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New animated series ‘Archer’ coming to FX

FX announced today that it has ordered six episodes of Archer (working title), a new half-hour animated comedy series that will launch this fall.

Archer is an animated half-hour comedy set at ISIS, an international spy agency, where global crises are merely opportunities for its highly trained employees to confuse, undermine, betray and royally screw each other. The series features the voices of Jon Benjamin as suave master spy “Sterling Archer,” whose less-than-masculine code name is “Duchess”; Jessica Walter as his domineering mother and boss, “Malory”; Aisha Tyler as his ex-girlfriend, “Agent Lana Kane”; Chris Parnell as ISIS comptroller and Lana’s new love interest, “Cyril Figgis”; and Judy Greer as Malorys lovesick secretary, “Cheryl.”

‘The Simpsons: The Complete Twelfth Season’ coming to DVD August 18

The Simpsons are back with The Complete Twelfth Season, arriving on DVD August 18th from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. The longest running animated series in television history, the latest DVD collection features all 21 episodes from the 2000-01 season including Bart’s boy band odyssey in “New Kids on the Blecch” featuring N’Sync and a less-than-ordinary day for Homer, Bart and Lisa in “Trilogy of Error.” The season also features many other guest stars including Drew Barrymore, Edward Norton, Justin Timberlake, Stephen King, Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras, Roger Daltry and many more.

All episodes are compiled on four discs (full frame, aspect ratio 1.33:1). Each episode is presented with English 5.1 Dolby Surround, Spanish and French Stereo and English, French and Spanish subtitles. Check out the cover art along with a breakdown of each disc, after the break.

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‘Total Drama Action’ premiere is most-watched among kids

Cartoon Network’s newest animated series “Total Drama Action” premiered Thursday night as the most-watched program of the day on all television-broadcast and cable-among kids 6-11, kids 9-14 and boys 2-11, 6-11 and 9-14, according to Nielsen Media Research.

Below are comparisons of Total Drama Action’s premiere versus Total Drama Island’s 2008 premiere:

– Kids 2-11 delivery (1,714,000) increased by 81%, and ratings (4.2) by 75%

– Boys 2-11 delivery (1,144,000) increased by 103%, and ratings (5.5) by 104%

– Kids 6-11 delivery (1,347,000) increased by 85%, and ratings (5.5) by 83%

– Boys 6-11 delivery (946,000) increased by 101%, and ratings (7.6) by 100%

– Kids 9-14 delivery (1,163,000) and ratings (4.8) both increased by 140%

– Boys 9-14 delivery (859,000) increased by174%, and ratings (6.9) by 176%

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‘The Penguins of Madagascar’ is a bonafide hit!

Nickelodeon’s “The Penguins of Madagascar” averaged 3.7 million total viewers and ranked as the week’s top kids’ show on all of basic cable with the repeat performance of “The Hidden/Kingdom Come”. The Penguins Saturday morning airing of “Little Zoo Coupe/All Choked Up” ranked as the number-one telecast for the week with kids 2-11 on broadcast and cable TV.

The show also ranked as the number-one animated series among total viewers for the month of May. Quarter to date, the show is the number-two animated show with kids, only behind SpongeBob SquarePants, and the number-one animated show with total viewers.

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Comedy Central orders 26 episodes of Futurama

Good news, everyone! The Hollywood Reporter reports that Comedy Central has ordered 26 all-new episodes of one of the greatest animated shows of all time, Futurama. Now that Comedy Central has aired all the original episodes, along with the four DVD movies, they are hungry for more! The unusual number of episodes, 26, suggests that Comedy Central will air two, thirteen-episode seasons. The original cast and core writing team are expected to return. The show is currently scheduled to return mid-2010.

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‘The Cleveland Show’ renewed for 2nd season

The folks behind ‘The Cleveland Show’ must be doing something right considering the show hasn’t premiered yet and it has already been renewed for a second season. Fox has ordered 13 additional episodes of the series, which will air fall 2010. The current 22 episode season will premiere fall 2009, along with the season premieres of Fox’s other animated shows — The Simpsons, Family Guy and American Dad.

The Cleveland Show is a Family Guy spin-off which stars the Cleveland Brown character and his family. It was created by Seth MacFarlane, Rich Appel and Mike Henry, who voices the Cleveland character.

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Instant Netflix nabs South Park and Nickelodeon content

Big news for South Park and Nickelodeon fans as Netflix today added hundreds of new animated episodes to their Instant Streaming service.

Users now have access for the first nine seasons of South Park, which consists of a total of 139 episodes. Also available now are Blues Clues, Dora the Explorer, SpongeBob Squarepants and others.

Available Blues Clues and Dora the Explorer episodes include the complete first and second seasons, while SpongeBob Squarepants fans can check out the third season.

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‘The Goode Family’ premieres May 27 on ABC

According to a supposedly leaked schedule, ABC will debut Mike Judge’s newest animated show, The Goode Family on May 27, airing two episodes from 9-10pm, after the season premiere of the game show, Wipeout.

The Goode Family is the latest from the creator of Beavis and Butt-Head and King of the Hill and tells the story of a family obsessed with doing good.

ABC is expected to confirm the schedule this week.

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‘Iron Man: Armored Adventures’ premieres April 24

Nicktoons Network announced today that “Iron Man: Armored Adventures” will premiere Friday, April 24 at 7:00pm. It will continue to air in that time slot. The 26-episode animated half-hour series follows a teenage Tony Stark as he attempts to balance the pressures of being a teen with his responsibilities as Iron Man.

In the fpremiere episode, “Iron, Forged in Fire, Part 1,” Tony Stark has just finished his greatest invention: the Iron Man armor. But before he gets to show his dad, Tony’s world is shattered. His father, his home, his entire life are all gone, and Tony is left picking up the pieces. But with the help from his friends Rhodey and Pepper, he begins to unravel the mystery surrounding the attack on his father. As Iron Man, Tony takes his first steps toward becoming a hero.

Below is a sneak peek at the series:

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