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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We brought you the news of Futurama’s return last week, now we bring you the official confirmation by FOX along with details on the first DVD movie, Bender’s Big Score. Below is the press release sent out by FOX:
The future is back! The first new “Futurama” programming since 2003, Futurama: Bender’s Big Score features out-of-this-world hilarity on DVD November 27 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.
As Xmas 3007 approaches, the “Futurama” crew must fight to save Earth in an epic battle against nudist alien Internet scammers. When the evil naked aliens launch a cyber-attack on Planet Express, they make a shocking discovery: the secret of time travel, mysteriously tattooed on Fry’s buttocks. Using their devious nudist software to control Bender, they repeatedly send the beer-fueled robot back in time to loot Earth of its greatest treasures. Bender’s rampage through history has shocking repercussions when he encounters Al Gore (guest-starring as himself) during the 2000 Presidential recount. Meanwhile, Leela finds true love, a beloved crew member suffers an embarrassing decapitation, and Fry learns deep secrets about his destiny and his buttocks.
Featuring:
1) Al Gore, Coolio and Sarah Silverman guest star.
2) Complete commentary by Matt Groening, David X. Cohen, and cast members
3) All new, full-length episode of “Everybody Loves Hypnotoad”, including TV commercials of the future
4) Mind-bending Futurama math lecture by Professor Sarah Greenwald
5) Promo for “An Inconvenient Truth” starring Bender and Al Gore, including commentary by the former Vice President.
Do you hear that? That’s the sound of millions of people with good taste in TV cheering the return of Futurama! Fans of the series will be glad to know that the show will return on November 27th as a full-length movie being released on DVD. The initial release will be followed by 3 more DVD movies!
After all 4 DVD movies have been released, they’ll be chopped up into 16 episodes which will air on Comedy Central along with NEW episodes created for Comedy Central.
Welcome back Futurama, welcome back!
UPDATE: We have info on the first movie, Futurama: Bender’s Big Score. Click here!
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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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Lionsgate has announced an updated version of SPEED RACER that will debut on Nicktoons around the same time the live-action SPEED RACER movie hits theaters.
The new series will follow a young Speed Racer as he joins a racing academy where he discovers that he is the son of the legendary Speed Racer from the original TV series as well as learning he has a brother — the new Racer X — which he never knew existed. Speed Racer and Racer X eventually team up and race their Mach 6 (a supped up version of the original Mach 5) to find out what really happened to their father. The original series’ Spritle, the original Speed Racer’s younger brother, is now the headmaster of the school and Chim-Chim is a robot chimpanzee.
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The new Spider-Man series coming to the Kids’ WB! is now officially titled THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN.
Slated to premiere on Kids’ WB! in early 2008, THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN picks up the world-renowned web-slinger’s mythology at the beginning of his hero’s journey as a not-so-typical 16-year-old with new-found powers engaging the multi-leveled pressures of teenage life while combating bigger supervillains in the real world.
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Nickelodeon and Sony announced a global partnership today for co-developing and co-financing a range of television and music projects over a four-year period.
The deal involves developing and producing original movies and television series to be aired on Nickelodeon and multiple record releases.
“Music is in our company’s genetic code, and it’s so great to have it more deeply infused into Nickelodeon through this terrific brand extension and partnership with Sony,” said McGrath. “There’ll be some great new talent and content coming out of this deal, and we’re all excited about the TV and music we’ll create for the fans of Nick around the globe.”
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WAYSIDE, a new half-hour cartoon base on the SIDEWAYS STORIES FROM WAYSIDE SCHOOL book will debut on Nickelodeon on June 25 at 12:30 pm.
The 26-episode series will air regularly on weekdays at 12:30 pm. I for one can’t wait to see how this one turns out. I remember reading the book when I was younger and I absolutely loved it! Now if you’ll excuse me, I have a meeting on the 19th floor. (Bonus points for whoever gets the reference!)
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Beginning June 12, 2007 FUNimation and GeneonEnt. anime will be available on the Xbox Live Marketplace.
FUNimation will provide SAMURAI 7, TRINITY BLOOD, GUNSLINGER GIRL and BASILISK.
Geneon Ent. will provide AKIRA in high definition, GUN SWORD, LAST EXILE, GANKUTSUOU: THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO and LUPIN THE 3RD.
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