FOX's Saturday Night Animation Block, Including Axe Cop, Gets Debut Date

At the TCA (Television Critics Association) press tour today, FOX announced their new late night Saturday programming block, Animation Domination High-Def, will debut on Saturday, July 27th from 11pm-12:30am.

As previously reported, the block will debut with Axe Cop, based on the (awesome) comic created by a five-year old (as interpreted by his adult brother), plus new series High School USA! from former Community writer Dino Stamatopoulos (AKA Starburns) and a still untitled project from Kenny and Keith Lucas. Each of the programs will be fifteen minutes each, with six episodes ordered initially for those first three series – presumably the rest of the time will be filled with repeats of FOX animated series.

In addition to the amazing casting of Parks and Recreation’s Nick Offerman as Axe Cop himself, the Axe Cop series will features the voices of includes Megan Mullally, Patton Oswalt, Ken Marino, Peter Serafinowicz and weekly guest stars such as Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad, Revolution); rapper Tyler, The Creator; Jonathan Banks (Breaking Bad); Rob Huebel (Despicable Me); and Community creator Dan Harmon.

Vincent Kartheiser (Mad Men) and Mandy Moore will star in High School USA! Described as a series in which “super-positive, millennial students 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."

The Untitled Lucas Brothers Project is described as an animated take on the comic duo. 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.

Source : ign[dot]com