TYPICAL TELEVISION NEWS; THE 2006 COMEDY CULT CLASSIC GRANDMA'S BOY IS COMING BACK WITH A BRAND NEW ANIMATED SERIES WITH DISNEY'S 20TH TELEVISION BEHIND THE PROJECT WITH HALF OF THE ORIGINAL CAST INCLUDING ALLEN COVERT AND LINDA CARDELINNI COMING BACK AND NEW COMERS INCLUDING ADAM DEVINE JOINING THE SHOW GRANDMA'S BOY THE ANIMATED SERIES WILL PREMIERE ON FX NEXT YEAR AND WILL PREMIERE THE NEXT DAY ON HULU; WITH POPEYE'S FIRST APPEARANCE ENTERING THE PUBLIC DOMAIN NEXT YEAR TV COMPANIES ARE SCRAMBLING TO MAKE A BRAND NEW POPEYE CARTOON AND THAT ONE WILL BE NICKELODEON WHO'S PARENT COMPANY PARAMOUNT WILL BE TEAMING UP WITH KING FEATURES TO CREATE ALL NEW POPEYE CARTOONS WHICH WILL ALL BE IN STYLE OF THE ORIGINAL POPEYE CARTOONS FROM THE 30S THEY WILL ALL BE MADE BY THE CREATOR OF SCOOBY DOO AND GUESS WHO CHRIS BAILEY WHO WILL MAKE SURE THESE SHORTS WILL STAY TRUE TO THE CLASSIC POPEYE CARTOONS WHICH WILL ALSO BE PLAYING IN THEATERS BEFORE A PARAMOUNT OR NICKELODEON MOVIE THE CAST WILL FEATURE TRESS MACNEILLE AS OLIVE OYL FRED TASCATORE AS BLUTO TOM KENNY AS WIMPY YEARDLEY SMITH AS SWEE'PEA AND BILLY WEST RETURNING AS POPEYE THE SHORTS WILL BE COMING OUT NEXT YEAR