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With less than a month to go until Michael Cusack's (YOLO: Crystal Fantasy) & Zach Hadel's (Hellbenders) Smiling Friends returns with a two-episode Season 2 premiere, we've had a chance to check out the premiere episode (courtesy of Adult Swim's April Fool's Day) and an official trailer Picking up from their first season, Pim, Charlie, Zongo,[...]

Frog?!? Uh-oh Image: Adult Swim Screencap Adult Swim, Cusack, and Hadel were kind enough to share the preview of the new seasons and the puppet episodes online – both as individual episodes and a compilation video Here's a look – followed by a look back at our April Fool's Day coverage: Smiling Friends Season 2 Set for May[...]

CNS has also produced notable Adult Swim hits such as Genndy Tartakovky's Primal, Samurai Jack, and Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law For its work, CNS has been honored with multiple awards and accolades from around the world – including Emmy Awards, Peabody Awards, GLAAD Awards, Annie Awards, the BAFTA Children's Award, Italy's prestigious Pulcinella Award[...]

If you didn't get a chance to check out Adult Swim's April Fool's Day 2024 special broadcast and you're a fan of Michael Cusack's (YOLO: Crystal Fantasy) & Zach Hadel's (Hellbenders) Smiling Friends, then you missed out on some pretty cool stuff First up, we were treated to puppet versions of S01E02: "Mr Frog" (directed by[...]

Well, it looks like we're learning what this year's April Fool's Day is all about over at Adult Swim Yes, we got new programming from Michael Cusack's (YOLO: Crystal Fantasy) & Zach Hadel's (Hellbenders) Smiling Friends – but then, we didn't Because, you know… April Fool's? When midnight hit, we were treated to S01E02: "Mr[...]

As excited as we were to learn that something new from Michael Cusack's (YOLO: Crystal Fantasy) & Zach Hadel's (Hellbenders) Smiling Friends was set to hit Adult Swim screens on Sunday night, we could get past the date: March 31st at midnight – meaning that it would be April 1st… or, April Fool's Day. For those[...]

It's too good to spoil – but let me just say that every single one of the characters you see in the video above already deserves their own spinoffs (at least the ones who lived) – with "Soup Boy" and "A Squirrel with a Secret" tied for our top choice. Image: Adult Swim Screencap On Saturday, March[...]

We've got a look at a video compilation featuring the work of famed British clay animator Lee Hardcastle's (The ABCs of Death, Rick and Morty: Summer's Sleepover) Adult Swim ID shorts, a look at the second season coming up this weekend during WonderCon 2024, and the actual series return on Sunday, March 31st, at midnight[...]

Looks like we won't have to wait until WonderCon 2024 weekend for some breaking news regarding the second season of Michael Cusack's (YOLO: Crystal Fantasy) & Zach Hadel's (Hellbenders) Smiling Friends. With the release of an epic mini-teaser, it was confirmed that the show will be returning on Sunday, March 31st, at midnight to Adult Swim. But then again…[...]

Here's the official overview for the session: "Adult Swim's SMILING FRIENDS – Get ready for the return of Pim, Charlie, and the rest of the gang dedicated to bringing happiness to their bizarre and colorful world in the second season of SMILING FRIENDS! Join series co-creators and stars Michael Cusack and Zach Hadel for a[...]

While we might not be getting a new season of the Emmy Award-winning animated series until 2025, Adult Swim and Takashi Sano (Tower of God) will be unleashing Rick and Morty: The Anime across our screens later this year Stemming from Telecom Animation Film, the 10-episode animated series touches upon any number of themes, events & concepts[...]

But right now, things aren't looking too good… Image: Adult Swim screencap With a second season so special that Father Time created an extra day in February just so that its return could receive the special attention that it deserved, here's a look back at the official trailer for Adult Swim's Royal Crackers – with the first[...]

During a recent update, we reported from an interview we had with the show's creative team that they were already moving ahead on Season 9 – and now, Adult Swim is giving fans a chance to pitch in and help with the artwork Okay… not really But what Cartoon Network's late-night programming block did do[...]

But we are patient folk – especially when we get treated to a creative Adult Swim promo starring Charlie & Pim, where we see what can happen when you trust a penguin a little too much What sets this one apart is that it was created by famed British clay animator Lee Hardcastle (The ABCs[...]

Poopybutthole has not been having a good run in Adult Swim's Rick and Morty – so much so that Cartoon Network's late-night programming block has released a look at his downward spiral It's also shining a brighter spotlight on a theory that a lot of us have regarding Poopybutthole's eventual endgame – and it was[...]

By the time the smoke cleared on last weekend's episode of Adult Swim & Director Sunghoo Park's (God of High School, Jujutsu Kaisen) Ninja Kamui, Higan, Emma & Mike barely survive one serious case of "road rage," leading to Higan having to reduce the world's ninja population by quite a few But even as all of[...]

Like when Stebe calls out Rob for his DVD collection not being manly enough – think American Psycho… Image: Adult Swim Screencap In this previously-released preview, Deb & Stebe get invited onto a right-wingish news program to discuss how Royal Crackers has been taken out of school cafeterias – replaced with… kale chips?!? While Deb is ready[...]

If Adult Swim's Rick and Morty Season 7 finale "Fear No Mort" (directed by Eugene Huang and written by Heather Anne Campbell) felt like closure in a number of ways for our dimension-hopping duo, you would be right As series co-creator Dan Harmon and showrunner Scott Marder have discussed in the past (and in an[...]

And if this is the case, then maybe MacFarlane could take a page of out of the playbook of… yes, Adult Swim's Rick and Morty. Image: Hulu/Adult Swim Back in November 2023, Adrianne Palicki (Commander Kelly Grayson) was speaking with Michael Rosenbaum on the Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum podcast At one point during the interview, Rosenbaum[...]

While promoting his guest role on Night Court, the actor spoke to Bleeding Cool about his recent bold decision to go into voiceover work with TBS's American Dad! and Adult Swim's Rick & Morty, his returns to STARZ series Party Down and the UPN/CW/Hulu series Veronica Mars, and if he thinks Warner Bros will revive[...]

It's f***ing hysterical! Image: Adult Swim Screencap With a second season so special that Father Time created an extra day in February just so that its return could receive the special attention that it deserves, here's a look back at the official trailer & previously released preview for Adult Swim's Royal Crackers – set to start hitting[...]

It's two chapters down and three still to go for Adult Swim & Director Sunghoo Park's (God of High School, Jujutsu Kaisen) Ninja Kamui After an episode that saw a brutal death by fire, Joe's back on the run, Mike's left with a whole ton of new questions, and Joe's old ninja clan master Yamaji[...]

When we last checked in with Adult Swim's Jack Quaid (The Boys, Star Trek: Lower Decks), Alice Lee (Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist) & Ishmael Sahid (Cousins for Life)-starring My Adventures with Superman, Quaid was expressing his appreciation for all of the fan support and dropping some good news about the second season: "We already have a[...]

Kicking off last August with Dexter's Laboratory, Courage the Cowardly Dog, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, and Ed, Edd, n' Eddy, Cartoon Network & Adult Swim's "Checkered Past" is a two-hour mini-block (weekdays starting at 5 pm ET) that takes viewers on a trip down animation memory lane And guess what? The lineup of[...]

That's the best one-word description we can give for Adult Swim & Director Sunghoo Park's (God of High School, Jujutsu Kaisen) Ninja Kamui All "Joe Logan" wanted was a quiet family life with his wife & son, and that's exactly what he was enjoying – until some vengeance-seeking ninjas brought it all to a bloody[...]

With everything going on in and around Super Bowl LVIII, we didn't want the Adult Swim series to get lost in the pop culture madness that's about to get unleashed With still a little more than two weeks to go, we are getting a sneak preview of what's to come – and it's a disturbing[...]

With the animated series set to debut this weekend, Adult Swim has released the official trailer in Japanese – with English subtitles – that makes the case for adding the series to your must-watch list It also serves as a reminder that the 3 am airing of each episode will be in Japanese with English[...]

Last month, Adult Swim released the official trailer for director Sunghoo Park's (God of High School, Jujutsu Kaisen) Ninja Kamui – set to hit screens on Saturday, February 10th, at midnight ET/PT In the animated epic, a former ninja clan member swears vengeance upon a mysterious shadow organization that killed his wife and son –[...]

Here's the thing about Adult Swim We've loved Cartoon Network's late-night programming block long before it took over half of the network's programming day – and that's without it losing its edge If you're looking for a place for some fascinating, experimental animation and live-action comedy, drama, satire, and much more, Adult Swim is still[...]

Arguably his most successful foray into episodic television is the Adult Swim medical drama parody series Childrens Hospital playing Dr Owen Maestro, a former New York cop who left the force after 9/11 and becomes a doctor who works with his ex, Dr Lola Spratt (Erinn Hayes) at the same hospital His former partner Briggs[...]