Latest season of Bones to premiere Monday; Saturday late-night Animation Domination High-Def debut set for late July
Fox made two major announcements this morning regarding its programming plans.
First ― and most importantly for fans of the show ― the network announced that it has renewed the hit series Bones for its upcoming ninth season.
“After more than 150 episodes, Bones continues to be one of television’s most dynamic and consistent dramas,” said Kevin Reilly, Fox's chairman of entertainment. “We at Fox, along with millions of zealous fans, look forward to seeing where the incredible creative team takes the series next season.”
Bones returns with all-new episodes, beginning with a special two-hour winter premiere on Monday, Jan. 14 (7 p.m. CT / 8 p.m. ET). In the episode, “The Diamond in the Rough/The Archeologist in the Cocoon,” the Jeffersonian team investigates the death of a professional ballroom dancer who was murdered three days before her audition on a popular dancing competition show. In order to solve the case, Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and Booth (David Boreanaz) go undercover as dance competitors to see if they can find potential suspects. Then, the team investigates the murder of a well-known archeologist with a questionable reputation, who came upon a career-defining discovery right before his death.
Fox's second announcement of the day is a new Saturday late-night program block.
Animation Domination High-Def, Fox's new alternative animated programming block, will premiere July 27 (10-11:30 p.m. CT / 11 p.m.-12:30 a.m. ET). As part of the network’s overall Animation Domination High-Def initiative, the late-night block will serve as the on-air component of Fox's digital, multi-platform animation network.
In its debut season, Animation Domination High-Def will feature a number of new quarter-hour animated series, including Axe Cop, based on the hit graphic novel; High School USA!, created by Dino Stamatopoulos (“Community”); and the untitled Lucas Brothers project, from identical twin comedians Kenny and Keith Lucas (aka The Lucas Brothers). The network initially has ordered six quarter hours of each show. Additional scheduling and programming information will be announced later.
Building on its more than 20 years of animation domination, Fox Broadcasting Company created the Animation Domination High-Def unit to oversee the development and production of alternative animated series, shorts and user-adapted material for its brand-new late-prime animated programming block and new digital multi-platform network. The digital channel will extend across platforms such as Web, mobile apps, game consoles and Video on Demand.
Led by former Adult Swim executive Nick Weidenfeld, the unit develops and produces original animated shorts and series, building a clear bridge for talent to develop and grow ideas in the digital arena and organically move them into the mainstream. Producer Hend Baghdady (“Community,” “The Andy Milonakis Show,” “Crank Yankers”) is the executive in charge of production for the new division. Under their leadership, the unit will develop and produce an ambitious slate of original animated shorts and series to run both on-air and online.
Series descriptions follow the jump.
First ― and most importantly for fans of the show ― the network announced that it has renewed the hit series Bones for its upcoming ninth season.
“After more than 150 episodes, Bones continues to be one of television’s most dynamic and consistent dramas,” said Kevin Reilly, Fox's chairman of entertainment. “We at Fox, along with millions of zealous fans, look forward to seeing where the incredible creative team takes the series next season.”
Bones returns with all-new episodes, beginning with a special two-hour winter premiere on Monday, Jan. 14 (7 p.m. CT / 8 p.m. ET). In the episode, “The Diamond in the Rough/The Archeologist in the Cocoon,” the Jeffersonian team investigates the death of a professional ballroom dancer who was murdered three days before her audition on a popular dancing competition show. In order to solve the case, Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and Booth (David Boreanaz) go undercover as dance competitors to see if they can find potential suspects. Then, the team investigates the murder of a well-known archeologist with a questionable reputation, who came upon a career-defining discovery right before his death.
Fox's second announcement of the day is a new Saturday late-night program block.
Animation Domination High-Def, Fox's new alternative animated programming block, will premiere July 27 (10-11:30 p.m. CT / 11 p.m.-12:30 a.m. ET). As part of the network’s overall Animation Domination High-Def initiative, the late-night block will serve as the on-air component of Fox's digital, multi-platform animation network.
In its debut season, Animation Domination High-Def will feature a number of new quarter-hour animated series, including Axe Cop, based on the hit graphic novel; High School USA!, created by Dino Stamatopoulos (“Community”); and the untitled Lucas Brothers project, from identical twin comedians Kenny and Keith Lucas (aka The Lucas Brothers). The network initially has ordered six quarter hours of each show. Additional scheduling and programming information will be announced later.
Building on its more than 20 years of animation domination, Fox Broadcasting Company created the Animation Domination High-Def unit to oversee the development and production of alternative animated series, shorts and user-adapted material for its brand-new late-prime animated programming block and new digital multi-platform network. The digital channel will extend across platforms such as Web, mobile apps, game consoles and Video on Demand.
Led by former Adult Swim executive Nick Weidenfeld, the unit develops and produces original animated shorts and series, building a clear bridge for talent to develop and grow ideas in the digital arena and organically move them into the mainstream. Producer Hend Baghdady (“Community,” “The Andy Milonakis Show,” “Crank Yankers”) is the executive in charge of production for the new division. Under their leadership, the unit will develop and produce an ambitious slate of original animated shorts and series to run both on-air and online.
Series descriptions follow the jump.
AXE COP
From the unfettered imagination of a five-year-old boy comes AXE COP, an action-comedy about the most badass superhero who ever existed! Operating on only two minutes of sleep a night and fueled by a diet consisting solely of birthday cake, AXE COP and his loyal partner, FLUTE COP, unleash their unique brand of vigilante justice on bad guys everywhere – including stopping Hitler from creating an army of evil zombie robots and helping BAT WARTHOG MAN find the villain who stole all his best friends! AXE COP is the unique comic phenomenon created and written by Malachai Nicolle (age five) and his brother, Ethan Nicolle (age 30). What started as a small passion project between two brothers quickly evolved into an online sensation and was later published as a graphic novel by Dark Horse Books. AXE COP was developed for television by Nick Weidenfeld and Judah Miller (AMERICAN DAD). Matt Silverstein and Dave Jeser (“Drawn Together”) serve as executive producers/showrunners. The series ensemble cast includes Megan Mullally (“Children’s Hospital,” “Will & Grace”), Patton Oswalt (“Young Adult,” “Ratatouille”), Ken Marino (“Children’s Hospital,” “Party Down”), Peter Serafinowicz (“Shaun of the Dead”) and weekly guest stars such as Giancarlo Esposito (“Revolution”); rapper Tyler, The Creator; Jonathan Banks (“Breaking Bad”); Rob Huebel (“Despicable Me”); and Dan Harmon (“Community”).
HIGH SCHOOL USA!
Join the super-positive, millennial students of HIGH SCHOOL USA!, as they confront all the unique challenges of growing up in a modern world. Led by the painfully naïve and always upbeat MARSH MERRIWETHER, there is nothing these kids can’t put a positive spin on, from cyber-bullying to Adderall-addiction to embarrassing sexting incidents. HIGH SCHOOL USA! is created and written by Dino Stamatopoulos (“Community,” “Mr. Show,” “TV Funhouse” and “Moral Orel”), and features an all-star cast including Vincent Kartheiser (“Mad Men”) and Mandy Moore (“Tangled”).
UNTITLED LUCAS BROTHERS PROJECT
The stand-up comedy of New York-based identical twins Kenny and Keith Lucas (The Lucas Brothers) gets animated. After their uncle dies and leaves them his old van, the twins start a moving company called Va¢ation Boy$. Their customers are often apprehensive to hire such a scrawny duo, but the brothers like to remind them that that’s why God made two of them. A day that begins simply by moving a bed down the street may lead to the threat of city-wide catastrophe, resolved only with the help of a once-famous ’90s wrestler. No matter what happens around them, KENNY and KEITH always remain totally, bizarrely unfazed. Raised in North Carolina, the Lucas brothers perform comedy all over the country and were selected as members of the New Faces of Comedy at the 2012 Montreal Just For Laughs comedy festival.
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