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upcoming second season of the rebooted animated series,. Not only that, but the streaming platform confirmed that voice actor Tara Strong is returning to the franchise as fan-favorite character Dylan Prescott «Dil» Pickles. This season, Strong will also be joined by guest stars, Yvette Nicole Brown as Miss Mellie, Wendie Malick as Judith, Sarah Niles as Nanny Pip and Alia Shawkat as Trish, as the series continues to follow the lives of the iconic babies, Tommy (EG Daily), Chuckie (Nancy Cartwright), Angelica (Cheryl Chase), Susie (Cree Summer), Phil and Lil (both voiced by Kath Soucie). As teased in the trailer, the new episodes will see the group «cross the frozen tundra, discover the treasures of ancient babies, and go on the greatest adventure of all: meeting Tommy’s new brother!» Rounding out the star-studded voice cast is Ashley Rae Spillers and Tommy Dewey (Tommy’s parents, Didi and Stu Pickles), Tony Hale (Chuckie’s father, Chas Finster), Natalie Morales (Phil and Lil’s mother, Betty DeVille), Anna Chlumsky and Timothy Simons (Angelica’s parents, Charlotte and Drew Pickles), Nicole Byer and Omar Miller (Susie’s parents, Lucy and Randy Carmichael), Michael McKean (Grandpa Lou Pickles), Charlet Chung (Kimi) and Grey Delisle (Begley). Additionally, returning guest stars include Henry Winkler (Boris), Swoosie Kurtz (Minka), Telma Hopkins (Celeste), Raini Rodriguez (Gabi), Keith Carradine (Bob Brine) and Richard Ayoade (Duffy).season 2 will premiere with 13 episodes Friday, April 14 on Paramount+.

K.J. Yossman Dan Harmon’s upcoming animated comedy “Krapopolis” hasn’t yet broadcast a single frame but, in an unprecedented move, Fox has already renewed the show for a further two seasons, president of scripted programming Michael Thorn revealed on Wednesday. “Krapopolis,” which features an all-star voice cast including Richard Ayoade (“The IT Crowd”), Hannah Waddingham (“Ted Lasso”) and Matt Berry (“Toast of London”) is set in Ancient Greece but, despite the olde-worlde get-up, it turns out Ancient Greece has a lot of similarities to the present day. Ahead of previewing the show at London TV Screenings on Thursday, Thorn sat down with Variety to discuss the show and why Fox is betting on it being a runaway hit.

Krapopolis could spawn Fox’s next iconic animated figure to sit alongside Homer Simpson, Bob Belcher and Peter Griffin, according to the network’s President of Scripted Programming Michael Thorn.

Ellise Shafer In an unprecedented move, Fox has renewed Dan Harmon’s upcoming animated comedy “Krapopolis” for a third season ahead of its series premiere. Additionally, the premiere of the show — which was most recently set for May — has now been pushed to the 2023-2024 season. The news was announced by Michael Thorn, president of scripted programming at Fox Entertainment, at the London TV Screenings on Wednesday. “The 2023-24 season is the perfect launching pad for this highly-anticipated and very funny animated comedy, complete with multiple seasons of epic laughs for fans,” Thorn said. “The more we see from production, the more excited we are about their creativity, story arcs, flawless execution, brilliant voice cast and ability to pump out episode after episode of astonishing events and outrageous, unexpected hilarity.”

Following in the footsteps of comedy stars such as Stephen Fry and Richard Ayoade, this year’s BAFTA film awards will be hosted by Hollywood actor Richard E Grant and This Morning presenter Alison Hammond. Dressed to the nines for one night only, the charismatic duo will be joining forces as the reveal the winners of this year’s closely run awards race, to see who will get to take home of of the iconic BAFTA mask trophies.

EXCLUSIVE: BAFTA winner Richard Ayoade (The IT Crowd) has been set to direct and stars in The Semplica Girl Diaries, written by Ayoade and Booker Prize-winning author George Saunders.

A plan to preview Dan Harmon’s new animated comedy Krapopolis on Nov. 27 has been delayed.

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Fox is doubling down on Krapopolis.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Fox has renewed the animated comedy “Krapopolis” for Season 2 before the show’s series premiere. The series, which hails from Dan Harmon, was originally picked up at Fox in February 2021. It is slated to premiere on the broadcaster in 2023, but it does not yet have an official premiere date. Per the official logline, “‘Krapopolis’ is set in mythical ancient Greece and tells the story of a dysfunctional family of humans, gods and monsters that try their hand at running the world’s first cities – without trying to kill each other, that is.” The show show’s voice cast includes stars like Hannah Waddingham, Richard Ayoade, Matt Berry, Pam Murphy, and Duncan Trussell.

EXCLUSIVE: Fox is continuing its adult cartoon push and is looking at new ways to move the storyboard.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large“Krapopolis,” the new Fox animated series from “Community” creator and “Rick and Morty” co-creator Dan Harmon, will launch on Nov. 27 with a special preview episode, followed by the official series premiere in 2023.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeFox is bringing “Krapopolis,” its new animated series from “Community” creator and “Rick and Morty” co-creator Dan Harmon, to San Diego Comic-Con next week — where audiences where get their first peek at the upcoming show.That presence will include an outdoor activation at the the Children’s Museum Park (in front of the San Diego Convention Center), as well as a Comic-Con panel, the launch of an Instagram game, artwork on the side of the Omni Hotel, and merch — sold in partnership with Toddland — at Fox’s booth on the convention floor.Set in mythical ancient Greece, “Krapopolis” is set to premiere on Fox in 2023 and centers “centers on a flawed family of humans, gods and monsters that tries to run one of the world’s first cities without killing each other.” The show features the voices of Hannah Waddingham (“Ted Lasso”), Richard Ayoade (“The IT Crowd”), Matt Berry (“What We Do in The Shadows”), Pam Murphy (“Mapleworth Murders”) and Duncan Trussell (“The Midnight Gospel”). Harmon, executive producer and showrunner Jordan Young, supervising director Pete Michels and stars Berry, Murphy and Trussell, will be a part of the comedy’s Comic-Con panel (moderated by Variety TV editor Michael Schneider) in room 6BCF at the San Diego Convention Center on Saturday, July 23, at 2:45 p.m.

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 levels up this week as it races in to Number 1 on the Official Film Chart on digital downloads only.

Sally Dynevor has revealed she's excited for her character's saucy new storyline on Coronation Street - after winning a BAFTA TV Award with her ITV soap.The actress, 58, has played Cobbles regular Sally Metcalfe on Corrie since 1986, so she's already been involved in a ton of action-packed plots.However, it's been confirmed she's set to star in intimate scenes with her on-screen husband Tim Metcalfe (Joe Duttine) in the aftermath of the cabbie's heart operation.And it appears she's thrilled to be able to act in the upcoming scenes that she says are both 'comical and serious' in nature.Tim recently had to go in for triple heart bypass surgery which was brought forward after Sally saw him collapse.But been struggling to get it on with his other half ever since he had the major cardio procedure - and his wife Sally feeling sexually frustrated.Her actress Sally was excited to finally be able to speak about her character's intimate sex storyline at the BAFTA TV Awards on Sunday (May 9).Sally went on stage to pick up Corrie's award for Soap and Continuing Drama ad the glitzy London award ceremony, which was hosted by Richard Ayoade.The actress admitted she was rather pleased to be playing a funny sex storyline when speaking exclusively to Daily Star and other press at the winners' press conference. She said: "So Tim's had a bypass and now he's suffering with impotency, so Sally's sexually frustrated.

Will Smith’s Oscars slap while hosting the 2022 BAFTA TV Awards.The comedian presented the show on Sunday (May 8) at the Royal Festival Hall in London, where he referred to Will Smith’s altercation with Chris Rock during his opening monologue.Speaking to the audience, Ayoade said: “BAFTA is celebrating 75 years at the heart of our industry, even though industries don’t have hearts.“In 1955, there were only six categories. Barely enough time to get up from your seat and slap someone before the whole ceremony would be over.”He added: “Do not worry your overly-filmed heads, I’m not going to use your faces as punchlines or punchbags, you’ve suffered enough.

BAFTA TV Awards took place in London tonight (May 8), with Big Zuu, Jodie Comer and Jamie Demetriou leading the winners.The TV Awards celebrates and rewards the best programmes and performances of the last 12 months. This year’s ceremony was held at the Royal Festival Hall and was hosted by Richard Ayoade.Big Zuu was the night’s big winner, taking home two trophies for his food show Big Zuu’s Big Eats.

The star-studded BAFTA TV Awards 2022 took place on Sunday night, with comedian and IT Crowd actor Richard Ayoade taking to the stage to host the awards for the third time. Richard, 44, wasted no time in making fun of the now-infamous incident when Hollywood actor Will Smith, 53, slapped comedian Chris Rock, 57, across the face as the latter hosted the Oscars in March.

The Chase stars looked worlds away from their usual TV alter egos as they attended the 2022 TV BAFTA Awards.The show won Best Daytime show at this year's ceremony and to celebrate its stars – Paul Sinha, Anne Hegerty, Jenny Ryan and Mark Labbett – were on the red carpet, looking remarkably different from the characters we best know them as on TV. While the famous men of the show opted for smart suits, Anne and Jenny opted for similar style sequinned gowns.

BBC BAFTA viewers have taken to Twitter to express confusion over a sound 'glitch' on the BBC.Fans noticed that the sound was muted during clips of Channel 4's It's A Sin, and they were divided over the reasons why. Viewers were torn over whether the sound was muted on purpose, or if it was a technical issue by the broadcaster.One user tweeted: "Why has the sound gone off on It's a sin a coincidence? It’s happened twice so far??"Another penned: "@BAFTA Get the #BBC to sort the sound out - someone needs to press a few buttons!"A third asked: "Does anybody else’s sound keep going off when they play it’s a sin clips???? the censorship is real."While a fourth posed the question "Why do bafta keep cutting out the sound for it’s a sin #BAFTAS."Another wrote: "BAFTA muting the sound on the it’s a sin clips and nothing else is," which was followed by the eye emoji.

BAFTAs host Richard Ayoade joked that he only did the hosting job for "money" as he opened the show.The IT Crowd star, 44, spoke today (Sunday, May 8) as he took to the stage to kick off proceedings with a funny speech.Richard also joked that he "doesn't care" who won any of the night's awards and also said that "stars don't trust me".The ceremony marked a return to a full glitz and glamour in-person event, after the awards were disrupted for two years by the pandemic.Comedian, presenter and Richard hosted the event, which celebrated the depth of talent across Britain's TV industry, for the third consecutive year.However, he also joked that this would be his last time hosting the show.Presenters at the star-studded ceremony included Michelle Keegan, Sex Education's Aimee Lou Wood, Giovanni Pernice, Lee Mack, Lorraine Kelly, Martin Freeman, Rochelle Humes, Rose Ayling-Ellis, Suranne Jones, Susanna Reid, Tom Daley and Oscar-winning actress Olivia Coleman.Mocking the back-slapping nature of awards ceremonies, Richard cheekily added: "Nobody works harder than stars. Other than people in other professions."Channel 4's AIDS drama It's A Sin led the nomination pack, with an impressive 11 nods, including one for lead actor Olly Alexander.Richard's first TV BAFTA ceremony, held in July 2020, was a virtual ceremony due to the pandemic, with many praising Richard's hosting as "perfect".The ceremony was held behind closed doors, with its celebrities accepting awards via video link, and no audience in sight, except for six presenters in the studio.For more of the latest showbiz news from Daily Star, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.