James' World

James' World is an American animated television series created by James Howard. The show first premiered on Nickelodeon on January 22, 1999 with the episode "Pilot", which led to a series of half-hour episodes.

James Howard first conceived the show in late 1993 with his idea of "building a whole world" around his two characters, James and Max, early versions of the main characters. However, in 1995, changes were made to both characters, and he soon made more characters in the universe. The characters first appeared on Nickelodeon's the ''Oh Yeah! Cartoons'' show in August 1998. The cartoons were adapted into a half-hour television series in January 1999.

The success of the show's premiere helped two spin-off series get made, titled Max, which premiered on June 24, 2000 and focuses on Max, and See James Run, which premiered in 2007 and finished its run in late 2012, as well as a feature film, James' World: The Movie.

On November 23, 2012, James Howard stated that the show is only halfway through its lifecycle and will continue through 2015 so that he and his crew may focus on his new series, Arcade Village. The show is currently on its seventeenth season as of November 2014.

Development
The show was first concieved by James Howard, then an animator at an animation institute in an office in 1993. The idea hit him after he came up with two characters, James and Max. They didn't look exactly like how they look today. But when the year 1995 came, a few changes were made to both characters. Soon after, James Howard had come up with more characters, including Charlie, Chris, Jenna and more.

James' World first appeared on August 16, 1998 on the ''Oh Yeah! Cartoons'' show. That year, James Howard submitted an email to the producers at his company, James Howard Animation Studios that they were working on a full version of the cartoon, and that they were trying to find a company to produce it. In 1999, Klasky Csupo and James Howard Animation Studios adapted James' World into a half-hour television series on Nickelodeon. The series was originally set to premiere in October of 1998 with the pilot they showed to Nickelodeon earlier that year, James Gets Nuts, but the episode was declined to be used by Nickelodeon (until it was finally preserved on the season 1 DVD in 2001). The producers of the show then decided to "go ahead" and air another first episode, "Pilot" on January 22, 1999.

Premise
The show takes place in the fictional city/neighborhood of 123 James' World, where James and his roommate, Max, along with James' sister Jenna have some adventures along James and Max's other friends, Charlie and Chris; sometimes they also might battle their enemies.

Broadcast
The show has been picked up for 17 seasons on Nickelodeon.