Wild Grinders
| Wild Grinders | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy Skateboarding |
| Created by | Rob Dyrdek |
| Developed by | Christian Duguay |
| Voices of | Rob Dyrdek Sterling "Steelo" Brim Kel Mitchell Cam Clarke Yuri Lowenthal Chelsea Chanel Dudley Erin Fitzgerald Lee Harrell |
| Theme music composer | Jaco Caraco Todd M. Schultz Bill Schultz |
| Composer | Anna M. Rice |
| Country of origin | United States Canada Ireland Hong Kong (season 1) Philippines (season 2) |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 52 (101 segments) (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Rob Dyrdek Tracy Tubera Bill Schultz Paul Cummins Jeremy Larner Steven Ching (season 1) Paul Rigg (season 1) Nicolas Atlan (season 1) Mike Young (season 1) Wayne Dearing (season 2) Geoffrey Taylor (season 2) |
| Producers | Ruth Vincent Juan Cruz Baldassarre (season 1) Siobhán Ní Ghadhra (season 1) Rick Morrison (season 2) Enda Boner (season 2) Stella Dearing (season 2) |
| Running time | 22 minutes (2 11-minute segments) |
| Production companies | Home Plate Entertainment Telegael Four Down Productions (season 1) MoonScoop Entertainment (season 1) Agogo Media (season 1) Copernicus Studios (season 1) Superjacket Productions (season 2) Top Draw Animation (season 2) Big Jump Entertainment (season 2) |
| Original release | |
| Network | Nicktoons Kabillion (shorts) |
| Release | April 27, 2012 – February 12, 2015 |
Rob Dyrdek's Wild Grinders, also known simply as Wild Grinders, is an animated television series created by, produced by and loosely based on the life of professional skateboarder and reality television star Rob Dyrdek. It started out as a series of shorts produced by MoonScoop Entertainment in 2009 and aired on Kabillion and NickToons which were adapted into a toy-line from Mattel that released in 2010.
Following the shorts and merchandise line, a full series of 22-minute episodes was distributed by MoonScoop Entertainment and aired on Nicktoons in 2012. The show made its second broadcast on U.S. television on April 27, 2012. During this time, content featuring the Wild Grinders characters continued to be seen on Kabillion, a video on demand channel and streaming video website partially owned by MoonScoop.
On August 1, 2013, Rob Dyrdek confirmed a second season with 26 episodes which premiered on Nicktoons on December 23, 2013.
Rob Dyrdek partnered with Teletoon to create a two-parter Halloween special, titled "Texas Skateboard Horrorland Zombie Activity 3", which aired on October 24, 2013 on Teletoon in Canada.