(October 4, 2004) — From the creators of Shrek and Shrek 2 at Dreamworks, Father of the Pride is a half hour comedy done completely in CGI animation. Although the process of making the show does involve actual sketches and drawings, the end product is edited and completed via computer animation. This simple fact has rocketed its popularity, because it is the first of its kind to air on television Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) is the technology used to mimic the three-dimensional aspects of traditional animation, which would involve more hand-drawn work. CGI allows the animator to create a digital model of a character and manipulate its movement with only a mouse and keyboard. The advantage of CGI over traditional animation is that it can imitate camera moves and angles that are incredibly difficult to do otherwise. For example, a simple pan of a scene could take hours to do by hand, but with CGI, it could be done in no time, with a fake lens flare thrown in just for fun. Because CGI is so useful in mimicking reality, it is often used to create special effects, make groups of things look larger, and even touch up the faults in an actor’s appearance or a mistake made while filming, such as an object that does not belong in a shot. Father of the Pride airs Tuesdays at 9 p.m. on NBC. It stars the voices of John Goodman, Cheryl Hines, Eddie Murphy, Orlando Jones and Carl Reiner.