Nickelodeon let the cow out of the Barn today by announcing that the new CG-animated comedy series Back At The Barnyard will premiere in primetime on Saturday, Sept. 29 at 9 p.m. (ET/PT). Based on the feature film The Barnyard, the comedy show will also air on Nicktoons Network the following day, Sunday, Sept. 30, at 9 p.m. (ET), before settling into its regular timeslot on Saturdays at 10:30 a.m. on Nickelodeon.
Created by the Oscar-nominated writer/director Steve Oedekerk (Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective) and produced at his Omation animation studio, Back At The Barnyard follows the adventures of a group of party animals who live colorful lives undetected by the humans living around them. The show picks up a few years after the feature film left off, with Chris Hardwick (House of 1,000 Corpses) taking over for Kevin James as the voice of Otis, a carefree party cow who has recently become the patriarch of the farm. Reprising their voice roles from the movie are Jeff Garcia as Otis’ best friend Pip, Wanda Sykes as sassy cow Bessy and Tino Insana as the loyal-to-a-fault Pig, will stop at nothing to squeeze every last drop of fun out of their time in the barnyard.
‘From the inception of the idea, Barnyard has always been too big and story-rich for just one movie,’ Oedekerk comments. ‘We’ve finally been able to further explore the characters and the results have been hilarious. The show is designed too keep kids, as well as their parents, laughing and coming back for more.’
In the first half of the premiere episode, ‘Escape from the Barnyard,’ the Farmer purchases what appears to be a barbeque grill and the animals think he’s given up his vegan ways. Feeling betrayed, Otis fashions a plan to help some of the animals leave the barnyard forever. The second story, ‘The Good, the Bad and the Snotty,’ has Otis and pals put on a fake commercial to trick the Farmer into going to a fictional event dubed ‘TurnipCon’ so Otis can throw himself a giant birthday bash. The plan backfires when Snotty Boy is hired to take care of the barn in the Farmer’s absence and proceeds to make their lives miserable.
Nickelodeon offers additional short-form videos of Back At The Barnyard, Otis-themed playlists, and instant replays of episodes on TurboNick, the network’s broadband video service at www.nick.com. Short Barnyard videos will also be available on Nick Mobile through its wireless partners. Back At The Barnyard post-premiere episodes will stream on Video-on-Demand and will be available for purchase on a download-to-own basis via various Nickelodeon and partner video distribution platforms. The show’s official online destination is www.nick.com/barnyard. It will also be featured in its own Nicktropolis environment that will feature communal gaming.
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