Screech Owls

This article is about the TV series. For the bird, see Screech owl.

Screech Owls
Genre	Mystery/Crime
Based on	The Screech Owls by Roy MacGregor
Starring	Jonathan Malen William Greenblatt Nicole Hardy Fraser McGregor Peter Oldring Neil Crone Nicole Dicker
Music by	Jono Grant
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	27
Production
Executive producer	Christina Jennings
Producer	Moira Holmes
Running time	25 minutes
Production companies	Oasis International Shaftesbury Films YTV Canada Inc. Corus Entertainment
Original release
Network	YTV
Release	September 1, 2000 (2000-09-01) – February 10, 2002 (2002-02-10)

The Screech Owls is a Canadian mystery television series based on Roy MacGregor's The Screech Owls book series, that originally aired on YTV from September 1, 2000, to February 10, 2002. It was nominated for Best Children's or Youth Series or Program at the 16th Gemini Awards in 2001. Jonathan Malen was nominated at the Young Artist's Awards. In the USA, it was aired alongside other Canadian imports on Discovery Kids.

Premise

The plot centers on "The Screech Owls", who are one of the great contenders of the Lapine Cup. They solve mysteries that are occurring in the town of Tamarack, between the games.

Cast

• Jonathan Malen as Wayne "Nish" Nishikawa
• William Greenblatt as Travis Lindsay
• Nicole Hardy as Sarah Cuthbertson
• Fraser McGregor as Simon Milliken
• Peter Oldring as Mr. Dillinger
• Neil Crone as Muck Murno
• Nicole Dicker as Samantha McGuire

Characters

• Wayne Nishikawa, called "Nish" by his friends, is the Screech Owls' captain. He enjoys joking and making pranks to his friends. Nish likes collecting hockey cards and loves T-shirts, baseball, and alternative music.
• Travis Lindsay has much natural ability and good leadership skills. He is a great skater and stickhandler. He is passionate about various sports.
• Sarah Cuthbertson is the best skater and one of the best point-scorers on the team. Sarah is also considered one of the best upcoming female players in hockey.
• Simon Milliken is the smallest and most fearful Screech Owl, but he is the hardest working player on the team. He often joins the adventures of the Screech Owls.
• Mr. Dillinger is the assistant coach of the Screech Owls.
• Muck Murno is the coach of the Screech Owls.
• Samantha McGuire is a very talented girl originally from the West who joins the Screech Owls during the second season. The protagonists discover that her family was forced to move away all the time the older brother committed crimes. This changes when the family settles in Tamarack; Sam, not wanting to abandon her new friends, encourages her brother to change his life.

External links

• Screech Owls at IMDb
• YTV.com