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Thankfully, Adult Swim feels your pain and wants you to turn that frown upside down by sharing what Cartoon Network's late-night programming block is thankful for when it comes to Thanksgiving And they've enlisted our dimension-hopping duo along with Bob's Burgers, King of the Hill, Smiling Friends, Robot Chicken, and The Boondocks to help demonstrate[...]

In addition, we learn how "The Story 6" were created and more about the introduction of Joseph Campbell's character. Image: Adult Swim Screencap Here's a look at how it all went down with Inside The Episode: Full Meta JackRick, followed by what's in store for us next week: And in the following promo for S06E08 "Analyze Piss," Cookie[...]

With that in mind, we're throwing on the "MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD!" sign and throwing down an image spoiler buffer as we take a look at what "Full Meta Jackrick" had to offer. Image: Adult Swim Screencap Rick and Morty S06E07 "Full Meta Jackrick": Thoughts & Observations Just to give you a sense of how meta things get right[...]

With only hours to go until Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland's Rick and Morty returns to Adult Swim for the first of its finale four Season 6 episodes, we're passing along our thoughts/rankings of the first six episodes as well as a preview for tonight's adventure, S06E07 "Full Meta Jackrick." But before we get to[...]

With Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland's Rick and Morty set to return to Adult Swim screens this Sunday night with what may be its most meta outing yet (and that's saying something considering we have S04E06 "Never Ricking Morty"), we're taking a look back to see how the previous six episodes stacked up But first,[...]

With Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland's Rick and Morty returning for its end-run of Season 6 episodes beginning this Sunday, viewers have had a lot to process so far as the Adult Swim series does a deep dive into embracing its canon And with a teaser of what's to come raising even more questions, who[...]

Why? Because it looks like ButterBot has a new purpose! Except… well… we're not getting the impression that it was the kind of promotion that ButterBot was hoping for. Image: Adult Swim Screencap Here's a look at the moment that was shared by the Adult Swim series' social media accounts, followed by a look back at what[...]

With only days to go until the return of Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland's Rick and Morty for the second half of its sixth season, Adult Swim was kind enough to share the cold open for the seventh episode, "Full Meta Jackrick" (which already offers a pretty hefty clue as to where this is all[...]

With less than a week to go until Dan Harmon & Justin Roiland's Rick and Morty return to Adult Swim screens for the remainder of its sixth season, we've been running posts to help folks pass the time until our dimension-hopping duo is back in our lives And with today being National Pickle Day (yup,[...]

With only a week to go before Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland's dimension-hopping duo return to our screens for the second half of Season 6, we wanted to fill your final Sunday of the month without Adult Swim's Rick and Morty with something to help set the mood And what better way to do that[...]

With only a little more than a week to go until Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland's Rick and Morty returns for the remainder of its sixth season, we're taking a look at what the Adult Swim trailer had to tell us about what's to come But with the show getting better and better and keeping[...]

Thankfully, this six-week break between Season 6 episodes of Adult Swim's Rick and Morty hasn't felt nearly as long as it looks on paper But on Sunday night, Cartoon Network's adult-focused late-night programming block made it just a wee bit tougher with the release of a trailer offering more than enough interesting visuals to keep[...]

Some surprising and painfully bad news for fans of Lisa Hanawalt's Tiffany Haddish & Ali Wong-starring Adult Swim series Tuca & Bertie Originally staring at Netflix, the series will be wrapping up its run on Cartoon Network's late-night programming block after its third season. "To all our fans- we love you and can't thank you enough[...]

As time passed and the team broke up, Carl and Markula reminisce about the good times… just kidding! Actually, they're trying to see how they can cash in on the housing market. Image: Adult Swim Screencap Now here's a look at the appropriately-named sneak peek, "Carl and Markula Play the Housing Market," followed by a look back[...]

If you check out our coverage of Dan Harmon & Justin Roiland's Rick and Morty on a regular basis, then you probably caught the heads-up we offered on Saturday that Adult Swim had a special marathon going on for Sunday night For fans of the dimension-hopping duo, the "Almost Halloween Marathon" featured some of the[...]

Our line-up for this morning includes Ahsoka voice actor Ashley Eckstein finally meeting her live-action counterpart in Rosario Dawson, Netflix's The Witcher swapping Henry Cavill for Liam Hemsworth for Season 4, Ryan Murphy not thrilled with Netflix's "Dahmer" decision, Peacock's Vampire Academy stars Sisi Stringer, Daniela Nieves & Andrew Liner talk favorite season moments, and[...]

If you're a fan of Adult Swim, Dan Harmon & Justin Roiland's Rick and Morty, or both, then the late-night programming block and Emmy Award-winning animated series have some Halloween treats in store for you For fans of the dimension-hopping duo, Sunday night, starting at 11 pm ET, we have the "Almost Halloween Marathon" featuring[...]

In addition, the film will hit HBO Max and Adult Swim next year: Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm features everyone's favorite rascals, the Aqua Teens: the brainy Frylock, the mouthy Master Shake, the loveable Meatwad, and everyone's favorite perverted neighbor, Carl, as they split up then get back together to fight everyone's favorite corporate overlord, Amazin, led[...]

This week, we've pulled together some of the best of Adult Swim's  Rick and Morty "alternate journeys," ranging from anime & video game interpretations to "The Adventures of Rick and Morty" ID shorts to the recently-released digital prequel spinoff series, The Vindicators 2 Do they make up for the real thing? No, but they're nice[...]

Back in May 2021, Adult Swim announced that it was in production on four all-new digital short series inspired by Rick and Morty, Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell, Robot Chicken, and Aqua Teen Hunger Force Since that time, they've gone three-for-three with "The Vindicators" (from Rick and Morty), "Aquadonk Side Pieces" (from Aqua Teen[...]

So the last time we checked in, we were sharing our takeaways from the midseason teaser for Adult Swim's Rick and Morty Season 6 (set to return on November 29th) But that's only going to get us so far, what with a little more than a month still to go Thankfully, Dan Harmon & Justin[...]

So it's Sunday night, and there's no Adult Swim's Rick and Morty to review In fact, Dan Harmon & Justin Roiland's dimension-hopping duo won't be back for another few weeks… November 20th, to be exact While understandable, from a fan's standpoint? It kinda sucks But we deal with it And one way we're going to[...]

Essentially, we could end up with a Cartoon Network-Adult Swim that focuses more on familiarity over originality The question that still remains to be answered is what the percentages will be when it comes to IP-themed content as opposed to any original content. After Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) announced that Warner Bros Animation & Cartoon Network[...]

Our line-up for this morning includes us sending out good vibes to the folks over at Adult Swim & others impacted by Warner Bros Discovery's layoffs/restructuring, even as Cartoon Network reassures folks that it's not going anywhere And the episode count that writer Zeb Wells may have revealed for Marvel Studios & Disney+'s Marvel Zombies[...]

Our line-up for this morning includes concerns for the folks over at Adult Swim, the meta moment when She-Hulk: Attorney at Law became my favorite MCU series, Russell T Davies on addressing younger Doctor Who viewers & climate change, AMC's Kevin Can F**k Himself wraps up in bold, game-changing style; we're already fans of Junji[...]

Essentially, we could end up with a Cartoon Network/Adult Swim that focuses on familiarity over originality. Image: Adult Swim IG Screencap But as fans and those within the animated field have seen for months, this was far from the first time that layoffs and restructurings had impacted the industry And let's not forget the obscene number of[...]

Well, those concerns weren't exactly calmed on Thursday with the news that marketing head Tricia Melton & Senior VP of Marketing and Partnerships at Cartoon Network & Adult Swim Jill King will be exiting WBD at the end of the year Beginning with the company in 2020, Melton led Cartoon Network's rebranding efforts, the launch of the[...]

Warner Bros. Discovery is cutting 26% of Warner Bros Television's personnel across scripted, unscripted & animation; and restructuring.

Warner Bros. Discovery's Tuesday layoffs include the closing of digital studio Stage 13 & the Warner Bros. Television Workshop.

Television (WBTV) declined to comment on THR's reporting, one area that's expected to be impacted is Channing Dungey's WBTV (which includes scripted, unscripted and alternative studios); as well as DC Comics, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, and other sections and other WBD divisions (though the Warner Bros film group is not expected to be impacted at[...]