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Comedy Central Greenlights Tosh Toon
Stand-up comedian and TV host Daniel Tosh (Tosh.0) will exec producer and voice a new animated series for Comedy Central, it was announced today by Kent Alterman, head of original programming and production. CC has ordered 10 episodes of the new show titled Brickleberry, which is about a a group [...]
Seth MacFarlane is Three-Time Roast Master
For the third consecutive time, the man behind modern animated comedy classics Family Guy, American Dad! and The Cleveland Show will serve as emcee of a Comedy Central Roast and earn a place in the record books at the host with the most return appearances. Seth MacFarlane has been tapped [...]
‘South Park’ Returns Oct. 5, Renewed Through 2013
South Park is set to return Oct. 5 on Comedy Central with seven new episodes comprising the second half of its 15th season. According to a report at EW.com, the network also has renewed the series for an additional two seasons, meaning the show will be on the air at [...]
Comic-Con Animation Highlights, Part 2!
Before you think you’ve got your plans for Comic-Con worked out — there’s even more stuff being announced for the 41st edition, set for July 21-24. For a shortcut to all the animation-tagged programming at the convention, click here. http://comic-con.org/cci/cci_search_results.php?strShow=30&chkCat[]=278 And don’t forget to stop by booth 1535 and say [...]
‘Family Guy,’ ‘Simpsons,’ ‘Robot Chicken’ Lead Toon Emmy Noms
Fox’s Family Guy leads animated contenders in the nominations for the 63rd annual Primetime Emmy Awards with four nominations, even as it missed being nominated for Outstanding Animated Program. The Fox series earned three music-related nominations: two for Outstanding Music Composition in a Series and one for Outstanding Original Music [...]
Animag’s 10th Annual Pitch Party Winners Announced!
Although behavioral scientists believe that it only takes a few seconds for someone to determine whether they like a concept, an image or even a person, we hope it takes animation executives a little longer to figure out whether a pitch is going to work or not. Nevertheless, they all [...]
‘Ugly Americans’ Returns June 30 on Comedy Central
Comedy Central’s Ugly Americans returns for a wet, hot summer of zombie-loving good times with affable human social worker Mark Lilly (voiced by Matt Oberg), along with his creature cohorts of demons, wizards and robots. The original, animated comedy returns with 10 half-hour episodes beginning on Thursday, June 30 at [...]
An Update on Animag’s 10th Annual Pitch Party
We at Animation Magazine wanted to take this opportunity to thank all of our readers and Pitch Party participants and judges for making this tenth edition our most popular event to date. Some misinformation about the contest has been posted in an article full of factual errors and negative comments [...]
Voting Begins for Animag’s 10th Annual Pitch Party Contest
The starting gun has been fired to begin Animation Magazine’s 10th annual Pitch Party! The annual event opens up a section of Animation Magazine to anyone who wants to pitch an idea for the next great animated series. The winner gets the chance to pitch their idea to the judge/animation executive [...]
Cohen Spills the Beans on ‘Futurama’s’ New Season
Since the new season of Futurama will kick off with two new episodes on Thursday, June 23, on Comedy Central, we thought it would be a good idea to catch up with the show’s brilliant exec producer and co-creator David X. Cohen to get the lowdown on what’s in store [...]
‘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...
