Describing "South Park" TV show as "an American animated sitcom" compares with characterizing baseball as "an American form of exercise" such flagrant under-statement it is just insulting and unlawful in thirty-seven states. Over the course of its more than two-hundred episodes, "South Park" has achieved the exalted status of cultural icon and ratings bonanza. "South Park" consistently tops the basic cable charts, and it has earned distinction as Comedy Central's highest rated and longest running show. From their South Park, Colorado, vantage, four foul-mouthed but frighteningly precocious elementary schoolers willingly satirize everything from politics to the prophet Mohammed. Everything is grist for Stan Marsh's, Kyle Broflovski's, Eric Cartman's, and Kenny McCormick's mills. "South Park's" distinctive cut-out animation, originally done by hand but now computer-generated, adds to its often surreal and always dark humor. Generally heralded as the internet's first "viral" video, since 1997, "South Park" has garnered four primetime Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award for Comedy Central.

Fire Force is a Japanese manga and anime series that tells the story of a special firefighting team called the Fire Force, who work to protect their city from supernatural fires that are caused by human combustion. These fires create creatures called Infernals, who are the souls of the people who have died from spontaneous human combustion. The Fire Force is made up of skilled firefighters who have the ability to control flames, and they use their powers to put out fires and defeat the Infernals.

A spin-off from Fox's monster hit "Family Guy," "The Cleveland Show" easily could inspire serious questions about whether or not three middle-aged white men ought to attempt writing comedy about African-Americans. Somehow, though, Seth MacFarlane, Mike Henry, and Richard Appel have attracted a devoted multi-racial, multi-cultural audience for Cleveland and his family by making their points gently and with genuine humor. Consistent with his approach to "Family Guy," MacFarlane reserves most of his animus for middle-aged white suburban guys a lot like himself. Cleveland and his family have moved back to his home town, Stoolbend, Virginia, where he lives with Junior, his high school crush, and her two children. The majority of Cleveland's funniest lines derive more from his cluelessness than his color, and the majority of the ethnic humor derives from the creators' brilliant satire of racial attitudes among unenlightened southern white people. Among MacFarlane's only-slightly-exaggerated redneck characters, Lester does the majority of the comic work, languishing on his Confederate flag folding chair and cleaning his beloved guns. In general, the racial humor remains tame if not always politically correct, and "The Cleveland Show" gets the vast majority of its big laughs from allusions to pop culture.

Trigun Stampede is a manga and anime series that tells the story of Vash the Stampede, a skilled gunman with a bounty on his head due to the destruction he inadvertently causes. The series is set in a post-apocalyptic world where humans live on a desert planet and rely on advanced technology to survive.

"Kindergarten" is a TV show that first aired in 2001 on HBO Family's Jam morning block. The show is a documentary that follows the lives of 23 kindergarten students at Upper Nyack Elementary School in New York. The series is unscripted, meaning that the children's actions and conversations are not planned or rehearsed.

Batman Beyond is an American animated television series created by Bruce Timm, Paul Dini, and Alan Burnett. The show takes place in the future, where an elderly Bruce Wayne is forced to retire as Batman due to his age. He takes on a new protégé, Terry McGinnis, who becomes the new Batman and fights crime in a high-tech suit.