Peek! Television Animation Inc.

'''Peek! Television Animation Inc. (formerly Rat Films Inc.''') is a television animation studio that is owned by Peterson Pictures, it was first founded all the way back in 1911 as Rat Moving Pictures Inc. by Victor Stevenson but in 1920 the studio was renamed Rat Films Inc. and in 1925, Rat Films Inc. created a animation division called Rat Animation Inc. it was originally called The Victor Stevenson Studio but in 1929 it was renamed Rat Animation Inc. the animation studio would last until 2010. In 1932, Victor Stevenson left the studio and went into retirement this would be during the peak era of Rat Films Inc. where they turned out hit film after him film but in the 1950's the studio would be on the downfall and would be in Financial Troubles, they would have a slight better time in 1960's and would fully recover during the 70's and by the 80's they would have renaissance era and would win an Academy Award for the 1984 feature film "Get Back To Baseball" they were still going at it by the 90's but by 2007 the movies became mediocre, they had to shut down Rat Animation Inc. in April 2010 and sell most of their Animated Shorts to different studios and by 2013, the studio was bought by Peterson Pictures which was a much more successful film studio and was renamed Peterson Television Inc. and instead making feature films they made TV shows, their first TV show after being bought by Peterson Pictures was "The Harry Hairball Show" the show was a smash hit and the Television Studio made hit show after hit show but in 2019 Peterson Television merged with the newly-purchased animation studio Peek! Animation and became Peek! Television Animation Inc. now doing Animated TV shows.

The Victor Stevenson Era (1911 - 1932)
Born in 1875 in Portland Oregon, Victor Stevenson moved to California in 1905, it was in 1910 when he saw the film "Bell of a Man" that he got into the making of films and on March 8, 1911, he incorporated his film studio Rat Moving Pictures Inc, the name of the studio comes from a pet rat that Victor Stevenson had back when he lived in Portland. The First Film that Rat Moving Pictures made was "The Wild West" Produced and Directed by Victor Stevenson and written by his friend Bob Anderson it was an instant hit and by 1919 they were getting critical accolades by the public and by 1920, Victor Stevenson renamed the studio from Rat Moving Pictures Inc. to Rat Films Inc. in 1925, Rat Films Inc. created an animation division called Rat Animation Inc. it was originally called The Victor Stevenson Studio but in 1929 it was renamed Rat Animation Inc. In 1928, The Studio made their first sound film "Songs of Eve" and won an Academy Award at the first Academy Awards in 1929, despite winning an Academy Award, Victor Stevenson got tired of running and started planning his retirement by 1930 and in December 1931 he announced his retirement that would go active by April 17, 1932.

The Bob Anderson Era (1932 - 1955)
after Victor Stevenson retired, he would be replaced by his friend and long Rat Films Inc. employee, Bob Anderson, Anderson first started by completing films that Stevenson had started producing, these films were a huge sucess The Bob Stevenson films made a lot of money at the Box Office and by 1936, the studio started making films in technicolor while still doing black and white films, between 1934 and 1949 Rat Films Inc. would win 17 Academy Awards, the company was sucess but that would change by the 1950's.

The Dark Era (1955 - 1961)
by the late 1950's, the company wasn't doing so well, the films they were making were just remakes of films they made in the 1930's and they were just mediocre, the studio also had to deal with the troubled production of the film "Song of the Gong" the film had to switch from 5 directors and 11 scripts, and when the film was released in June of 1956 it was a box office bomb, the main reason for the films financial failure is that Rat Films Inc. did little to no marketing for it, Bob Anderson knew his days were over and retired in December of 1958 and was replaced by Andy Thompson, he would almost put the company out of business due to spending almost all of the studio's budget on the film "King of Candyland" which was a sucess but in January 1960, Andy Thompson was forced out of the studio due to the whole "King of Candyland" situation, he would be replaced by John Pickerton.

The Recovery Era (1961 - 1980)
When John Pickerton became the new chairman at Rat Films Inc. he knew that the studio needed a bit change, so he started making the films a lot cheaper this wasn't a great idea just a good idea, the films were doing slightly better at the Box Office than the late 1950's and at the end of the 1960's the company would regain the money from the 1950's films, John Pickerton would repeat the process of the 1960's, Cheaper Films, More Money, by late 1979, Pickerton knew the company would do well without him so he retired on December 31, 1980

The Renaissance Era (1981 - 2006)
After John Pickerton's retirement on New Year's Eve 1980, the next day he would be replaced by Tim Jackson, the company was doing great during the 1980's making hit after hit, the company would win an Academy Award for the 1984 Feature Film "Get Back to Baseball" the film would be known as a cult classic today, The 1990's were even better, 1997's "The Runaway Outlaws" is a comedy classic today and 1999's "Blues Town" is a cult classic today, the early to mid 2000's were also great but all good times come to an end and after 2006's Space Rabbit, the studio would have a less-well time.

The Mediocre Era (2007 - 2013)
from 2007 onward, the films became mediocre, Production was focused on cheaper films and the Troubled Production of Space Rabbit 2, their Animation Division had to be shut down in April of 2010 and Rat Films Inc. sold most of their Animated Backlog to different studios.

The Peterson Television Inc. Era (2013 - 2019)
In 2013 Rat Films Inc. was bought by Peterson Pictures which was founded by Jason Peterson in 1923, Rat Films Inc. was renamed to Peterson Television Inc. and was to make TV shows, despite this 20% of Space Rabbit 2 was unfinished, the film was completed by Peterson Pictures in January 2014 but wasn't released until August of 2016 being the final film Rat Films Inc. did. Going back to 2013 when Rat Films Inc. was bought by Peterson Pictures and renamed Peterson Television Inc. the first show, "The Harry Hairball Show" was an instant sucess and Peterson Television made hit show after hit show, it was their best era since the renaissance era from the early-to mid 2000's, but soon did they know Peterson Television Inc. would change to a company that Rat Films Inc. used to have.

The Peek! Television Animation Inc. Era (2019 - present)
In 2018, Peterson Pictures bought the animation studio Peek! Animation and in 2019, Peterson Television Inc. merged with Peek! Animation and became Peek! Television Animation Inc. and made Animated TV Shows starting with Space Rabbit: The Animated Series in 2020, the studio is doing well today, having sold every single Animated Production that Rat Animation Inc. did (except the animation for the Rat Films Inc. movies) in 2021 Peek! Television Animation Inc. announced a new series of singing ghosts to come out in 2023.