Check Out “The New Norm Show”, The First Animated Sitcom On X.com
Social channels are becoming a hot breeding ground for original animation that sometimes makes its way onto television, but doesn’t always have to either. Series like Hazbin Hotel made a name for itself on YouTube for years before A24 picked up the series and eventually sold it to Prime Video and eventually went on to being the streamer’s biggest original animated series in its history.
Perhaps The New Norm Show is hoping for a similar rise to prominence with the debut of their new pilot presentation on X.com which just dropped earlier this week. Although the animated short is under four minutes, the guest cast is impressive featuring the likes of Dave Rubin, Larry Elder, Elon Musk, and JP Sears as part of the cast. It didn’t take long (24 hours) before the short amassed over 7 million views by the time of this writing.
For years more conservative-minded animated comedy hasn’t really taken hold, but clearly the market and marketplace is growing. Recently, Dailywire+ just wrapped the first season of their new original animated series Mr. Birchum which stars recent Hollywood Walk of Fame inductee Adam Carolla. Already The New Norm Show has a cleaner animated production quality even whence compared to Mr. Birchum and is possibly even more on the nose with its dialogue. It might not quite be “the South Park of X.com” as the marketing is trying to convey, but this may be one to look out for.
Synopsis:
THE NEW NORM is an animated sit-com for our woke world – an edgy yet family-friendly comedy that shines a funny light on today’s most divisive issues, and gives Americans a safe space to come together and laugh.
I'm pretty skeptical that this is really "the first animated sitcom on X"; I'd have a hard time believing that someone else hasn't posted animated sitcom-esque shorts at some point.