Fanboy & Chum Chum is an American computer-animated television series. It is based on Fanboy, an animated short created by Eric Robles. The series was first broadcast on October 12, 2009, on Nickelodeon as a preview, then officially premiered on November 6, 2009. The theme song was written by Brad Joseph Breeck and performed by an experimental punk band The Mae Shi. The series won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Animated Program.