It’s only a month until the entertainment world descends on San Diego for Comic-Con International, and Fox has staked out its plans to spotlight animated television hits in its programming schedule.
Animated programs Bob’s Burgers, Neighbors from Hell, The Simpsons, Family Guy, The Cleveland Show, American Dad! and Futurama will each get a panel at the convention. Attending the panels to speak to and answer questions from fans are Matt Groening, Seth MacFarlane, and more.
Fox also will be debuting its new multimedia booth on the convention floor.
The studio’s descriptions of its panels follow:
Friday, July 23:
11 a.m.-Noon Bob’s Burgers: Creator/Executive Producer Loren Bouchard (Home Movies) and Jim Dauterive (King of the Hill) will be on hand to introduce animation fans to their hilarious new series premiering on Fox in January 2011. There will be a screening of never-before-seen footage followed by a Q&A in Room 25ABC.
Noon-1 p.m. Neighbors From Hell: Executive Producers Pam Brady (South Park) and Mireille Soria (Madagascar) screen a never-before-seen episode of their newly launched TBS animated series, and take questions from the audience along with their all-star voice cast including Molly Shannon (SNL), Patton Oswalt (My Weakness is Strong, Ratatouille), Will Sasso (MADtv), Kurtwood Smith (That ’70s Show), David Soren (DreamWorks animation veteran), Kyle McCulloch (Mr. Wong) and Tracey Fairaway (Chicago 8) in Room 25ABC
Saturday, July 24:
11-11:45 a.m. Family Guy: A freakin’ sweet discussion on all things Family Guy with Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green and more! And don’t miss never-before-seen clips of the third Star Wars parody in Ballroom 20.
11:45 a.m.’12:30 p.m. The Cleveland Show: Join the cast and producers of The Cleveland Show for a sneak peek at Season Two, a live table read of one act of Cleveland’s upcoming trip to Comic-Con and an audience Q&A session featuring Seth MacFarlane, Mike Henry, Rich Appel, Sanaa Lathan, and Kevin Michael Richardson in Ballroom 20.
12:45-1:30 p.m. Join the cast and crew in celebrating Futurama‘s triumphant re-return to the airwaves! World-premiere footage will offer an exciting and informative glimpse of Comic-Con in the year 3010. Panelists include Executive Producers Matt Groening and David X. Cohen, cast members Billy West, John DiMaggio, Katey Sagal, and Maurice LaMarche, director Crystal Chesney-Thompson, writers Ken Keeler and Patric M. Verrone, and Animation Producer Claudia Katz.
1:30-2:15 p.m. Now entering its record-annihilating 22nd season on Fox, The Simpsons has won 25 Emmy awards, been the subject of a smash feature film in 2007, inspired an awesome ride at Universal Studios and Homer Simpson was just named the greatest television character of the last 20 years by Entertainment Weekly. Get an insight into the daily doings of this series from Creator Matt Groening, Showrunner Al Jean, Executive Producer Matt Selman and Supervising Director Mike Anderson.
Sunday, July 25:
12:30-1:15 p.m. American Dad!: See a never-before-seen episode of American Dad! in various stages of animation followed by a Q&A session with producers Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker & Matt Weitzman and cast members Dee Bradley Baker, Scott Grimes & Rachael MacFarlane in Ballroom 20.
The studio also plans panels for its live-action hits Glee, Sons of Anarchy, Bones and a new sci-fi series from Steven Spielberg called Terra Nova.
