After Comedy Central so generously bequeaths to us a new episode of South Park tonight, our TVs will begin receiving the first episode of Ugly Americans (10:30pm / 9:30c), a new 2D series created by Devin Clark (developed and written by David Stern). The show originated as an Atom.com series called 5ON, which we featured on our sister site ColdHardFlash back in 2007. The series, which is being produced out of Augenblick Studios, with animation from Cuppa Coffee is already getting strong reviews. Below is the first 10 minutes, which introduces us to Mark Lilly, an employee at the Department of Integration, who toils away in a New York city overrun with monsters, robots, and magical creatures. As they say in the episode, “if you like it normal, why bother coming to New York?”

5ON – Immigration

The new Comedy Central animated series Ugly Americans is lurching toward your television. The Flash-animated series, which is being produced by Augenblick Studios (Superjail) and Cuppa Coffee, was created by David M. Stern and Devin Clark. The series premieres March 17th at 10:30pm/9:30c, and below are few new clips:

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Fun Bags

Earlier this month it was announced that Nick at Nite’s new stop-motion series Glenn Martin, DDS would be back for a second season, with 20 new episodes. The series eminates from Michael Eisner’s Tornante Animation, and it’s produced by Cuppa Coffee. My good friend Dan Wolf and his family recently visited the studio and snapped a few Lineboil Exclusive photos! Thanks, Dan. Nothing earth-shattering, but it’s always fun to look behind the scenes. And if you didn’t already see it, we posted an interview with series co-creator Eric Fogel last month.

A finalist for Best TV Series at Annecy, Cuppa Coffee’s Nerdland has been viewable on their website for months now, but I recently spotted the 7-minute pilot over on Vimeo. The stop-motion series concept was generated internally by puppet maker Ted Heeley, and then after teaming up with TELETOON’s Detour the 22-minute series was set into motion. In related news, the 2nd season of Nick at Nite’s Glenn Martin DDS, which is produced at Cuppa Coffee, was just announced.

Stop motion animation is enjoying a major revival these days. Projects like Coraline, Mary and Max, $9.99 and the upcoming The Fantastic Mr. Fox have combined to make 2009 the year of the stop motion animated feature. However, the medium doesn’t appear on TV all too often, presumably because of the painstaking animation process. There’s Robot Chicken, Moral Orel and the upcoming Titan Maximum, but you’d be hard pressed to recall many more.

You’ll likely remember Celebrity Deathmatch, the stop motion TV series created by Eric Fogel that enjoyed a 75 episode run. Well, Fogel returns this year with Glenn Martin, DDS, a series he co-created with former Disney CEO Michael Eisner and Alex Berger. Animated at Cuppa Coffee Studios, the 22-minute comedy follows the adventures of a traveling dentist and his family. The series is currently airing on Nick at Nite on Mondays at 8:00 p.m. (ET/PT). We recently grabbed a few minutes from Eric’s busy schedule for an interview, but first here’s a clip from the episode titled Pimp My RV:

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Toronto-based Cuppa Coffee is handling the 20 episode order of Nick at Nite’s new, stop-motion, family-comedy series Glenn Martin, DDS. The show was co-created by Alex Berger and former Disney CEO Michael Eisner. Eric Fogel (Celebrity Deathmatch) is the supervising director and Michael Jamin and Sivert Glarum, two King of the Hill vets, are showrunners. There’s no official premiere date yet, but it’s due out this summer. Here’s a clip and a featurette:

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Meet the Martins

Life’s a Zoo is a new stop-motion animated TV series created by Cuppa Coffee Studios. The show premiered on Teletoon’s Detour block back in September of 2008, but we’re just now seeing clips emerge on YouTube. The series was created by Adam Shaheen and Andrew Horne II. Here’s the trailer for the reality TV spoof:

And here’s an episode clip: