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Larry the Cable Guy is set to get animated for Comedy Central.

The cable network has ordered a half-hour animated pilot starring the Blue Collar comedian, who is the cocreator and cowriter of the still-untitled project.

Larry will star as a misguided but well-intentioned coowner of a cable TV station whose other owner is a woman of class and taste who does not share his vision for programming, preferring instead a more traditional station lineup to Larry's experimental, half-baked show ideas. As can be expected, they seldom agree on anything.

Creator-writers Larry, Joel Cohen, and Alec Sokolow will also serve as executive producers.

The pilot marks a continuation of Larry's successful relationship with Comedy Central, which aired the network TV premiere of the film Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie, drawing more than 2 million viewers in November 2003. The premieres of the network's Blue Collar Comedy Tour Rides Again (February 2005) and Blue Collar Comedy Tour: One for the Road (in June) drew 6.1 million and 5.3 million viewers, respectively, ranking the programs as the Nos. 3 and 5 most-watched programs in Comedy Central's history.

Larry also recently taped a one-hour stand-up special for Comedy Central that will premiere in the summer.

"I am very excited about this animated project," Larry said. "Comedy Central has always been good to me, and I thank them for giving me the opportunity once again to live up to their low expectations."

Larry's other recent credits include starring in the feature film Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector and voicing a role in the animated feature Cars. He is set to star in the upcoming film Delta Farce.

Cohen and Sokolow's writing credits include such feature films as Toy Story and Cheaper by the Dozen.

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