{"id":9621,"date":"2019-10-21T10:48:12","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T14:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/fox-entertainment-renews-bless-harts\/"},"modified":"2019-10-21T10:48:12","modified_gmt":"2019-10-21T14:48:12","slug":"fox-entertainment-renews-bless-the-harts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/fox-entertainment-renews-bless-the-harts\/","title":{"rendered":"FOX Entertainment Renews Bless the Harts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FOX Entertainment has renewed the animated series <em>Bless the Harts<\/em> for a sophomore run, to air during the 2020-2021 season.<\/p>\n<p>The network expanded its Sunday night brand this fall with the introduction of a new original voice and concept in <em>Bless the Harts<\/em>. Created and executive produced by Emmy Award winner Emily Spivey (<em>The Last Man on Earth<\/em>, <em>Parks and Recreation<\/em>, <em>Saturday Night Live<\/em>) and featuring a voice cast of comedy all-stars, including Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Jillian Bell, Ike Barinholtz and Kumail Nanjiani, the half-hour animated comedy follows the Harts, a Southern family that is always broke and forever struggling to make ends meet.<\/p>\n<p>In the series, Jenny Hart (Wiig; <em>Bridesmaids<\/em>, <em>Saturday Night Live<\/em>) is a single mother supporting her family working as a waitress in the small town of Greenpoint, North Carolina. While Jenny\u2019s the head of her family, she\u2019s often at odds with, or scheming with, her lottery scratcher-obsessed mother, Betty (Rudolph; <em>The Good Place<\/em>, <em>Bridesmaids<\/em>), and her witty, creative daughter, Violet (Bell; <em>Workaholics<\/em>, <em>Fist Fight<\/em>). Jenny\u2019s doting, eternal optimist boyfriend of 10 years, Wayne Edwards (Barinholtz; <em>Neighbors<\/em>, <em>Blockers<\/em>), is the love of her life and a surrogate father to Violet. Jenny\u2019s even got a bit of divine power in her corner, as Jesus (Nanjiani; <em>The Big Sick<\/em>, <em>Silicon Valley<\/em>) regularly appears to her while she waits tables.<\/p>\n<p><em>Bless the Harts<\/em> is a co-production of FOX Entertainment and 20th Century Fox Television. Animation is produced by Titmouse. Spivey created the series and wrote the pilot. The series is executive produced by Spivey; Academy Award winner and Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Phil Lord (<em>The Last Man on Earth<\/em>, <em>Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse<\/em>, <em>The LEGO Movie<\/em>); Academy Award winner, Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Christopher Miller (<em>The Last Man on Earth<\/em>, <em>Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse<\/em>, <em>The LEGO Movie<\/em>); Wiig; Seth Cohen (<em>The Last Man on Earth<\/em>, <em>Drunk History<\/em>); and Andy Bobrow. 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