

The first three seasons are rated TV-PG-D while the latter two are rated TV-PG. When more suggestive dialogue is present, the episode is rated TV-PG-D.

Like these other series, Total Drama is rated TV-PG because it features mild profanity, censored language, brief censored nudity, and some suggestive dialogue. This series takes elements of other widely known series such as Survivor, Fear Factor, The Amazing Race, and Escape from Scorpion Island. This series is a competition to win a cash prize of C$100,000 in the first season and C$1,000,000 in every other season. That changing word or phrase defines the theme for that season. The name of each season consists of the title Total Drama with a different word or phrase later added. On February 17, 2021, it was announced that the main series of Total Drama will return for two seasons and air on Cartoon Network and HBO Max.

The spin-off was successful, and was renewed for two more seasons. and on October 7, 2018, on Teletoon in Canada. A spin-off series in an alternative universe, titled Total DramaRama, was released on September 1, 2018, on Cartoon Network in the U.S. A spin-off series based on the main series, The Ridonculous Race was released on September 7, 2015. The latest installment premiered on July 7, 2014, in the United States and September 4, 2014, in Canada. The Total Drama series is the original series of the greater Total Drama franchise, which consists of six seasons that have aired during a timeframe of eight years: the first season, Total Drama Island, the second season, Total Drama Action, the third season, Total Drama World Tour, the fourth season, Total Drama: Revenge of the Island, the fifth season, Total Drama All-Stars and lastly, Total Drama: Pahkitew Island.

Total Drama was met with critical praise upon release and has developed a cult following. The contestants are progressively eliminated from the game as they are voted out by their fellow-contestants until only one remains to be awarded the grand prize. Its style is similar to that of Survivor in that the contestants compete in challenges for rewards and immunity from elimination. The show revolves around a group of teenagers competing in a fictional reality television show, while developing relationships with each other. It premiered on the Canadian cable television specialty channel Teletoon in Canada on July 8, 2007, and on the American cable television channel Cartoon Network in the U.S. Total Drama (often shortened as TD) is a Canadian animated comedy television series which is a homage to and satire of common conventions from reality television. Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race.
