Only a movie as big as Avatar could bring Adult Swim's Space Ghost out of retirement after five years. Tune into Adult Swim on Sunday night, December 13 at midnight to watch Space Ghost's interview with Zoë Saldana, who plays the lead female character, Neytiri. Maybe if enough fans boost the ratings, Adult Swim will greenlight new Space Ghost episodes! Who cares about Avatar? More Space Ghost: That's my Christmas wish.
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ABC will premiere its first TV special produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios tonight titled Prep and Landing. The half-hour holiday special tells the story of the elite unit of elves who prepare homes for their Christmas Eve visit from Santa Claus (think tiny green Navy Seals). Dave Foley (News Radio), Sarah Chalke (Scrubs) and Derek Richardson (Men in Trees) provide voices for the starring elves. Because the executive producer is John Lasseter, of always successful Pixar, I'm really looking forward to watching it tonight. Tune in to ABC at 8:30 p.m.
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When I read Entertainment Weekly, I look forward to the Hot List and its accompanying photo slash illustration of some celebrity. You know, where they take a photo of the celebrity's head and then draw an illustration around it that matches whatever their blurb is about. Tonight brings an entire cartoon using that concept, but with actors who are not celebrities. Even better, the creator produced the whole thing from his basement. The look of the cartoon is pretty primitive, but so is South Park, which is hilarious. I'm thinking this will be lame, but I'm reserving judgement for a couple of episodes. Watch Outer Space Astronauts tonight on Syfy at 9:30 p.m.
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We are not only at the end of 2009, but also at the end of a decade. The Y2K bug turned out to be much ado about nothing, but in the world of animated TV, there were big events to track. Here's a rundown of the most news-worthy TV cartoon happenings of this decade.
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