They announced it at the mother of all comic book conventions…San Diego. OK, at the SD House of Blues during the convention.
It’s about time too. I know Chris (aka MC Bat Commander) and the gang were working on this years ago with the release of their album The Aquabats v. The Flying Eye of Death. They also did the closing theme to Evan Dorkin’s pilot for Welcome to Eltingville. Adult Swim has never given a plausible reason why they passed on it while continuing to make more unfunny episodes of Squidbillies.
Based upon the sound of the narrator’s voice, I think this will be on a Nickelodeon-releated network. If you’ve watched a lot of the NickToons channel, you’ll recognize it. Besides, Chris already has a show airing on Nick, Jr. (and probably Noggin) for little kids called Yo Gabba Gabba!, thus Viacom remains a logical guess.
Despite this link coming from the pretentious, factually-challenged about vinyl-versus-digital music site Boing Boing, watch the cartoon portion. Then you can go the Aquabats’ official site to vote on their fate.
Now to keep watching for when and where their show airs, then getting Yo Gabba Gabba! on DVD.