Comedy Central has ordered eight episodes of ODD TODD, an animated series about the plight of a modern day, unemployed character named Todd and his struggle to make ends meet. Its based on the real life adventures of creator Todd Rosenberg, who made webisodes of his predicament.
Rosenberg launched his own Website three years ago (www.oddtodd.com) and has since received an astounding seven million hits. He's also the author of THE ODD TODD HANDBOOK: HARD TIMES, SOFT COUCH, a best selling book on Amazon.com. David Stern (MONK, THE SIMPSONS) will serve alongside Rosenberg as exec producer.
ODD TODD is in keeping with Comedy Centrals commitment to present smart, original and funny shows, unlike anything else on televisions, said Lauren Corrao, svp, original programming and head of development. The series will premiere in the third or fourth quarter 2004.
Comedy Central has also tapped comics Patrice Oneal and Nick DiPaolo to provide the voices on the animated series, SHORTIES (formerly titled HOUSE ARREST). Oneal and DiPaolo, regular contributors on TOUGH CROWD WITH COLIN QUINN, play two over-sophisticated, under-supervised infants whose primary babysitter becomes the television. Through their eyes, viewers see different animated comedy bits from existing A-list stand-up routines. Denis Leary and Jim Serpico of Apostle are exec producers, with Tom Sellitti and Eric Brown serving as co-exec producers.
Comedy Central (www.comedycentral.com), the only all-comedy network, currently is seen in more than 83 million homes in the U.S. Comedy Central is owned by Comedy Partners, a wholly-owned division of MTV Networks.
