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Jim Henson Company Announces Wilson & Ditch: Digging America Second Season

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

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Jim Henson Company Announces Wilson & Ditch: Digging America Second Season

The Jim Henson Company announced today that it is beginning production on the second season of WILSON & DITCH: DIGGING AMERICA the online destination for PBSKIDSGO.org about two animation-powered gophers on a cross-country adventure as they explore America’s most famous (and perhaps not-so-famous) destinations. While learning about American culture, history and geography, brothers Wilson and Ditch [...]

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South Park Creators Dabble In Another Taboo

Sunday, April 25, 2010

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South Park Creators Dabble In Another Taboo

South Park has long established a niche as a not-your-standard cartoon animation fare. Because although its animations are simplistic (if not distinct and catchy), its subject matters are hardly topics that children should be watching. South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have tackled taboo topics such as violence and other sacred cow political issues. They [...]

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Discovery Channel, Spielberg Team On Animated Miniseries

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

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Discovery Channel, Spielberg Team On Animated Miniseries

Discovery Channel announced today that it is working to develop a new mini-series project with Academy(R) Award-winning filmmaker Steven Spielberg, DreamWorks Television and DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. (Nasdaq: DWA) entitled FUTURE EARTH (wt). DreamWorks Television and DreamWorks Animation will co-develop this future project, of which Spielberg will personally oversee development. “We pride ourselves on bringing the [...]

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FOX Turns Yellow With Simpsons Fever This January

Friday, December 25, 2009

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FOX Turns Yellow With Simpsons Fever This January

As the momentous conclusion of the “Best. 20 Years. Ever.,” a year-long global celebration honoring all things THE SIMPSONS, approaches, FOX is toasting television’s favorite cartoon animation family by turning yellow for one week beginning Sunday, Jan. 3. The 20th anniversary will culminate on Sunday, Jan. 10 with the landmark 450th episode, “Once Upon a [...]

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Fox Orders Sixth Season of American Dad

Monday, November 2, 2009

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Fox Orders Sixth Season of American Dad

FOX has ordered a sixth season of AMERICAN DAD, the animated series featuring security-obsessed CIA agent and devoted family man Stan Smith (Seth MacFarlane). Recently honored with an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Animated Program, AMERICAN DAD airs Sundays (9:30-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. The series continues to follow the twisted trials and tribulations [...]

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South Park Wins Emmy

Monday, September 28, 2009

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South Park Wins Emmy

On Sunday, Sept. 20th, the Primetime Emmy Awards were handed out. The “Margaritaville” episode of cartoon animation classic SOUTH PARK took home the Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour). The fellow nominees were ROBOT CHICKEN, THE SIMPSONS and AMERICAN DAD. FOSTER’S HOMES FOR IMAGINARY FRIENDS’ “Destination Imagination” won the Emmy [...]

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King of the Hill Big Series Finale

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

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King of the Hill Big Series Finale

After 13 seasons of beer, barbecue, bickering and bonding, the Hill family delivers a Southern-style send-off in a one-hour series finale episode of the cartoon animation KING OF THE HILL airing Sunday, Sept. 13 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. Since its debut in 1997, KING OF THE HILL has followed the life of HANK HILL (Mike [...]

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Hello Star Wars See You Later 6TEEN, TELETOON Fall Launch

Monday, August 17, 2009

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Hello Star Wars See You Later 6TEEN, TELETOON Fall Launch

TELETOON welcomes four new series to the daytime schedule including Star Wars: The Clone Wars™ plus the new original production Majority Rules. Brand new episodes from nine returning or ongoing shows are added to the TELETOON schedule including the final season of 6TEEN. The new fall schedule begins Monday, September 7. DAYTIME SCHEDULE OVERVIEW The daytime schedule [...]

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Batman: The Brave and the Bold – Volume 2

Thursday, August 13, 2009

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Batman: The Brave and the Bold – Volume 2

The anticipation has been building and the day has finally come as Warner Home Video (WHV) helps protect Gotham with the release of Batman: The Brave and the Bold Volume 2 on DVD. Batman is back for a second time teaming up with Green Arrow, Wildcat, Blue Beetle, Speedy and others to protect the world [...]

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Warner’s One Eskimo Blends Music and Animation Into Graphic Tale

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

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Warner’s One Eskimo Blends Music and Animation Into Graphic Tale

Videos Feature Animation from Award-Winning Passion Films Best Known for Animating the Gorillaz Music Videos 10 Episode Video Series Debuts August 31 via iTunes and other Digital Channels Cutting Edge Viral Campaign FindLittleFeather.com Launches Giving Fans a Chance to Help the Character from the Visual Album in his Search For His True Love One EskimO [...]

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Dexter Enters Animation with Early Cuts

Thursday, August 6, 2009

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Dexter Enters Animation with Early Cuts

It’s quite difficult to hear the name Dexter and not instantly associate it with Dexter’s Laboratory of Cartoon Network but that is just what the television drama series “Dexter” accomplished when it started in 2006. Now that it is slated to enter its fourth season this coming September, the show’s creativity is expanding to a [...]

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Pinky Dinky Doo Wins 2009 Summit Creative Award

Friday, July 31, 2009

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Pinky Dinky Doo Wins 2009 Summit Creative Award

Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind SESAME STREET and co-producer of PINKY DINKY DOO has been awarded the 2009 Summit Creative Award in the category “youth website,” level “gold.” The website — www.pinkydinkydoo.com — launched on November 24, 2008, and has acquired an exceptional fan base, receiving 600,000 page views per month. This is [...]

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Phineas & Ferb to Present Two Programming Events this Fall

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

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Phineas & Ferb to Present Two Programming Events this Fall

Television’s #1 cartoon animation series for kids, Disney’s “Phineas and Ferb,” will be presenting two programming events this fall, a two-part time travel episode and a viewers’ choice countdown special featuring the Top 10 favorite musical numbers from the hit series. The announcement was made today at Comic-Con International in San Diego, California. Each “Phineas [...]

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Warner Premiere Announces New Motion Comics

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

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Warner Premiere Announces New Motion Comics

Warner Premiere and Warner Bros. Digital Distribution today announced three new additions to the best-selling Warner Premiere Motion Comics slate. Classic graphic novels SUPERMAN: RED SON and BATGIRL: YEAR ONE, as well as graphic album BATMAN: BLACK AND WHITE Collection 2 entered the digital age as Warner Premiere Motion Comics on the iTunes Store (www.itunes.com). [...]

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The Cute and Cuddly, The Violent and Gory

Thursday, July 23, 2009

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The Cute and Cuddly, The Violent and Gory

Generally, people love animals— especially the chubby ones, the fluffy ones and the chubby, fluffy ones. We have even turned them into huggable stuffed toys to approximate the real thing. We can’t help but say “Aww…” when we look at their cute, little, shiny eyes. It makes us want to suck them right out of [...]

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