| Max & Shred | |
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Josh Greenbaum Ben McMillan |
| Directed by | David Winning |
| Starring | Jonny Gray Jake Goodman Saara Chaudry Emilia McCarthy Jean-Michel Le Gal Siobhan Murphy |
| Opening theme | Max and Shred |
| Country of origin | Canada United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 26 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Joan Lambur George Doty IV Ira Levy |
| Location(s) | Toronto, Canada |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Breakthrough Entertainment Boathouse Entertainment |
| Release | |
| Original channel | YTV Nickelodeon |
| Original release | October 6, 2014 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Max & Shred is a Canadian-produced sitcom that first premiered on Nickelodeon in the United States on October 6, 2014, and in Canada on YTV on October 7, 2014. The first season had 26 episodes.
On February 25, 2015, the series was renewed for a second season.[1]
Plot[edit]
The series chronicles the hilarious and unlikely friendship between Max Asher (Jonny Gray), a celebrity snowboarder, and Alvin "Shred" Ackerman (Jake Goodman), a science whiz-kid, who become roommates and instant friends when Max moves to Colorado to train for the Winter Cup.
Cast and characters[edit]
- Jonny Gray as Max Asher
- Jake Goodman as Alvin "Shred" Ackerman
- Saara Chaudry as Jill "Howie" Finch
- Emilia McCarthy as Abby Ackerman
- Jean-Michel Le Gal as Lloyd Ackerman
- Siobhan Murphy as Diane Ackerman
Episodes[edit]
| No. | Title | Original US air date[2] | Original Canadian air date | Production code[3] |
U.S. viewers (in millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Big Hair Switch 360" | October 6, 2014 | October 7, 2014 | 101 | 1.15[4] |
| Max Asher, superstar snowboarder, moves to Colorado, into the home of Alvin Ackerman, to train for the winter cup. However, things take a turn for the worst when Max's agent takes Alvin (dressed as Max) to a snowboarding challenge and Max and Howie have to fill in for Alvin at the science fair. At the end, Alvin does a 50-foot drop, intended for Max to do, and the boys also make up. | |||||
| 2 | "The Lien Love Triangle" | October 7, 2014 | October 21, 2014 | 104 | 1.33[5] |
| Max and Shred fall for the same girl, Quinn, so they each decide to take her on a date and let her decide who she likes more. Meanwhile, Abby is on a mission to get Quinn to join the school soccer team. | |||||
| 3 | "The 1080 Room Twist" | October 8, 2014 | October 14, 2014 | 102 | 1.19[6] |
| Alvin and Max are tired of being roommates and battle over who will get to make the den into their new room. Abby and Howie help Lloyd write a novel about a vampire-wizard. | |||||
| 4 | "The Nosebonk Nemesis" | October 9, 2014 | November 4, 2014 | 107 | 0.95[7] |
| Max is preparing to compete against his snowboarding nemesis, Yuud Nuuderuud, but to his dismay, Alvin and his entire family are charmed by Yuud and refuse to believe he could be the cheater Max says he is. | |||||
| 5 | "The Snow Day Variety Method" | October 14, 2014 | November 25, 2014 | 109 | 1.39[8] |
| A giant snowstorm traps the Ackermans inside their house. Max has a panic attack and the family takes unusual steps to help him through it. | |||||
| 6 | "The Frontside Hero Slide" | October 15, 2014 | October 28, 2014 | 106 | 1.02[9] |
| Alvin is competing against his nemesis, Wendy, for a spot in a prestigious science society. Howie and Diane use unusual methods to train Abby for a 10K. | |||||
| 7 | "The Blunt Stall Auction Flail" | October 16, 2014 | November 18, 2014 | 103 | 1.36[10] |
| Abby accidentally auctions off Max's lucky snowboard and he becomes convinced that he can no longer win. Lloyd decides to prove to Diane that he can eat a three-foot long hot dog. | |||||
| 8 | "The Alt-Ctrl-Shifty Laptop Burn" | October 20, 2014 | December 9, 2014 | 110 | 1.12[11] |
| Alvin decides to get a sponsor, but when his free laptop proves to be a bust, Alvin is faced with a difficult dilemma. Howie creates a very special snowboarding suit for Max. | |||||
| 9 | "The Half-Cab Robot Baby Bonk" | October 21, 2014 | January 13, 2015 | 111 | 1.25[12] |
| Alvin and Max must take care of a baby simulator doll in order to pass their Life Skills class. When they accidentally destroy the baby, they must work together to save the baby and their grade. | |||||
| 10 | "The Stalefish Double Flip" | October 22, 2014 | January 6, 2015 | 112 | 1.04[13] |
| Alvin, Max, and Lloyd get trapped in the hut while ice fishing. Back at home, Diane and Abby attempt to un-traumatize Howie after she accidentally sees a scary movie they were watching. | |||||
| 11 | "The Switch Shifty Birthday Party" | November 3, 2014 | November 11, 2014 | 105 | |
| Max opens a box and reveals a secret Alvin's kept since Abby's ninth Birthday; the boys try to make up six years of birthdays for Abby. | |||||
| 12 | "The Nose Butter Brain Freeze" | November 4, 2014 | December 2, 2014 | 108 | 1.23[14] |
| Max gets a job at the Yogurt Yeti in order to help Alvin win a contest to create a new frozen yogurt flavor; the boys clash over Max's work style. | |||||
| 13 | "The Academic Bowl Chong Problem" | November 5, 2014 | January 20, 2015 | 113 | 1.56[15] |
| Alvin teams up with his friends and his nemesis, Wendy, to train for the Academic Bowl. However, once Max thought they were missing the fourth member, Wendy appears and Alvin explains that Wendy is the fourth member. Max thought Wendy has an evil plan to destroy Alvin, so he asks Howie to help. Later, Alvin, Max, and Howie finds out that Wendy has a crush on Max. Then she loses interest because Max rejects her and soon she leaves the team, making Max the fourth member. She ends up creating her own team and the two teams competed with each other to find out who will go to the Academic Bowl. | |||||
| 14 | "The Switch Jolly Mambo Varial" | November 17, 2014 | March 17, 2015 | 114 | 1.54[16] |
| Diane says Alvin and Abby probably don't know how important each of their lives are, so they switch lives for a day. Max helps Alvin win the bet while Howie helps Abby win the bet. Alvin starts to think that Abby's life is so easy while Abby has trouble with Alvin's life. Meanwhile, Abby invents a blender scooter which fails and she starts having doubts. Abby builds a machine that would end world hunger which Howie thinks is really amazing when they see the results, leading Abby to bring the invention to school to show Alvin. Alvin makes her feel bad when the machine fails, so Alvin shows Abby his invention which also fails. Later, neither Abby nor Alvin gets the room and they learn that each others' lives are not so easy after all. | |||||
| 15 | "The Yeti Misty Flip Makeover" | November 18, 2014 | March 24, 2015 | 115 | 1.23[17] |
| The Yogurt Yeti falls apart because Kelley has an emotional problem regarding her boyfriend, Robert, and Alvin and Abby try fixing it. Meanwhile, Howie gets together a group of fans for the Max-a-Thon she made, but Max complains about it. However, he later enjoys spending time with his fans. Elsewhere, Alvin apparently brought Kelley and Robert back together and the shop is back to normal. | |||||
| 16 | "The Air-to-Fakie Autobiography" | November 19, 2014 | March 31, 2015 | 116 | 1.05[18] |
| 17 | "The Blindside Scoutmaster Disaster" | January 5, 2015 | 121 | 1.01[19] | |
| Alvin and Max promise scout troop kids a fun camping trip, but it doesn't work out and the kids plan to get revenge. | |||||
| 18 | "The Joey Huckfest Prankpipe" | January 6, 2015 | April 7, 2015 | 117 | 1.14[19] |
| Max and Howie prank Alvin since it's a part of Max's family holiday pranking tradition. | |||||
| 19 | "The Buttery Bad Luck Streak" | January 7, 2015 | 118 | 1.08[19] | |
| 20 | "The Backside Family Eggflip" | January 12, 2015 | 120 | 1.23[19] | |
| Max's birthday is coming up and Shred asks Mr. P if Max would like the gifts he had for Max, but everything Shred gets is science related. | |||||
| 21 | "Boardercross Bionic Boost" | January 13, 2015 | 122 | 0.97[19] | |
| Lloyd and Diane become obsessed with table tennis, so Max and Abby try to get rid of the table tennis table. Meanwhile, Alvin and Howie work together for the Top 10 Under 10. | |||||
| 22 | "The Goofy Tamedog Air" | January 14, 2015 | 123 | 1.13[19] | |
| Max's dog, Boardwax, shows up at the Ackerman's house, but Alvin is allergic to dogs. | |||||
| 23 | "The Chill Bro Lipslide" | January 15, 2015 | 119 | 1.23[20] | |
| 24 | "The Switch Inward Love Flip" | January 16, 2015 | 124 | ||
| When Max falls for a girl, Alvin teases that he only likes her because she's exactly like him, including similar phrases and interests, leading Max to wonder if he should dump her. | |||||
| 25 | "The Slopestyle Syrup Slob" | June 27, 2015 | 125 | ||
| 26 | "The Perfect Layback Life" | July 11, 2015 | 126 | 0.92[21] | |
Broadcast[edit]
In Australia, the series began airing on January 17, 2015, on Nickelodeon.[22]
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