Zombies, Demons, & Ugly Americans

Comedy Central is showing off the ugly side of America with their new series, Ugly Americans. The series comes from the mind of illustrator Devin Clark. It is about an alternate New York in which Mark Lilly (voiced by Matt Oberg) a human social worker, helps ordinary people as well as creatures from horror, fantasy, and sci-fi films, adapt to life in New York City.

In addition to Mark Lilly, the “Ugly Americans” cast features Randall Skeffington, Mark’s zombie roommate (voiced by Kurt Metzger), Callie Maggotbone, Mark’s demon boss and office fling (voiced by Natasha Leggero), Leonard Powers, an aging drunken wizard (voiced by Randy Pearlstein), Twayne, a terrorizing demonic bureaucrat (voiced by Michael-Leon Wooley) and Lt. Grimes (voiced by Larry Murphy), a law-enforcement officer who despises non-humans. Additional characters are voiced by Mike Britt, Devin Clark, Pete Holmes and Julie Klausner.

The series was developed and executive produced by David M. Stern, former writer of The Simpsons, The Wonder Years, and Monk. In an interview with TV.com, Stern discusses how he landed the gig as a head writer and his embarrassing stint as a production assistant on Mystic Pizza. The series is animated by Augenblick Studios, the same company that brought Superjail! to Adult Swim and animated segments to Nickelodeon’s Yo Gabba Gabba.

Ugly Americans will premiere tonight on Comedy Central at 10:30pm e/9:30 pm c, right after the premiere of South Park‘s 14th season. Watch a clip from the show by clicking below.

You can watch more clips and previews of Ugly Americans on the official website.

Photos: Comedy Central

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