The Teenagers

The Teenagers is an American animated television sitcom created by James Sharp and produced by Sharpness Knight Studios and 20th Century Fox Television for NBC.

Plot
Meet C.J. with his brother Pip and his family including their dog Plaqueo are located at 720 in Derekville, New York

Characters

 * Christopher Joseph "CJ" Hemple (voiced by Dax Shepard)
 * Philip "Pip" Hemple (voiced by Hayes MacArthur) - CJ's brother.
 * Amber Hemple (voiced by Mary Lynn Rajskub) - CJ's sister.
 * Marlene Hemple (voiced by Julie Hagerty) - CJ's mother.
 * Spike Hemple (voiced by Bob Odenkirk) - CJ's father.
 * Plaqueo (vocal effects by Frank Welker) - a short bluish gray dog.
 * Elizabeth "Lilly" Crumpington (voiced by Andrea Savage) - CJ's friend.
 * William "Bill" Lawrence (voiced by Dave Attell)
 * Coach Terrance (voiced by Maurice LaMarche)
 * Benjamin "B" Jeremy (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson) - a prisoner also CJ and Pip's friend.

Production
James Sharp and his production company Sharpness Knight Studios had began working on The Teenagers in 1992, teaming up with David Angell, Peter Casey and David Lee at Grubstreet Productions and Phil Roman at Film Roman. 20th Century Fox Television pitched the series to multiple

networks such as ABC, CBS, Fox, and Comedy Central only the eventually receive rejection, however the studio eventually pitched a 44-minute pilot to NBC in 1996, and the show was greenlit and began production. The series was originally set to premiere after the finale of Wings in 1997 with the pilot they showed to NBC earlier that year but the episode was declined to be used by NBC (until it was finally preserved on the season 1 DVD in 2003). The producers of the show then decided to "go ahead" and produce another first episode, the premiere of the show then moved to after Super Bowl XXXII on January 25, 1998, then moved to after the Seinfeld finale on May 14, 1998, then to after the 1998 NBA Finals, only to premiere on December 20, 1998.

Animation
Animation for the first season was split between Hanho Heung-Up, Yearim Productions, Anivision and Rough Draft Korea in South Korea, Wang Film Productions in Taiwan and Fil-Cartoons, Inc. in the Philippines.