Here are a couple of Norwegian articles about
Alicia and Braceface. If anyone can translate these
articles that would be
great!<br><br><a href=http://www.ba.no/49/42/00/0.html
target=new>http://www.ba.no/49/42/00/0.html</a><br><br>Bergensavisen/puls
01.11.01<br><br>Norske Fox Kids byr på
pubertetsproblemer<br>HÅVARD ELLINGSEN,ORIGO<br>Barnekanalen Fox Kids håper
pubertetstegneserien "Braceface" vil lokke norske tenåringsjenter til
TV-skjermene i helgene. Serien har vært en knallsuksess i
USA.<br><br><br>"Batman & Robin" og "Clueless"-stjernen Alicia
Silverstones tegneserie "Braceface" ble varmt mottatt i USA.
Nå lanseres den humoristiske serien på den norske
delen av Fox Kids. Barnekanalen håper på stor interesse
blant norske tenåringsjenter. <br><br>Silverstone
produserer serien og stiller med stemmen til den 13 år gamle
hovedfiguren Sharon Spitz. Hollywood-stjernen har også vært
med på å velge temaer som tas opp i serien. Norske
tenåringsjenter får se hovedpersonen Sharon hanskes med kjente
pubertetsproblemer, blant annet mensen. Hun får kallenavnet
"Braceface" etter at hun må begynne med tannregulering.
<br><br>SVÆRT POPULÆR<br>I februar trakk "Braceface" flere
seere i aldersgruppen 9-14 år enn noen annen serie i
USA tidligere har klart. <br><br>- Mange av våre
serier, som Spiderman og Digimon, appellerer mer til
gutter enn til jenter. Med "Braceface" håper vi å trekke
jentene til TV-skjermen. Temaer som forelskelse, sjalusi,
skolefester og pubertet, retter seg mot de litt eldre
jentene, sier markedsdirektør Unni Amundsen i Fox Kids i
en pressemelding. <br><br>"Braceface" dukker opp på
skrjermene til norske Fox Kids-abonnenter lørdager og
søndager kl.
14.00.<br><br>------------------------------------------------------------------\
--------------<br><br><a href=http://www.ba.no/49/45/40/7.html
target=new>http://www.ba.no/49/45/40/7.html</a><br><br>Bergensavisen/Utenriks
01.11.01<br><br>Alicia Silverstone bak ny
tegnefilmserie<br>Oslo (ANB): Filmstjernen Alicia Silverstone kommer nå
med egen tegnefilmserie.<br><br><br>Silverstone er
fra blant annet kjent fra komedien «Clueless»,
«Batman & Robin» og flere musikkvideoer til rockegruppen
Aerosmith. <br><br>Nå er hun både medprodusent og stemmen
bak den 13 år gamle hovedpersonen Sharon Spitz i
serien «Braceface». Tegneserien har allerede hatt
suksess i USA. <br><br>Tenåringsidol og medprodusent
Alicia Silverstone har hatt stor innflytelse på
innholdet og temaene i serien. <br>– Temaer som tas opp er
blant annet mensen – et til nå uberørt emne innen
tengeserieverdenen. Silverstone sier hun er opptatt av de
utfordringer jenter har i overgangen til ungdom, skriver
fjernsynskanalen Fox Kids. <br><br>Målgruppen er jenter i alderen
9 til 14 år. <br><br>13 år gamle Sharon Spitz er
tegneseriens motebevisste stjerne. Det er ikke alltid like
lett å være tenåring, og Sharon møter stadig nye
utfordringer. Problemene topper seg når hun må begynne med
tannregulering.

Below are translations for the two Norwegian
articles. Someone else transcribed them. Some of the words
like "puberty" might have been better transcribed as
"adolescent", but that's just my opinion.
<br><br>-----<br><br>Bergensavisen/puls 01.11.01<br><br>Norwegian Fox Kids
offers puberty
problems<br><br>Håvard Ellingsen, Origo<br><br>The children`s channel
Fox Kids hopes that the puberty cartoon series
"Braceface" will attract Norwegian teenage girls to the TV
screens in<br>the weekends. The series has been a huge
success in USA.<br><br>"Batman & Robin" and the
"Clueless" star Alicia Silverstone`s cartoon series
"Braceface" was warmly received in USA. Now the humoristic
series will be launched on the Norwegian part of Fox
Kids. The children`s channel hope to get lots of
interest among Norwegian teenage girls.<br><br>Silverstone
is producing the series and she is also the voice
behind the 13 year old main character Sharon Spitz. The
Hollywood star has also been taking part in choosing the
themes that are brought up in the series. Norwegian
teenage girls will see how the main character Sharon
deals<br>with well-known teenage problems, such as periods. She
gets the nick name "Braceface" after she has been told
to wear braces.<br><br>Very popular<br>In Febuary
"Braceface" attracted more viewers in the age group 9-14
years than any other series in USA has managed
before.<br>-Many of our series, like Spider-man and Digimon,
appeals more to boys than to girls. With "Braceface" we
hope to attract the girls to the TV screen.<br>Themes
like love, jealousy, school parties and puberty, are
aimed at the slightly older girls, says Marketing
Director Unni Amundsen in Fox Kids<br>press release.
<br>"Braceface" appears on the screens of Norwegian Fox Kids
subscribers Saturdays and Sundays at 14.00.<br>
<br>-----<br><br>Bergensavisen/Utenriks 01.11.01<br><br>Alicia Silverstone
behind new
cartoon<br><br>Oslo (ANB): The Film Star Alicia Silverstone now
appears with her own cartoon.<br><br>Silverstone is among
other things known from the comedy "Clueless", "Batman
& Robin" and from several music videos by the rock
group Aerosmith.<br><br>Silverstone is both co-producer
and the voice behind the 13 year old main character
Sharon Spitz in the series "Braceface". The cartoon
has<br>already been succesful in USA. <br><br>The teenage idol
and co-producer Alicia Silverstone has had great
influence on the contents and the themes in the
series.<br>-Themes that are brought up are, among others, periods -
a theme, until now, untouched in the cartoon world.
Silverstone says she is committed to the challenges girls
have in the transition to adulthood, writes the TV
channel Fox Kids.<br><br>The target group is girls in the
age 9 to 14 years.<br><br>The 13 year old Sharon
Spitz is the cartoon`s fashion conscious star. It is
not always easy to be a teenager, and Sharon keeps on
meeting new<br>challenges. The problems really begin when
she gets braces.<br><br>-----<br><br>Vegi_head
wrote:<br><br>> Here are a couple of Norwegian articles about
Alicia and Braceface. If anyone can translate these
articles that would be
great!<br><br><a href=http://www.ba.no/49/42/00/0.html
target=new>http://www.ba.no/49/42/00/0.html</a><br><br><a
href=http://www.ba.no/49/45/40/7.html
target=new>http://www.ba.no/49/45/40/7.html</a>

Below are translations for the two Norwegian
articles. Someone else transcribed them. Some of the words
like "puberty" might have been better transcribed as
"adolescent", but that's just my opinion.
<br><br>-----<br><br>Bergensavisen/puls 01.11.01<br><br>Norwegian Fox Kids
offers puberty
problems<br><br>Håvard Ellingsen, Origo<br><br>The children`s channel
Fox Kids hopes that the puberty cartoon series
"Braceface" will attract Norwegian teenage girls to the TV
screens in<br>the weekends. The series has been a huge
success in USA.<br><br>"Batman & Robin" and the
"Clueless" star Alicia Silverstone`s cartoon series
"Braceface" was warmly received in USA. Now the humoristic
series will be launched on the Norwegian part of Fox
Kids. The children`s channel hope to get lots of
interest among Norwegian teenage girls.<br><br>Silverstone
is producing the series and she is also the voice
behind the 13 year old main character Sharon Spitz. The
Hollywood star has also been taking part in choosing the
themes that are brought up in the series. Norwegian
teenage girls will see how the main character Sharon
deals<br>with well-known teenage problems, such as periods. She
gets the nick name "Braceface" after she has been told
to wear braces.<br><br>Very popular<br>In Febuary
"Braceface" attracted more viewers in the age group 9-14
years than any other series in USA has managed
before.<br>-Many of our series, like Spider-man and Digimon,
appeals more to boys than to girls. With "Braceface" we
hope to attract the girls to the TV screen.<br>Themes
like love, jealousy, school parties and puberty, are
aimed at the slightly older girls, says Marketing
Director Unni Amundsen in Fox Kids<br>press release.
<br>"Braceface" appears on the screens of Norwegian Fox Kids
subscribers Saturdays and Sundays at 14.00.<br>
<br>-----<br><br>Bergensavisen/Utenriks 01.11.01<br><br>Alicia Silverstone
behind new
cartoon<br><br>Oslo (ANB): The Film Star Alicia Silverstone now
appears with her own cartoon.<br><br>Silverstone is among
other things known from the comedy "Clueless", "Batman
& Robin" and from several music videos by the rock
group Aerosmith.<br><br>Silverstone is both co-producer
and the voice behind the 13 year old main character
Sharon Spitz in the series "Braceface". The cartoon
has<br>already been succesful in USA. <br><br>The teenage idol
and co-producer Alicia Silverstone has had great
influence on the contents and the themes in the
series.<br>-Themes that are brought up are, among others, periods -
a theme, until now, untouched in the cartoon world.
Silverstone says she is committed to the challenges girls
have in the transition to adulthood, writes the TV
channel Fox Kids.<br><br>The target group is girls in the
age 9 to 14 years.<br><br>The 13 year old Sharon
Spitz is the cartoon`s fashion conscious star. It is
not always easy to be a teenager, and Sharon keeps on
meeting new<br>challenges. The problems really begin when
she gets braces.<br><br>-----<br><br>Vegi_head
wrote:<br><br>> Here are a couple of Norwegian articles about
Alicia and Braceface. If anyone can translate these
articles that would be
great!<br><br><a href=http://www.ba.no/49/42/00/0.html
target=new>http://www.ba.no/49/42/00/0.html</a><br><br><a
href=http://www.ba.no/49/45/40/7.html
target=new>http://www.ba.no/49/45/40/7.html</a>

I've been informed that the Braceface episode
"Meat of the Matter" was honored by the Environmental
Media Association as Best Childrens Animated Program at
the EMA Awards ceremony on November 7, 2001 in Los
Angeles. Alicia was at the awards ceremony. <br><br>Here
is the EMA web
site:<br><a href=http://www.ema-online.org/
target=new>http://www.ema-online.org/</a><br><br>Here's a description of the
award from the EMA website
page:
<a href=http://www.ema-online.org/awards_11th.htm
target=new>http://www.ema-online.org/awards_11th.htm</a><br><br>The
Environmental Media Association (EMA) Awards are
presented to recognize outstanding use of environmental
themes in the following categories: Television Episodic
Comedy, Television Episodic Drama, Children's Animated
Television, Children's Live Action Television, Movies Made
for Television and Feature
Film.<br><br>-----<br><br>Here are 54 thumbnail images of Alicia at the EMA
awards:
<br><a
href=http://www.wireimage.com/GalleryListing.asp?c4ni=3115&navtyp=CHM===4435
target=new>http://www.wireimage.com/GalleryListing.asp?c4ni=3115&navtyp=CHM===44\
35</a><br><br>Here are 365 images of various celebs at the EMA
awards:<br><a href=http://www.wireimage.com/GalleryListing.asp?navtyp=CHM===4435
target=new>http://www.wireimage.com/GalleryListing.asp?navtyp=CHM===4435</a>

Fox Family Channel is now called ABC Family:<br><br><a
href=http://www.abcfamilychannel.com/
target=new>http://www.abcfamilychannel.com/</a>

Here's an article in Spanish about
Braceface<br>("Dientes de lata") from La
Nacion:<br><br><a href=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/suples/teve/0140/tv_339219.asp
target=new>http://www.lanacion.com.ar/suples/teve/0140/tv_339219.asp</a><br><br>\
Here's a computerized translation into English, but it's
not really a clear
translation:<br><a
href=http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://www.lanacion.com\
.ar/suples/teve/0140/tv_339219.asp&prev=/search%3Fq%3DBraceface%26hl%3Den%26lr%3\
Dlang_es%26cr%3D
target=new>http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://www.lanaci\
on.com.ar/s
uples/teve/0140/tv_339219.asp&prev=/search%3Fq%3DBraceface%26hl%3Den%26lr%3Dlang
_es%26cr%3D</a>

There's an article on several web sites that gives the full story on Braceface
and the
EMA
award:<br><br>CNet.com<br><a
href=http://investor.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-7886719-0.html
target=new>http://investor.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-7886719-0\
.html</a> <br><br>StockHouse
USA<br><a href=http://www.stockhouse.com/news/news.asp?tick=CJR.B&newsid=976598
target=new>http://www.stockhouse.com/news/news.asp?tick=CJR.B&newsid=976598</a><\
br><br>ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
DAILY<br><a
href=http://199.97.97.16/contWriter/endprnewswire/2001/11/15/XXb6e/1499-0624-CA-\
Nelvana-Braceface...html
target=new>http://199.97.97.16/contWriter/endprnewswire/2001/11/15/XXb6e/1499-06\
24-CA-Nelva
na-Braceface...html</a><br><br>FreeRealTime.com<br><a
href=http://quotes.freerealtime.com/dl/frt/N?art=C2001111500319p1843&SA=Latest%2\
0News
target=new>http://quotes.freerealtime.com/dl/frt/N?art=C2001111500319p1843&SA=La\
test%20News</a>

Fox Kids Latin America Braceface
page:<br><a
href=http://www.foxkidstv.com/index.html/nodeID/573021C9-D56F-414E-AC46-CCEB9A7C\
20CE.htm
target=new>http://www.foxkidstv.com/index.html/nodeID/573021C9-D56F-414E-AC46-CC\
EB9A7C20CE.
htm</a><br><br><br>Below is a translation of that Spanish text from Babel
Fish Translation. The parts in brackets [ ] are
corrections that I made. The computerized translation made
some errors.<br><br>-----<br><br>Tin Teeth<br><br>To
grow is not far from easy and this, Sharon Spitz
discovered it very fast at the height of [her] 13 years. The
voice of Agustina Cherri, Sharon faces the challenges
of [her] scholastic year... with the full metal
mouth! In addition, because of the apparatus, [she] must
face mysterious events. But in spite of this confusion
that persecutes [her], Sharon always gets rid of the
problems with [her]... smile of tin teeth!

Fox Kids Brazil Braceface
page:<br><a
href=http://www.foxkids.com.br/index.html/nodeID/573021C9-D56F-414E-AC46-CCEB9A7\
C20CE
target=new>http://www.foxkids.com.br/index.html/nodeID/573021C9-D56F-414E-AC46-C\
CEB9A7C20CE</a> .htm<br><br>Below is a translation from Babel
Fish Translation, Portuguese to English. I made some
corrections in brackets [ ] because there were some errors in
the computerized translation. As you can see, it's
not a perfect
translation.<br><br>-----<br><br>Metalic Smile<br><br>To grow is not far from
easy and
nobody discovered the this fastest one of the one than
Sharon Spitz in the height of [her] 13 years. In the
voice of Mariana Ximenes, Sharon faces the challenges
of the eighth series with the full metal mouth! E
still for top has to deal with mysterious events
because of the device. Although all confusion that
pursues it, Sharon always is seen exempts of the problems
with [her]... metallic smile!

Sharon is on Fox Kids web sites all over the
world! Here is a
list:<br><br><a href=http://www.foxkids.com.br/
target=new>http://www.foxkids.com.br/</a><br>Fox Kids Brazil
homepage<br><br><a
href=http://www.foxkids.com.br/index.html/nodeID/573021C9-D56F-414E-AC46-CCEB9A7\
C20CE.htm
target=new>http://www.foxkids.com.br/index.html/nodeID/573021C9-D56F-414E-AC46-C\
CEB9A7C20CE
.htm</a><br>Fox Kids Brazil Braceface
page<br><br><a href=http://www.foxkidstv.com/
target=new>http://www.foxkidstv.com/</a><br>Fox Kids Latin America
homepage<br><br><a
href=http://www.foxkidstv.com/index.html/nodeID/573021C9-D56F-414E-AC46-CCEB9A7C\
20CE.htm
target=new>http://www.foxkidstv.com/index.html/nodeID/573021C9-D56F-414E-AC46-CC\
EB9A7C20CE.
htm</a><br>Fox Kids Latin America Braceface
page<br><br><a
href=http://www.foxkids.dk/home/siteframe.html?gotourl=http://www.foxkids.dk/sho\
ut/index/0,2043,397,00.html
target=new>http://www.foxkids.dk/home/siteframe.html?gotourl=http://www.foxkids.\
dk/shout/in
dex/0,2043,397,00.html</a><br>Fox Kids Denmark Braceface
Page<br><br><a
href=http://www.foxkids.dk/home/siteframe.html?gotourl=/forums/list/0,2431,0-630\
-25-0,00.html
target=new>http://www.foxkids.dk/home/siteframe.html?gotourl=/forums/list/0,2431\
,0-630-25-0
,00.html</a><br>Fox Kids Denmark Braceface message
board<br><br><a href=http://www.foxkids.no/
target=new>http://www.foxkids.no/</a><br>Fox Kids Norway
homepage<br><br><a
href=http://www.foxkids.no/home/siteframe.html?gotourl=/shout/index/0,2043,395,0\
0.html
target=new>http://www.foxkids.no/home/siteframe.html?gotourl=/shout/index/0,2043\
,395,00.htm
l</a><br>Fox Kids Norway Braceface
page<br><br><a href=http://www.foxkids.se
target=new>http://www.foxkids.se</a><br>Fox Kids Sweden
homepage<br><br><a
href=http://www.foxkids.se/home/siteframe.html?gotourl=/shout/index/0,2043,394,0\
0.html
target=new>http://www.foxkids.se/home/siteframe.html?gotourl=/shout/index/0,2043\
,394,00.htm
l</a><br>Fox Kids Sweden Braceface
page<br><br><a href=http://www.foxkids.co.uk/shout/article/0,2145,840,00.html
target=new>http://www.foxkids.co.uk/shout/article/0,2145,840,00.html</a><br>Fox
Kids (UK) - Braceface review
<br><br><a
href=http://www.foxkids.co.uk/home/siteframe.html?gotourl=/remote/tvschedules
target=new>http://www.foxkids.co.uk/home/siteframe.html?gotourl=/remote/tvschedu\
les</a><br>Fox Kids UK Showzone
page<br><br><a
href=http://www.teletoon.com/cgi-local/program.cgi?value=Braceface&type=title&ge\
nre
target=new>http://www.teletoon.com/cgi-local/program.cgi?value=Braceface&type=ti\
tle&genre</a><br>TELETOON (Canada) - Braceface info
<br><br><a href=http://www.foxfamilychannel.com/daytime/braceface
target=new>http://www.foxfamilychannel.com/daytime/braceface</a><br>ABC Family
Channel Braceface page
(US)<br><br><a
href=http://www.foxfamilychannel.com/daytime/braceface/episodes.asp
target=new>http://www.foxfamilychannel.com/daytime/braceface/episodes.asp</a><br\
>ABC Family Braceface episode
guide<br><br><a href=http://www.foxfamilychannel.com/daytime/schedule
target=new>http://www.foxfamilychannel.com/daytime/schedule</a><br>ABC Family
Channel Daytime Schedule

Just added a new picture from E! Online's Fashion Police. It's one of Alicia at
the Premiere of Harry Potter... it's in the Beautiful Alicia album

Cool! Here's the link to the E! Online Fashion
Police web page that the pic came
from:<br><br><a
href=http://www.eonline.com/Gossip/Fashion/Archive2001/011121.html?main3
target=new>http://www.eonline.com/Gossip/Fashion/Archive2001/011121.html?main3</\
a><br><br>-----<br><br>aeroclaud wrote:<br><br>> Just added a new picture
from
E! Online's Fashion Police. It's one of Alicia at
the Premiere of Harry Potter... it's in the Beautiful
Alicia album

On the ABC Family Channel web site they list
episode #25 as "The Perfect Storm" but when the episode
aired the title was "Stormy Weather."<br><br>ABC Family
Channel - Braceface Episode
Guide:<br><a href=http://www.abcfamily.com/daytime/braceface/episodes.asp
target=new>http://www.abcfamily.com/daytime/braceface/episodes.asp</a>

Here is a link to an English translation of that
Spanish article about
Braceface:<br><br><a
href=http://www.starletnews.com/cgi-bin/UltraBoard/UltraBoard.cgi?action=Read&BI\
D=5&TID=34&SID=140
target=new>http://www.starletnews.com/cgi-bin/UltraBoard/UltraBoard.cgi?action=R\
ead&BID=5&T
ID=34&SID=140</a><br><br>-----<br><br>Vegi_head wrote:<br><br>Here's an article
in Spanish about
Braceface<br>("Dientes de lata") from La
Nacion:<br><br><a href=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/suples/teve/0140/tv_339219.asp
target=new>http://www.lanacion.com.ar/suples/teve/0140/tv_339219.asp</a>

Here's a short interview about Alicia and
Braceface. It's from a site called "Fish". Click the link to
see a photo of Alicia.<br><br>October 5,
2001<br><br><a href=http://www.rte.ie/tv/fish/05102001/3iv.html
target=new>http://www.rte.ie/tv/fish/05102001/3iv.html</a><br><br>Alicia
silverstone (Braceface) <br><br>Alicia got
involved with this cartoon a couple of years ago. She was
approached by an animation company, and they asked her if
she would like to produce this cartoon. Then there
were meetings and phone calls and eventually the
project became a reality.<br><br>Alicia said, "I'm so
proud, how it's turned out. I've worked on it really
hard and I am just so proud of it. Its like a dream,
its all just come together so well. It's a comedy, so
everything is really funny and very light and romantic and
fun. Its just very modern". <br><br>You will catch
Alicia on the big screen very soon. She recently starred
in a film with Martin Clunes. She doesn't know when
it is coming out but we will let you know.
<br><br>-----<br><br>Here's the "Fish" home
page:<br><a href=http://www.rte.ie/tv/fish/home.html
target=new>http://www.rte.ie/tv/fish/home.html</a>

I wasn't sure if I should post this, but someone
wrote a negative "article" about 'Braceface'. Well the
author did admit to not liking Alicia to begin
with.<br><br>-----<br><br><a href=http://www.shiverydelight.org/004/thinks.html
target=new>http://www.shiverydelight.org/004/thinks.html</a><br><br>03 "So
Alicia Silverstone has masterminded a
new<br>cartoon series called 'Braceface.'" <br>
<br>-----<br><br><a href=http://www.shiverydelight.org/004/thinks/03.html
target=new>http://www.shiverydelight.org/004/thinks/03.html</a><br><br>THINKS -
03 <br><br>So Alicia Silverstone has
masterminded a new cartoon series called "Braceface." Never
minding the fact that I used to abhor Miss Silverstone, I
find the idea of this series quite appalling and
insensitive. <br><br>The heroine of the series is a cute,
perky little blond girl who - HORROR OF ALL HORRORS -
gets braces and decided she has absolutely no
self-esteem. The idea is that this series will project toward
insecure preteens everywhere and let them feel represented
by this bracefaced spokesgirl. <br><br>Oh, please.
<br><br>As if (hehe...not to be all ironic or anything...)
the only thing that adolescent girls have to worry
about while growing up is having braces. There is
absolutely nothing else wrong with this girl's
appearance...she's white, pretty, skinny, and, of course, blond.
What about girls who look in the mirror and don't see
an ounce of beauty in them? What about girls who
have different colored skin than their caucasian
counterparts? What about girls who are a little (or a lot)
heavier than the other girls in her class? Although they
shouldn't be, these are some very real reasons for young
girls to have inferior feelings and crippling
insecurities. <br><br>For the creators of this show to feel
that an otherwise beautiful girl who has the crappy
luck to need braces will effectively reach out to
preteens who are uncomfortable with their still-developing
bodies and possibly unfulfilling appearances is hugely
offensive, shows absolutely no compassion and/or actual
thought, and is a hearty slap in the face to anyone who
actually did grow up feeling ugly and inferior.

'Braceface' is mentioned in this article on tween
girl toons:
<br><br><a href=http://www.kidscreen.com/articles/magazine/20010901/tween.html
target=new>http://www.kidscreen.com/articles/magazine/20010901/tween.html</a><br\
><br>September 1, 2001 - KidScreen Magazine<br>MIPCOM Jr.
Special Report<br><br>There's a new tween hero in toon
town<br>Girls make the leap to top spot on production
slates<br><br>[snip]<br><br>While girl-friendly nets are helping to fuel the
girl
toon trend, a pitch-perfect understanding of teens is
critical to maintaining the wannabe-teen demo. "The real
challenge for me is to be competitive with the other things
that nine- to 14-year-old girls are watching," says
Joel Andryc, executive VP of programming and
development at Fox Family Channel and Fox Kids Network.
"They're watching MTV and shows like Jackass and Real
World. One of the favorite shows of [this demo] is
Friends. We could never cover much of the subject matter
those types of shows do." <br><br>Instead, Andryc has
turned to celebrity voices and bolder themes to lure an
older audience to shows like Braceface, an animated
co-pro targeting eight- to 14-year-olds from Canada's
Nelvana and Hong Kong-based Jade Animation. One episode
of the Alicia Silverstone-voiced program features
13-year-old lead character Sharon Spitz getting her period
and, in another episode, inadvertently getting drunk.
The mature subject matter appears to be working--the
series' June 2001 premiere on Fox Family brought in a 6.2
rating with girls six to 11, and a 5.3 rating with girls
nine to 14. <br><br>Andryc hopes to repeat Braceface's
success with an animated version of Buffy the Vampire
Slayer for Fox Kids and Totally Spies for Fox Family.
Both target the eight to 14 crowd, with a skew toward
girls. <br><br>[snip]

'Braceface' is mentioned in this article about
Australian TV
shows:<br><br><a href=http://www.bandt.com.au/articles/30/0c008d30.asp
target=new>http://www.bandt.com.au/articles/30/0c008d30.asp</a><br><br>Pay TV
prepares to capture kids this
summer<br>Heather Jacobs<br><br>ANXIOUS teenagers, aliens obsessed
with popular culture, tough talking cops, home-made
robots, evil-fighting sumo wrestlers, and a criminally
insane brain, the bear he is attached to, and his
disembodied stomach are some of the stars of the new line-up
of kids’ pay TV.<br><br>With summer holidays
approaching, Australia’s pay television children’s
channels—Fox Kids, Nickelodeon, Disney Channel and Cartoon
Network—have a plethora of new programs aimed at keeping eyes
squarely glued to the TV set.<br><br>Come December, Fox
Kids is launching a hefty new line-up, targeting the
7–12 year-old market, with many of the shows
premiering in Australia exclusive to that
station.<br><br>Fox Channels marketing manager Suzanne Hamilton says
when existing program contracts expired, there was the
chance to revamp the schedule.<br><br>“When there is
such a great choice of new programming on the market,
you wouldn’t go past the opportunity to become as
current as possible,” she says.<br><br>Many of the new
shows will be packaged as a two-month seasonal block
called “Summer Blast”. The hosts are yet to be
announced, but bundling the programs gives kids a place
where they can send emails, have more interaction, and
play some games, says Fox Kids channel manager Antony
Warne.<br><br>“We wanted to focus on weekends and get [them]
working 100%. It’s not that [they weren’t] working
well—it’s just that [they] could work better,” he
adds.<br><br>New shows include Butt-Ugly Martians, Medabots,
Braceface, Evolution: The Animated Series, The Super Duper
Sumos, Super Rupert and Just Deal. Special events
include The 2001 Teen Choice Awards, and the exclusive
pay TV run of The Making of Harry Potter and The
Philosopher ’ s Stone. <br><br>The station has high hopes for
the new line-up. Butt-Ugly Mar tians, the
highest-rating premiere ever to hit the UK, debuted locally on
Network Ten and follows three ugly Martians who are
obsessed with fast food, video games and TV.
<br><br>Medabots is about kids who coach their own personal robots
in head-to-head battles for supremacy; and
Braceface, a top-rating US program, features Alicia
Silverstone as the voice of the lead character—13-year-old
Sharon Spitz.<br><br>-----<br><br>To read the rest of
the article click
here:<br><a href=http://www.bandt.com.au/articles/30/0c008d30.asp
target=new>http://www.bandt.com.au/articles/30/0c008d30.asp</a>

You can see a streaming video of Alicia being
interviewed on the British TV program "GM TV" from August
2001. It's about 5 minutes long, but the sound quality
isn't so great, at least not for me. Maybe with a high
speed connection it's better.<br><br>click here to see
the
video:<br><a href=http://www.gmtv.co.uk/index.cfm?articleid=618
target=new>http://www.gmtv.co.uk/index.cfm?articleid=618</a>

I added a new photo album with some pics of Alicia at the EMA Awards on
11-7-01.<br><br>The pics are in the album called: <br>03. Alicia "Braceface

Hi everyone I just joined the club !! I'm a huge
fan of BraceFace and have never missed a episode !! I
wish they would show "Twisted" they havn't showed it
yet !! I also wish the would show teachers pet that
one was cool !!! <br>Nice meeting all of you !!!

Hi, thanks for posting. You're right, they
haven't shown "Twisted" yet. I'll have to find out what
happened to that one.<br><br>"Teachers Pet" is supposed to
repeat again on Friday 12/28 at 4:00pm e/p on ABC Family
Channel.

How did you find out about the 'Braceface' Alicia
Silverstone club?<br><br>What do you think of the
club?<br><br>When did you join the club?<br><br>How often do you
visit the club?<br><br>Do you have any suggestions for
the club?<br><br>What other Yahoo! clubs do you
belong to?<br><br>Have you watched every episode of
'Braceface'?<br><br>What do you like about 'Braceface'?<br><br>Are you a
fan of Alicia Silverstone?<br><br>Which of her movies
have you seen?

Appearantly there's another marathon coming up on
the 29th. Check this link
(<a
href=http://www.tvguide.com/listings/search/SearchResults.asp?FormText=braceface
target=new>http://www.tvguide.com/listings/search/SearchResults.asp?FormText=bra\
ceface</a>) or if it doesn't work just search for Braceface
on the tvguide site.<br><br><br>How did you find out
about the 'Braceface' Alicia Silverstone
club?<br><br>Through the New Alicia Gallery site (the best Alicia
site)<br><br><br>What do you think of the club?<br><br>Pretty good.
Keeps good track of the latest news. Nice pictures
too.<br><br><br>When did you join the club?<br><br>Soon after it
started. <br><br><br>How often do you visit the
club?<br><br>Once in a while. I receive emails with new posts so
it's not necessary to check the club all the
time.<br><br>Do you have any suggestions for the
club?<br><br>Nope.<br><br>What other Yahoo! clubs do you belong
to?<br><br>Alicia Silverstone & Absolutely Alicia
Silverstone<br><br>The first was the site we used to share the news
before SomeOtherDude decided to make his site. The
second because I keep on laughing about the news the
founder and almost only active member makes up.
<br><br><br>Have you watched every episode of
'Braceface'?<br><br>Nope, sadly no. Only just five. Over here in Holland we
don't have Braceface (yet). So anybody who wants to
help me get the other episodes I have a copy of the
movie Le Nouveau Monde on offer.<br><br>What do you
like about 'Braceface'?<br><br>It's not really a show
for people my age but I like that's she trying to put
her message in something which also seems to be
getting praise (Now only a new movie which does the
same).<br><br>Are you a fan of Alicia
Silverstone?<br><br>Yep.<br><br>Which of her movies have you seen?<br><br>I've
seen all
of them except for the yet unreleased Global Heresy
and Scorched. But I hope to see them in the near
future.

Hi Robbie,<br><br>Thanks for filling out the
survey.<br><br>And thanks for the heads up about the next
'Braceface' marathon. The link didn't work for me though. And
I also went to tvguide.com and typed in the search
word Braceface but all I got was the message: "Sorry
your search found no matches"

Fox Kids Brazil and Fox Kids Latin America have 10 new 'Braceface' photos on
their web
site. Here are the links to the pages with the
photos:<br><br><a
href=http://www.foxkids.com.br/index.html/nodeID/03C73504-8BF7-40CD-B255-BB8839B\
CD2EE.htm
target=new>http://www.foxkids.com.br/index.html/nodeID/03C73504-8BF7-40CD-B255-B\
B8839BCD2EE
.htm</a><br><br><a
href=http://www.foxkidstv.com/index.html/nodeID/03C73504-8BF7-40CD-B255-BB8839BC\
D2EE.htm
target=new>http://www.foxkidstv.com/index.html/nodeID/03C73504-8BF7-40CD-B255-BB\
8839BCD2EE.
htm</a><br><br>Thanks to Filipe for this info.

That's strange. I tried the link and it does work. You have to search the TV
listings on the TVguide site and not just the site and than it has to work.

>How did you find out about the 'Braceface'
Alicia Silverstone club?<br>Search engine, while looking
for Braceface sites/info<br><br>>What do you think
of the club?<br>It's great, lots of photos and the
announcements about articles and episodes are very
helpful!<br><br>>When did you join the club?<br>Er... I dunno... late
July? August?<br><br>>How often do you visit the
club?<br>I get messages as e-mail, so I only visit when
something new has been added or when I want to post.
<br><br>>Do you have any suggestions for the club?<br>Hmm...
more discussions? <br><br>>Have you watched every
episode of 'Braceface'?<br>All but the last... I don't
have cable right now<br><br>>What do you like about
'Braceface'?<br>I love how they manage to integrate vegetarian and
animal issues into plotlines, as well as just on the
side; that's an interest of mine. The diversity and
uniqueness of characters reminds me of my own friends. It's
nice how it delivers a message without hitting viewers
with morals all the time (as someone with a teenage
sister, I can admire the appeal of that) I'm also
interested in educational media <br><br>>Are you a fan of
Alicia Silverstone?<br>Er... I don't know if I'd be
called a fan, but I admire her as a person for her
viewpoints and like her work.<br><br>>Which of her movies
have you seen? <br>Just Clueless, Batman&Robin, and
Blast from the Past

How did you find out about the 'Braceface'
Alicia<br>Silverstone club? <br> I'm a member of " The New Alicia
Gallery" and they talked about your site.<br><br>What do
you think of the club? <br> Very nice. I liked a lot
the episode guide and the photo gallery. <br>When did
you join the club? <br> I'm not sure... but I'm in
for quite a long time.<br><br>How often do you visit
the club? <br> At least one time a week.<br><br>Do
you have any suggestions for the club? <br> I haven't
got any right now but if it comes up, I'll tell
you.<br><br>What other Yahoo! clubs do you belong to? <br>
None.<br> <br>Have you watched every episode of
'Braceface'? <br> No. Actually I've never seen a single
episode of Braceface. Just some previews.<br><br>What do
you like about 'Braceface'? <br> It's a actual and
realistic cartoon. And it mixxes comedy, adventure, dramma.
<br><br>Are you a fan of Alicia Silverstone? <br> Big fan.
<br><br>Which of her movies have you seen? <br>"The Crush",
"Clueless", "Hideaway", "Batman & Robin", "Excess Baggage"
and "Blast from the Past".

Hi Robbie,<br><br>Now the link works. I don't
know why it didn't work for me before.<br><br>Anyways,
thanks for letting us know that there will be another
'Braceface' marathon on Saturday 12-29-01 from 7am to 2pm on
ABC Family
Channel.<br><br><a
href=http://www.tvguide.com/listings/search/searchresults.asp?FormText=Braceface
target=new>http://www.tvguide.com/listings/search/searchresults.asp?FormText=Bra\
ceface</a><br><br>-----<br><br>robbie_lange wrote:<br><br>> That's strange. I
tried the
link and it does work. You have to search the TV
listings on the TVguide site and not just the site and
than it has to work.