PRODUCING PARKER Season 2 confirmed!!

Hey!
It's been confirmed by series makers Breakthrough Animation themselves that a season 2 of "Producing Parker" is being made!! I am so happy to hear this news as the 1st season's 13 episodes where just not enough for me!! Now I'm getting 13 more!!
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Wait a minute, your like "what are you talking about" "I've never even heard of Producing Parker?"
"Now your telling me there's a 2nd season?"

Well...Remember I mentioned how Canada was trying something new with some of their modern animation creations geared more towards women earlier this year?

Well after months of searching I finally got my hands on the show I was looking for... 2009's "Producing Parker."




It's made by the animation team that created "Atomic Betty," & looks more like the "nicer" current flash animation found on modern CN shows, (like "Stoked")...

The story is some what like "30 Rock", where the cute lead character "Parker Kovak" is the producer of a day-time TV talk show & it's overbearing Hostess "Dee."


It follows her humorous exploits in that position with her co-workers, the head boss she has a romantic interest in, & her single home life with her talking dog.

In contrast to other current North American adult animated sitcoms, the humor is not as crass or as low-brow as shows like "Family Guy."
Since it's only on Canadian cable, it 's kind of unique at this point , as it's able to push the boundaries with profanity we can't use in our sitcoms here ...

Also, they can actually show the girl characters nude, (& in more adult situations/innuendos that would be to obvious for network broadcasts here in the US.)




I don't know if the show will ever make it's way state-side, & if it did, it would be censored on regular TV for sure, I'm watching it downloaded for now, but you can bet I will be buying this series on Canadian DVD when it's released!!

Easily one of the best shows (not just animated) of 2009, it looks like Parker's edgy quirky sitcom will be back in 2010~2011 for a fun-filled 2nd season!!. ...And I couldn't be more happy because of it!!

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EVANGELION PLATINUM TV Best Buy EXCLUSIVE!!

With all the hype surrounding the recent Evangelion movies (1.0 released in tis week on DVD in the US & 2.0 this past summer in theaters in Japan) it's no surprise to see the TV series getting yet another reissue. This time as a Best Buy exclusive. A rerelease of the Platimum version of the Evangelion TV series (which features 4 extended eps. plus other bonus items) is set to drop @ Best Buy only on Dec. 1st. Of note not only is this a remastered edition with bonus material, but it is also about HALF of the cost of the similarly released "Holiday Edition" in 2008!! If you do not have Eva on dvd you will not want to miss this sweet release!!

Best Buy Neon Genesis Evangelion Platinum Complete TV Series DVD

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What happend to our Saturday Mornings & Broadcast Cartoons in the last decade?

Any kid from the 80's can tell you that Saturday Mornings were the programming highlight of their week. But over the last decade, we have seen the plethora of Saturday Morning & syndicated/broadcast cartoons decline.
Why?
Well Toon Zone offers an interesting & insightful 3 page article that you can find here.

But ultimately it boils down to this one excerpt from "Toon Zone."

"The FCC not only imposes a quota on educational programming, but also restricts the amount of advertising allowed for all children's programming - E/I (educational / informative)or not. Advertisers, hamstrung by both these regulations and strong cultural pressures on what gets marketed to kids, cut their ad spending. Stations aren't making much profit from cartoons, so they turn to programming that makes them money. If the stations aren't airing cartoons and E/I programming, then the networks have to, and since they're not making much money anyway, they sell that responsibility to the highest bidder.

That's the root of all of this. Money. The television business lives and dies by the advertising dollar. As that advertising dollar shifted away from broadcast kids' TV, the stations began dropping it. There was alternate programming readily available elsewhere which generated more money than cartoons.

Essentially, the broadcast kids' TV business became unprofitable. And that's depressing."

And this is why the 80's & (& some of the 90's) were such magical decades for US TV animation. The rules have changed on the business & the rules end, & because of which, kids & cartoon fans take the hit.

On a positive note...one fan's fun look at their personal favorite animated themes of the golden era of animation for your enjoyment!! One of the many reasons why we love this stuff!!