Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide is an American live action sitcom on Nickelodeon
that debuted in the Nickelodeon Sunday night TEENick scheduling block on September 12,
2004.
The series' actual pilot episode aired on September 7, 2003 without many of the current
version's main characters.
The main series finale aired on June 8, 2007.
The show was produced by Apollo ProScreen GmbH & Co.
Filmproduktion KG in association with Jack Mackie Pictures.
Its main executive producer and creator is Scott Fellows, the head writer for The Fairly
OddParents.
Premise Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide follows
the lives of Ned Bigby, Jennifer "Moze" Mosely, and Simon "Cookie" Nelson-Cook.
The first season takes place during the first semester of seventh grade and the second season
covers the second semester of seventh grade, while Season 3 takes place during the entire
eighth grade.
Throughout the series, Ned builds up a number of 'tips' for his "survival guide", and uses
the tips to help himself and his classmates cope with the standard struggles of middle
school.
Each individual episode relates to a topic in the guide, such as popularity, grades,
or sports, as well as developing other plots throughout.
Locations The show takes place in California at the
fictional James K. Polk Middle School, named after the 11th President of the United States,
James K. Polk.
The exterior of the school was filmed at La Mesa Junior High in Santa Clarita, California.
The school's colors are gold and green and its mascot is the Wolves, which is a common
theme throughout the school's interior.
During the first season, all of the show's action took place within the school or its
grounds, and with the exception of one or two notable occasions, everything happened
indoors.
However, during Season 2, the show's producers decided they wanted more exterior scenes,
so more outdoor shots were used, and on certain occasions, the show took place off school
property.
The show's finale, for example, took place almost entirely off the school grounds.
Characters
Cast Main cast
Recurring cast Crew
DVD releases In the USA there have been four DVD releases
made for the series.
TEENick Picks, Volume 1 – features "Guide to: Computer Labs and Backpacks"
Special Field Trip Edition – features the telecast and "Guide to: Dismissal and The
School Play" The Best of Season 1 and The Best of Season
2.
The first season of Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide was released on DVD in the
Netherlands, Australia, and Belgium on April 9, 2009.
The Netherlands also released the second season, although both seasons were only released with
Dutch dubbing.
It's unknown if there will follow more places in Europe, or someplace else.
In the United States, the entire series has been released on iTunes, but in Season 2,
the episode "Guide to: Music Class and Class Clown" is missing.
There have been no plans of a DVD release.
All three seasons were once available on the Netflix Instant Streaming service.
All three seasons are currently available on the Amazon Instant Video Instant Streaming
service.
Alliance Home Entertainment has released the first two seasons on DVD in Canada only.
The third and final season was supposed to be released on February 7, 2012 in Canada
only, but again the production was delayed.
Episodes
Spin-off In June 2008, Werkheiser signed a development
contract with Nickelodeon for a spin-off that would deal with his character's adventures
in high school.
The show had not been green lit as of October 2014, due to the other major players in the
series being busy with other projects; creator and executive producer Scott Fellows was working
on another Nickelodeon show, Big Time Rush; Daniel Curtis Lee was committed to Disney
XD's Zeke and Luther; and Lindsey Shaw was working on 10 Things I Hate About You.
International syndication
The series has also been broadcast in the Philippines, the United Kingdom, France, Spain,
Portugal, Brazil, Guatemala, Finland, Germany, Sweden, Austria, Italy, Norway, Mexico, Ireland,
Indonesia, Uruguay, Argentina, El Salvador, South Africa, India, the Netherlands, Belgium,
Israel, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, Colombia, Singapore, Venezuela, Panama, Canada, Malaysia,
Vietnam, and Argentina.
References
External links Ned's Declassified Official TeenNick Site
Official website Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide at
the Internet Movie Database Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide at
TV.com