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Despite some excellent movies hitting theaters, 2024 was, to use a sports phrase, a rebuilding year. The 2023 Writers Guild and SAG-AFTRA strikes ground Hollywood to a halt before the studios ultimately agreed to some much-needed concessions for the folks who physically make the films and TV shows we all love, and the downstream effects of that unnecessarily drawn-out labor stoppage spilled into 2024. Movies and shows that were supposed to come out needed time to restart production, studios delayed some releases into 2025, and the industry as a whole experienced a contraction. The first half of this year was rough at the box office, but thanks to several major wins near the end of the year, theatrical exhibition managed to stay alive and make up a ton of ground.

While we'll likely be seeing the effects of the strikes and the subsequent contraction for a while, the floodgates are preparing to open for...

Feature films have not been kind to the Looney Tunes. There was a time when the wacky adventures of Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Bugs Bunny and their animated pals were the best and funniest shorts on the silver screen, an era that lasted decades. But most of their longer movies were repackaged classic skits, thinly strung together by new bookend material based on whatever movie or TV show was hot at the time, like “Fantasy Island” or “Ghostbusters.” Then of course there were the “Space Jam” films, two of the most creatively bankrupt and shamelessly tacky brand exploitations in the history of [checks notes] everything.

Until now the only great “Looney Tunes” feature was the one that completely flopped, Joe Dante’s inspired and hilarious “Back in Action,” which smartly skewered the callow capitalism that made the “Space Jam” movies a cinematic crime. The new film, “The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie,...

Wayne's World breakout star, Tia Carrere, has had an illustrious career since starring in the 1992 comedy. Waynes World follows Wayne and his best friend Garth, as they host a popular TV show in his basement that gets noticed by a TV network executive. Waynes World was a huge success when it premiered. The movie, which only had a budget of $20 million, ended up being a huge success and making $183.1 million at the box office (via Box Office Mojo). The sequel, however, Waynes World 2, did not perform as well as the first movie.

Carrere, who played Cassandra Wong in the classic movie has amassed over 100 credits since she began her career. Since landing her first role in Aloha Summer, Carrere has appeared in several movies and TV shows, including General Hospital, Airwolf, and The A-Team. The Waynes World movies, which catapulted Carrere into stardom, were popular in the 90s, but despite this,...

David Zaslav's scythe has slashed yet another beloved part of our childhoods: Cartoon Network dot com, home of games Nightmare-athon, Outnumbuh'd, Teen Titans Battle Blitz and The Cobblepot Caper, has been bled out. Instead of being greeted by the scribbled smiles of Gumball, Jake and Steven on the homepage, site visitors are now immediately being redirected to Max.

“Looking for episodes of your favorite Cartoon Network shows? Check out what’s available to stream on Max (subscription required),” the pop-up message reads. “Sign up for Max, where you can also create a Kids Profile with ratings restrictions and additional privacy protections to keep it fun and kid-friendly! Cable subscribers, continue to enjoy your favorite Cn programming on your TV and connected apps as well!”

What you could once get for free on the site — including full episodes of popular shows like “Craig of the Creek” and “We Bare Bears...

Of the many crimes the Animaniacs' notorious nemesis, David Zaslav, has perpetrated during his reign of terror as CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, his blatant disrespect for the Looney Tunes ranks high on the list. As if doing little to promote the terrific modern "Looney Tunes Cartoons" series that are available exclusively on Max wasn't bad enough, Zaslav's regime has also yanked a whole lot of golden age "Looney Tunes" shorts from its streaming service and killed the live-action/animated hybrid feature "Coyote vs. Acme" solely for the sake of a tax write-off. Sadly, it seems we'll never know if Dave Green's New Yorker-inspired legal satire was an entertaining as the early buzz suggested. Nevertheless, 2024 is shaping up to be a major year for Bugs, Daffy, Porky, and the rest of the Looney gang.

As of today, Ketchup Entertainment has officially acquired the North American rights to "The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie...

The history of television is fascinating because you can trace lines between almost any modern show and one of the classics, as crews move from one show to another, bringing their past work and their influences with them. This applies to both live-action and animation. In the latter, many animators who start as writers or storyboard artists in one show end up creating their own series years later, bringing colleagues along with them, who then go on to create their own shows in return. Take "Dexter's Laboratory" launching the career of not just Genndy Tartakovsky, but also Craig McCracken, Rob Renzetti, Butch Hartman, and Seth MacFarlane, each going on to make a popular show.

What "Dexter's Laboratory" did in the '90s, "The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack" did in the late 2000s. This is a show that helped launch several animation careers, with plenty of writers and storyboard artists...

After Jim Samples, the Cartoon Network executive who oversaw the greenlighting of such successful cartoons as "Samurai Jack," "Ben 10," "Codename: Kids Next Door," and "The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy," left, a new regime at the popular animation-focused cable channel changed tactics. When Stuart Snyder took over in mid-2007, he had a brand new mandate for Cartoon Network — no weird stuff.

Speaking with Buzzfeed, "The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack" creator Thurop Van Orman recalled Snyder saying, "'We don't want anything weird or anything where any mom would come out of the kitchen and say, 'What are you watching?'"

Now, this is not to say that Snyder failed at that command, or that his definition of the word "weird" is different than this writer's, but his tenure was filled with shows you could call "weird" and would make a mom say "What are you watching?"

"The Amazing World of Gumball,...

Streaming service HBO Max will begin removing up to 36 titles, many of which are originals, from its digital library this week.

Earlier in August, HBO Max removed six film titles and also announced that it would no longer be releasing DC’s “Batgirl” or the animated “Scoob! Holiday Haunt.” The strategy is driven by parent company Warner Bros. Discovery’s plans to combine HBO Max and Discovery+ next summer.

“As we work toward bringing our content catalogs together under one platform, we will be making changes to the content offering available on both HBO Max and discovery+,” HBO Max said in a statement Wednesday. “That will include the removal of some content from both platforms.”

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An ongoing story as of late is the impact of the recent merger of Warner Bros Studios and Discovery. The new CEO, David Zaslav, has already made several controversial decisions that are currently being met with criticism. One big note is the canceling of two features that were near completion. DC’s Batgirl, and the animated film Scoob! Holiday Haunt was shelved with no intention of ever being released so the company could claim them as tax write-offs.

Another big money-saving decision was to pull movies and shows from their streaming platform, HBO Max, that were underperforming so they could save on residuals. The company had already silently pulled a few titles — as recent as the pandemic-shot 2021 film, Locked Down. But they have announced the removal of around 40 titles as early as this week.

A spokesperson for the company cites the pending merge of the streaming service with Discovery+ as...

HBO Max will remove almost 36 titles from its service as early as this week, Variety has confirmed.

A spokesperson for HBO Max attributed the decision to the pending merge of the platform with Discovery+, which is also owned by Warner Bros. Discovery.

“As we work toward bringing our content catalogs together under one platform, we will be making changes to the content offering available on both HBO Max and discovery+,” HBO Max’s statement reads. “That will include the removal of some content from both platforms.”

Taking off the titles from streaming would also help Warner Bros. Discovery cut costs by removing lesser-watched programs to save money on residuals. An exact date or time when the titles will be taken off has not been announced.

Although HBO Max has removed several titles in the past weeks, including several Warner Bros. films and HBO TV shows such as “Camping,” “Vinyl,” “Mrs. Fletcher” and “Run,...

Your favorite HBO Max originals may not be available to stream much longer.

As Warner Bros. Discovery prepares to combine HBO Max and Discovery+ into a single, unified streaming service, HBO Max is doing away with more than three dozen titles — including 20 original series.

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From Chop-Top to Otis Firefly, Bill Moseley has brought so many uniquely haunting characters to life on screen over the years, but his latest role is unique even for him, as he provides the playful voice for the killer animated cat Jasper in Torey Haas' segment for the new horror anthology Dead by Midnight Y2Kill. And while Jasper seems to be all fun and games in his own cartoon show, he shows his sinister side when he crosses over into the real world and sets his wide-eyed sights on Julia Walters (Melissa Haas), the daughter of the animator who created him... and the one person Jasper will do anything to keep to himself, even if it means using his cartoon-style violence on those who get in his way.

With Dead by Midnight Y2Kill now on DVD and Digital via Indican Pictures, we had the pleasure of speaking with...

Peter Browngardt, Emmy-winning creator of “Uncle Grandpa” and “Secret Mountain Fort Awesome,” has signed an exclusive, multiyear, cross-studio overall deal with Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network Studios. He will develop and produce original animated programming for a variety of audiences, including pre-school, kids, adult and family/co-viewing. Under the terms of the pact, Browngardt, who currently serves as executive producer on the HBO Max series “Looney Tunes Cartoons,” will be allowed flexibility to develop material for all WarnerMedia platforms, as well as external outlets and services. He will also have access to extensive character and franchise libraries at both studios.

“This inaugural cross-studio deal is one example of how we intend to meet the growing demand for animated content by being innovative, in not just our storytelling, but in the opportunities we provide to creatives in our industry,” said Sam Register, president of Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network Studios,...

Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network studios have signed a joint overall deal with “Looney Tunes Cartoons” showrunner Pete Browngardt, the studios announced Monday.

Under the multiyear agreement, Browngardt will develop and produce new animated programming in addition to developing projects based on characters and titles from both studios.

In addition to “Looney Tunes Cartoons,” on which he currently serves as executive producer and showrunner, Browngardt’s list of credits also includes “Uncle Grandpa,” “Secret Mountain Fort Awesome,” “Chowder,” “The Marvelous Midadventures of Flapjack” and” Adventure Time.”

The deal marks the first cross-studio overall since the two WarnerMedia studios were united under the purview of president Sam Register last summer.

“This inaugural cross-studio deal is one example of how we intend to meet the growing demand for animated content by being innovative, in not just our storytelling, but in the opportunities we provide to creatives in our industry,” Register said in a statement.

Exclusive: In early 2018, CBS TV Studios brought in veteran comedy animation executive-turned-producer Katie Krentz with an overall deal to build an animation pipeline at the studio. Two years and three animated series orders later, CBS TV Studios has renewed its overall deal with Krentz and her 219 Productions.

As part of the new pact,, Krentz has tapped Joe Barrasas as Director of Development for her studio-based 219 Productions.

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At CBS TV Studios, Krentz is executive producing the recently greenlighted by CBS All Access animated series The Harper House, from China, Il creator Brad Neeley. She also is producing Star Trek: Lower Decks for the company’s streaming service CBS All Access, and the as-yet-untitled...

Exclusive: CBS All Access is expanding its original animated programming slate. In a competitive situation, the streamer has landed animated family comedy The Harper House with a series order. It hails from China, Il creator Brad Neely, Katie Krentz (Star Trek: Lower Decks), CBS Television Studios where Krentz is under an overall deal, and 219 Productions. CBS All Access is expected to announce the series during their TCA presentation.

Created by Neely, The Harper House will follow an overconfident female head-of-a-household as she struggles to regain a higher status for herself, and for her family of oddballs, after losing her job and moving from the rich side to the poor side of an Arkansas small town. To save money, they’ve moved into their inherited Victorian fixer upper, the historic Harper House.

“It’s the big animated family show for the 21st century with a fun fallible lady up front...

Lena Headey is no longer queen, but she continues to slay: Headey will headline a new Showtime dramedy pilot, TVLine has learned.

The Game of Thrones star will play the titular character in Rita, which she also will executive-produce. The series is based on a Danish format about “a headstrong, unconventional teacher and single mother who takes on every kind of authority — as well as her family — in a messy and unfiltered way,” per the official logline.

“Rita is a deliciously subversive character who will make you laugh and cry as she continuously challenges the hypocrisy around her,” Jana Winograde,...

When Uncle Grandpa accidentally flips the multidimensional switch on his Rv, he creates a tear in the universe that collides the worlds of some of Cartoon Network’s most beloved shows… That’s the set up for Cartoon Network Battle Crashers, the side-scrolling, kid-friendly beat ‘em-up from GameMill/Maximum Games – which has, a year on from its initial release, made it’s Nintendo Switch debut.

So how does it fair on Nintendo’s hybrid console? Well graphically it’s not a game that’s ever going to push the limits of the system, however the bright 2D character design and the variety of landscapes really showcases the Switch’s screen. Sadly the audio falls flat – through no fault of the console may I add – it seems that the developers were less concerned with how the game sounds in comparison to how it looks. Which is a shame as the particular...

Maximum Games with GameMill Entertainment and Cartoon Network have partnered to launch Cartoon Network: Battle Crashers on Nintendo Switch. The side-scrolling action brawler, which originally debuted on PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo3DS, smashes together many of Cartoon Network’s biggest characters in an outrageous beat ‘em up adventure that’s fun for all ages.

When Uncle Grandpa accidentally flips the multidimensional switch on his Rv, he creates a tear in the universe that collides the worlds of some of Cartoon Network’s most beloved shows. Swap between six playable heroes, each with their own unique abilities: Steven Universe (Steven Universe), Gumball (The Amazing World of Gumball), Clarence (Clarence), Uncle Grandpa (Uncle Grandpa), as well as Finn & Jake (Adventure Time) and Mordecai & Rigby (Regular Show).

Filled with tag-team gameplay, lighthearted humor and off-the-wall boss battles, Cartoon Network: Battle Crashers features both a single-player campaign, swapping between characters instantly,...

The Animation Podcast Ep. 90 The Animation Podcast is a weekly podcast news show that looks into the latest news in the animation industry, hosted by FilmBook, created and narrated by FilmBook author Mathieu Brunet a.k.a. AniMat from the ElectricDragon505 YouTube channel. Music provided by Chris Holland. In this episode, The Animation Podcast examines [...]

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In spite of the fact that I grew up watching the channel, I have to say that Cartoon Network is in a bit of a golden age right now. Programs such as Adventure Time, Steven Universe and Regular Show have been able to entertain children and adults alike. Despite the popularity of said shows, though, developers have struggled adapting these properties. This isn’t exactly a new problem for Cn, but it seems even worse due to the slightly improved landscape of licensed video games. Rather than focus on one specific property, licensed game experts GameMill Entertainment tried a different approach with the multiplayer brawler, Cartoon Network: Battle Crashers.

Bringing together the properties of Cartoon Network is a tough task, but Battle Crashers accomplishes this with a single cutscene. Oddball Uncle Grandpa accidentally drives his Ug-rv through different dimensions, which leads to him acquiring a few new passengers. Tagging...

November is approaching fast, and though we definitely know there’s something happening that month we’re supposed to remember, we have no idea what it is. It’s some kind of important civic duty we’re supposed to participate in within the first eight days or so, but that doesn’t help much. Oh well, hopefully the new offerings from Hulu will remind us of what it is or keep us distracted long enough that we don’t feel bad about missing it. Thankfully, the latter option should be pretty easy to accomplish in November, because Hulu is getting a good amount of solidly binge-worthy TV shows and movies.

The new TV shows hitting Hulu include the complete 13th season of Top Chef, the sixth season of Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills, and the complete first seasons of Uncle Grandpa and Miles From Tomorrowland—for both young kids and...

Already no stranger to the crossover game, Cartoon Network will once again bring some of its biggest properties together with Cartoon Network: Battle Crashers. The epic adventure will launch on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Nintendo 3Ds this November.

Bringing together the likes of Adventure Time and Steven Universe, Cartoon Network: Battle Crashers is an original side-scrolling adventure from GameMill Entertainment (Goosebumps: The Game). Following an accidental tear in the universe caused by Uncle Grandpa, the Cn Universe must come together to stop their collected enemies from taking over the world.

Featuring both solo and four-player co-op play, Battle Crashers pulls from the modern Cartoon Network line-up. Fans of the network can look forward to playing as Finn & Jake (Adventure Time), Uncle Grandpa (Uncle Grandpa), Steven (Steven Universe), Mordecai & Rigby (Regular Show), Clarence (Clarence) and Gumball (The Amazing World of Gumball). Single adventurers can even swap character mid-play, which will be necessary,...

Chicago – The funniest movie of the summer describes its whole situation through the title – “Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates.” This hilarious farce features a killer cast, led by Adam Devine and Zac Efron, and brilliant comic direction by Jake Szymanski.

The premise is simple…two brothers, who wreck every social event their family participates in, are chastised by their gruff-but-lovable father (the great Stephen Root) to get some decent dates for their sister’s upcoming wedding. Since each of the bros are between relationships, they solicit the potential dates on Craigslist. Enter two hard partying galpals (Aubrey Plaza and Anna Kendrick), who pretend to be virtuous to get a free vacation to Hawaii (the destination wedding). What could go wrong?

Adam Devine, Zac Efron, Anna Kendrick and Aubrey Plaza of ‘Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates’

Photo credit: 20th Century Fox Films

Plenty as it turns out, and the...

Cartoon Network can’t get enough of humanoid aliens or flying tigers that leave rainbow vapor trails. The cable net said today that it has ordered fifth seasons of its popular toons Steven Universe and Uncle Grandpa. Both series debuted in 2013 and hail from Cartoon Network Studios' homegrown shorts development initiative. Created by Rebecca Sugar, Steven Universe revolves around the Crystal Gems — three magical defenders of the planet — and Steven, their proverbial…...

The International Animated Film Society, Asifa-Hollywood, has announced the nominations for the 43rd Annual Annie Awards and "Inside Out" and "The Good Dinosaur," both Pixar movies, led the pack! "Inside Out" received fourteen nominations while "The Good Dinosaur" got nine.

My pick of the year for best animated feature is "Inside Out" but I love Charlie Kaufman's "Anomalisa" as well which picked five noms.

We'll find out the winners of the Annie Awards on February 6th!

Here is the full list of nominees in all categories of the 43rd Annie Awards:

Best Animated Feature

Anomalisa

Paramount Pictures

Inside Out

Pixar Animation Studios

Shaun the Sheep The Movie

Aardman Animations

The Good Dinosaur

Pixar Animation Studios

The Peanuts Movie

Blue Sky Studios, Twentieth Century Fox Animation

Best Animated Special Production

Elf: Buddy.s Musical Christmas

Warner Bros. Animation

He Named Me Malala

Parkes-MacDonald / Little Door

I Am A Witness

Moonbot...

It’s almost October and that means Netflix is about to refresh their content with some new titles and by removing some others. Some of the notable titles leaving include: The Big Lebowski and A Nightmare on Elm Street. So if you haven’t seen some of these titles, plan your nights accordingly. We of course can look forward more than a few new titles including Boogie Nights, Batman Begins and Curse of Chucky for your Halloween needs.

All Title Dates are Subject to Change

Netflix U.S. Release Dates Only

Available 10/1

A Christmas Carol (1938)

About Alex (2014)

Alexander: Theatrical Cut (2004)

American Pie (1999)

Barefoot Contessa: Back to Basics Collection: Collection 1

Batman Begins (2005)

Boogie Nights (1997)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

Curse of Chucky (2013)

Dark Was the Night (2014)

Design on a Dime Collection: Collection 1

El Tiempo Entre Costuras (2013)

Extreme Homes Collection: Collection 1

Fixer Upper: Season 1

Genevieve’s Renovation: Season 1

Glass Chin (2014)

House...

October on Netflix brings "Beasts of No Nation," starring Idris Elba as a ruthless African warlord who trains child soldiers. Directed by Cary Fukunaga ("True Detective"), it debuts on Netflix and in theaters on October 16.

While a lot of great horror movies are leaving Netflix in October, some new ones are coming exclusively to the platform: "Manson Family Vacation," (starring Jay Duplass as a guy whose brother is obsessed with Charles Manson) and "Circle," in which 50 strangers are held captive and must choose which one of them will live. We're also excited for "The Nightmare," the buzzy documentary about sleep terrors from the directors of "Room 237."

And if you want more horror, there are new seasons coming to Netflix, including "iZombie," "The Vampire Diaries," "Supernatural," "Hemlock Grove," and "American Horror Story: Freak Show."

Available Oct. 1

"Million Dollar Baby"(2004)

"Wild Horses" (2015)

"Barefoot Contessa: Back to Basics": Collection 1

"Throwdown With...

The Good Wife

"Supernatural" and "Watchmen" star Jeffrey Dean Morgan has scored a series regular role on the seventh season of CBS' legal drama "The Good Wife". Morgan will play an experienced and calm investigator named Alex whom Alicia (Julianna Margulies) hires. The new season premieres October 4th. [Source: Variety]

Adventure Time

Cartoon Network has renewed five of its top-performing series - "Adventure Time," "Regular Show," "Uncle Grandpa," "Steven Universe" and "Clarence".

'Adventure' and 'Regular' will be getting their eighth seasons, 'Grandpa' and 'Universe' their third and "Clarence" its second. Nearly all five series rank No. 1 in their respective time periods among kids/boys. [Source: The Live Feed]

Transparent

Acclaimed "Fish Tank" and "Wuthering Heights" director Andrea Arnold has reportedly directed two episodes of the upcoming second season of Amazon's transgender drama "Transparent".

Arnold joins a list of acclaimed female film helmers who tackled several episodes each for the new season including Marielle Heller ("The Diary Of A Teenage Girl...

Watch out, world: Caitlyn Jenner is free.

E! has released a new promo for Jenner’s upcoming docuseries I Am Cait, in which she begins to embrace her new life as a transgender woman.

VideosCaitlyn Jenner E! Docu-Series I Am Cait: Watch the First Promo

Among the highlights of the video below: Jenner offers words of wisdom to a few friends, pops champagne in celebration of her transition and updates her wardrobe. (As it turns out, Caitlyn and Kris Jenner have the same taste in fashion.)

I Am Cait premieres Sunday, July 26, at 9/8c.

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Cartoon Network has renewed five original series, Adventure Time, Regular Show, Steven Universe, Uncle Grandpa and Clarence. The network picked up an eighth season of Peabody-winning Adventure Time and Emmy-winning Regular Show. Adventure Time features unlikely heroes Finn and Jake, two buddies who traverse the mystical Land of Ooo and encounter its colorful inhabitants. Adventure Time was created by Pendleton Ward and is produced at Cartoon Network Studios. Regular Show…...

This week we've partnered with Cartoon Network to celebrate the release of Uncle Grandpa: Good Mornin'! We have two copies of the DVD up for grabs and some great clips from the show. Find out how to win below! The Uncle Grandpa: Good Mornin’ DVD comes with everything you need to start your day off right, including 12 heaping episodes of Uncle Grandpa. Uncle Grandpa: Good Mornin' is now available on DVD Three Ways To Win! Like or comment on the giveaway post on Facebook Retweet using the Twitter post below! Hit the "Thumbs Up" to the right (must have a ComicBookMovie.com account, click here to register!) #Retweeet & Win @cartoonnetwork #UncleGrandpa Good Mornin' #Giveaway! 2 DVDs up for grabs! http://t.co/hq5CQ2IxkU pic.twitter.com/34yp5oKP0M — ComicBookMovie.com (@ComicBook_Movie) April 7, 2015 Want better odds? Like Cbm on Facebook! Follow Cbm on Twitter! The...

“Don’t worry, bro. None of this is canon.”

That’s how Uncle Grandpa, star of a show so tonally divorced from Steven Universe that absolutely none of this should work at all, pops into Beach City. What follows is a bizarre adventure that’s equal parts Terry Gilliam cartoon, bad anime, and Fourth Wall demolition session. Steven, frustrated by his inability to summon the magical shield his mother bequeathed to him, calls out to the universe for help and receives a reply in the form of a hollering, reality-warping weirdo who sets about trying to unlock Steven’s latent potential. Mostly by firing bees at him.

It’s unclear how much of this will matter in the overall scheme of the show, and I’m sure some people will be upset about an unannounced detour into bat country, but even though it doesn’t really strike any of the gentle,...

Cartoon Network unveiled its programming and digital slate for the 2015-2016 upfront season. Original series Adventure Time, Clarence, Regular Show, Steven Universe, The Amazing World Of Gumball, Teen Titans Go! and Uncle Grandpa are returning with additional season/episode orders. This year's presentation includes the new look and tone of Boomerang, which began a global relaunch last fall and debuted in the U.S. on January 19 as an ad-supported network. Cartoon Network…...

The thing I love about voice actors is that even if you don’t know their names or faces, you will “know that voice.” And considering voice actor Eric Bauza was responsible for one of my favorite scenes in the voice actor documentary I Know That Voice, I’m super glad that I not only know that voice, but got to interview it (and the man behind it!) at this year’s New York Comic Con.

Eric, who hails from Canada and began his animation career as a character designer who also did animatics, is now most known for the legacy voice of Marvin the Martian from The Looney Tunes Show and for a myriad of other great voices, including Tiger Claw on the current Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series, Foop on The Fairly OddParents, Belly Bag on Uncle Grandpa, Buhdeuce on Breadwinners, Amadeus Cho on Ultimate Spider-Man and Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher,...

The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and specialty items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.

Alternative Comics

Hawd Tales #1, $4.99

Andrews McMeel

Baby Blues Collection Wetter Louder Stickier Tp, $18.99

Antarctic Press

Gold Digger #215, $3.99

Archie Comic Publications

Jughead And Archie Comics Digest #7, $4.99

Sabrina #1 (Robert Hack 2nd Printing Variant Cover)(not verified by Diamond), $3.99

Sonic The Hedgehog #266 (Rafa Knight Super Smash Variant Cover)(not verified by Diamond), $3.99

Sonic The Hedgehog #266 (Tracy Yardley Regular Cover), $3.99

Avatar Press

Crossed Badlands #65 (Gabriel Andrade Torture Cover), $3.99

Crossed Badlands #65 (Gabriel Andrade Wraparound Cover), $3.99

Crossed Badlands #65 (Jacen Burrows Red Crossed Incentive Cover), Ar

Crossed Badlands #65 (Jacen Burrows Regular Cover), $3.99

Crossed Badlands #65 (Michael Dipascale Fatal Fantasy Cover), $3.99

Black Library

Warhammer 40K Gods Of Mars Hc, $24.99

Book Palace

Art Of Modesty Blaise Sc (not verified by Diamond), $39.99

Illustrators Magazine #8, $24.99

Boom! Studios

Amazing World Of...

Cartoon Network's "Cn Anything" panel at New York Comic Con brought together an all-star team of talent from a variety of shows. But one major player couldn't make it: Adam Devine, whose rapidly expanding résumé includes the voice role of Pizza Steve on Uncle Grandpa, wasn't able to make it to the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center for Sunday's panel, but the House Party host did send electronic greetings to the crowd.

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Introduction

Welcome to the first installment of “Living Pictures on the Small Screen,” a weekly column dedicated to animated programming on television. Cultural commentary inevitably comes with bias, and I wanted to create this column in appreciation of the people and shows that helped me overcome my own bias regarding animation. Like most kids in my socioeconomic sphere, I grew up watching cartoons. Some of them were legitimately good (Batman: The Animated Series and Rocko’s Modern Life) and some of them were simply there when I turned the TV on after school (Inspector Gadget and Cow and Chicken). Once I started taking film and television more seriously as an adult, it was hard not to associate animation with childhood. It was even harder to appreciate animated films and series–which I had to view from a distance, since I wasn’t witnessing real people on the screen–alongside things...

Saturday Night Live had a good Saturday night: The show won five awards — more than any other program — at the annual Creative Arts Emmys, held August 16 in L.A.

Although the Creative Arts Emmy focus on the non-performance aspects of TV programming, there were a few awards handed out for guest acting: Uzo Aduba won for her role as Crazy Eyes in Orange is the New Black while Allison Janney won for playing Margaret Scully in Masters of Sex.

The Primetime Emmy Awards air August 25. See the full list of Creative Arts Emmys winners below:

Outstanding Animated Program

“Mazel Tina,...

THR reports that Cartoon Network has renewed five of their animated series -- Adventure Time, Regular Show, Uncle Grandpa, Steven Universe, and Clarence. The official announcements are expected to be made at the shows' respective panels at Comic-Con.

Adventure Time and Regular Show will return for their seventh seasons. Uncle Grandpa and Steven Universe will be back for their second seasons and Clarence has been picked up for 13 additional installments.

What do you think? Does anyone in your house enjoy these shows? Have a favorite?...

Eileen Davidson is openly defying Mary J. Blige’s “No More Drama” mantra.

The Days of Our Lives and Young and the Restless vet — who took home the 2014 Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series — is reportedly set to join The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills for Season 5, according to Us magazine.

Davidson, who is set to return to her Days‘ gig on Monday (while still juggling her Y&R role), could be the second soap vet to climb aboard the Bravo reality franchise this week — following news of Lisa Rinna’s casting.

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Cartoon Network is bringing good news for five of its animated series hosting panels at this week's San Diego Comic-Con: renewals. The cable network is poised to announce renewals for animated series Adventure Time, Regular Show, Uncle Grandpa, Steven Universe and Clarence at their respective panels at the annual geek convention, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Photos Titans of Comic-Con: Stars Re-Create Classic Characters Emmy-winning series Adventure Time and Regular Show will each return for their seventh seasons; Uncle Grandpa and Steven Universe will each be back for sophomore runs; and rookie Clarence has been granted

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Friday, July 25

Cartoon Network's Uncle Grandpa & Clarence (10am, Indigo Ballroom)

Inside The Big Bang Theory's Writers' Room (10am, Ballroom 20)

Cartoon Networks' Adventure Time (11am, Indigo Ballroom)

Nickelodeon's Legend of Korra, Book 3 (11.15am, Ballroom 20)

iZombie (11.30am, Room 6Bcf)

Pilot screening and panel for the CW's new series. Actors Rose McIver, Malcolm Goodwin, Rahul Kohli and Robert Buckley, executive producers Rob Thomas and Diane Ruggiero-Wright.

My Little Pony (11.45am, Room 6A)

Adult Swim's Venture Bros (12.15pm, Indigo Ballroom)

The Walking Dead (12.20pm, Hall H)

Actors Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Steven Yeun, Lauren Cohan, Danai Gurira, Melissa McBride,Chad Coleman, and Michael Cudlitz, executive producers Scott Gimple, Robert Kirkman, Gale Anne Hurd, Dave Alpert, Greg Nicotero.

Bones (12.30pm, Ballroom 20)

Actors David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel, executive producer Stephen Nathan.

Resurrection (12.30pm, Room 6De)

Actors Omar Epps, Kurtwood Smith, Frances Fisher and Devin Kelley,...

(Cbr)KaBOOM! will publish a comic based on Cartoon Network’s hit animated series Uncle Grandpa as part of Boom! Studios’ first-look deal with the cable channel. Created by Pete Browngardt, "Uncle Grandpa" is a surreal adventure comedy the centers on everyone’s magical uncle and grandfather, who travels the world in his mystical Rv, helping children with their problems. Did we mention he’s accompanied by a talking fanny pack, an anthropomorphic dinosaur, a photo cutout of a tiger and a talking slice of pizza? Well, he is. “When we had the opportunity to sit down with 'Uncle Grandpa' creator Pete Browngardt and pick his brain we were instantaneously inspired by what him and his team have created,” Boom! Studios Editor-in-Chief Matt Gagnon said in a statement. “Pete is a bona fide comics reader and that can only magnify what we’re doing on the series.” Uncle Grandpa...

Exclusive: Cartoon Network is entering the longform business. The 20-year-old network has greenlighted its first miniseries, Over The Garden Wall. The 10-epsiode comedy-fantasy mini is based on the short Tome Of The Unknown, which hails from Cartoon Network Studios’ shorts program and won the best animation short film at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival last month. Elijah Wood — reprising his role from Tome — Melanie Lynskey and Collin Dean lead the voice cast of Over The Garden Wall. It revolves around two brothers, Wirt (Wood) and Greg (Dean), who find themselves lost in a mysterious land and try to find their way home, aided by a wise old woodsman and a bluebird named Beatrice (Lynskey). Over The Garden Wall was created by Pat McHale, who wrote and directed the original short and also worked on Cartoon Net’s Adventure Time. Produced by Cartoon Network Studios, the mini will premiere in the fall.

Sure, Sunday tends to be overcrowded with high-end TV like "Downton Abbey," "Girls," "The Good Wife," "Looking," "House of Lies," "Shameless" and "True Detective," but what to watch the rest of the time? Every Monday, we bring you five noteworthy highlights from the other six days of the week. "Clarence": Series Premiere Monday, February 17th at 8:30pm on Cartoon Network Skyler Page becomes the latest "Adventure Time" alum to create a series of his own. "Clarence" is about a boy who's perpetually optimistic (even when the situation may not warrant it), and came from the same shorts development initiative at Cartoon Network Studios that yielded "Uncle Grandpa" and "Steven Universe." "Independent Lens": "Las Marthas" Monday, February 17th at 10pm on PBS Laredo, TX has one of the largest celebrations of George Washington’s birthday in the world -- a 116-year-old tradition that includes a debutante ball in which society daughters,...

Adam Devine is a busy man — a workaholic, some might say. And he just added another role to his resume: The star of Workaholics/host of Adam Devine’s House Party/occasional actor on Modern Family/voice of Pizza Steve on Cartoon Network’s Uncle Grandpa is lending his pipes to a character on American Dad, EW has learned.

Devine will play an announcer at a Langley Falls Karate Tournament, in which Steve and Snot square off against each other. He will also voice another character in the episode, which will be one of the first on TBS this fall,...

Cartoon Network has ordered 13 additional episodes each of their new Uncle Grandpa and Steven Universe animated series. This brings their totals to 26 episodes.

Uncle Grandpa follows a magical senior citizen who travels around the world to find unusual solutions to everyday situations. The program debuted on September 2nd and features the voices of Peter Browngardt, Eric Bauza, Adam DeVine, Kevin Michael Richardson, and Audie Harrison.

Steven Universe has been running since November 4th and was created by Rebecca Sugar, Cartoon Network’s first solo female show creator. It follows a group of intergalactic warriors who use the power of special gem stones to summon magical weapons. The cast includes Zach Callison, Estelle, Michaela Dietz, Deedee Magno Hall, Matthew Moy, Kate Micucci, and Tom Scharpling.

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Exclusive: The kid-targeted net has picked up 13 additional episodes each of its new animated series. That brings the orders for Cartoon Network‘s Uncle Grandpa and Steven Universe, which were greenlighted in September 2012, to 26 episodes. Creator Pete Browngardt’s Uncle Grandpa, about a magical elder who travels the world finding unusual solutions to everyday situations, has regularly led its time slot in targeted kids demos since its September 2 premiere. Steven Universe, from Rebecca Sugar, Cartoon Network’s first solo female show creator, drew the network’s best premiere of 2013 on November 4. It centers on the ultimate “little brother” to a team of magical guardians of humanity.

Cartoon Network’s Uncle Grandpa, seen here with Pizza Steve, Gus, and Giant Realistic Flying Tiger.

Artist Willy Elder called it “chicken fat” – the extra background gags he’d cram into his art for Mad, Little Annie Fanny, and elsewhere. He described it as “The part of the soup that is bad for you, but where all the flavor is.” Cartoon Network’s new Uncle Grandpa is slopping over with “chicken fat”, but manages not to drown in it. It successfully answers the question, “What if Mary Poppins were not only male, but an idiot”?

A spin-off from Peter Browngardt’s previous effort, Secret Mountain Fort Awesome, the title character is described as “Everybody in the world’s Uncle and Grandpa”, a magic character that drives around in an enchanted Rv with his compatriots Gus the world’s strongest monster, Pizza Steve (a sentient slice of pizza) and Giant Realistic...