How Fairfax Was Made on Nick Jr.

In 1995, creator of said show Susan Kim wanted to make an animated show about life at school, so she made something called "Fairfax". She made a cat character called "Parker" (The original version of Eric Winans). She said it was about Parker as he tries coping with humans at school. However, in 1997, Parker was changed to Eric Winans, and he wasn't a cat anymore. On July 1, 1997, there was a pilot episode of the show. According to Gullah Gullah Island producer, Carin Greenberg-Baker, said series' writer, Eric was to be the drummer of a heavy-metal band called "Rock-Out Rockets", with Brixton as the singer & lead guitarist, Ozzy Vaughn as the keyboardist, and Tyler McClellan as the bassist. Greenberg also said that Olivia Spieker was to be the band's groupie. However, in 1998, Kim said that the show would be more slice-of-life and Eric was the main character, and Eric ended up not being in a band. On August 11, 1999, a mini-show series was made about the show on the Nickelodeon block Nick Jr.. Eric Winans, Judy Racowski, Olivia Spieker, Brixton Bright, and Deleanna Nutting were the mini-show's main characters. On November 20, 1999, Susan Kim asked Nick Jr. if they would make Fairfax into a TV series. Nick Jr. agreed. And on August 20, 2001, Fairfax was made into a TV show. But it got cancelled on March 1, 2012.