![]() ![]() Voiced by Emmy(R) nominated comedian Will Forte (alien news anchor "Drexx Drudlarr") and "Saturday Night Live's" Heidi Gardner (alien co-anchor "Tuva Van Void"), the 12-episode series will cover up-to-the-minute news and commentary about the universe's most baffling species - the inscrutable Humans of Planet Earth.ĪLIEN NEWS DESK is produced by Broadway Video and Bento Box Entertainment. Set to debut early 2019, ALIEN NEWS DESK is a weekly, half-hour topical animated series set in an extraterrestrial newsroom. UNIVERSAL CITY, CA - NovemToday, SYFY announced its first original late night animated series, ALIEN NEWS DESK. 'Saturday Night Live' Alum Will Forte and Current Featured Star Heidi Gardner to SYFY ANNOUNCES FIRST ORIGINAL LATE NIGHT ANIMATED SERIES "ALIEN NEWS DESK"įrom Producers of 'Saturday Night Live,' Series Set to Premiere Early 2019 Voiced by Will Forte and Heidi Gardner, the 12-episode series will cover up-to-the-minute news and commentary about the universe's most baffling species - the inscrutable Humans of Planet Earth. >Drexx and Tuva reckon with the galaxy's ultimate shame: getting rebooted.Syfy Announces First Original Late Night Animated Series "Alien News Desk" >Humanity's biggest threats: spidered-men, twins, and the vengeful gods known as "mascots". >Get your safe words ready for a sexy report on corporate mergers. >The wall, the welfare queen, and a chef (Chris Parnell) cooks up the garbage humans call "food". >What is 4/20 and why does it make humans giggle? Plus, a joyous celebration of Tax Day. Then, a handy guide on how to probe yourself. >Drexx and Tuva visit the kingdom of The Masters. >Where is Barack Obama? Who is The Spoiler? And what's the deal with Drake? >Drexx and Tuva grapple with love, the Supreme Court, and a very wordy segment name. >Drexx joins the gig economy, Tuva fights robot appropriation, and Stonehenge kicks ass. >Meet some special vehicles called "Indycars" and the grotesque pseudo-humans called "bodybuilders". >Shocking reports on floating prisons, anti-poor fabrics, and a barbaric act known as ventriloquism. >Drexx and Tuva probe the Royal Family, fried chicken, and human arrogance totems, aka "Oscars". I think that to me it is the high bar as far as the type of animation that SyFy would want to do.” It’s a show that when I watch it, I’m exceedingly jealous of, I will say that. ![]() I think it’s brilliant, I think the writing is amazing. ” My favorite show on TV right now is Rick and Morty. Why should Adult Swim have all the fun?,” McCumber said. It’s mostly, at this point, one network and we think there’s an opportunity there. >“If you look at the top 30 shows every day in cable, you see a lot of unscripted and a lot of animation. >As it prepares to launch Alien News Desk, its second original animated series ever, Syfy is already in development on others. While topical, the bulk of the show will have evergreen material so episodes could be rerun months later and not feel out of date. While it won’t air the same week, it will be fast enough for the program to feel current referencing ongoing and recent events. >To accomplish that, Alien News Desk will have a relatively quick turnaround in the vein of South Park. That encouraged Syfy brass to use Futurama as a platform for launching a foray into original adult animation series. The reruns have been a success, boosting Syfy’s late-night ratings by 13% in the adults 18-34 demographic and bringing new audiences, with 69% of its viewers new to the network (3Q18). The network pursued aggressively the rights to Matt Groening’s futuristic comedy when they became available. ![]() ![]() >Alien News Desk is slated to air at 11 PM as a companion to Syfy’s acquired animated series Futurama. Additionally, Scott Gairdner, creator of the Comedy Central animated series Moonbeam City is co-executive producer. >Broadway Video is producing alongside animation studio Bento Box Entertainment (Bob’s Burgers). >Alien News Desk is set in an extra-terrestrial newsroom that covers up-to-the-minute news and commentary about the universe’s most baffling species – the inscrutable Humans of Planet Earth ![]()
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