VOOM HD Networks’ Animania HD will debut new episodes of the CG-animated series Erky Perky on Saturday, Sept. 23, at 12 p.m. (EST). The new season consists of 26 12-minute episodes that will air in half-hour blocks on Saturdays and Sundays this October at 12:30 p.m. during Animania HD’s Big Wide Action Show programming block. Repeats will air at 5 p.m.
Developed by CCI and Ambience Ent., Erky Perky follows the zany antics of two bickering, lazy and dim-witted bugs who are obsessed with finding food while trying to survive in the sterile suburban kitchen they accidentally end up in. After eating, their main goal in life is to find their way back to the hot dog stand they call home. The show also airs on Canada’s YTV.
Featuring new series and specials, along with classic toons remastered to HD quality, Animania HD most recently picked up Gerry Anderson’s New Captain Scarlet , FUNimation Ent.’s anime series Akira Kurosawa’s Samurai 7 and Monster Distributes’ CG cartoons PicMe from Jammedia and Jungle Beat from Sunrise Media. Other offerings include 2020 , Horrible Histories , The Gravediggers Squad , Ratz , Dan Dare’Pilot of the Future and Voltron: The Third Dimension , as well as vintage cartoons The Pink Panther , Dick Tracy , Mr. Magoo and Felix the Cat .
Animania HD is one of more than 10 high-definition core channels available through VOOM HD Networks, a subsidiary of Rainbow Media. Other VOOM channels available on Dish Network offer programming revolving around sports, movies, fashion, music and art. In March of this year, the network added GamePlay HD, a high-definition channel dedicated solely to video game-related content.
