{"id":16258,"date":"2021-01-10T19:12:59","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T00:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=16258"},"modified":"2021-01-10T19:12:59","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T00:12:59","slug":"denis-leary-and-fox-entertainment-debuts-football-oriented-animated-shorts-inspired-by-iconic-art-series-dogs-playing-poker-during-fox-nfl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/10\/denis-leary-and-fox-entertainment-debuts-football-oriented-animated-shorts-inspired-by-iconic-art-series-dogs-playing-poker-during-fox-nfl\/","title":{"rendered":"Denis Leary and FOX Entertainment Debuts Football-Oriented Animated Shorts Inspired by Iconic Art Series &#8220;Dogs Playing Poker&#8221; During FOX NFL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16259\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/dogs-playing-poker.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/dogs-playing-poker.jpg 720w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/dogs-playing-poker-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/dogs-playing-poker-560x342.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/dogs-playing-poker-260x159.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/dogs-playing-poker-160x98.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>Denis Leary and FOX Entertainment to Debut Football-Oriented Animated Shorts Inspired by Iconic Art Series &#8220;<strong><em>Dogs Playing Poker<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; During FOX NFL<\/p>\n<p>During FOX NFL pregame coverage, FOX Entertainment and Emmy Award and Golden Globe nominee Denis Leary (THE MOODYS, &#8220;<em>Rescue Me<\/em>&#8220;) will debut two football-oriented animated shorts based on the Icebox series &#8220;<em>Poker Night<\/em>,&#8221; inspired by Cassius Marcellus Coolidge&#8217;s iconic 1900s art series, &#8220;<em>Dogs Playing Poker<\/em>.&#8221; Leary will co-write, executive-produce and voice the lead character in each short, it was announced today by Michael Thorn, President of Entertainment, FOX Entertainment.<\/p><div id=\"morty-2509223618\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Created by, co-written and executive-produced by Emmy-winning writer-producer Jim Margolis (&#8220;<em>Veep<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>The Daily Show<\/em>&#8220;) and produced by FOX&#8217;s animation studio, Bento Box Entertainment, DOGS PLAYING POKER centers on five dog friends &#8211; Brownie (Leary), Daphne (Elaine Hendrix, &#8220;<em>Sex &amp; Drugs &amp; Rock &amp; Roll<\/em>&#8220;), Ditka (Roy Wood, Jr., &#8220;<em>The Daily Show<\/em>&#8220;), Froyo (Bobby Kelly, &#8220;<em>Sex &amp; Drugs &amp; Rock &amp; Roll<\/em>&#8220;) and Stan (Adam Ferrara, &#8220;Rescue Me&#8221;) &#8211; as they banter about football and other timely sports topics.<\/p>\n<p>The first DOGS PLAYING POKER short will air tomorrow, Saturday, January 9, during FOX NFL PREGAME, a special edition of FOX NFL Sunday, beginning at 4:00 PM ET. Coverage of the NFC Wild Card matchup between the Los Angeles Rams and Seattle Seahawks kicks off at 4:30 PM ET. The second will debut on Sunday, January 17, when FOX NFL playoff coverage continues.<\/p>\n<p>DOGS PLAYING POKER is part of Leary&#8217;s recent broadcast-direct deal with FOX to create, develop and produce comedy, drama and animated content for the network. Jack Leary (&#8220;Sex &amp; Drugs &amp; Rock &amp; Roll&#8221;), Rob Greenberg (THE MOODYS, &#8220;<em>Frasier<\/em>&#8220;) and Howard Gordon (&#8220;<em>24<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>Homeland<\/em>&#8220;) will also executive-produce.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If only FOX thought of spawning a new animated series from vignettes like this 30+ years ago&#8230; imagine the possibilities!,&#8221; joked Thorn. &#8220;By pairing DOGS PLAYING POKER and FOX NFL, we have a unique opportunity to incubate content from top-tier talent in Denis, Jim, Jack, Rob and Howard, and introduce new characters of what might become the next building block of our iconic animation brand in a smart and strategic way.&#8221;<\/p><div id=\"morty-986720152\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Leary added, &#8220;At long last FOX lets America find out what we dogs think about football. 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