Tooning in the 1. Fall Season. One year after the United States federal government began enforcing its requirements for television stations to air three hours per week of educational programming, only a handful of cartoon shows can actually claim they are meeting the mandate. The best is Science Court, which is now transforming into "Squigglevision." However, there are plenty of high quality shows. Stalwarts such as The Simpsons, Rugrats and Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist have been joined by equally well- written shows such as King of the Hill, Daria and Bob and Margaret. CBS is filling their animated Saturday morning lineup with shows based on children's books and Nickelodeon's first ever half- hour animated series The Wild Thornberrys will debut as part of the network's new prime- time block for kids, the Nickel- 0- Zone. More cartoon shows than ever before will soon be gracing your TV screens. The 1. 99. 8 fall season features animation of nearly every conceivable genre from subtle to broad comedy, from experimental shorts to derivative action- adventure half- hours. The only style that seems to be still missing is serious drama. But why complain? The so- called "animation boom" of the early 1. Here are the highlights of what we can expect! Birdz. © Nelvana Limited. All Rights Reserved. Network. CBSLast season, CBS switched to news and live- action "FCC- friendly" shows. Their ratings went into the basement. This season they are taking their cue from ratings leader ABC's Saturday morning line- up by creating an animation block of 3. Canada's Nelvana Limited. All but one show is based on popular children's books. Get ready for a nostalgia wave as we celebrate vintage TV commercials that aired in Portland, including retailer Tom Peterson's appeals to shop at his store, that Franz Bread jingle you can't forget, and Pacific. George Allen 'Buddy' Miles, Jr. (September 5, 1947 – February 26, 2008), was an American rock drummer, vocalist, composer, and producer. He was a founding member of The Electric Flag (1967), a member of Jimi Hendrix's Band. As you will see as you read on, Nelvana is responsible for more TV animation than any other company today. CBS's new Saturday morning season premieres Saturday, October 3rd at 8: 0. ET), 7: 0. 0 a. m. PT). Flying Rhino Junior High is based on the books written and illustrated by Ray Nelson and Douglas Kelly and revolves around the antics of Earl P. Sidebottom (a. k. The Phantom of the Auditorium). Birdz is an original comic adventure series about a family of birds, which centers around their mischievous ten- year- old Eddie Storkowitz. Franklin is a turtle learning how he fits into the world and how the world fits him. It is based on books by Paulette Bourgeois and Brenda Clark. Anatole,based on the book series by Eve Titus, centers on a dignified mouse who's a loving husband and father to six charming children. Dumb Bunnies is based on Dav Pilkey's Scholastic books and centers on a family of lovable, fun loving, and extremely naïve bunnies. Mythic Warriors: Guardians Of The Legend is from the paperback series, "Myth Men," by Laura Geringer, illustrated by Peter Bolinger and published by Scholastic. It is about a modernized Mt. Olympus where Perseus is a master kickboxer and Iole dons a punk haircut. Disney's Hercules. The Walt Disney Company. All Rights Reserved. ABCDisney's ratings powerhouse "One Saturday Morning" block premieres September 1. ET), 7: 0. 0 a. m. PT). The schedule starts off with their highest profile show, Disney's Hercules, an outgrowth of Disney's 1. The series expands upon the Greek demigod's feats during his formative, hero- in- training, "high school" years. The voice cast includes the film's Tate Donovan, James Woods, French Stewart, Sandra Bernhard, and Diedrich Bader, along with an amazing roster of guest stars including Jason Alexander, Jennifer Aniston, Lou Gossett Jr., Merv Griffin, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Harvey Korman, Bob Keeshan (Captain Kangaroo), Lisa Kudrow, Heather Locklear, Wayne Newton, David Hyde Pierce, Charles Nelson Reilly, Carl Reiner, William Shatner and Betty White. Fifty- two episodes will also premiere in syndication, Monday- Friday, beginning August 3. Check local listings.)"Squigglevision," referring to the trademark animation style of creator and executive producer Tom Snyder, will take the wit and appeal of Science Court and expand upon it by adding math and vocabulary elements to the series. With the help of two new animated characters, Fizz and Martina, viewers will now be guided through the half- hour program from the Squigglevision TV studio. If the show is as well- written and funny as Science Court this show should be a winner. Disney's Doug, Recess, Pepper Ann, and 1. Dalmatians: The Series all return with. Disney's Doug will also be seen in syndication Monday through Friday beginning August 3. Check local listings.) Reruns of The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh will continue for the new season as well. Some of the vintage shorts on. The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show include Homeless Hare, Ain't She Tweet, Bunny Hugged, and Trick or Tweet. Schoolhouse Rock, the Emmy Award- winning, three- minute, animated vignettes, rounds out ABC's children's programming lineup. The PJs. © Touchstone. FOX Kim Basinger, Alec Baldwin, Jerry Springer, Regis Philbin, Kathie Lee Gifford, Ed Mc. Mahon, Mark Hamill, George Carlin, Martin Mull, Fred Willard, the musical group the Moody Blues and sports casters John Madden and Pat Summerall are among the guest voices on the 1.
The Simpsons. The season premiere is scheduled for Sunday, September 2. Fox moved King of the Hill to Tuesday nights in July hoping to use it to anchor the evening. Since the end of last season Fox has been ending each show with a "The Hills are moving to Hollywood" teaser. Some fans thinking it is real have been outraged. Will the Hills really move to Hollywood or is it just a publicity stunt? I'm not telling. Both The Simpsons and King of the Hill are some of the best written and acted animation on TV today. Fox is adding three prime- time animated shows to its mid- season, early 1. The first of these is The Simpsons' creator Matt Groening's Futurama, which has been picked up for 1. The comedy series will be produced by Twentieth Century Fox in association with Groening's Curiosity Company. Groening will be executive producer. Rough Draft Animation, a studio based in Los Angeles and Korea, which does Simpsons production work has been selected as the sole production company. Newcomer Seth Mac. Farlane's Family Guy, is a surprise entry into the marketplace. Will Vinton's Claymation Christmas Celebration; Directed by: Will Vinton: Produced by: David Altschul Will Vinton: Written by: Ralph Liddle: Starring: Tim Conner Johnny Counterfit: Music by: Patric Miller. While Futurama and The PJs were planned and in production, Family Guy is a relatively unplanned pilot by Mac. Farlane, a 2. 4- year- old graduate of Rhode Island School of Design who was recently discovered by Fox executives. Mac. Farlane's student film first brought him to Hanna- Barbera's attention where he made Larry and Steve, a What A Cartoon! Cartoon Network in 1. Then what was started as a short for MAD TV blossomed into a 1. David Zuckerman has been hired as an executive producer along with Mac. Farlane. Zuckerman was previously an executive producer on King of the Hill. Roy Smith, formerly of Saban, and Peter Shin, formerly of Klasky Csupo, will be co- animation producers, and John Bush, formerly of Hyperion, will be line producer. Another new show is The PJs (time TBA) with Eddie Murphy as the voice of the super of the Projects (the PJs.) The show is a satirical look at urban family values in a big- city housing project that will attempt to skewer "cultural stereotypes, sacred cows and notions of political correctness." The PJs is the first prime- time series to be created in "foamation"- -the technique used by Will Vinton Studios (California Raisins, Nissan commercials). Murphy is producing the series, with Ron Howard and Brian Grazer as executive producers. Let's hope all three of these new series live up to Fox's tradition of prime- time success. Mr. Potato Head. © 1. Hasbro, Inc. Fox Kids Network, which runs weekday afternoons and Saturday mornings on Fox, has a vamped- up 1. New to the Fox Kids Saturday morning lineup will be Mr. Potato Head (Film Roman/Chiodo Bros.) which combines computer generated imagery (CGI), puppetry and live- action production technology; Godzilla: The Series(Columbia Tri. Star) which picks upwhere the blockbuster movie ended; Woody Woodpecker (a new remake from Universal), Mad Jack (Saban), Silver Surfer (Saban) and Captain America (Saban). New to weekday afternoons will be Scholastic's The Magic School Bus (Scholastic/Nelvana), Spy Dogs (Saban) and Oggy and the Cockroaches (Gaumont) which will be combined with Space Goofs (also Gaumont) as The Space Goofs and Oggy Show. Current shows being renewed for 1. Steven Spielberg Presents Toonsylvania (Dream. Works), Life With Louie (Hyperion), Spider- Man (Saban), Ned's Newt (Nelvana) and Sam & Max (Nelvana). NBC Testing out this prime- time fad, NBC began airing the animated series Stressed Eric in their Wednesday night prime time line- up starting on August 1. This is the first time NBC has aired a regular prime- time animated series since The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo aired on Saturday nights during the 1. TV season. Stressed Eric, a co- production of Absolutely Productions, the BBC and Klasky Csupo, stars a British main character with a strong accent, so NBC has re- dubbed the track with an American voice actor (Hank Azaria) to make the dialogue more comprehensible to its American viewers. Kids' WB! "Batman, Batman, everywhere!" This should be Kid's WB's new slogan. First there is The New Batman/Superman Adventures which will air Saturdays from 8: 0. Monday through Friday from 4: 0. The Caped Crusader will be featured in all new adventures for the Saturday morning show but will rotate repeats of Batman: The Animated Series and The Adventures of Batman & Robin for the weekday version. The characters in the new Batman have a distinct look in order to differentiate the show from the series' two previous incarnations in an attempt to make it clear that each of these three series is set in a different time frame. The Superman half of the show follows the legendary "man of steel" in all- new episodes set in present- day Metropolis. But hold on to your batbelts! There's even more "caped confusion" with an entirely separate Batman series set in the early part of the 2.
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