Fudge (TV series)

Fudge is a 1995 American children's television series based on a series of Judy Blume novels about a young boy nicknamed Fudge. The series ran for two seasons, with 24 episodes following a telefilm adaptation of Blume's novel Fudge-a-Mania, which aired on January 7, 1995, in primetime, as part of the ABC Family Movies.

The show was canceled after the second season as part of ABC's restructuring of its Saturday morning lineup due to the network's 1996 acquisition by The Walt Disney Company.

U.S. network broadcasts
Fudge premiered on ABC's Saturday morning program block on January 14, 1995, one week after the pilot movie aired, and ran nine episodes for its first season, and aired its second season with 15 episodes from August to December 1995, with reruns continuing until September 1996. ABC's broadcasts of the show were often accompanied with a Schoolhouse Rock segment immediately after the end of each episode.

In September 1997, reruns of the show reappeared onto the CBS Saturday morning lineup, where it remained until December of that year.

International broadcasts
In Canada, the show was broadcast on YTV at the time of the show's original run. The program was also broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC as part of its CBBC lineup from April 1996 until November 1999. In addition, Australia's Network Ten also broadcast the show as part of its children's programming lineup in 1996.

Primary cast

 * Jake Richardson as Peter Warren Hatcher (storyteller)
 * Luke Tarsitano as Farley Drexel "Fudge" Hatcher
 * Eve Plumb as Anne Hatcher ("Mom")
 * Forrest Witt as Warren Hatcher ("Dad")
 * Nassira Nicola as Sheila Tubman
 * Alex Burrall as Jimmy Fargo

Other characters

 * Rob Monroe as Henry
 * Grant Hoover as Arnold
 * Chuck Marra as Mr. Bogner
 * Rif Hutton as Mr. Green
 * Nick Humphrey as Elliot
 * Brenda Song as Jennie
 * Teddy Dale as Sam
 * Jared Moen as Daniel Manheim

Reception
TV Guide twice listed Fudge as one of the Ten Best Shows for Children.

Awards and nominations
At the Seventeenth Annual Youth in Film Awards, the cast was nominated for a Young Actors Award, Best Performance by a Young Ensemble: Television. Nassira Nicola, who played Sheila Tubman, won for Best Performance by a Young Actress: TV Comedy Series.

Home video
The made-for-TV pilot movie and select episodes were released on VHS by GoodTimes Home Video under license by MCA Universal Home Video in early 1996.