Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Wayside (also known as Wayside School) is a Canadian/American animated television series created by John Derevlany for Teletoon and Nickelodeon. The series centers on Todd, a transfer student who attends Wayside, an offbeat educational institution that was accidentally stacked thirty stories high, with one classroom on each floor. The series' premise is based on the book series Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar, although several elements in the series differ greatly.The series was conceived by Derevlany in 2003, as an hour-long television special and pilot that aired in 2005. Teletoon greenlit twenty-six episodes of Wayside in 2006, which aired throughout 2007 and 2008. The series was also commissioned to air in the United States on Nickelodeon during the summer of 2007 before being pulled from the network's lineup and returning late in the year. The show ceased production in 2008, but still airs on Teletoon in reruns. The show first aired on Nicktoons on September 1, 2007 and the show is removed from American television on April 5, 2010.Wayside received generally favorable reviews from critics, and was also nominated for a "Best TV Series for Children" at the 2008 Cartoons on the Bay award ceremony. Despite favorable critical reception, the series has also received negative criticism, including unfavorable comparisons for its differences from the Sideways Stories book series. Many tie-in media have been released, including a DVD release of the pilot episode under the title Wayside: The Movie, released in 2007, and a DVD of the first season, released on August 17, 2008.. }
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- Wayside_(TV_series) abstract "Wayside (also known as Wayside School) is a Canadian/American animated television series created by John Derevlany for Teletoon and Nickelodeon. The series centers on Todd, a transfer student who attends Wayside, an offbeat educational institution that was accidentally stacked thirty stories high, with one classroom on each floor. The series' premise is based on the book series Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar, although several elements in the series differ greatly.The series was conceived by Derevlany in 2003, as an hour-long television special and pilot that aired in 2005. Teletoon greenlit twenty-six episodes of Wayside in 2006, which aired throughout 2007 and 2008. The series was also commissioned to air in the United States on Nickelodeon during the summer of 2007 before being pulled from the network's lineup and returning late in the year. The show ceased production in 2008, but still airs on Teletoon in reruns. The show first aired on Nicktoons on September 1, 2007 and the show is removed from American television on April 5, 2010.Wayside received generally favorable reviews from critics, and was also nominated for a "Best TV Series for Children" at the 2008 Cartoons on the Bay award ceremony. Despite favorable critical reception, the series has also received negative criticism, including unfavorable comparisons for its differences from the Sideways Stories book series. Many tie-in media have been released, including a DVD release of the pilot episode under the title Wayside: The Movie, released in 2007, and a DVD of the first season, released on August 17, 2008.".