Category: Animation

  • Sunday night TV

    I’ve discovered my new favorite show: “This Just In” on Spike TV. It’s on Sunday and Thursday nights. It is noteworthy for two reasons: it takes advantage of the ease and speed of Flash animation to provide topical jokes, and it has a political slant that is unique to any sitcom live or animated. I’m…

  • Family Guy resumes production!

    It’s nothing short of a miracle in TV history, but a TV show is returning after 2 years due to the popularity of its syndication and CD box set sales. Family Guy is coming back (as was previously discussed, but it’s now officially in production)! Could this possibly work for Futurama as well? One can…

  • Hold the presses: Homer Simpson isn’t a good influence?

    A nutritionist is chastising the Simpsons because Homer Simpson eats doughnuts and drinks beer, and suggests that maybe the creators of the show could have the characters eating healthier food. Makes me wonder how she could watch all those episodes of the show and not pick up on the point of it.

  • South Park’s new season

    If, like me, you forgot that South Park’s new season starts tonight, you’ll be happy to know that it will be repeated again tonight at 11PM (Central) and then tomorrow night at 9, and the next night, and Saturday night, and several more times. Check your local listings.

  • Yes, I’ve heard!

    I’m breaking protocol here, but I just wanted to assure everybody that yes I’ve heard that Elongated Man will be appearing in the new Justice League animated series. EVERYONE is e-mailing me about this! I guess I hadn’t posted yet because it’s such big news that I want to do a proper write-up, and as…

  • Clone Wars Marathon: April 9th and 10th

    The Clone Wars, Cartoon Network’s animated micro series shown in five minute segments resumes on my birthday, March 29th. (How did they know? That was sweet of them!) Episodes 11-20 will debut, and then the Clone Wars will be shown in a marathon on April 9-10. What’s more, this animated series will continue a tradition…

  • Cartoon Network/Adult Swim

    Just a few notes as I head out for the weekend: Teen Titans on Cartoon Network introduces Terra in this weekend’s season 2 episode. Plenty of Adult Swim craziness starting with a new Home Movies episode at 10PM (Central). You can see a clip from this episode, Heart Smashers, at Adultswim.com Check your listings. I’m…

  • ICv2 likes Adult Swim too!

  • Why they fall in that manner

    I hadn’t encountered the Cartoon Laws of Physics before, but I can attest that they are all true. Via Best of the Web

  • Cartoon Network for Sunday night

    Okay, very briefly. All times are in Central time (add 1 hour for Eastern, subtract 2 for Pacific…or just consult your local listings). First off, if you missed the Duck Dodgers episode “The Green Loontern” it is repeated tonight at 7PM. The Teen Titans episode at 9PM is “Every Dog Has Its Day.” Then at…