and one in the city." Emily Ashby of Common Sense Media gave Big City Greens a grade of four out of five stars and complimented the presence of positive messages and role models, writing, " Big City Greens

160-492: A message forum that Weiland created to discuss DC Comics ' then-new mini-series of the same name . CBR has featured columns by industry professionals such as Robert Kirkman , Gail Simone , and Mark Millar . Other columns were published by comic book historians and critics such as George Khoury and Timothy Callahan. By April 4, 2016, CBR was sold to Valnet Inc. , a Montreal, Canada –based company that owns other media properties including Screen Rant . The site

200-689: A reboot of DuckTales . In 2018, through a series of promos and news announcements, Disney announced that four of Disney XD's original series (those being Star vs. the Forces of Evil , Milo Murphy's Law , DuckTales , and Big Hero 6: The Series ) would be moving their premieres over to Disney Channel, while Disney XD would continue to air re-runs. In 2020, DuckTales and Big Hero 6: The Series were both moved back to Disney XD for their final seasons, which both ended in 2021. Disney XD's schedule consists largely of animated and live-action programs aimed at pre-teens and young teenagers. Disney XD content

240-589: A separate channel with the English track removed as part of a package of Spanish-language television networks sold by subscription providers or a separate audio track accessible through the SAP option, depending on the provider. As of November 2023 , Disney XD is available to approximately 44,000,000 pay television households in the United States, down from its 2013 peak of 82,000,000 households. Disney XD

280-650: Is a mixture of former original series as well as programs inherited from sister network Disney Channel. In addition to full-length live-action and animated original series, the channel also debuts short series similar to those seen on Disney Channel during commercial breaks (such as Two More Eggs ), which serve as filler for programs scheduled to end during the half-hour and last usually around one to three minutes. In addition, Disney XD airs original made-for-TV movies from Disney Channel and theatrically released feature films. Unlike Disney Channel (and similarly, fellow sister network Disney Junior )—whose advertising comes in

320-479: Is a news website primarily covering comic book news, comic book reviews, and comic book–related topics involving movies, television, anime, and video games. It is owned by Valnet , parent of publications including Screenrant , Collider , MovieWeb and XDA Developers . Comic Book Resources ( CBR ) was founded by Jonah Weiland in 1995 as a development of the Kingdom Come Message Board,

360-442: Is a quirky but heartwarming animated series about a family that moves from the country to the city and doesn't quite fit in. Despite mining familiar stereotypes of rural dwellers the show has strong family-centric themes and silly, lighthearted laughs." Jaclyn Appelgate of Comic Book Resources ranked Big City Greens 5th in their "Best Currently Airing Kids' Cartoons" list, saying, "Both children and parents alike are entertained by

400-495: Is aimed primarily at older children (mainly boys) ages six to eleven years old. Disney XD's programming consists of original first-run television series , current and former original series and made-for-TV films inherited from sister network Disney Channel , theatrically released films, and acquired programs from other distributors, along with a primetime block of programming involving competitive gaming . The channel offers an alternate Spanish-language audio feed, either via

440-634: Is also headquartered in Montreal. Adam Swiderski, CBR 's editor-in-chief since July 2022, along with "senior news editor Stephen Gerding after 18 years with CBR and senior features editor Christopher Baggett after eight years" were laid off by Valnet in May 2023. Heidi MacDonald , for The Beat , reported that Swiderski, Gerding and Baggett were removed for "standing up for writers" and "pushing back against" changes Valnet instituted. MacDonald wrote that "writers were being asked to do more work while shrinking

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480-400: Is done entirely in traditional pen and paper as opposed to digital ink. The theme song was written and performed by The Mowgli's , and on July 28, 2017, a sneak peek of it was revealed at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con and was uploaded to Disney XD's YouTube channel on the same day. On June 7, 2018, it was reported that Disney Channel had ordered a second season of Big City Greens ahead of

520-427: Is the audience can imbue it with all sorts of positive attributes." "XD" is also an emoticon for laughter . The channel's first original television movie, Skyrunners , premiered on November 27, 2009. On April 1, 2012, Disney XD launched a block called "Marvel Universe", as a result of Disney's 2009 acquisition of Marvel Entertainment . By June 2014, Disney XD agreed to a multi-picture development deal with Two 4

560-511: Is to take your creation out behind the shed, ya know?" The episode's production number, 110, would be given to "Parade Day" and "DIY Guys" instead. When announced, the series was scheduled to premiere in 2018 on Disney XD ; however, on March 26, 2018, it was reported that the series would debut on Disney Channel in mid-2018. On May 17, 2018, The Hollywood Reporter reported that the series would premiere on Disney Channel as part of Disney Channel's GO! Summer on June 18, 2018. The series premiere

600-558: The SportsCenter High-5 , which featured a countdown of sports highlights. As part of a deal with ESPN, Disney XD carried coverage of the 2018 Overwatch League as part of its D|XP block. In 2019 , Disney XD began to air the NFL 's Pro Bowl , in a simulcast alongside ESPN and ABC . In March 2023, the channel participated in another sports broadcast as part of ESPN's NHL coverage , with Disney Channel and Disney XD airing

640-736: The New York Rangers —the NHL Big City Greens Classic — on Disney Channel, Disney XD , Disney+ and ESPN+ . The broadcast leveraged the NHL Edge player and puck tracking system, combined with technology from Beyond Sports, to present a real-time 3D animated recreation of the game; the teams' players were represented by avatars on an outdoor rink, with Vincent Trocheck and Evgeny Kuznetsov being portrayed by avatars of Cricket and Tilly respectively (with their voice actors also using live facial motion capture ), and

680-761: The Disney XD simulcast had roughly 30,000, for a total of 176,000 viewers. In November 2023, it was reported that the simulcast would return in 2024, later specified as a March 9 game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Boston Bruins . The Disney Channel broadcast drew 125,000 viewers. Disney XD Disney XD is an American pay television channel owned by the Disney Branded Television and Disney Entertainment units of The Walt Disney Company . The channel

720-526: The Jetix programming block, which ran on Toon Disney until that channel's shutdown. Disney XD carries the same name as an unrelated mini-site and media player on Disney.com , which stood for Disney Xtreme Digital . According to Gary Marsh, President of Entertainment for Disney Channel Worldwide, "XD" does not even "stand for anything" and was chosen simply because it looked "cool." Marsh notes that "the letter X has many cool associations" and that "the beauty of it

760-643: The Money and MarVista Entertainment with MarVista having global rights. On November 17, 2016, it was announced that the Pokémon anime series would be moving to Disney XD from its previous broadcaster, Cartoon Network . The twentieth season, Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon , was the first season to air and was first broadcast as a sneak peek on December 5, 2016. Pokémon began its regular broadcast on May 12, 2017. On August 12, 2017, Disney XD premiered

800-689: The UK & Ireland and continental Africa domestic feeds on October 1, 2020. Together with the Southeast Asian , Scandinavian , and Middle Eastern , feeds closing on December 31, 2020. The Japanese and Turkish channels also closed on January 31, 2021. The latest closure was in Latin America on March 31, 2022. Since then Disney XD only has three sister networks outside of America; Canada and Poland as full-time networks. Comic Book Resources CBR , formerly Comic Book Resources ,

840-612: The artists' work in each round. The contestants to move on to subsequent rounds are selected by fans who vote in a weekly poll. In 2008, the University at Buffalo 's research library described CBR as "the premiere comics-related site on the Web." In April 2013, comics writer Mark Millar said he read the site every morning after reading the Financial Times . In 2014, an article by guest author Janelle Asselin criticized

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880-497: The channel space of Toon Disney , an animation-focused channel that debuted on April 18, 1998, which eventually launched a live-action/animation block called Jetix in 2004. Jetix channels outside of the United States were relaunched under the Disney XD banner starting with the France-based service on April 1, 2009. Many of the channel's programs – particularly animated series – previously aired on Toon Disney, mainly as part of

920-498: The cover of DC Comics 's Teen Titans , leading to harassment of and personal threats against Asselin in the website's community forums. Weiland issued a statement apologizing for the incident, condemning the way some community members had reacted, and rebooted the forums in order to establish new ground rules. Heidi MacDonald, for The Beat in June 2023, commented that after CBR was purchased by Valnet in 2016 it "gradually became

960-446: The first season, an episode titled "Hands-On History" was in development. The episode was directed by Monica Ray, from a story by Carson Montgomery, also being written and storyboarded by Caldwell Tanner and Cheyenne Curtis. It featured Mark Hamill in the role of Dr. Ponderstein, a sinister curator who ran a museum . The plot focused on Cricket and Remy at odds with one another, over Ponderstein's method of educating children. The episode

1000-448: The form of program promotions , underwriter sponsorships , and interstitials for Disney films, home video , and game releases produced by the channel —Disney XD operates as an advertiser-supported service running traditional television commercials in addition to promotions for the channel's shows. Sister network ESPN has produced sports-oriented content for Disney XD; for a period, the channel produced an interstitial program known as

1040-532: The goalies portrayed by Gramma Alice and Bill Green. Gloria and Remy also joined the game during the last few minutes. Commentators Kevin Weekes and Drew Carter were featured via motion captured avatars, developed by the animation studio Silver Spoon (which had previously worked with CBS Sports and Nickelodeon on similar motion captured avatars for segments of youth-oriented NFL broadcasts ). The broadcast on Disney Channel drew approximately 140,000 viewers, while

1080-431: The hilarious comedy and the lighthearted emphasis on family. Although the plot is simple in nature, being about a country family who goes to live in the big city, it's one of those shows viewers can rely on after a long day. Many fans even consider it a PG version of The Simpsons , which would explain why adults enjoy watching it as well." Along with a fourth season, a musical film was announced to be in development, with

1120-509: The mother of Cricket and Tilly, manages the farm in Smalton. On March 8, 2016, Disney XD greenlit the series under the title of Country Club . The series is created by the brothers Chris and Shane Houghton, who originally worked on Nickelodeon 's Harvey Beaks . Chris Houghton also worked as a storyboard artist on Gravity Falls with Rob Renzetti . The series was later renamed to Big City Greens on July 21, 2017. The show's animation

1160-710: The pay-per-view rates. The situation was described to me by one person as 'working writers to the bone', saying "The situation is so dire that in addition to the three editors, I'm told two HR people were laid off, who also objected to the demands that management was making on writers, who, as a reminder, are contractors, not employees". Graeme McMillan, for Popverse , commented that Valnet's culture does not permit "its contributors and employees to question corporate decree" which has led to layoffs of people who have spoken out "about potential issues over Valnet's management and business practices" at CBR and other Valnet-owned sites. In June 2023, McMillan of Popverse reported that there

1200-417: The series' debut. On October 7, 2019, it was announced that the second season would premiere on November 4, 2019, however, it got pushed back to November 16, 2019. On January 13, 2021, the series was renewed for a third season. On January 21, 2022, the series was renewed for a fourth season, which premiered on September 23, 2023. On June 11, 2024, the series was renewed for a fifth season. During production for

1240-514: The series' main cast returning. Series director Anna O'Brian will helm the film, with Michael Coughling producing. The film is titled Big City Greens the Movie: Spacecation . It premiered on June 6, 2024, on Disney Channel , followed by its release on Disney+ the next day. The events of the film take place during the fourth season of Big City Greens . Meredith Roberts, EVP of Disney Television Animation, revealed that spin-off series

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1280-403: The series, writing, "While the mischief and antics are super silly and completely ridiculous, the characters themselves are quite fun. Just like it is with every family, the quirkiness is what you come to love most about the people you spend time with. The Green family might not be perfect, but they’re positive, supportive, and optimistic no matter the situation. Everyone could benefit from spending

1320-408: Was a continuing "editorial exodus" at CBR. In August 2023, Rich Johnston of Bleeding Cool commented that there appears to be "serious internal tensions" at CBR and highlighted that former CBR Comics News Editor Sean Gribbin stated between May and August ten News Editors have either left CBR or been laid off. Johnston reported that CBR Managing Editor Jon Arvden pushed back on speculation that CBR

1360-594: Was being developed, though she did not specify what it would entail. A multiplayer game titled Big City Battle! , where players compete against each other in order to earn a place as a member of the Green family, was released on the DisneyNOW app. On March 14, 2023, ESPN presented a youth-oriented, Big City Greens -themed telecast of a National Hockey League game between the Washington Capitals and

1400-458: Was eliminating its news section. Comic Book Idol , also known as CBI , is an amateur comic-book art competition created and hosted by comics writer J. Torres , and sponsored by CBR and its participating advertisers. Inspired by the singing contest American Idol , CBI is a five-week and five-round competition in which each contestant is given one week to draw a script provided by guest judges. These invited comic-book professionals comment on

1440-534: Was launched on February 13, 2009, at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time , with the Phineas and Ferb episode " Dude, We're Getting the Band Back Together " being the first show to air on the channel. The channel debuted its first original series, Aaron Stone , at 7:00 p.m. New animated series included in the channel's initial lineup were Kid vs. Kat and Jimmy Two-Shoes . The network took over

1480-532: Was made available for streaming via the DisneyNow app and the Disney Channel YouTube channel as of June 8, 2018. Additional new episodes premiered every Monday and Wednesday at 10:00 AM throughout the summer. In addition, Big City Greens shorts began airing on Disney Channel and Disney Channel's YouTube channel on June 4, 2018. Bekah Burbank of LaughingPlace.com praised the characters of

1520-404: Was relaunched as CBR.com on August 23, 2016, with the blogs integrated into the site. Popverse reported that following the acquisition by Valnet "comics were increasingly sidelined for coverage [...], as were both reviews and columns as focuses for publishing; instead, the site refocused on shorter news pieces and reactions to news stories". Valnet Inc. is a subsidiary of Valsef Group , which

1560-480: Was shelved when the Houghton Brothers found Remy's behavior in the episode unlikeable - they could not find a way to make the story work so early in the show's run. On cancelling the episode, co-creator Chris Houghton stated, "[W]e killed that episode for the best of reasons: it just didn’t work. We broke and re-broke the story a ton of times. Reboarded it again and again. Sometimes the best course of action

1600-527: Was subsumed into Disney+. In India, the channel was rebranded as Marvel HQ on January 9, 2019 which was later rebranded as Super Hungama on March 1, 2022. On October 1, 2019, Disney XD closed in Italy following the non-renewal of its Sky carriage agreement. The Spanish and German versions were closed on April 1, 2020, followed by France's network a week later. XD in Singapore ceased on June 1, 2020, then

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