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Boy, Howdy: Fox Extends King’s Reign


July 24, 2003 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

It looks like Hank, Peggy and Bobby Hill are going to have a lot of more Texan-style adventures at least through the May of 2005. Daily Variety reports today that Fox has greenlit a ninth season of the hit animated series King of the Hill with current showrunners John Altschuler [...]

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Underwood, Cosby Share Animated Fatherhood


July 23, 2003 by Ryan Ball No Comments divider image

Actor Blair Underwood (L.A. Law) has been signed to star in Nick at Nite’s first original animated series, Fatherhood, based on the best-selling book by Bill Cosby. Cosby will exec. produce the series with Charles Kipps (Little Bill, Cosby Mysteries, Law & Order) and David Brokaw (Little Bill). Each half-hour [...]

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Teen Titans Delivers Ratings Punch


July 22, 2003 by Ryan Ball No Comments divider image

Saturday night’s premiere of Cartoon Network’s newest original series, Teen Titans, was a hit with viewers. The anime-inspired toon about a league of superhero youths ranked No.1 on basic cable in its time period with Kids 6-11 and 2-11. The show brought the cabler ratings increases and double to triple-digit [...]

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Animation’s A Bitch


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Looks like a name change may be in order for this year’s Animation Magazine Pitch Party winner, Life’s a B!tch from creator Paula Comensky. An adult-oriented animated series with the same title is set to air on CTV/ The Comedy Network in Canada and Oxygen in the U.S. Life’s A [...]

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Monster Acquires Krumpet


July 21, 2003 by Ryan Ball No Comments divider image

Having won the Press Award, the Audience Award and the Special Jury Award at Annecy Int’l Festival of Animation in Annecy, France, Harvie Krumpet will soon be introduced to the rest of the world. International distribution rights to the 23-minute stop-motion animated film have been picked up Monster Distributes. Written, [...]

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Stan Lee to Animate Hefner


July 18, 2003 by Ryan Ball No Comments divider image

Ever wonder what goes on behind the gates of the Playboy Mansion? Comic book king and Stripperella creator Stan Lee is teaming up with publishing tycoon Hugh Hefner to develop an adult-oriented animated series that takes viewers into the guarded world of the quintessential billionaire playboy and his stable of [...]

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Kim Possible Kicks off Season Two


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Disney’s Emmy-nominated, animated hit Kim Possible swings back into action with the launch of season two tonight at 6:30 p.m. (ET/PT) on Disney Channel. The premiere episode, “Naked Genius,” will feature the voice of Mindy Cohn (Natalie from The Facts of Life) as math teacher Ms. Whisp. Kim Possible follows [...]

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Fox, Nick, Disney Vie for Emmy


July 17, 2003 by Ryan Ball No Comments divider image

The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences this morning announced nominations for the 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, placing five shows in the in the running for Best Animated Program (less than one hour). Among them are a couple of veteran contenders from Fox’s primetime lineup and a few [...]

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Stvdio Media Goes Bonkers for Bollywood


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You know something is red hot when cable stations pay homage to it in their I.D. spots. The latest example for this trend is a new I.D. spot for Cartoon Network India, which is a glorious homage to Bollywood. Produced for the cabler by Hong Kong-based animation house Stvdio Media, [...]

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Kids WB! Loads More X-Men


July 15, 2003 by Ryan Ball No Comments divider image

Wolverine, Professor Xavier and the rest of the mutant squad will return to kick off season three of the Kids’ WB! animated action series X-Men: Evolution. The premiere episode will air on August 2 at 10:30 a.m. (ET), with other all-new installments to roll out on Saturday mornings. In the [...]

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