New DVDs: ‘Ricky Gervais’, ‘Tom & Jerry Kids’

April 29, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments

There are plenty of animated DVDs to keep toon heads busy this week as we all wait for the arrival of Fox/Blue Sky’s Epic and Disney/Pixar’s Monsters University in theaters. First up, if you missed the third season of The Ricky Gervais Show on HBO (yes, we feel your pain! [...]

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DHX Moves For-Hire Ops to Canada

February 14, 2013 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments

Canadian indie toon house DHX Media is moving its Los Angeles-based work for hire production operations to Canada to take advantage of tax credits, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The production company which is based in Halifax is reportedly pursuing cost saving measures after its $112 million acquisition of Cookie [...]

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HBO Kills ‘The Life and Times of Tim’

April 22, 2012 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment

Steve Dildarian’s animated series The Life and Times of Tim has reached its final scene. Variety reports that the HBO series which ran for three seasons has officially been cancelled. Its last original episode, in which Tim becomes the new spokesperson for Omnicorp, aired on the pay cabler on Feb. [...]

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Sneak Peek: ‘The Ricky Gervais Show’ Season 2 Premiere

January 7, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments

The Ricky Gervais Show returns for its second season on HBO Jan. 14 at 9 p.m. ET/PT, and to promote the series the network is making the first episode available starting today on HBO.com and on iTunes. Or you can watch it right here: Ep. 14: Clive Warren – Full [...]

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Ricky and Rocky Laugh it Up on DVD

January 3, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments

The man behind The Office and the moose and squirrel behind a generation of laughter arrive on DVD to kick off the new year. The Ricky Gervais Show : The Complete First Season (Warner Bros., $29.98) brings the Emmy-winning animated series home for the first time. The two-disc set includes 13 [...]

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