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‘South Park’ Predicts Obama Win


November 6, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image
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As the rest of us wait out the final vote tallies, chewing our nails and deciding whether or not to apply for Canadian citizenship, Trey Parker and Matt Stone are banking on four more years of President Barack Obama in Wednesday night’s episode of South Park, Comedy Central has revealed. [...]

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Comedy Central Greenlights Animated Shorts Series


October 18, 2012 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image
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Comedy Central has given the go ahead to Triptank, a weekly half-hour animated series set to premiere next fall. The series is an anthology of comedy shorts in different animation styles, such as 2D, stop-motion and CGI, and will feature stand-alone pieces as well as recurring themes. The pilot includes [...]

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Welcome to Brickleberry!


September 12, 2012 by Ramin Zahed 2 Comments divider image
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Comedy Central’s crazy new toon features a group of oddball forest rangers and a pampered grizzly cub voiced by Daniel Tosh. Move over, Ranger Smith and Yogi Bear. There’s a new animated comedy about forest rangers coming to town: It’s called Brickleberry, and it’s bound to raise some eyebrows when [...]

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Bento Box Launches Interactive Unit


August 29, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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Burbank-based animation studio Bento Box Entertainment has launched Bento Box Interactive, a new venture that specializes in the creation of distribution of digitally enhanced e-books and 3D apps. Daily Variety reports that the studio has already secured an initial round of funding in the mid-seven figures from Colombia-based media company [...]

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Patrick Stewart Guests in ‘Futurama’ Season Finale


August 27, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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As if the end of summer vacation wasn’t bad enough, we now have to face the end of the season for Comedy Central’ Futurama. The good news is that the cabler is easing the pain by offering two back-to-back episodes on Wednesday, August 28 at 10 p.m. (9 p.m. Central). [...]

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Comedy Central’s ‘Brickleberry’ Debuts on Sept. 25


August 21, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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Comedy Central’s new animated series Brickleberry will premiere on Tuesday, Sept. 25 at 10:30 p.m., following the fall premiere of Tosh.0. The show is exec produced by Daniel Tosh and created, written and exec produced by comics Waco O’Guin and Roger Black (MTV’s Stankervision). Co-produced by Fox 21 and Comedy [...]

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Cartoon Network, FOX Dominate Animation Emmy Race


July 19, 2012 by Ramin Zahed 2 Comments divider image
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Earlier this morning (Thursday) the nominees for Outstanding Animated Program were announced by the TV Academy. Fox scored big time with three nods for American Dad (really?), Bob’s Burgers and long-time favorite The Simpsons. Also nominated were Futurama (Comedy Central) and The Penguins of Madagascar (Nickelodeon). Cartoon Network dominated the [...]

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Groening Launches ‘Futurama’ Head-in-a-Jar App


July 11, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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Just in time for Comic-Con, the new, free Futurama Head-In-A-Jar Creator app will open a new world of cool digital possibilities to iPhone, iPod Touch and Android fans all over the world. Today (Wednesday, July 11) at 10:30 p.m., during a live post-show streamed on cc.com, series creator Matt Groening [...]

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Can’t Miss ‘Futurama’ Live Chat Wednesday!


July 10, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan 1 Comment divider image
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For the first time ever, the creators and cast members of Comedy Central’s hit sci-fi/comedy toon Futurama will participate in a live-stream chat to discuss all the behind-the-scenes mayhem on this subversive series. The half-hour discussion, dubbed Futurama Live!, will feature creator/exec producer Matt Groening, exec producer David X. Cohen [...]

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Comedy Central’s Comic-Con Plans


July 5, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image
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Those crazy kids at Comedy Central have some cool events planned for toon fans at this year’s Comic-Con International in San Diego. Learn more about hit series Futurama and upcoming toon Brickleberry. CC will also be heavily promoting live-action comedy series Workaholics, with a signing (4:30) and panel (6:30) on [...]

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