Frederator Incorporated was formed in January 1997 (its first cartoons were released in 1998), and was housed at a temporary location of the Nickelodeon Animation Studio, in North Hollywood, California. Frederator's debut production was the cartoon short incubator, a television series called "Oh Yeah! Cartoons", which later Slapstick second series: "The Fairly OddParents", "ChalkZone", and "My Life as a Teenage Robot", in addition to 51 original short cartoons by a group of creators including the first films by creators like Butch Hartman, Rob Renzetti, Tim Biskup, Larry Huber, Pat Ventura, Seth MacFarlane, and Carlos Ramos. "Oh Yeah! Cartoons" was based on Seibert's "What a Cartoon!" series of shorts from Hanna-Barbera Cartoons and Cartoon Network, which brought Hanna-Barbera its first hit series in 10 years, "Dexter's Laboratory", "Johnny Bravo", "Cow and Chicken", "I Am Weasel", "The Powerpuff Girls", and "Courage the Cowardly Dog". Frederator has produced a total of 16 television series, and over 200 miniseries, including webisodes. , the company was in a producing partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment, and YouTube.