Television series
| SuperNews! |
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| Genre | satire, political humour |
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| Created by | Josh Faure-Brac |
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| Starring | Josh Faure-Brac |
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| Theme music composer | Ghetto Blaster |
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| Country of origin | United States |
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| Original language | English |
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| No. of seasons | 2 |
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| No. of episodes | 67 |
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| Running time | 5-30 minutes |
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| Production company | Current TV |
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| Release | August 19, 2005 (2005-08-19) –
January 28, 2010 (2010-01-28) |
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SuperNews! is a 2005–2010 half-hour, satirical animated television series that aired on Current TV. It was created by Josh Faure-Brac who also wrote for the show and performed the majority of male voices. The show is primarily based on popular culture satire and political humor. Frequent characters include animated interpretations of such mainstream figures as President of the United States Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Senator John McCain, and various pop-culture icons and celebrities such as Lindsay Lohan, Perez Hilton, and Britney Spears. 67 episodes were produced.[1]
History
Josh Faure-Brac created the pilot for SuperNews! in 2005 which was developed to appear with the launch of the new cable network Current TV and subsequently all of the art and animation was created by Faure-Brac and Steven K. L. Olson until 2006. Faure-Brac and Olson were then joined by animator Dustin McLean (of literal music video) who later became assistant director for the show. SuperNews! episodes (short-form segments) aired in Current TV's "shuffle" rotation.
In March 2009, as Current TV started shifting to more traditional 30-minute programming, the show transitioned to a full half-hour program consisting of several shorts married together by thematic transitions. During these transitions, the show's logo and mascot Earf would appear in very brief scenes that often related to the previous or upcoming segment.
Season 2 premiered on November 12, 2009.
SuperNews! formerly aired every Thursday night on Current TV at 11:00 P.M./10:00 P.M. Central
SuperNews! was cancelled on May 12, 2010.
Episode list
Half-hour episodes
1st season
2nd season
*Episode was earlier on the Internet
Frequent voice performers are Josh Faure-Brac, Jason Nash, Natasha Leggero, Jordan Peele, Brian Shortall, Rebecca Sage Allen, Jonah Ray, Jerry Minor, Sarah Haskins.
Between Seasons 1 and 2
- SuperNews! Collabo-Jam
Hosted by Josh Faure-Brac and "Weird Al" Yankovic, this Collabo-Jam Super Special includes Al and Josh's favorite clips from SuperNews! and some of Al's classic music videos. Plus, the world premiere of the new "Weird Al" music video, "Ringtone" from the Internet Leaks EP is animated by the SuperNews! team.
- SuperNews! Classics
From August to October 2009, SuperNews! produced a compilation of previously released episodes from before it became a full-time show.
- SuperNews! Has Sex! 08.06.09
- Starring George W. Bush! 08.17.09
- Josh's Classic Favorites 08.29.09
- Political Moments in Time 09.12.09
- The Real Divas of SuperNews! 09.19.09
- Staff Picks 09.26.09
- Scary S#@! 10.03.09
- Pre-President Obama 10.10.09
Rambo vs. Terror was also recompiled and aired as a classic.
In October 2009, SuperNews! made a cartoon called The First Halloween, seemingly to explain the holiday in addition to their already explained Thanksgiving and Christmas.
References
- ^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. pp. 304–305. ISBN 9781476672939.
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