Category: Television (Page 50 of 66)

‘South Park’ Renewed Through Season 20

November 17, 2011 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Trey Parker and Matt Stone have reached a new deal with Comedy Central to extend cable’s longest-running animated series, South Park. The deal for three additional seasons ensures the series will remain in original episodes through 2016, reaching its 20th season. Parker and Stone will continue to write, direct and edit every episode as they have since the premiere of the series in 1997.

South Park, which recently wrapped its 15th season, averaged over 3.5 million viewers per episode during its most recent season, in which it was the #1 show in all of television among Men 18-24 in Wednesday Prime and the #1 show in cable among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34, Adults 18-24, Men 18-34 and Men 18-24 in Wednesday Prime.

FOX Renews ‘The Simpsons’ for Two More Seasons

October 7, 2011 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

FOX has renewed The Simpsons for a 24th and 25th season, bringing the series total to 559 episodes.

Following the MLB American League Championship Series and World Series games on FOX, The Simpsons returns with all-new episodes beginning with “Treehouse of Horrors XXII,” on Sunday, Oct. 30 (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT).

Synopsis: In the spooky opener, Homer takes a dangerous dive into an isolated canyon on Candy Peak, but when a crashing boulder traps his arm, he channels Aron Ralston (guest voicing as himself) to save himself.

In “The Diving Bell and Butterball,” the first of three hair-raising Halloween tales, a venomous spider bite leaves Homer paralyzed, but when Lisa discovers Homer’s ability to communicate through natural gases, he is able to express his love for Marge.

The killer spells continue in “Dial D for Diddly,” when Ned Flanders, devout preacher by day, transforms into a cold-blooded vigilante by night.

In the final terrifying tale, “In the Na’Vi,” Bart and Milhouse are assigned on a mission to access a sacred extract on a distant planet. They morph into the land’s indigenous one-eyed avatars, but when Bart finds love and an eternal mate abroad, he is caught in planet warfare.

Video: John Kricfalusi’s Simpsons Couch Gag

October 7, 2011 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

John Kricfalusi, creator of the The Ren & Stimpy Show, designed the couch gag intro for the Simpsons episode that aired on October 2. You can see the twisted video below. And you can see some of John K.’s Simpsons artwork on his website and an in-depth interview regarding the cough cag at CartoonBrew.com

‘The Last Airbender: Legend of Korra’ Trailer

July 25, 2011 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

The Last Airbender: Legend of Korra is a spin-off of Avatar: The Last Airbender and is expected to air on Nickelodeon in mid-2012. The series is currently under production, and is expected to run for 26 episodes. The co-creators of the original series, Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, will personally write all of the episodes. The new series will take place 70 years after the end of the Avatar: The Last Airbender story arc, with all-new characters and settings.

MONOPOLY: Futurama Collector’s Edition coming this fall

July 23, 2011 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Futurama fans at Comic-Con can catch a sneak peak of MONOPOLY: Futurama Collector’s Edition, on display at Fox Booth #4313. For those who can’t make it to the show, here’s the first look at the box.

Set in New New York, you’ll use your money to buy, sell, and trade properties from the animated series. From Mom’s Friendly Robot Company to Planet Express Headquarters, you can also build Resi-domes and People Hives as you battle for control of the galaxy.

MONOPOLY: Futurama Collector’s Edition will be available this fall.

‘Allen Gregory’ Trailer

May 16, 2011 / The Animation Blog / 1 Comment

Coming to FOX this fall.

Seth MacFarlane to Reboot ‘The Flintstones’

May 16, 2011 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

FOX announced today that Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane is set to reboot the classic 1960s Hanna-Barbera series, The Flintstones. Production is set to begin this fall for a 2013 premiere. The series will be produced by both 20th Century Fox Television and Warner Bros. Television.

According to Deadline, in a video screened at FOX’s upfronts presentation, MacFarlane assured those in attendance that the characters will look the same–but new prehistoric technology will be introduced. An example he pondered was, “What is the animal version of an iPad?”

‘Napoleon Dynamite: The Animated Series’ Trailer

May 16, 2011 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Coming to FOX in 2012.

Commercial Spotlight: Tiji – Colour

May 4, 2011 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Meet the ‘Glumpers’ from Spain

April 28, 2011 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Motion Pictures, S.A., founded and based in Barcelona, Spain, since 1977, just finished producing a 3D animated series in collaboration with TV3 (Television of Catalonia), called Glumpers, which airs on TV3 every Saturday and Sunday, with negotiations currently underway to bring the series to other television stations around the globe.

Check out nine episodes from the series below:

Infographic: The Simpsons Cast

April 20, 2011 / The Animation Blog / 3 Comments

Find out who voices your favorite Simpsons characters with the handy infographic below and check out a video of Harry Shearer and Dan Castellaneta on Late Night w/ Conan O’Brien after the break.

‘ThunderCats’ TV Trailer

April 4, 2011 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

The beloved ThunderCats series is making a comeback with a new iteration set to debut on Cartoon Network in the near future. Check out the first trailer below.

Update: Trailer embedding has been disabled, so head over to YouTube to watch it.

‘The Governator’ Trailer

April 4, 2011 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Find out more about The Governator here.

Arnold Schwarzenegger Gets Animated in ‘The Governator’

March 30, 2011 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Entertainment Weekly reports that Arnold Schwarzenegger will star in a new animated series and comic book aptly titled The Governator. The project is being co-developed by the one and only Stan Lee (co-creator of Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, X-Men, Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, etc.) and it set to premiere in 2012.

The Governator will have a high-tech lair beneath his Brentwood home, complete with super vehicles and a variety of Super Suits that allow him to fly and do other superhero stuff (I’m guessing there will be a suit that makes him super strong and super fast, etc), and a team of sidekicks, such as Zeke Muckerberg (a play on Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder), a 13-year-old computer whiz.

Each episode/issue will consist of the Governator facing off against an evil organization called Gangsters Imposters Racketeers Liars & Irredeemable Ex-cons (G.I.R.L.I.E. Men, for short).

Click here to check out the first trailer.

Comedy Central Renews ‘Futurama’ with 26 Episodes

March 24, 2011 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Good news, everyone! Comedy Central has ordered an additional 26 episodes of Futurama that will air as two seasons in 2012 and 2013. This is the same amount of episodes ordered a couple years ago with the first half airing in 2010 and the other half set to air this summer.

It’s debated whether or not the 26 episode orders are one season, or two, as they are air in 13 episode chunks. If we’re basing things off of 26 episodes, this means Futurama just got renewed for a seventh season. If we’re going off 13 episode splits, it means it just got renewed for its eight and ninth seasons. Then there’s the fact that the four direct-to-dvd movies were split into 16 episodes and referred to officially as season 5. Regardless of technicalities, Futurama is set to be on the air through Summer 2013. Not bad for a once-cancelled show.

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