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Slap Happy Serves Up Shorts for Knowledge


March 1, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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Vancouver-based animation studio Slap Happy Cartoons will produce a series of animated shorts for Canadian pubcaster Knowledge Network. The project will feature the network’s popular characters Luna, Chip and Inkie, part of the cabler’s commercial-free children’s block from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. The three playful, and quirky young animal characters [...]

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Disney XD’s ‘Randy Cunningham’ Announces Guest Voices


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It’s not even a Sweeps Month, but Disney XD’s popular animated series Randy Cunningham, 9th Grade Ninja has lined up a colorful list of guest voices for its new episodes airing in March. Bobcat Goldthwait, Annie Potts, Sterling Knight, John Witherspoon and Jason Earles are guest starring in upcoming new [...]

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‘Henry Hugglemonster’ Pops Up on Disney Jr. in April


February 28, 2013 by Ramin Zahed 2 Comments divider image
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A charming new monster family will be playing in the Mouse House this spring. Produced by Dublin’s star toon shop Brown Bag, the new preschool show Henry Hugglemonster is slated to premiere on Disney Junior in the U.S. on Monday, April 15 at 5 p.m. Based on the book series [...]

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Guru’s ‘Dinopaws’ Is Ready to Roam


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A new international co-production from Impossible Kids (U.K.), Kindle Entertainment (U.K.) and Guru Studio (Canada) has been given the go-ahead with commissions from U.K. kids’ channel CBeebies, the international CBeebies network (BBC Worldwide Channels) and Canadian kids’ broadcaster Treehouse. The series, called Dinopaws (52 x 11) kicked off production last [...]

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FX Gives ‘Archer’ Season 5 Mission


February 27, 2013 by Mercedes Milligan 1 Comment divider image
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Adam Reed’s hit animated spy comedy for Fox’s FX network has been given the greenlight for a fifth season of 13 episodes, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The show will also be entered in the Outstanding Comedy Series Emmy contest. The fourth season of the show, created by Reed and [...]

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Third Season of ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Is a Go!


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Nickelodeon has officially picked up a third season of its hit animated series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The announcement was made at the cabler’s upfront presentation in New York City on Tuesday (Feb. 26). Nickelodeon Group president Cyma Zarghami acknowledged that 2012 had been a tough year for her company, [...]

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Little Airplane’s ‘Sing It, Laurie’ Goes to Sprout


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New York indie studio Little Airplane has hit another high note with a new animated, musical preschool show. Co-produced by best-selling kids’ recording artist Laurie Berkner and Little Airplane’s founder Josh Selig, the show is called Sing It, Laurie and will premiere on the 24-hour preschool channel Sprout on March [...]

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Nickelodeon Expands Its Animated Shorts Program


February 26, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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Kids cabler Nickelodeon has renewed and expanded its animated shorts program which was created to find original comedy-driven content for kids. This year’s initiative will look to a new set of creative voices and visionaries to produce a minimum of 10 shorts that will have the potential of becoming animated series [...]

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9 Story to Launch ‘Peg + Cat’ at MIPTV


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9 Story Entertainment’s new animated preschool show Peg + Cat will make a splash at the MIPTV market in France in April. The 80 X 11 series was created by Emmy-winning creative director, animator and children’s writer Jennifer Oxley (Little Bill, The Wonder Pets!) and Billy Aronson (Rent, Postcards from [...]

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Aardman’s ‘Shaun the Sheep’ Returns to CBBC


February 22, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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Aardman Animation’s preschool star, Shaun the Sheep will come back to the U.K. small screen this month with 20 brand-spanking new episodes. The hero of Mossybottom Farm will kick off his third season on Monday, Feb. 25th at 3:15 p.m. on the CBBC. Shaun and his farm buddies cause mayhem [...]

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