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{{infoboxInfobox television
| name = Mortified
| genre = [[Sitcom]]
| image = Mortified-DVD Poster.png
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| network = [[Nine Network]]
| first_aired = {{start date|2006|6|30|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{end date|2007|54|0911|df=y}}
| num_seasons = 2
| num_episodes = 26
}}
 
'''''Mortified''''' is an Australian children's television series, co-produced by the [[Australian Children's Television Foundation]] and Enjoy Entertainment for the [[Nine Network Australia]]. The series premiered on 30 June 2006 and ended on 911 MayApril 2007 with two seasons and a total of 26 episodes. Currently, re-runs air on both [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] and the [[Disney Channel]], in the U.S. on [[Starz (TV channel)|Starz Kids and Family]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvforkids.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/weekly-focus-mortified/|title=Weekly Focus: Mortified|author=Matthew D. Pascoe|date=29 October 2010 |access-date=29 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718112732/http://tvforkids.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/weekly-focus-mortified/ |archive-date=18 July 2011}}</ref>
 
==Premise==
''Mortified'' follows the imaginative life of Taylor Fry, aan thirteeneleven-year-old girl living in a beachside town in Australia called Sunburn Beach, as she struggles to make it through her pre-teen years with her flawed and embarrassing family.<ref name="brochure">{{cite web|url=http://www.actf.com.au/distribution/synopses/mortbrochure.pdf |title=Mortified Get me out of here! |format=PDF |access-date=21 February 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060824083843/http://www.actf.com.au/distribution/synopses/mortbrochure.pdf |archive-date=24 August 2006}}</ref> She is embarrassed by her parents; jealous of her neighbour Brittany; her best friend, Hector, has a crush on her; and she has a crush on popular Leon.<ref name="age">{{cite web |author=Greg Hassall |url=http://www.australiantelevision.net/mortified/articles.html |title=Mortified – review |date=30 June 2006 |publisher=The Age |access-date=21 February 2007}}</ref> Taylor frequently breaks the [[fourth wall]] and speaks directly to the audience. Her imagination causes inanimate objects to seemingly come to life.
 
==Cast==
 
===Main===
* [[Marny Kennedy]] as Taylor Fry – Taylor is the main character and protagonist. She is embarrassed by her parents Don and Glenda, is annoyed by her sister Layla, and has a [[Infatuation|crush]] on her classmate Leon (while her best friend Hector has a crush on her, but she does not know it). Taylor regularly breaks the [[fourth wall]] and talks directly to the audience. Marny Kennedy received an Australian Film Institute Award for her role in ''Mortified''.
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| {{IND}}
| [[Disney Channel (India)|Disney Channel India]]
| 2007–2008
| 2007-2008
| मोर्टीफाईड <small>(Hindi)</small>
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| [[RTÉ]]
| 2007-200810
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| [[Disney Channel Latin America]], [[Canal Once]]
| 2007–2015
| 2007-2015
| ''¿Por qué a mí?''
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| ''Mortified Zóóó gênant''
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| [[NRK Super]]
| ''Dødsflaut''
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| 28 November 2012 – present
| ''Tuổi ô mai''
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| {{HK}}
| Australia Network
| 1 July (?) – present
| ''Mortified''
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==Crew==
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! Result
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| rowspan=2|2007 || rowspan=2|New York Festivals Television Programming<br>and Promotion Awards || Grand Award for Best Youth Program || <{{center>|-</center>}} || {{won}}
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| Gold World Medal for Youth Programs ages 7 to 12 || <{{center>|-</center>}} || {{won}}
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| rowspan=7|2006 || rowspan=4| [[Australian Film Institute Awards]] || Best Children's Television Drama || <{{center>|-</center>}} || {{won}}
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| Young Actor Award || Marny Kennedy || {{won}}
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| Best Screenplay In Television || Angela Webber<br><small>(for the pilot episode "Taylor's DNA")</small> || {{no2|Nominee}}
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| Chicago International Children's Festival || First Prize in the Live Action Television category || <{{center>|-</center>}} || {{won}}
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| '''54th Columbus International Film and Video Festival''' || Bronze Plaque for Children and Youth Programs || <{{center>|-</center> }} || {{won}}
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| '''Australian Teachers of Media Awards''' || Best Children's Television Series || <{{center>|-</center>}} || {{won}}
|}
 
==Home media==
A DVD of the series was released in [[PAL]] format on 4 April 2007. Titled ''Mortified: Volume 1,'' the 2-disc DVD has a running time of 299 minutes and includes the first 13 episodes. ''Mortified: Volume 2'', a 2-disc DVD consisting of episodes 14–26 (running time of 312 minutes), was released on 18 July 2007.
 
==References==
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[[Category:2007 Australian television series endings]]
[[Category:Australian children's television series]]
[[Category:TelevisionAustralian seriesEnglish-language abouttelevision teenagersshows]]
[[Category:Television series about children]]
[[Category:Television shows set in Queensland]]