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And the winner of the first new sitcom to join the ranks of the new FXX programming lineup is…Chozen. FXX, which debuts in September as a younger, hipper offshoot of FX, ordered the animated comedy to series on Thursday. Chozen comes from Grant Dekernion, who’ll write, executive produce and star as …
Comedy Central has cancelled Ugly Americans. If this is news to you, or even more so, if you didn’t realize this was news, there’s a story behind why you’re just now hearing about the end of the animated series after two seasons. Posted today on the Ugly Americans Facebook page: …
Cheech & Chong celebrated an extra-special 4/20 week in 2013 with a big smokin’ promotional tour, capped off Thursday afternoon with a surprise visit from an unsurprising big fan in hip-hop icon Snoop Dogg during the comedy duo’s “Town Hall” recording for SiriusXM. And if we’re supposed to call Calvin …
A Charlie Brown Christmas first aired 47 Decembers ago in 1965, and continued its traditional primetime run in network telecasts Tuesday night on ABC. The kids at FOX ADHD, however, have served up an alternate universe for the Peanuts gang — one in which the kids not only have grown …
The original animated pilot demo for Bob’s Burgers looks a lot like the real comedy you’ve been enjoying for the past couple of years on FOX. With one catch. Tina (voiced by Daniel Mintz) started out as Daniel (voiced by Mintz). Does this change everything for you? Roll the clip! …
What’s happening in the comedy world now… The post-tropical storm named Sandy but also referred to as either a hurricane or a “Frankenstorm” prompted the cancellations Monday of live comedy shows in clubs across the Tri-State area, plus Broadway productions and show tapings of The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, …
Community fans, take note. Your comedy-nerd leader, Dan Harmon, will be back creating TV just for you soon enough. Adult Swim has ordered 10 episodes of Harmon’s new animated creation, Rick and Morty. It’ll debut late nights in late 2013 or early 2014. Rick and Morty follows a brilliant inventor (Morty), his …
How often do you see a series that’s still in the development phase release an official network video? Well, that depends. How often have you seen an uber-topical animated sketch revolving around the final presidential debate, which just happened last night, for a series that may or may not ever …
Did you know that if you rearranged the letters in Mitt Romney’s last name, you’d find out his secret hip-hop identity was R-Money?! Fun fact. Or just a happy coincidence that the kids at FOX’s new ADHD unit latched onto to craft this NSFW animated music video, “Where You Hide …
You may have to wait until summer of 2013 to see FOX’s “Animation Domination” stretch backward from Sunday nights to Saturday nights, but the comedy project just launched a new online home (in beta) complete with animated short videos and GIFs. Here is one of the first videos, produced in …
