It’s My Party on for TVO
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Joseph O'Halloran
| 15 February 2019

Toronto-based content-creation company Bristow Global Media (BGM) has announced that TVO has greenlit a second season of the TVOkids Original series It’s My Party! (13 x 22 mins) for which it is one of the producers.

Aimed at six- to nine-year-olds, It’s My Party!, takes young viewers on a tour of the world parties from Diwali and Kwanzaa to Hanukkah and Oshogatsu. Each episode pairs up two kids who have never met — one acts as the party guide, the other as their VIP guest. The result is said to be a fun and informative mix of challenges, games, food, fashion, history and cultural experiences.

The upcoming second season of its It’s My Party! is set to air on TVOkids in the third quarter of 2019 and will also be available for streaming on TVOkids.com. The show was greenlit by TVO’s Marney Malabar, director, kids TV. Executive producers are Julie Bristow, Marlo Miazga and Daniel Bourré for BGM, and Marney Malabar for TVOkids. The new series will be produced with financial support from the Shaw Rocket Fund and the Canada Media Fund (CMF), and represented internationally by Distribution360.

“With It’s My Party, TVOkids is excited to continue to explore the diverse celebrations, traditions, and cultures that make our province, our country, and our world interesting,” Malabar remarked. “In partnership with BGM, we can’t wait to invite kids back for a fun second season that celebrates our differences and connects kids to joyful moments found everywhere, around the world.”

Julie Bristow, president and CEO of BGM, added: “Just as the kids in It’s My Party! are learning about new worlds and new ways of doing things, so BGM continues its learning about the digital universe and what young viewers demand of their entertainment. In the end, the technology and delivery may be different but the key to attracting audiences is the same: a great idea executed brilliantly by creatives at the top of their game. We’ve achieved that with It’s My Party!, with its mix of old-fashioned friendship and discovery, and digital fun and games — and we’re delighted that TVO and its young TVOkids audience agree.”