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Smigel & Sandler Team on Animated Animals Series for Fox

Robert Smigel, creator of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog and SNLs TV FUNHOUSE, and Adam Sandler are teaming up to produce a new primetime animated series, ANIMALS, for Fox. Sandler's Happy Madison and 20th Century Fox TV, have received a presentation order, according to THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER and confirmed by a Fox Broadcasting spokesperson.

ANIMALS centers on a group of human-like animals that are parodying human life in the suburbs, written by Smigel and Greg Cohen of KING OF THE HILL.

Smigel's animated TV FUNHOUSE series began on SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE and eventually got its own spot on late night Comedy Central in 2000. The series featured puppet animals (or anipals) that committed murder, drank, did drugs and had sex.

Smigel and Cohen worked together on NBC's LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O'BRIEN and on TV FUNHOUSE.

Smigel has played small parts in most of Sandler's movies.

Smigel and Cohen are repped by CAA.

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