Emmy Award-winning writer Mitchell Hurwitz (”Arrested Development”) and Eric and Kim Tannenbaum (”Two and a Half Men”) have teamed up on a new FOX animated show called “Sit Down, Shut Up”(working title). The show is scheduled to air in the coveted Sunday night fox animation block starting,Will Arnett as Ennis, Maria Bamford as Miracle, Jason Bateman as Larrya, Will Forte as Stuart, Tom Kenny as Happy, Nick Kroll as Andrew, Cheri Oteri as Helen, Kenan Thompson as Sue, and Henry Winkler as Willard. FOX gives a summary of what the new show is about:

From Emmy Award-winning writer Mitchell Hurwitz (”Arrested Development”) and Eric and Kim Tannenbaum (”Two and a Half Men”) comes SIT DOWN, SHUT UP, an animated comedy that focuses on the lives of eight staff members at a high school in a small northeastern fishing town (Go Baiters!) who never lose sight of the fact that the children must ALWAYS come second. We watch them grapple with their own egos, needs and personal agendas, their petty insecurities and prejudices, unrequited loves, and ruthless battles for power - and that’s just at the staff meeting….

With a distinctive new look - a combination of animation against a live-action backdrop - SIT DOWN, SHUT UP is a series for the young and old at heart. It lampoons modern society while exposing the dreams, flaws and struggling humanity of our first and most formative authority figures: teachers.

Based on the hit live-action Australian series, SIT DOWN, SHUT UP is written and executive-produced by Mitchell Hurwitz and executive-produced by Eric and Kim Tannenbaum and Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein (THE SIMPSONS, “Futurama”).

According to the proggraming schedule the show is slated to air in the same 8:30pm time slot as “King of The Hill” which I’m assuming means that this will air in the summer of ‘09 after the “King of the Hill” season is finished .