By Dave Emrich | August 15, 2011 at 10:35 am | No comments
Former Man Show host and current podcast king Adam Carolla has teamed up with former King of the Hill executive producers John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky to start work on The Birchums, an animated series which has landed a presentation order from Fox. The Birchums is based on...
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By Dave Emrich | August 12, 2011 at 2:04 pm | 2 comments
If all goes according to plan, multi-faceted comedian Demetri Martin will join a long, successful tradition of animated comedy at Fox, which boasts The Simpsons, Family Guy and most recently Bob's Burgers. According to Deadline, Martin is finalizing a deal with the network,...
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By Fred Farris | August 11, 2011 at 9:59 pm | 2 comments
A big screen animated feature version of Hanna-Barbera's 1974 TV series Hong Kong Phooey has been green-lit with Eddie Murphy voicing the protagonist hero. It's totally understandable that movie execs have been inspired by the piles of money the Smurfs movie is racking up, but...
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By Carrie Andersen | August 5, 2011 at 2:56 pm | No comments
Ricky Gervais, busiest (most powerful?) comedy person in the world will drop by the new season of Family Guy to voice the part of a dolphin for an episode titled, "Be Careful What You Wish For." This is great news for us, but Gervais may be even more excited about the guest gig,...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | July 27, 2011 at 2:46 pm | No comments
Family Guy won't premiere its new season on Fox until Sept. 25 at 9 pm EST, but that doesn't mean you have to sit there like a helpless idiot not watching a preview, right? Right. So, go ahead and check out the below teaser, which was unveiled at Comic-Con this past weekend....
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By Dave Emrich | July 25, 2011 at 10:00 am | No comments
Comedy Central has renewed Futurama for two more full seasons, show creator David X. Cohen told an excited audience at Comic-Con in San Diego this weekend. "The mood is better now,” he said, adding “the pressure’s off now that we’re in our second life – we didn’t...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | July 22, 2011 at 12:06 pm | No comments
Although no official premiere date has been announced -- we just know it's going down this Fall -- we finally got a first peek at the rebooted Beavis and Butt-Head. And it is good. In fact, the best part of the new version of the show -- if the below five minutes are an accurate...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | July 20, 2011 at 4:57 pm | No comments
My favorite animated show about a fake, bumbling CIA-like agency finally has a premiere date for its new season. FX announced today that Archer, which features the voices of comedian Aisha Tyler, H. Jon Benjamin (who's currently starring in Comedy Central's Jon Benjamin Has a...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | July 19, 2011 at 11:39 pm | No comments
Although an official release has not been sent, Comedy Central confirmed to Laughspin.com that its iconic animated series South Park will run through 2013. We can also tell you that the second half of the current season -- that's number 15 if you're keeping track -- will resume...
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