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Fox TV’s Animation Head Jennifer Howell Exits
Twentieth Century Fox TV’s head of animation Jennifer Howell is leaving the studio to pursue other ventures, says Deadline.com. Howell, whose contract ends in May, has been at her post since 2008 and has been responsible for developing shows such as the hit toon Bob’s Burgers, the upcoming Murder Police [...]
Fox Places 13-eps ‘Murder Police’ Order
What do you get when you take one of the comedy brains behind Family Guy and the ultra popular crime drama genre and mix them up into one kooky toon? Fox TV is hoping the combo will create a hit—as Deadline.com reports, the network has ordered 13 episodes of new [...]
Toon Boom & Bento Box Introduce New Pipeline
Toon Boom Animation and Bento Box Entertainment have created an exclusive and state-of-the-art digital animation production pipeline uniquely designed for Bento Box’s production on prime-time animated television series, among them Bob’s Burgers, Allen Gregory, and the upcoming new series Brickleberry, Out There, and The Awesomes. The all-digital global workflow will [...]
Fox Orders Patton Oswalt Superhero Toon
Fox has given a presentation order to Working Class Hero, an animated comedy starring actor-comedian Patton Oswalt and co-written and executive produced by American Dad co-creator/executive producer Mike Barker. According to Deadline.com, the Fox TV project is set in a world where superheroing is just another low-paid government job. Oswalt will [...]
Football Helps Kick Off ‘Dynamite’ Ratings
Fox’s animated version of Napoleon Dynamite got a boost in its debut from strong ratings for the NFL playoffs Sunday night. Early numbers reported by Deadline.com have the series premiere of the show posting a 4.6 rating/11 share, that likely will slip down to 4.5 when final numbers are out. [...]
Fox to Air New ‘Ice Age’ Christmas Special on Nov. 24
Fox TV will premiere the new Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas Special on Nov. 24 at 8 p.m.. The Blue Sky-produced half-hour adventure finds Sid and Manny on their way to the North Pole to make things right with Santa after their accidentally end up on Santa’s naughty list. Directed [...]
Question for the Week of November 7 2011
We’ve seen a lot of discussion about FOX-TV’s prime-time animated series this fall. Which one do you think needs to get axed?
Critics Not Impressed by Fox’s ‘Allen Gregory’
Fox’s new animated series Allen Gregory has the luxury of being part of the cabler’s successful Sunday night lineup, but critics don’t see a long future for the primetime toon. The series, which is voiced and exec produced by Jonah Hill, centers on a very precocious and annoying seven-year-old who [...]
Fox Strives for Flippin’ Good TV
Fox TV’s new animation lineup sees the awkward teens of Napoleon Dynamite get a toon makeover, and Jonah Hill as a sophisticated schoolboy in Allen Gregory. In the next few months, Fox TV audiences will be treated to two new kids on the channel’s animation block: Napoleon Dynamite and Allen [...]
Reynolds and Bullock Prepare a New Toon
Deadline.com reports that Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock, who starred together in The Proposal will be working together again on an animated series titled And Then There Was Gordon. The toon will be produced by Reynolds and Allan Loeb’s company DarkFire, and has received a presentation order from Fox TV. [...]
‘Star Trek’ Beams...
Paramount’s Star Trek Into Darkness landed on top of the domestic box office...
Universal Releases New Clip...
Universal has released the first clip from Illumination’s eagerly anticipated...
