Data Motion Arts (DMA) has created the host character "Phred" for the new Noggin network. DMA's creative director Tony Caio was asked to create a character who is interactive, works on TV and on-line, and appeals to 6-to-12 year-olds. The result is a 2D character that appears tattooed on your forehead of different live-action faces. The PHRED ON YOUR HEAD show debuted on Nickelodeon on June 6th at 12:00 pm. You can view Phred on-line at www.noggin.com/build. Noggin is an educational TV channel and website, developed as a joint venture of Nickelodeon and Children's Television Workshop.

Adding to the recently announced DOOMSDAY, being co-produced with Howard
Stern, and TIL THE FAT LADY SINGS, being co-produced with Norman Lear, Film
Roman has announced two more prime-time TV shows that it will be taking to
the marketplace this season. THE CABBISONS takes a hard look at today's
society through the eyes of a 1970's sitcom family who are typically
American--except for living in a cab. The Cabbisons travel through the
world in their cab, picking up fictional characters and celebrity fares

Oxygen Media, Geraldine Laybourne's media company founded to provide
content for women, will undertake cable television's first original
animated prime-time series specifically targeting women. Machi Tantillo
will be Executive Producer. "Our goal is to create the first animated
television series for women, exploring issues from a female point of view.
We also wanted to build an outlet specifically for female animators, whose
distinctive voices will help us develop a unique Oxygen animation style and

Continuing to build upon the rapid growth of its television division's
development slate, Film Roman Inc. has teamed-up with television
writer/producer Norman Lear to develop TIL THE FAT LADY SINGS, an animated
prime-time comedy series. According to Norman Lear, the series will take an
irreverent look at infirmity and old age, but also celebrate life and
living. The show revolves around characters who gather at a senior
citizen's recreation facility and who cope with the challenges of old age

French production company Alphanim's RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT, a series,
co-produced with Cinar, about a group of three friends who travel the world
seeking out paranormal phenomena, will begin airing on the Fox Family
Channel on Wednesday, July 14, 1999. Alphanim, which was created in 1997 by
Christian Davin, has announced a number of new television series that are
in production or development.


In production:


SPACED OUT is a family sitcom created by P. Colin-Thibert and J.C. Islert,

Protozoa, a leading real-time 3D character animation studio, is producing
BBC Choice's new breakthrough kids series, THE DOG & DINOSAUR SHOW. In
production now, Protozoa, which did the real-time motion-capture animation
for live TV show guest appearances by M&M's Crispy character (Will Vinton
Studios created and animates the CGI character in the live-action
commercial campaign), will produce 26 segments of the show using its
proprietary performance animation software, ALIVE. Asked why he chose

Cartoon Network has announced that I AM WEASEL will premiere on June 10 at
8 pm (ET/PT). This show is a spin-off from David Feiss' currently airing
COW AND CHICKEN series. Creator, writer, and director David Feiss' series
will follow the exploits of the internationally famous I.M. Weasel and his
insanely jealous arch-nemesis I.R. Baboon. Each half-hour show will consist
of three 7 minute shorts. 52 shorts that were originally shown as part of
COW AND CHICKEN will be joined by 27 new shorts have been created for the

Film Roman Inc. has entered into an agreement with Howard Stern Productions
and writer/producer Tracy Torme to create the animated sci-fi/comedy series
DOOMSDAY. While the concept was created by Torme, Howard Stern will play an
integral role in the development of the script and in the production of the
series, as well as provide the voice for one of the characters. Stern will
invite a number of his celebrity friends to appear as special guest voices
on
the show. DOOMSDAY tells the story of the Bradley family who travel in a

SP0NGEBOB SQUAREPANTS, a new animated series which is being produced at the
Burbank Nicktoons Studio, will premiere on Nickelodeon on July 17 at 10:00
am ET/PT in the USA, becoming Nickelodeon's first original Saturday morning
cartoon. A preview of the cartoon appeared on Nickelodeon on May 1, and
received a 6.3 rating and a 25 share when it was watched by 6.9 million
viewers. The cartoon features the adventures of SpongeBob, a hopelessly
optimistic and earnest sea sponge whose good intentions often lead to bad

Fox has announced their US Fall prime-time lineup and it includes some
surprises. For one, Toon Tuesday is no more. The closest to it is Toon
Sunday. Fox's confidence in FAMILY GUY appears to be high, as it has been
moved to Thursday night where it will stand out as the only animated
series, sandwiched between two new live-action shows, MANCHESTER PREP and
ACTION, shows that seem to be geared to the male 18-49 demographic group.


The schedule, which begins in September, is as follows:


Thursday

9:00 FAMILY GUY