Jim Rapsas is an American

United States

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 television writer and producer

Television producer

The primary role of a television Producer is to allow all aspects of video production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking...

 best known for creating the children's science-fiction series Strange Days at Blake Holsey High

Strange Days at Blake Holsey High

Black Hole High is a Canadian science fiction television program which first aired in North America in October 2002 on NBC and Discovery Kids...

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Rapsas spent several years developing programs for the Discovery Kids

Discovery Kids

Discovery Kids is an American website owned by Discovery Communications, Inc. created for children. Until October 10, 2010, it was an American digital cable specialty channel, owned by Discovery Communications with television programming for education of children. It was launched in October 1996...

 Channel and served as executive producer on many of the channel's series including Scout's Safari

Scout's Safari

Scout's Safari is a children's television series that aired on the Discovery Kids Channel and Saturday mornings on NBC. The series was created by Thomas W...

, Growing Up Creepie

Growing Up Creepie

Growing Up Creepie was an animated television series made in the USA by Mike Young Productions and produced by Discovery Kids. In other countries the series was simply titled Creepie.- Premise :...

, Kenny the Shark

Kenny the Shark

Kenny the Shark is an animated television series produced by Discovery Kids. The show first aired on NBC's Discovery Kids on NBC from November 1, 2003 until February 18, 2006 with two seasons and 26 episodes having been shown. The series continued to run on Discovery Kids until the network changed...

, Truth or Scare

Truth or Scare

Truth or Scare is a television series on the Discovery Kids network. The show aired from October 25, 2001 to January 1, 2003. Each episode was 30 minutes long with commercials....

(hosted by Michelle Trachtenberg

Michelle Trachtenberg

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), Endurance

Endurance (TV series)

Endurance is an American reality television children's program, currently shown on the Discovery Kids cable network in the United States and also on networks in other countries. The show's format is somewhat similar to the CBS television series Survivor, though with a teenaged cast...

, Flight 29 Down

Flight 29 Down

Flight 29 Down is a television series about a group of teenagers who are stranded on an island. It was produced by Discovery Kids. The show was created by Stan Rogow and D. J. MacHale . The executive producers are Rogow, MacHale, Shauna Shapiro Jackson, and Gina & Rann Watumull...

and others.

Rapsas is a two-time Daytime Emmy Award winner for his role as executive producer on 2007 Outstanding Children's/Youth/Family Special Saving a Species: The Great Penguin Rescue hosted by actor Elijah Wood

Elijah Wood

Elijah Jordan Wood is an American actor. He made his film debut with a minor part in Back to the Future Part II , then landed a succession of larger roles that made him a critically acclaimed child actor by age 9. He is best known for his high-profile role as Frodo Baggins in Peter Jackson's...

 and 2008 Outstanding Children's Series Jack Hanna's Into the Wild

Jack Hanna's Into the Wild

Jack Hanna's Into the Wild is a reality television series about all different kinds of animals in their natural habitat. This series is hosted by Jack Hanna....

. He is also credited as writer and executive producer on the 2007 Animal Planet special Saving a Species: Gorillas at Risk hosted by actress Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman

Natalie Hershlag , better known by her stage name Natalie Portman, is an actress with dual American and Israeli citizenship. Her first role was as an orphan taken in by a hitman in the 1994 French action film Léon, but major success came when she was cast as Padmé Amidala in the Star Wars prequel...

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