SNL’s Meyers Preps The Awesomes for MTV

MTV and Saturday Night Live‘s Seth Meyers are developing a an animated half-hour superhero spoof series called The Awesomes.

According to MTV’s Splash Page blog, the series is about ‘an unassuming superhero and his cohorts as they battle evil villains, the paparazzi, and a less than desirable reputation as bumbling losers.’

Created by Meyers and his SNL colleague Mike Shoemaker, the duo will serve as co-writers series will be produced by Lorne Michaels’ Broadway Video.

Meyers has previous experience with superheroes, having co-written with another SNL colleague, Bill Hader, a story for Marvel Comics titled ‘Spider-Man: The Short Halloween.’

The series has yet to be scheduled to air on the cable channel.