Tue Oct 28, 2008 10:54PM78 comments ›
Tue Oct 28, 2008 — by Robert Greenberger
'Total Drama Action' Joins Cartoon Network
Sequel to 'Total Drama Island' Coming in 2009
Total Drama Island is getting a spinoff as the Cartoon Network has announced the addition of Total Drama Action. According to Variety, the new series, debuting in 2009, will also satirize reality television and was created by Tom McGillis and Jennifer Pertsch of Canada’s Fresh TV.
TDI first debuted on the network July 8, 2007 and mocks the Survivor-style shows with contestants seen on a deserted island. They have to form teams and complete challenges to win prizes. Since its start, the 27 episodes have been the anchor for the channel’s "Har Har Tharsdays" comedy block.
In December, The Total Drama Island Season 1 Movie is expected on DVD from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
Total Drama Action is actually the second season of the series from the producer’s point of view. This time, the contestants will be placed within an empty studio lot. Plans calling for Total Drama the Musical! in its third season followed by Total Drama Comedy. Cartoon Network has yet to pick up the last two seasons as yet.
Total Drama Island Interactive is an online game tied to the Flash-animated series, produced by Xenophile Media. Players can register for a free account and earn points by competing in events based on that week’s episode for marshmallows. The top 22 players will be placed in a drawing and the winner will have their TDII avatar added to the 27th and final episode of the series.
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Comments (78)
Anonymous (6:36 PM on Tue Nov 18, 2008)
i can't wait i just love total drama island it will be so cool once the other series come out !
~
prettyandpink2
Anonymous (10:48 AM on Sun Aug 9, 2009)
the other series came out
alex (2:31 PM on Mon Nov 10, 2008)
i think total drama island rocks, total drama action is going to be even better
Anonymous (6:18 PM on Mon Dec 29, 2008)
when is the dvd coming out
Anonymous (12:43 PM on Mon Aug 17, 2009)
Tomorrow.. august 18th
Anonymous (2:37 PM on Mon Dec 22, 2008)
Gwen is pretty sexy and all. I mean really HOT
AARON (12:43 PM on Tue Jun 9, 2009)
WHAT ABOUT BRIGGETE
Anonymous (5:32 PM on Thu Jul 9, 2009)
And what about Noah he`s cool too!
Anonymous (5:17 PM on Sun Sep 13, 2009)
WHAT?! Noah stinks!!!!!!!!
kk (10:08 PM on Thu Jul 30, 2009)
all the boys in tda isso sexy too me
chance (2:39 AM on Sat Jul 25, 2009)
all of the killer grips get voted off and courtney comes back to the show on episode 13 as you might have noticed i live in canada and the winner is H#@&*(%
Anonymous (2:37 PM on Mon Dec 22, 2008)
Awesome.
Yohomid (7:29 PM on Wed Jan 7, 2009)
why is there no Courtney
Anonymous (9:11 PM on Thu Jan 8, 2009)
i just saw the first episode of total drama action on youtube and why is there no more courntey okay and speaking of canadians and teletoon!! they do not let us watch none of the episodes from tdi or tda so i belive cuz i checked if you do not live in canada you cannot watch it!! and i dnt know when total drama action is gunna air in america but it already aired on teletoon in fuckin canada!! its unfair!! If you agree with me you will say this sucks big time im just gonna keep quiet and keep watching total drama action on YOUTUBE
Anonymous (3:21 PM on Tue Jan 13, 2009)
I think it's more than fair that they only show it in Canada for now, seeing how it's a CANADIAN show.
Anyway, I just saw the first episode and it looks good. Loving this show.
Anonymous (8:12 PM on Fri May 22, 2009)
courtney comes bak in episode oceans eight- or nine!!!!
its like episode 13 or somthing?
Anonymous (7:07 PM on Sun Jan 18, 2009)
i live in Canada so i already saw it and Heather wins!!! boooooooooooooooooooo!
Anonymous (11:18 PM on Wed Jan 21, 2009)
Nice try. The third episode is premiring this week in Canada. Plus anyone who has any brains at all would know Heather has zero chance of winning. End of story. You lose trying to act all cool like you "know" more sh** then everyone else.
Anonymous (9:56 PM on Sat Jul 18, 2009)
heather will not win and i have not seen it sh**
Anonymous (9:50 PM on Sat Jul 18, 2009)
other peopel whan to see it dont give it away and boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anonymous (7:10 PM on Sat Jan 24, 2009)
I NOE I BIN TRYING TO REGISTER FOR LIKE A WEEK AND I CANT FIND THE LINK
Glenn Hauman (6:50 AM on Sun Jan 25, 2009)
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alex (6:59 PM on Tue Jan 20, 2009)
well i saw the first two episodes and geoff and brigette are the first two to go. so far,its pretty stupid
alison (9:51 PM on Sun Mar 1, 2009)
I can't believe gwen and trent break up! P.s. go on youtube to find that
d+c fan (10:06 PM on Thu Jan 22, 2009)
ok seriously tdi is the only thing i do besides play M rated badass video games so if I dont het at least the next episode on youtube or another site (I have only gotten the first episode but it was awesome) i might just go on a rampage oh and while im at it courtney sneaks on the show thats why there is an extra bed on the first episode
Anonymous (4:19 PM on Mon Feb 16, 2009)
wait how do u know that Courtney sneeks back on?!?!?!?!i REALLY WANT TO KNOW!i like
Anonymous (3:02 PM on Mon Jan 26, 2009)
Total Drama Musical? How the heck are they going to pull that off? There's probably gonna be a whole new set of characters.
junnie (10:00 PM on Thu Apr 23, 2009)
yea total drama musical? WTF! i am super confused on that mess, then total drama comedy? you have gotta be s**ting me.
Anonymous (9:44 PM on Sat Jan 31, 2009)
Izzy/Escope just got kicked so im mad. Shes the funniest person on the show.
Anonymous (6:39 PM on Sun Feb 1, 2009)
...Uh, Okay? Well I like Courtney. Even if she wasn't with Duncan I still like her. Many people think that we like her just because she's with Duncan. Well, that is true for some people but it the fact that she falls fr those guys and how she's acts is why we love her....
Anonymous (6:29 PM on Sun Feb 1, 2009)
Killer Grips? Screaming Graphers? Wow, the TDA is almost like TDI. Courtney coming back and I know cause if they weren't then they made a lot of mistakes on their site... Also I think it's fair that Canada get to watch it first. I mean in the U.S. we have shows that we get to see first. Yeah but lately we haven't been having that many good shows...
courtney fan (9:18 PM on Tue Feb 3, 2009)
omg i reallt want courtney to come back!!!i lover her and duncan. total drama the musical?? total drama comedy?? ok then....
Anonymous (5:41 PM on Tue Feb 3, 2009)
It's Screaming Gaffers, not Screaming Graphers! I've seen the first four episodes and the most reaccuring plot of this season (so far) is the whole Gwen-Trent-Duncan triangle deal (Trent keeps getting jealous when Gwen and Duncan hang out together, even though they don't have a romantic relationship)
Anonymous (4:50 PM on Sun Feb 8, 2009)
oh 4 real i love tdi cant wait 4 tda
Anonymous (12:36 PM on Sun Feb 8, 2009)
Why is the picture for this article the picture of the prototype designs for Gwen, Tyler, DJ, and Duncan? Couldn't they use a picture from Total Drama Island, not Camp TV?
Anonymous (9:42 PM on Sun Feb 8, 2009)
trent is voted off
Anonymous (1:50 PM on Fri Feb 13, 2009)
i'm kelly
STOP FRICKEN TELLING US WHO'S GETTING VOTED OF I'M AN AMERICAN TRYING TO FIND PICS OF ALL THE PEOPLE
kelly (1:48 PM on Fri Feb 13, 2009)
ok i'm about to freak out cuz i don't live in canada and my stupid compute wont let me upload flash so i can see it on youtube.i missed seeing heather be miserable.i miss the couples to gwen trent courtny and duncan are my favs
Anonymous (12:30 PM on Sun Feb 22, 2009)
I know when Courtney comes back. She will come back when the final 9 comes along. Go to the Total Drama Island wikia and search Courtney and it will tell you the same thing.
paige (9:16 AM on Sat Feb 28, 2009)
Total drama action comes out on cartoon network on june 4th 2009 so like summer and i know it does suk that it only airs on canada!!!
Anonymous (2:58 PM on Tue Mar 3, 2009)
vet for total drama action
Dynaysja (3:06 PM on Fri Jun 12, 2009)
total drama island was so funny last night i cant hardly wait till the next one comes on! u rock total drama island!
Gianina (7:59 PM on Wed Mar 18, 2009)
OMG I ca not wait till total drama action comes out. But im kind of afaid b/c i dont know if courtney will come back. I love her and duncan together. Who else loves them? They are soooooooo cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gianina (8:05 PM on Wed Mar 18, 2009)
WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? TDA is only airing in Canada? So its like not going to air in America AT ALL??????????????? Whats up with that? Am I getting this straight?
Anonymous (11:39 PM on Mon Aug 24, 2009)
Nooooooo ppl were just saying tht they were mad cuz the show aires in canada a couple months b4 it does in America and they hav to wait to watch it.
I'm sure u no tht by now.....but i just had to answer :)
DxC```
Molly - Ann (10:33 AM on Mon Mar 23, 2009)
is tat old show?
Gianina (6:28 PM on Mon Mar 30, 2009)
When is tda coming out again? This summer rite?
Ali love Courtney & Duncan (11:58 AM on Mon Apr 6, 2009)
I love itttttttttttt
junnie (10:03 PM on Thu Apr 23, 2009)
it is. but cartoon network hasn't decided to air the third and forth seasons yet.
Courtney+Duncan (8:53 PM on Tue May 19, 2009)
I cant wait for episode 13 of TDA,Im from Puerto Rico and im seeing the episodes of TDA in YOUTUBE!!!
Anonymous (8:10 PM on Fri May 22, 2009)
it sux cos courtney doesnt make it to tda, only leshawna,gwen heather,lindsay,harold,duncan,owen,izzy.beth,trent,geof,bridgette,justin and dj make it to tda, i think courtney is the best but she returns in ab episode call oceans eight- or nine!
francisco daniel acevedo gonzalez (9:55 AM on Tue May 26, 2009)
im from puerto rico and its unfair for this country in the hot hot hot carribean and its really unfair for the tropic to get the series after continental america like Canada U.S.A and Mexico
Evan (9:49 AM on Mon Jun 22, 2009)
cortney and ducon just should just get toghter already
LENA (1:28 PM on Thu Jun 25, 2009)
this is the best tv show ever
Anna Zeigler (9:54 PM on Fri Jul 3, 2009)
I love Total Drama Island, and Total Drama Action is even better! I hope they keep the series going, but seriously... I won't be looking forward to Total Drama Musical, it'll probably be really cheesy or something. If they'd have another version with the same characters, I'd love that... but not a musical.
ALEX (1:00 PM on Mon Jul 6, 2009)
TDA IS GREAT BUT I THINK CODY SHOULD BE ON TDA.
cutie23 (9:22 AM on Mon Jul 6, 2009)
I love tatal drama action!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I watch it all the time I dont miss a single show!!!!!!!
What is your favrite person on the show?
Anonymous (11:45 AM on Wed Jul 8, 2009)
total drama comady is season three of the total drama series then its total drama the musical!
Anonymous (9:38 PM on Sat Jul 18, 2009)
hey the best show ever
Keisha (1:50 PM on Wed Jul 22, 2009)
tottal drama action rocks but gwen really mest up with trent.
karleen (12:00 PM on Thu Jul 23, 2009)
i love it waching it and i love to see when owen always eat all the food it ROCKS WHAT ABOUT YOU???? the best show ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
karleen (11:56 AM on Thu Jul 23, 2009)
i love it waching it and i love to see when owen always eat all the food it ROCKS WHAT ABOUT YOU????
Anonymous (8:02 PM on Wed Jul 22, 2009)
heather has anger manegments so does eva
Anonymous (5:06 PM on Fri Jul 24, 2009)
Gwen and Duncan end up dating in the end! Courtney ends up dating Trent!!
Anonymous (12:39 AM on Sun Jul 26, 2009)
WHAT?????? That is so weird!!!! I don't believe it! Courtney said that "Trent is a loser-by default!" I am mortified.
Anonymous (9:43 PM on Sun Jul 26, 2009)
hope heather gets voted OFF!!! she suks
Anonymous (7:06 PM on Wed Jul 29, 2009)
to i hope heather get voted off!!!!!! she sucks egg
kk (9:16 PM on Thu Jul 30, 2009)
this show is graet you know i hate it they kicked off izzy harold is a punk to me i love and hate chris i wonder if he has a babe
Anonymous (4:45 PM on Thu Jul 30, 2009)
Total drama island was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better than total drama action and what really stinks is that well here it goes.Bridgette and geoff go because they kiss the whole time. then izzy but she comes back a million times. gwen and trent brake up. Heather gets kicked off in the top 5 or 4. the top two are Beth and Courtney. And then they have total drama the musical where everyone gets back together and who know who wins. then they have total drama comedy and idk whats next. i think they should make new people next.
David Hernandez (7:18 PM on Sun Aug 9, 2009)
Here are the ways it goes for the Total Drama Serice:
1st it's Total Drama Island (TDI)
2nd is Total Drama Action (TDA)
3rd is Total Drama the Musical (TDM)
and
The Final Total Drama Serice is Total Drama Comedy (TDC)
I heard that these are the Elimation orders of TDA:
1st & 2nd: Brigette & Geoff
3rd: Izzy (As Escope)
4th : Trent
5th: Gwen (Izzy comes back)
6: DJ
7th: Izzy (As Explosivo)
8th: Owen (Courtney comes back)
9th: Lewshana
10th: Heather
11th: Duncan
12th: Courtney
HERE ARE THE FINAL FOUR CAMPERS ON TDA:
(Lindsay, Justin, Beth & Harold)
13th: Lindsay
FINAL THREE!
(Beth, Harold & Justin)
14th: Justin
FINAL TWO!
BETH AND HAROLD!
Lost Final Two: Harold
Winner of TDA: Beth
Anonymous (8:23 PM on Thu Sep 24, 2009)
You're wrong David. Heather gets voted off before Lewshana. Where did you hear about Total Drama Comedy?
Anonymous (1:55 AM on Sun Oct 18, 2009)
What's up with this? There have been many rumors in this comment section that aren't true. In this case, Justin is voted off after Lashana (Leshana, or however you spell her name) in episode 19 of TDA. That is the latest show in the US. Courtney, Duncan, Beth, Lindsay, and Harold are still in.
Anonymous (4:36 PM on Mon Aug 24, 2009)
what abut the musical
jayla (1:18 PM on Fri Sep 4, 2009)
i love yo show
Anonymous (5:27 PM on Sun Sep 13, 2009)
My favorite charecter is Courtney. SHE RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anonymous (5:25 PM on Sun Sep 13, 2009)
TOTAL DRAMA THE MUSICAL?!! Are they out of there minds?!!!!
David Hernandez (7:55 PM on Mon Sep 21, 2009)
I can't wait for Season 3. Total Drama the Musical!!!! I know Duncan might get voted off in Season 3 Episode 1 because he doesn't do anything but Bad Boy Stuff
Anonymous (5:21 PM on Sun Sep 13, 2009)
COURTNY ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!