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SOUTH PARK creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker have signed a new deal with Viacom which is worth $75 million. The arrangement will see Stone and Parker overseeing the new SouthParkStudios.com, which will develop new ways to exploit SOUTH PARK characters as well as develop original IPs that could potentially be put on the Comedy Central network. Along with this, the South Park series has been renewed through 2011, which “will give us the opportunity to offend that many more people,” said Stone.

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South Park and Drawn Together are coming back for more episodes on Comedy Central. South Park will return for the second half of the 11th season on Wednesday, October 3 at 10:00PM. The second half of Drawn Together’s 3rd season will premiere on Thursday, October 4 at 10:30PM.

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Aardman Animations has animted Jamie Oliver, aka the Naked Chef, for their new animated series, LITTLE J. Aimed at 7  to 11-year olds, LITTLEJ follows the 10-year-old Oliver on his quest to become a great chef.

LITTLE J won’t take itself too seriously, featuring characters such as a depressed ham and a mad scientist named Eggs Benedict who wears a chicken on his head.

“We were thrilled when Jamie approached us to collaborate on an animated project,” said Miles Bullough, Aardman. “We quickly agreed that we needed to make a show that was first and foremost a comedy, which would hopefully inspire kids to think positively about good food, even brussel sprouts.”

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SKUNK FU! is heading to its North American home on Kids’ WB! on The CW. This follows successful launches on CBBC in the UK and ABC Australia.

“SKUNK FU! seamlessly blends martial arts action and broad humour with a mesmerizing Flash-anime artistic style that fits perfectly into the Kids’ WB! lineup,” Kids’ WB! Senior Vice President and General Manager Betsy McGowen said.

Created by Aidan Harte, the 52×12 comedy-action-adventure animated series for 6- to twelve-year-olds,  scheduled for full delivery in Fall 2007.

ABC Family launches Slacker Cats tonight at 10:00 pm. The new adult animation series follows two lazy cats named Buckley and Eddie, who find themselves in mishap after mishap in the town of Wendell. The animation was produced by Film Roman. The cast includes Harland Williams, Sinbad, Emo Philips, Alex Borstein, Kiersten Warren, Nicole Sullivan and Niecy Nash.

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AtomFilms and Aardman Animations recently announced the debut of PIB AND POG, an original broadband animated series that will be available exclusively on AtomFilms.com, through the AtomFilms Channel on Verizon Wireless’ V CAST service and, later this month, on Xbox Live Marketplace.

The series and characters are based on a short film originally created by Aardman and Oscar-nominated director Peter Peake. Peake has returned to direct the broadband series.

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On Sept. 18, 2007, in time for the 19th season premiere, THE SIMPSONS: TESTIFY music CD will arrive in stores. The soundtrack kicks off with the main title theme followed by a collection of the best songs from the last nine seasons.

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After 6 years on the air HARVEY BIRDMAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW will come to an end in a 30-minute special on July 22, 2007, at 11:45 pm on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim. The final episode will be the series’ 39th episode.

In the 39th episode, “The Death of Harvey,” Harvey’s 38 cases are ordered a “re-do,” and he falls into a drunken depression, until the Birdteam comes to his rescue. Will Harvey be able to save the day or does he die? Tune in to find out!

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If you thought the whole 7-Eleven stores turned into Kwik-E-Marts was unique, how about an appearance by Homer Simpson on The Tonight Show?

Yea – not as cool, but definitely something different and fresh. Usually they have the voice actors on the show but this time the actual Homer (in animated form obviously) will make an appearance during Jay Leno’s opening monologue on Tuesday, July 24th.

So mark your calendars and set your DVR or VCR (what’s that?) to record The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Tuesday, July 24th at 11:35PM.

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The animation returns Sunday, September 23 with THE SIMPSONS at 8:00-8:30 pm, KING OF THE HILL at 8:30-9:00 pm and FAMILY GUY at 9-10:00 pm, a special one-hour season premiere. The following week, FAMILY GUY premieres at a new time, 9:00-9:30 pm and a new season of AMERICAN DAD follows at 9:30-10:00 pm.

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20th Century Fox Television has signed American Dad writer/producer Nahnatchka Khan to a two-year seven-figure deal that will make her co-exec producer of American Dad along with having the chance to develop other projects for the studio.

Khan, a graduate of USC’s film school, has previously worked at Walt Disney Television Animation and on series such as Malcolm in the Middle and Good Morning, Miami.

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Aardman Animations’ SHAUN THE SHEEP has found an American distributor in the Disney Channel. The show is set to premiere on Sunday, July 8, 2007, in primetime.

SHAUN THE SHEEP, targeted at kids 5-10, follows the misadventures of a young sheep who leads his barnyard buddies into all sorts of situations. While the rest of the flock is content to spend all day relaxing, Shaun is out to have as much fun as possible — whether flying a kite, swimming or going to town for a pizza.

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