This Just In!
title: "This Just In!" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["2004-american-animated-television-series-debuts", "2004-american-television-series-endings", "2000s-american-adult-animated-television-series", "2000s-american-animated-comedy-television-series", "2000s-american-political-comedy-television-series", "2000s-american-satirical-television-series", "2000s-american-sitcoms", "american-adult-animated-comedy-television-series", "american-animated-sitcoms", "american-flash-adult-animated-television-series", "american-english-language-television-shows", "political-satirical-television-series", "spike-(tv-network)-original-programming", "television-series-created-by-steve-marmel", "television-series-about-journalism"] topic_path: "geography/united-states" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Just_In!" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| runtime | 30 minutes |
| creator | Steve Marmel |
| Kevin Kay | |
| country | United States |
| language | English |
| network | Spike |
| first_aired | |
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The title referred to the producers' intentions to comment on the latest news and politics in an animated series that was created swiftly with computer animation.
Themes
Regarding the conservative politics of the series' main character, creator Steve Marmel stated, "Most of the time you see a conservative on a TV show, he's played as a zealot or a boob. I wanted to do a show where the conservative wasn't the idiot." Marmel also stated about the show's protagonist, "Brian has passionate opinions about things. He's all in, but he's smart. He believes for what he believes in and fights for it every episode." The series satirized both left-wing and right-wing targets. Kevin Kay described the show as having "a conservative bent on politics", though Marmel described his own political views as "raging moderate".
References
References
- (February 23, 2004). "'This Just In': Spike launches newsy toon". chicagotribune.com.
- "[https://archive.today/20140315203601/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/65534-This_Just_In.html This Just In!]". ''www.bcdb.com'', March 13, 2013
- (16 March 2004). "Right Wing Cartoonery". spectator.org.
- "Spike Tv Comedy Tries For Topical Animation". sun-sentinel.com.
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