In the knownew animated comedy for adults from Mike Judge as well as Zach Woods, got the green light in Peacock. Reunion between Silicon Valley Judge creator and star Woods will be the streamer’s first foray into adult animation.
The series will center around Lauren Caspian, National Public Radio’s third most popular host, who is both a “well-intentioned, hypocritical Nimrod” and a stop-motion puppet. Each episode will feature Caspian and his staff (who are also puppets) as they produce an episode of his show, In the Know, which will feature in-depth interviews with real human guests. Content written by the President, NBCUniversal Television Lisa Katz says the show will “capture the conversations many of us have in our daily lives in a bright and fun way.” Judge and Woods will also voice characters on the show.
Prolific Judge first flared up with hit MTV animated series Beavis and Butt-head, which he created, directed, wrote and voiced the titular boob duo; it spawned two feature films, the second of which, Beavis and Butt-head Make the Universe, which premiered on Paramount Plus in June, and two revivals, the second of which is currently also airing on Paramount Plus. He achieved further recognition with a long-running animated sitcom. king of the hill; A proposed revival of the show set in Texas is currently looking for a new home after being canceled by Fox. He has also filmed live cult classics. office space as well as Idiocracyand released the acclaimed HBO comedy Silicon Valley. The referee now has an animated procedural Bad crimes in production on Netflix.
Veteran Upright Citizens Brigade Woods is familiar to comedy fans with regular roles on the show. OfficeJudge Producer Silicon Valleyand futuristic satire Avenue 5, which premieres its second season on HBO next month. It can currently be seen in Alison Brie comedy spin mewhich premiered last month.
Besides Judge and Woods, In the know will be an executive producer Brandon Gardneras well as Office creator Greg Daniels as well as Dustin Davis for Bandera Entertainment. Bandera is the animation production company for Judge and Daniels and has several series in various stages of development, including Best friends in Peacock, Glory Petey in Freeform and Helm: the smartest place on earth on HBO Max.
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Source: Collider
