New Series by Beavis Creator Lampoons Green Buttheads

Maybe now MTV will actually play some music videos

(NEWSER) - Sensing that there were not enough fart jokes in your life, MTV has decided to resurrect Beavis and Butt-head, network sources confirm for the New York Post . It’s been 13 years since the last new episode of the cartoon aired, but it sounds like children of the ‘90s can rest easy, because the network doesn’t intend to update much. More»

But the show has influenced much of modern TV, says author

(NEWSER) - Today marks the 20th anniversary of The Simpsons, a show that has influenced everything from modern TV to the president’s speechwriter—but is now barely relevant. “There will never be another show or entertainment program as wide-reaching as The Simpsons,” says John Ortved, author of The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized History. But, he tells Salon , “After it hit that 10-year mark, the show had a serious drop-off in quality, and it's just never, ever come back.” More»

A few good jokes, but show's aim seems off

(NEWSER) - The Goode Family, an animated series about an eco-obsessed, passionately politically correct family that airs tonight on ABC, is fairly funny, but leaves reviewers scratching their heads:

• It “feels aggressively off-kilter with the current mood, as if it had been incubated in the early to mid-’90s,” writes Ginia Bellafante in the New York Times. "Who really thinks of wind power—an allusion to which is a running visual gag in the show—as mindless, left-wing nonsense anymore?"

Foul-mouthed fat kid ranks 10th in all-time list of cartoon characters

(NEWSER) - Eric Cartman—the foul-mouthed fat kid in the "South Park" foursome of misfit boys—has ridden his ability to do the unthinkable to No. 10 on TV Guide's top 50 cartoon characters of all time. What's the appeal, exactly, of a malicious, mean, lying, selfish 8-year-old? "I'd say within the first season, we kind of realized Cartman's like a little Archie Bunker," creator Trey Parker told NPR. More»

GBTV signs deal for animated series

(NEWSER) - Glenn Beck's Internet-only network GBTV, which already boasts a children's show , is getting an animated series. The network has signed a deal with production company Icebox to create a family-friendly cartoon series, according to the Hollywood Reporter . Icebox was founded in 1999 by a group of writers who worked on shows including the Simpsons and King of the Hill. More»