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

“Legends of Chamberlain Heights” is an urban animated series mixing raucous comedy and social commentary that centers on three high school freshman basketball benchwarmers: Jamal, Grover, and Milk. The three friends tackle life with some wins and some losses, but failure doesn’t faze them since they’re legends…even if it’s just in their own minds. “The Simpsons” veteran artist Brad Ableson developed the original concept with Quinn Hawking, Josiah Johnson, Mike Clements and Michael Starrbury. Former UCLA Bruin basketball players, Hawking and Johnson used their own legendary benchwarming experience to provide inspiration for the main characters.
Read our interview with the producers of Legends of Chamberlain Heights, and our reviews of episodes 1 and 2

→Star Wars Rebels

Airs On: Disney XD
Premieres: Saturday, September 24th
Star Wars Rebels Season Three features the return of characters both new and familiar from both sides of the rebellion.

→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

dreamcorp

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?