The adult animation push comes as one of the genre’s biggest names, Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane - a known sci-fi fan who created and stars in The Orville - is joining the NBCUniversal fold with a giant overall deal at Syfy sibling NBCU Content Studio, creating possibilities for collaborations with Syfy. That is literally how the name of the block came about, in is Syfy, where each letter is replaced by the next one in the alphabet. TZGZ is designed for “animated comedy, which has to have some tie to science-fiction, horror, fantasy, something in that world,” McCumber said.Īs the programming block’s tagline puts it, “Airing Saturdays at midnight-ish, TZGZ is a late-night block of comedic, animated genre-based programming, made for adults. The pilots will be used as proof of concept and will also air in the TZGZ block so Syfy executives can see what kind of response the shorts get from viewers.
Both projects are based on original ideas.
(You can see details about each pilot below).
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The project, a female-driven anime comedy about two young women who are destined to save the Universe…as soon as they figure out how to pay their rent, originated as an acquisition of six four-minute episodes, leading the pickup of six supersized new episodes.Īdditionally, the network has ordered 15-minute pilots Wild Life, about animal friends just trying to stay alive after the apocalypse, and Devil May Care, about The Devil hiring a social media coordinator to improve his image. Syfy has ordered six 15-minute episodes of Magical Girl Friendship Squad to air in summer 2020. Now Syfy has taken the next step, adding original animation to the mix by greenlighting the first original animated series, as well as two pilots, for TZGZ. 'Resident Alien' Gets Early Season 3 Renewal By Syfy
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