A History of CGRG/ACCAD at
The Ohio State University

Cranston/Csuri Productions produced over 800 animations for over 400 clients worldwide. Every major television network, including ABC, CBS, NBC, the Canadian Broadcasting Co., German ARD Television, ABC Australia, Rede Globo in Brazil, and the BBC had show openings or promotions produced at CCP.

Cable networks, including HBO, Cinemax, The Turner Broadcasting Network, TNN, the Country Music Channel, CNN and others did the same.

Sports broadcasts were a specialty, and CCP produced graphics and animation for CBS Sports, ABC Sports, NBC Sports, ESPN, the NFL, NFL Films, HBO and others. CCP produced the opening for two Super Bowls, the NCAA Basketball Chamionships, Major League Baseball, the Breeder's Cup, Wimbledon, College Football and Basketball, and IROC Racing.

All of the major news shows used CCP graphics, including NBC Nightly News, ABC World News Tonight, and CBS Evening News. ABC contracted for all 11 of their major news shows, and also for the United Airlines in-flight broadcast.

Advertisements included Clio nominated TRW pieces, ads for Sony, IBM, Ameritech, McDonnel Douglas, Jeep, Contac Cold Capsules, Actifed, General Electric, Pert Plus, Procter and Gamble, Always overnight pads, M&I Banks, Benjamin Moore Paints, Lowenbrau Beer, Warner Cable, and many others.

Corporate communications were done for GE, IBM, American Electric Power, Mount Carmel Health, Landor and Associates, Cranston Securities, Cranston Development, and others.

CCP also specialized in medical animation, producing dozens of sequences for the BBC series The Body Machine. They produced over 40 segments for the Annenberg series on Mathematics for PBS. The produced a generic promotional package for local television markets, customizing it for almost 100 local stations.

They did scene tests for several motion pictures, including Flight of the Navigator, an unnamed movie from Disney, and the Brave Little Toaster.

The images at the right are examples of the many productions done in the CCP studios. For a complete list of the CCP clients, click here.