Debra!

Debra!
Genre	Comedy Sitcom
Created by	Andrew Nicholls Darrell Vickers
Directed by	Stacey Stewart Curtis
Starring	Niamh Wilson Will Jester Austin MacDonald Alicia Josipovic James Coholan
Opening theme	"Decidedly Debra!" performed by jACK (Craig McConnell and Chad Richardson)
Country of origin	Canada
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	12 (aired) (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Stacey Stewart Curtis
Producer(s)	Kevin May Cookie Jar Group
Running time	22 minutes (Approximately)
Production company(s)	Cookie Jar Entertainment
Broadcast
Original channel	Family
Picture format	480i (SDTV) 1080p (HDTV)
First shown in	Canada
Original run	June 4, 2011 – present
External links
Website

Debra! (originally Decidedly Debra!)^[1] is a Canadian television series, which focuses 14 year old Debra Delong, who wants to make her own company and wants to run it with a boy named Preston Lunford. The series was created by Andrew Nicholls, and Darrell Vickers, and produced by Cookie Jar Group. Debra! is executive-produced by Stacey Stewart Curtis, and produced by Kevin May.^[2]

Characters

• Deborah "Debra" Carnegie Cameron Delong (portrayed by Niamh Wilson^[3]) - Debra is a perky 14 year old teen, who wants to create her own company, and improve the world. She is the main protagonist of the show.
• Preston Lunford (portrayed by Will Jester^[4]) - Preston is a smart and quiet guy, who is a musician, guitarist, and also a magician. He is in his own band, and ends up hanging with Debra (even when he doesn't want to.) He is the deuteragonist of the show.
• Auzzie Pilditch (portrayed by Austin MacDonald^[5]) - Auzzie thinks he is the world's gift to girls and often tries to get everyone to think he is special. He is a member of Preston's band.
• Brud Branson (portrayed by James Coholan^[6]) - Brud is of a good nature. He and Auzzie are close friends. He plays the drums for he, Preston and Auzzie's band Floredevoted.
• Dancy Cologne (portrayed by Alicia Josipovic^[7]) - Dancy was originally Debra's best friend, but not anymore. She's Debra's worst enemy and is the high school's "Queenager."

Episodes

Main article: List of Debra! episodes

International Broadcast

Country / region	Channel	Premiere	Title	Timeslot
Canada	Family	April 22, 2011 (Preview) June 4, 2011[8][9] (Official)	Debra!	Weekends at 4:00pm (Eastern)
United States	Disney Channel	November 25, 2011		Daily at 6:30pm.
Israel	Arutz HaYeladim	September 20, 2011	דברה (Debra)	Sunday–Thursday at 11:00pm

Family featured a marathon re-airing the first five episodes on July 15, 2011 starting at 1pm ET.

References

1. ^ "Decidedly Debra! on Newswire.ca". http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/August2010/19/c3796.html. 
2. ^ "Cookie Jar Announces Debra!". http://www.thecookiejarcompany.com/press/cj_press_20110307.php. 
3. ^ "Debra's Page". http://www.family.ca/shows/debra/characters/226/. 
4. ^ "Preston's Page". http://www.family.ca/shows/debra/characters/227/. 
5. ^ "Auzzie's Page". http://www.family.ca/shows/debra/characters/228/. 
6. ^ "Brud's Page". http://www.family.ca/shows/debra/characters/230/. 
7. ^ "Dancy's Page". http://www.family.ca/shows/debra/characters/229/. 
8. ^ "Family Night of Premieres Lineup". http://www.astral.com/en/press-room/news/2011/family-channel-adds-zest-to-april-with-lemonade-mouth-premiering-april-22. 
9. ^ "Debra Delong and Her Big Soaring Pony Land on Family Channel". http://www.astral.com/en/press-room/news/2011/debra-delong-and-her-big-soaring-pony-land-on-family-channel.