created the pilot for SuperNews! in 2005 which was developed to appear with the launch of the new cable network Current TV and subsequently all of the art and animation was created by Faure-Brac and Steven K. L. Olson until 2006. Faure-Brac and Olson were then joined by animator Dustin McLean who later became assistant director for the show. SuperNews! episodes aired in Current TV's "shuffle" rotation. In March 2009, as Current TV started shifting to more traditional 30-minute programming, the show transitioned to a full half-hour program consisting of several shorts married together by thematic transitions. During these transitions, the show's logo and mascot Earf would appear in very brief scenes that often related to the previous or upcoming segment. Season 2 premiered on November 12, 2009. SuperNews! formerly aired every Thursday night on Current TV at 11:00 P.M./10:00 P.M. Central SuperNews! was cancelled on May 12, 2010.
SuperNews! Collabo-Jam Hosted by Josh Faure-Brac and "Weird Al" Yankovic, this Collabo-Jam Super Special includes Al and Josh's favorite clips from SuperNews! and some of Al's classic music videos. Plus, the World Premiere of the new "Weird Al" music video, "Ringtone" animated by the SuperNews! team. SuperNews! Classics From August to October 2009, SuperNews! produced a compilation of previously released episodes from before it became a full-time show.
Rambo vs. Terror was also recompiled and aired as a classic. In October 2009, SuperNews! made a cartoon called The First Halloween, seemingly to explain the holiday in addition to their already explained Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Deletions
During the Danish cartoon controversy, Current TV briefly took down the cartoon The Gods Must Be Bowling off of their website.
The cartoon Goodbye, Mr. Rove had been removed from Current TV's website due to a reservation copyright on the song Against All Odds ; however it remained on Current TV's YouTube profile until all videos were removed in August 2013.
Current TV had a problem with some copyrighted songs in Rambo vs. Terror, and deleted all episodes of this cartoon series on Current TV's website. All episodes eventually appeared in a SuperNews! Classics episodes with changed songs.
After Michael Jackson's and Ted Kennedy's death, their caricatures were deleted from the opening sequence, but the episode with Ted Kennedy was reemitted after his death in an edition of SuperNews! Classics.
