The Newmans (TV series)

The Newmans is a Canadian animated TV series produced by Fresh TV, Nelvana Limited, and Corus Entertainment. It was created by Todd Kauffman and Mark Thornton. It is based on the characters from Grojband.

Plot
Grojband's rival band The Newmans are back with more adventures and getting ready to rock. However, they could have is not writing lyrics but finding the right inspiration for them like whatever adventure they had they could gather information together and create a song.

Main

 * Carrie Beff (voiced by Denise Oliver) - a 13-year-old leader, guitarist, and vocalist of The Newmans. She is also Mina's younger sister. Also, Carrie looks like Mina (because of her hairstyle), sounds like Mina (with a punk-like voice), and walks like Mina.
 * Lenny Nepp (voiced by Cory Doran) - the bassist and band manager of The Newmans. Short in stature, tall in ambition; Lenny usually acts as the voice of reason, but still can't help but give into Carrie's antics. This red-haired firecracker is the band’s bassist and self-proclaimed manager. Also, he revealed that his name is not Larry.
 * Kim Kagami (voiced by Tajja Isen) - the keyboardist of The Newmans and she also has a knack for building machines to help the rest of the band in their antics. She is also the twin sister of Konnie, the drummer.
 * Konnie Kagami (voiced by Stephanie Anne Mills) - the drummer of The Newmans and she is Kim's younger twin sister. Although Konnie is fat and stupid, she is a very nice and loving girl.

Supporting

 * Mina Beff (also voiced by Denise Oliver) - Mina is Carrie's 14-year-old sister and Trina's best friend.
 * Trina Riffin (voiced by Alyson Court) - Trina is Corey's 16-year-old sister who is a friend of Mina.
 * Mayor Mellow (voiced by Kedar Brown) - The mayor of Peaceville, who is always seen carrying a picture of his mother around, and speaks in rhymes. He's good-intentioned and wants what's best for his town, but his ways to do it are questionable. He also has a somewhat short fuse, and he jumps to the conclusion too soon at times.
 * Buzz Newsworthy and Chance Happening (voiced by Dwayne Hill and Julie Lemieux respectively) - The news anchors of the Peaceville News, they are quick on the scene to cover important news events; however they have a habit of exaggerating the stories. They also sometimes have feuds over who is more proficient.
 * Barney (voiced by Rob Tinkler) - A very rich billionaire who owns multiple businesses around Peaceville.

Episodes
See List of The Newmans (TV series) episodes

Trivia

 * This time the Newmans have their new voices than the original voices (which they are voiced by Lyon Smith, Bryn McAuley, Sergio Di Zio and Tim Beresford) on the Grojband series, but these are the voices of the main characters:
 * Carrie is voiced by Denise Oliver and she also sounds similar to Maurecia and Kitty Ko's voices.
 * Lenny is voiced by Cory Doran and he sounds similar to Mike's voice.
 * Kim is voiced by Tajja Isen and she sounds similar to Pony Tail, Jazzi and Betty Barrett's voices.
 * Konnie is voiced by Stephanie Anne Mills and she sounds similar to Lindsay and Vana Glama's voices.
 * Production funding is from the Canada Media Fund and the Shaw Rocket Fund.
 * This is the second Nelvana and Fresh TV-produced show, the first one was 6teen.
 * Unlike the Grojband series, it is aimed at young audience, with most episodes being rated TV-Y7-FV in the US.
 * The four main characters of Grojband do not appear in this show (but the characters mentioned in several episodes), but only Carrie, Lenny, Kim, Konnie, Mina and others.
 * At the end of each episode of the show, Carrie would say "Thanks for watching!", mirroring Corey's line at the end of each episode of Grojband: "Thanks for coming out, everyone!".
 * Mina would be in lots of their episodes and we would see more interactions with her sister Carrie. Also in this show she should stand up to Trina and teach her some respect.
 * Stacey DePass serves as voice director and executive producer.

Poll
Is the Grojband spin-off (starring The Newmans) a good idea? Oh yes, it should exist! Maybe, why? No way, dude!