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'''''Cloud Nine''''' (or '''''Cloud 9''''') was a children's programming block that aired on Saturday and Sunday mornings on PAX TV (now Ion Television) from 1998 to 2000, as part of a two-year agreement.<ref>https://www.awn.com/mag/issue3.2/3.2pages/3.2television.html</ref> The block featured cartoons from DiC Entertainment, which was owned by Disney during the block's run. ''Cloud Nine'' was hosted by a trio of teenage angels who, in a series of '''live-action segments''' produced in-house at PAX, ran a public-access show.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=ZGMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA26&lpg=PA26&dq=pax+tv+cloud+nine&source=bl&ots=yEs3UaJKZd&sig=ACfU3U1ADrxcJbE116BKWPHTNPMdtS0p3A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjS89KR77DnAhXll3IEHbCDD6gQ6AEwCXoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=pax%20tv%20cloud%20nine&f=false</ref>
Cloud Nine (or Cloud 9) was a children's programming block that aired on Saturday and Sunday mornings on PAX TV (now Ion Television) from 1998 to 1999, as part of a two-year agreement.<ref>[https://www.awn.com/mag/issue3.2/3.2pages/3.2television.html AWN Magazine article on Cloud Nine.] Retrieved 01 Feb '20</ref> The block featured cartoons from DIC Entertainment, which was owned by Disney during the block's run. Cloud Nine centers on a group of four teenage angels: Gabe, Raffaella, Michael, and Angela. In '''a series of live-action segments produced in-house at PAX''', the angels run a public-access show and learn valuable life lessons.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ZGMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA26&lpg=PA26&dq=pax+tv+cloud+nine&source=bl&ots=yEs3UaJKZd&sig=ACfU3U1ADrxcJbE116BKWPHTNPMdtS0p3A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjS89KR77DnAhXll3IEHbCDD6gQ6AEwCXoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=pax%20tv%20cloud%20nine&f=false The Advocate from September 1st, 1998 that has an article on Cloud Nine.] Retrieved 01 Feb '20</ref> Cloud Nine would eventually be replaced by PAX Kids sometime in 1999.


== Availability ==
==Cast==
Finneus Egan – Gabe


A commercial for ''Cloud Nine'' containing some of the live-action segments was uploaded to YouTube on September 17, 2018 by user platypuscomixII. The uploader stated on their website that they have no other recordings of the block, and they taped PAX only two times during its seven-year existence.<ref>http://platypuscomix.com/videos/finaldaysofpax.html</ref> Due to this, the majority of ''Cloud Nine'''s live-action segments are considered lost.
Amy Grabow – Raffaella


== Gallery ==
Zachary Girard – Michael
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Andrea Massion – Angela
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   |description1 = A commercial for the block, featuring some of the live-action segments.
==Availability==
A commercial for Cloud Nine containing short clips of the live-action segments was uploaded to YouTube on September 17th, 2018, by Peter Paltridge under the username platypuscomixII. Paltridge stated in an article on his website, platypuscomix.com, that he has no other recordings of the block, and he taped PAX only two times during its seven-year existence.<ref>[http://platypuscomix.com/videos/finaldaysofpax.html platypuscomixII's website that has information and a video of Cloud Nine.] Retrieved 01 Feb '20</ref> No other footage of the block surfaced online until April 2, 2022, when YouTube channel "lugia's VHS archive" uploaded two videos of footage from a September 1998 broadcast of the block from Kansas City, Missouri PAX station KPXE-TV. Due to the block's obscurity and short run, the majority of Cloud Nine's live-action segments are lost.
 
==Gallery==
[[File:Cloud Nine Angels.jpeg|thumb|Promotional photo of Raffaella (Amy Grabow) and Michael (Zachary Girard).]]
 
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   |description1 =A commercial for the block, featuring short snippets of the live-action segments.
 
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  |description2 =A compilation of Cloud Nine commercials and bumpers (0:00 – 0:07, 2:09 – 2:55, 4:57 – 5:04)
 
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  |description3 =More footage from the block (intro and theme song at 3:08).
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== References ==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 05:15, 26 August 2022

PAXCloud9TitleCard.jpg

Logo of the block.

Status: Partially found

Cloud Nine (or Cloud 9) was a children's programming block that aired on Saturday and Sunday mornings on PAX TV (now Ion Television) from 1998 to 1999, as part of a two-year agreement.[1] The block featured cartoons from DIC Entertainment, which was owned by Disney during the block's run. Cloud Nine centers on a group of four teenage angels: Gabe, Raffaella, Michael, and Angela. In a series of live-action segments produced in-house at PAX, the angels run a public-access show and learn valuable life lessons.[2] Cloud Nine would eventually be replaced by PAX Kids sometime in 1999.

Cast

Finneus Egan – Gabe

Amy Grabow – Raffaella

Zachary Girard – Michael

Andrea Massion – Angela

Availability

A commercial for Cloud Nine containing short clips of the live-action segments was uploaded to YouTube on September 17th, 2018, by Peter Paltridge under the username platypuscomixII. Paltridge stated in an article on his website, platypuscomix.com, that he has no other recordings of the block, and he taped PAX only two times during its seven-year existence.[3] No other footage of the block surfaced online until April 2, 2022, when YouTube channel "lugia's VHS archive" uploaded two videos of footage from a September 1998 broadcast of the block from Kansas City, Missouri PAX station KPXE-TV. Due to the block's obscurity and short run, the majority of Cloud Nine's live-action segments are lost.

Gallery

Promotional photo of Raffaella (Amy Grabow) and Michael (Zachary Girard).
A commercial for the block, featuring short snippets of the live-action segments.

A compilation of Cloud Nine commercials and bumpers (0:00 – 0:07, 2:09 – 2:55, 4:57 – 5:04)

More footage from the block (intro and theme song at 3:08).

References