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The Shonen Jump DEATH NOTE anime series has been licensed to Adult Swim for domestic broadcast beginning Saturday, October 20 at midnight.

The mystery, inspired by a 12-volume manga, follows the adventures of Light Yagami, a student with great prospects who is bored out of his mind. All of that changes when he finds the Death Note, a strange notebook dropped by a Shinigami death god named Ryuk. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and now Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But when criminals mysteriously begin dropping dead, the authorities send the legendary detective L to track down the killer. With L hot on his heels, will Light lose sight of his noble goal — or his life?

Volume 1 of DEATH NOTE, containing four episodes, will be released on DVD on November 20.

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As you may or may not know, The Simpsons makes reference to A LOT of films such as The Shining and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. Joey Devilla has compiled 66 of those references complete with screenshots. Check out all 66 references here.

This past Sunday the season premieres of The Simpsons and Family Guy aired and millions of you tuned in. Family Guy came in 11th place with 10.81 million viewers while The Simpsons came in 15th place with 9.55 million viewers. It’s great to see some animated shows in the top 20! Below is the full list of the top 20 shows for last week:

1. NFL Football: Dallas at Chicago, NBC, 19.05 million viewers.
2. “Survivor: China,” CBS, 15.35 million viewers.
3. “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” CBS, 14.07 million viewers.
4. “Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick,” NBC, 13.86 million viewers.
5. “Cold Case,” CBS, 12.75 million viewers.
6. “Deal Or No Deal” (Monday), NBC, 11.72 million viewers.
7. “Shark,” CBS, 11.42 million viewers.
8. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 11.37 million viewers.
9. “Without a Trace,” CBS, 11.28 million viewers.
10. “Two And a Half Men,” CBS, 10.84 million viewers.
11. “Family Guy,” Fox, 10.81 million viewers.
12. “Football Night in America, Part 3,” NBC, 10.29 million viewers.
13. “Deal Or No Deal” (Wednesday), NBC, 9.86 million viewers.
14. “CSI: Miami,” CBS, 9.65 million viewers.
15. “The Simpsons,” Fox, 9.55 million viewers.
16. “The OT,” Fox, 9.5 million viewers.
17. “Back to You,” Fox, 9.48 million viewers.
18. “Kid Nation – Special,” CBS, 9.38 million viewers.
19. “CSI: NY,” CBS, 9.18 million viewers.
20. “Desperate Housewives,” ABC, 9.02 million viewers.

Peter Hannan, creator of Nickelodeon’s Catdog, has signed a deal with Cartoon Network to turn his book series — Wally, King of Flurb — into an animated TV show. Hannan is in the process of writing and illustrating the series.

Can’t wait to see what Mr. Hannan has up his sleeve. If Catdog is any indication, we’re in for a real treat!

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Cartoon Network has completed production on Ben 10: Race Against Time, a live-action made-for-TV movie based on the animated series. Alex Winter, of Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, directed the movie which will air in November. Graham Phillips stars as Ben Tennyson, a boy who is able to transform himself into a variety of super aliens.

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LATV will air THE HOMIES HIP-HOP SHOW, a stop-motion one-hour animated series, on Thursday, September 13. The show will then air on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9:00 pm PT. Each show will consist of 8 to 10 sketches mixed in with music videos.

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South Park and Camp Lazlo came out victorious at this year’s Creative Arts Primetime Emmys which aired on Saturday, September 8th.

Camp Lazo won Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or More)
South Park won Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour) for its hilarious World of Warcraft episode, “Make Love, Not Warcraft”.

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The Barnyard movie is getting its TV show titled Back at the Barnyard, premiering this fall on Nickelodeon on Saturday, September 29 at 9:00 pm and on Nicktoons Network the following day at 9:00 pm. The regular airtime will be Saturdays at 10:30 am on Nickelodeon.

The series picks up a few years after the movie, chronicling what happens with the animals when the farmer’s back is turned. The series centers around a cow named Otis, who has recently become the patriarch of the farm.

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Great news for parents of young children as Time Warner Cable has announced that they will now carry the PBS Kids Sprout channel. Previously the channel was only available through Time Warner’s On Demand service.

This new deal expands the reach to 34 million homes, including viewers from Comcast, DirecTV, Cox, RCN, Insight, AT&T and Verizon where PBS Kids Sprout already airs.

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TIME has named the top 100 shows of all time and you’ll be glad to know that some animated shows made it on to the list:

The Simpsons
King of the Hill
South Park
Beavis and Butt-Head
Spongebob Squarepants

Congrats to the teams behind the above shows!

4Kids, celebrating its sixth year of programming the 4-hour Saturday morning kids block on Fox, will premiere three new series — Dinosaur King, The Adrenaline Project and Yu-Gi-Oh! GX.

To support the new season, 4Kids has teamed up with teamed up with Six Flags Theme Parks and K·B Toys to present the multi-level promotion The Game Station Sweepstakes. One Grand Prize Winner will be awarded four Video Game Systems, along with a $4,000 cash prize. One First Prize Winner will receive a set of four season passes redeemable at participating Six Flags Theme Parks. Twenty-five Second Prize Winners will receive one $50 K·B Toys Gift Card.

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Good news for fans of AVATAR and LITTLE BILL as both shows will return in Nickelodeon’s fall lineup.

Avatar: The Last Airbender’s third season will premiere Friday, Sept. 21, at 8:30 pm. To celebrate, Nicktoons Networks will air mini-marathons of seasons one and two from Monday, Sept. 17, at 2:00 pm through Thursday, September 20.

Bill Cosby’s Little Bill will join the network’s preschool block on Monday, Sept. 10, at 11:00 am. Based on Cosby’s Little Bill book series and teaches the importance of friendship and family relationships while showing children how to solve problems creatively and fairly.

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