Fall 2016 Animated TV Preview
There’s a lot coming this Fall, so we’ve got some highlights to look forward to that stretches between now and November. Let’s do this!
→Son of Zorn
https://youtu.be/LRKEYcUqUPo
Airs on: FOX
Sneak Peek: 9/11/16; Premieres: 9/25/16
Featuring the voice of Jason Sudeikis (THE LAST MAN ON EARTH, “Horrible Bosses,” “We’re the Millers”), SON OF ZORN is a new hybrid live-action/animated comedy about an animated warrior from a faraway island in the Pacific Ocean – where everything and everyone is animated – who returns to Orange County, CA, to win back his live-action ex-wife and teenage son. ZORN (Sudeikis), the Defender of Zephyria, Conqueror of the tribes of Agon, decapitator of the dark herdsmen of Grith, has fought in countless epic battles throughout his life, but may find the greatest challenge of all when travels back to suburbia to reconnect with his family.
→South Park
Airs on: Comedy Central
Premieres: 9/14/16
Comedy Central’s “South Park” launched on August 13, 1997 and will premiere its 20thseason. Also coming, on December 6, Ubisoft will release the highly-anticipated follow-up to the award-winning “South Park: Stick of Truth” as a digital download and at retailers on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 computer entertainment system and Windows PC known as “South Park: The Fractured But Whole”.
→Legends of Chamberlain Heights
Airs On: Comedy Central
Premieres: September 14th
→Star Wars Rebels
→Bob’s Burgers
https://youtu.be/b_79bs2iLXE
Airs On: FOX
Premieres: September 25th
An animated series that follows the daily life of a working class man, Bob, and his ever-quirky family who together run the restaurant Bob’s Burgers.
→The Simpsons
Airs On: FOX
Premieres: September 25th
The Simpsons will premiere its 600th episode with the next iteration of the Treehouse of Horror saga and we’re also getting the show’s first hour-long episode early next year.
→Family Guy
Airs On: FOX
Premieres: September 25th
Guest stars for the season will include Kyle Chandler, Stephen Curry, Flea, Rob Gronkowski, Sean Penn, Frank Sinatra Jr., David Tennant, and Jacob Tremblay.
During this season, Peter will become an Uber driver, Quagmire will discover Tinder, and will also become a gigolo (“American Gigg-olo”). Other episode plots include Chris becoming a star baseball player (“Bookie of the Year”), Rob Gronkowski moving in next to Peter with his party bus, a homage to three novels commonly taught in high school English classes (“High School English”), and Peter and Lois deciding not to vaccinate Stewie and joining the anti-vaccination movement (“Hot Shots”).
→Dream Corp, LLC
Airs On: Adult Swim
Premieres: October TBA
Dream Corp, LLC concerns a psychotherapeutic facility by the same name. Helmed by the easily distracted Dr. Roberts, the facility treats patients with troubling dreams. Roberts employs a team of incompetent scientists to help analyze and record those thoughts plaguing the doctor’s patients. The patients are composed of a rotating cast, a selection from which appears in each episode.
→Squidbillies
Airs on: Adult Swim
Premieres: October (Halloween Special); November (Thanksgiving Special)
Squidbillies just wrapped Season 10, but we now know that we are getting at LEAST two more episodes by the end of the year. The original order for Season 10 was 15, with seven having already aired. Even with the two additional episodes, where’s the remaining balance owed to us?