Comedy Central announced that it has commenced production on a pilot episode of Ugly Americans, an animated project about an alternate universe in New York City. The show is a spin-off of the comedycentral.com original series 5-On. Ugly Americans is exec produced by David Stern (The Simpsons, Monk) and produced by Devin Clark, with Lou Wallach and Dan Powell in charge of production for Comedy Central.The animation is being handled by Augenblick Studios in New York.
The animated series follows Mark Lilly, a social worker at the Department of Immigration, as he helps new citizens both human and otherwise adapt to hectic life in the Big Apple. There are easier tasks than weaning vampires from blood, socializing land-whales and housebreaking werewolves, but Mark is up to the challenge. Between his stressful job, a zombie roommate and a demon girlfriend, Mark’s lucky if he can sneak in a few minutes of sleep.
Cartoon Network, whose top-rated show is South Park, has been seeking to add more animation to its lineup. The animated ‘reality’ show Drawn Together ran for three seasons before creators Dave Jeser and Matt Silverstein left and signed a two-year contract with FOX. Lately, the network has been airing the new Futurama movies following their DVD debuts. The latest, Bender’s Game, hit retail last week and make its television premiere in a couple months.
