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‘The Simpsons’ score best ratings in 5 years

November 3, 2008 / / 0 Comments

The 19th annual “Treehouse of Horror” Simpsons episode gave the show its best ratings in nearly five years, bringing in 12.5 million viewers, receiving a 6.2 preliminary rating among adults 18-49. The momentum continued throughout the night as King of the Hill brought in 8.6 million viewers, while Family Guy brought in 10 million and finally, American Dad managed to attract 7.2 million viewers — all season-high numbers.

You’re probably noticing that King of the Hill brought in 1.4 million more viewers than American Dad, yet Fox is cancelling King and keeping Dad. To those wondering why this is, it has to do with the magical demographics. American Dad manages to pull in a younger crowd which advertisers love.

Oh, and the main reason The Simpsons managed to nab such a high number of viewers was because of the scene in which Homer tries to vote for Barack Obama only to have things go terribly wrong. Watch the clip below:

‘King of the Hill’ cancelled

October 31, 2008 / / 1 Comment

Fox announced today that they will not be ordering more episodes of “King of the Hill,” and that the last of the April’s 13 episode order are wrapping production.

Luckily for fans, there are many King of the Hill episodes in the can that haven’t aired, which Fox plans to air in the 2009-10 season, essentially the 14th and final season of the Mike Judge animated show.

King of the Hill has faced possible cancellation many times before. Unfortunately, this time it’s for real. Mike Judge, the show’s creator, had already moved on from King of the Hill and went to work on a new animated show for ABC titled “The Goode Family,” which is scheduled to premiere in midseason. However, Mike Judge continued to voice the Hank Hill character.

To replace King of the Hill, Fox will introduce two new animated shows in midseason, Mitch Hurwitz’s “Sit Down, Shut Up” and the Family Guy spinoff “The Cleveland Show.”

Via THR

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The Simpsons likely to reach 23rd season

October 30, 2008 / / 1 Comment

Al Jean, executive producer of The Simpsons, was quoted as saying: “The cast is signed for three more years, so I would now say it’s about a 90 percent chance we’ll come back for at least one of those three. I actually think it’s better than a 50 percent chance we’ll do three more years of this at least.”

The Simpsons is the longest-running US prime-time comedy series in history and is tied with Gunsmoke, which ran 20 years, as the longest-running scripted series, drama or comedy.

Via NY Post

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Qubo Channel announces programming changes

October 30, 2008 / / 0 Comments

Qubo Channel has announced their lineup of all-new TV shows for kids and an expanded kid-friendly schedule. Starting Monday, November 3rd, the following shows will premiere: SAMMY’S STORY SHOP, MAISY, GOFRETTE and ADVENTURES FROM THE BOOK OF VIRTUES, a new season of DRAGON, as well as new episodes of many other popular Qubo shows.

Qubo Channel will also roll-out a new schedule that serves different age groups at different times of the day. Every day from 5 a.m.-1 p.m., Qubo Channel will air programming for preschool age children while the shows airing from 1 p.m.-12 a.m. are geared more towards children ages 6 and up.

In addition, Qubo Channel will also debut premiere episodes of 3-2-1 PENGUNS, BABAR, MISS BG, MY FRIEND RABBIT, RUPERT, THEORDORE TUGBOAT and THE ZULA PATROL. DRAGON, 3-2-1 PENGUINS! and JANE AND THE DRAGON are moving from their weekend-only time-slots to become daily series.

Via AWN

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Cartoon Network acquires ‘Total Drama Island’ spin-off

October 27, 2008 / / 0 Comments

Cake Distribution has sold Total Drama Action, the spin-off to Total Drama Island, to Cartoon Network. Total Drama Island has been a huge hit on Cartoon Network’s Thursday night line-up and has developed a huge following both on-air and online.

Viewers on Total Drama Island’s Web site have created more than two million unique avatars within three months of the series premiere.

Total Drama Action picks up where Total Drama Island left off and takes 15 of the original contestants to a new location — a deserted film studio lot. New to the concept will be a number of talk-show episodes where former contestants and fans comment on the competition. Total Drama Action is currently in production and premieres in 2009.

Via AWN

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Nearly 8 million tune in for SpongeBob SquarePants special

October 16, 2008 / / 0 Comments

Nearly 8 million total viewers tuned in to the premiere of SpongBob SquarePants’ “WhoBob What Pants?” television special. Ranking as the top entertainment show with total viewers and the number-one program on broadcast and cable television for the night with all kids and tweens, the half-hour TV event earned the network triple-digit gains over last year’s like time period among all demos.

Ratings highlights include:

– The special drew 7.7 million total viewers, a +225% increase over last year’s like time period.

– “WhoBob WhatPants?” was the number-one entertainment show with total viewers and the number-one telecast on all of broadcast and ad-supported cable television for the night (Oct. 13, 8 p.m.) with kid and tween demos.

– The special episode garnered triple-digit increases with all core kid and tween demos, averaging a 11.8/4.1 million kids 2-11 (up +189%); a 12.7/2.7 million kids 6-11 (up +152%), and a 10.8/2.3 million (up +168%) tweens 9-14.

– A new SPONGEBOB-themed Game of the Week, “WhoBob WhatPants?,” on www.nick.com generated 2.6 million game plays, ranking as the number-one game on the site since launch and the number-two Game of the Week for the entire year

– TurboNick, Nickelodeon’s broadband video player, also featured a special playlist of dedicated SpongeBob content, including a “WhoBob WhatPants?” video that generated 2.2 million streams since its Oct. 12 launch on Nick.com

– Leading up to the “WhoBob WhatPants?” premiere, the SpongeBob message board ranked as number-one for the week of Oct. 6, with 46,000 unique visitors.

Via AWN

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The Pink Panther returns to TV

October 13, 2008 / / 0 Comments

Turner and MGM announced today that they are producing a new 26 episode half-hour Pink Panther animated series to air on Cartoon Network channels worldwide in Fall 2009.

The show is being produced jointly by MGM and Rubicon. Production of the series is currently taking place in both Los Angeles and Amman, Jordan.

“Pink Panther & Pals” is a 26 episode animated TV series featuring the Pink Panther as a teenager who, along with his friends, gets into all sorts of capers and escapades.

Favorite characters from the original series such as Ant and Aardvark and new characters Hoarse and Dog join the Pink Panther in his adventures. In every episode the Pink Panther will interact with his arch-nemesis Big Nose — who always tries to spoil the party.

The musical score and comedy themes will be reprised from the original Pink Panther theatrical shorts and TV series and will be familiar and recognizable to Pink Panther fans.

MGM plans to support the new “Pink Panther & Pals” show with a dedicated licensing and merchandising initiative targeting licensed apparel, stationery and back to school toys, publishing and interactive games.

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‘Limo Guy’ gets picked up by Fremantle

October 10, 2008 / / 0 Comments

The Fremantle Corporation has announced the acquisition of “Limo Guy,” a new CG animated series from Comet Entertainment and Kaleidoscope Productions. “Limo Guy” is best described as a cross between the humor of “South Park” and a modern day “Taxi.”

The series, which was picked up for 13 episodes, is aimed at the 17 to 34-year-old crowd. It follows Freddie, the limo guy, as he chauffeurs all types of clients aroudn town for minimum wage plus tips. Freddie dreams of a better life, but driving the Limo puts food on the table and provides a daily excuse to spend a moment with Rose, the bosses “off-limits” daughter.

Look for “Limo Guy” to premiere sometime in 2009.

Via AWN

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‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ premiere breaks Cartoon Network records

October 6, 2008 / / 0 Comments

Star Wars: The Clone Wars broke the Cartoon Network record for most-watched series premiere in network history on Friday. The one-hour premiere was the #1 program from 9-10 p.m. among all major kids networks in kids 6-11, kids 2-11, tweens 9-14, teens 12-7 and persons 2+, earning triple-digit increases compared to the same time period last year.

The premiere also attracted the largest tweens 9-14 audience for any premiere of an original series in Cartoon Network’s 16-year history.

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2007-2008 Creative Arts Primetime Emmy winners

September 15, 2008 / / 0 Comments

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences on Saturday awarded the 2007-2008 Creative Arts Primetime Emmys for programs and individual achievements at the 60th Annual Emmy Awards presentation at the NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles.

Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour Or More)

IMAGINATIONLAND (SOUTH PARK)

Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour)

THE SIMPSONS — “Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind”

Outstanding Individual Achievement In Animation

Ben Balistreri — Character Design — Cartoon Network
FOSTER’S HOME FOR IMAGINARY FRIENDS
“Mondo Coco”

Teresa Drilling — Animator — CBS
CREATURE COMFORTS AMERICA
“Self Image, Winging It, Art”

Via AWN

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MTV launching high definition cartoon channel

September 3, 2008 / / 0 Comments

MTV Networks International (MTVNI) today announced it will launch the first international high definition service dedicated to music and kids, MTVNHD (MTV Networks High Definition), featuring high definition cartoons and music programming. The 24-hour English-language channel will premiere on Monday, September 15, 2008 and will be available in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Poland and Sweden. Over 300 hours of programming has been commissioned over two years.

MTVNI intends to extend the MTVNHD service to France, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, U.K., Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela by the end of 2008.

Music content will include a variety of series such as MTV Unplugged and VH1 Storytellers as well as live music events including Isle of MTV, Roskilde, the MTV Video Music Awards and the MTV Europe Music Awards. In addition, a Nickelodeon programming block will air Saturday and Sunday mornings, featuring SpongeBob Squarepants, Avatar, and Jimmy Neutron.

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Afro Samurai returns with TV movie

July 25, 2008 / / 0 Comments

Spike TV’s AFRO SAMURAI is set to return with an original movie premiering on the network in January 2009. AFRO SAMURAI: RESURRECTION will star Samuel L. Jackson and Lucy Liu.

AFRO SAMURAI: RESURRECTION is based on the original art and storytelling of manga artist Takashi Okazaki, of a black samurai’s quest for revenge and justice for his murdered father. Liu will give voice to Sio, a beautiful and sadistic mastermind plotting to destroy Afro.

A trailer can be seen at Afrosamurai.com

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