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So what better way to head into it than with a look at one of our two favorite shows on Adult Swim, Michael Cusack and Zach Hadel's Smiling Friends (with Rick and Morty being the other – though Casper Kelly's "Yule Log-verse" has now joined their ranks) For this go-around, we're checking out what the show's[...]

It's been a little more than four months since we last dropped a report on how things were going in the universe of Michael Cusack and Zach Hadel's Smiling Friends and… well… we miss it Before anyone jumps to any assumptions, we just want to say that we want them to take whatever time they need[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? NBC's Saturday Night Live, Marvel Studios' Nova, Adult Swim's Smiling Friends, Prime Video's The Boys, Netflix's Cobra Kai, Netflix's Star Trek: Prodigy, Netflix's Heartstopper, Dave Bautista/DCU, Adult Swim's My Adventures with Superman, TNT's AEW Rampage, Paramount+'s Mayor of Kingstown, Disney+'s The Acolyte, BBC's Doctor Who, Crunchyroll's My Hero Academia, and more! Images/Screencaps: Netflix, Prime[...]

In one week, Michael Cusack and Zach Hadel's Smiling Friends will be getting a big spotlight at the "Adult Swim Pirate Parrrty" for San Diego Comic-Con 2024 (SDCC 2024) If you're lucky enough to be attending the four-day pop culture extravaganza, "Fun with Zach and Michael" (Saturday, July 27, at 7:30 pm PT) will spotlight Cusack[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? NBC's Night Court, ABC's The Rookie, Hulu's Hit-Monkey, Adult Swim's Smiling Friends, Prime Video's My Lady Jane, HBO's House of the Dragon, TBS's AEW Collision, NBC's Saturday Night Live, Netflix's Star Trek: Prodigy, and RIP Charmed star Shannen Doherty. Images/Screencaps: WBTV, Adult Swim, HBO, Hulu, ABC Entertainment, Prime Video, NBCUniversal BCTV Daily Dispatch:[...]

As we patiently await news of any kind on the third season of Michael Cusack and Zach Hadel's Smiling Friends, let's not forget that the dynamic duo will be taking part in the "Adult Swim Pirate Parrrty" set for San Diego Comic-Con 2024 (SDCC 2024) later this month For those attending the four-day pop culture extravaganza,[...]

8, Prime Video's Cross, AMC's The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon: The Book of Carol, AEW Rampage, Prime Video's Sausage Party: Foodtopia, Paramount+'s Evil, Prime Video's The Boys, Smiling Friends/Rick and Morty, Adult Swim's My Adventures with Superman, BBC's Doctor Who, Paramount+'s Mayor of Kingstown, and more! Images/Screencaps: Adult Swim, Paramount, WWE, Prime Video, AMC Networks BCTV Daily Dispatch: WWE Money in the[...]

I'm a huge fan of Michael Cusack and Zach Hadel's Smiling Friends At no point have I ever felt the need to choose one over the other Why? Because they're both excellent and distinctly unique animated series They're not a couple that broke up, and now everyone has to choose a side And yet, there's been[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? AMC's Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire, Prime Video's The Boys, CW's Walker, Adult Swim's Smiling Friends, Taylor Swift/Foo Fighters, HBO's House of the Dragon, TBS's AEW Collision, Adult Swim's Rick and Morty: The Anime, FXX's It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, BBC & Disney+'s Doctor Who, and more! Images/Screencaps: AMC Networks,[...]

The bad news? Unfortunately, tonight brings the second season finale of Michael Cusack and Zach Hadel's Smiling Friends The good news? The hit Adult Swim series has already been given a thumbs-up for a third season – which is reportedly already in production Knowing that makes checking out "Pim Finally Turns Green" a wee bit easier[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Paramount+'s Evil, Crunchyroll's My Hero Academia, TBS's AEW Dynamite, DC Studios' Superman, Disney+'s Bluey, Crunchyroll Summer 2024 Lineup, Prime Video's The Boys, Adult Swim's Smiling Friends, HBO's Watchmen, Paramount+'s Criminal Minds: Evolution, Netflix's That '90s Show, BBC & Disney+'s Doctor Who, and more! Images/Screencaps: BBC, Prime Video, DC Studios, IG Stories, Disney, Adult Swim,[...]

That's about as spoiler-free as we can get about last weekend's episode of Michael Cusack and Zach Hadel's Smiling Friends But now, we've reached the final run – for this season Thankfully, the season finale, "Pim Finally Turns Green," will be a little easier to take, knowing that a third season is already in production[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? AMC's Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire, Tom Brady/FOX Sports, Crunchyroll's Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, The Dead Zone/Anthony Michael Hall, Crunchyroll's September Blu-Rays, TBS's AEW Collision, DC Studios' Superman, BBC's Doctor Who, Adult Swim's Smiling Friends, Prime Video's The Boys, Disney+'s The Acolyte, HBO's House of the Dragon, and more! Images/Screencaps: Prime Video, BBC/Disney+,[...]

After one helluva good week for Michael Cusack and Zach Hadel's Smiling Friends, we're getting back to "business as usual" with a look at what's to come tonight on Adult Swim In S02E07: "The Magical Red Jewel AKA Tyler Gets Fired," The Boss and Pim fight for their lives in a mysterious world called Spamtopia[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? STARZ's Power Book IV: Force, MGM+'s The Institute, Smiling Friends/It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Genndy Tartakovsky's Heist Safari, Wheel of Fortune, Prime Video's Reacher, Warner Bros Entertainment's Watchmen, The Walking Dead: RIP Seven, BBC's Gavin & Stacey, Max's Peacemaker, Crunchyroll's HAIKYU!! The Dumpster Battle, Prime Video's Blade Runner 2099, HBO's House of the Dragon, Peacock's Those About to[...]

If we're being honest, Michael Cusack and Zach Hadel had us with Smiling Friends – which now sits comfortably next to Rick and Morty as our other top favorite Adult Swim series So when Adult Swim president Michael Ouweleen announced during today's 2024 Annecy International Animation Festival presentation that Cusack and Hadel were already working on the[...]

When we first heard that Michael Cusack and Zach Hadel's Smiling Friends was being entered into competition during the 2024 Annecy International Film Festival and that the show's creators would be attending as part of Adult Swim's overall presentation, we hoped to hear about the future of the hit "animated+" series Well, we didn't have to[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Prime Video's The Boys, Adult Swim's Smiling Friends, White Collar, HBO's True Detective, Prime Video's Reacher, Disney+'s The Acolyte, Prime Video's Gen V, Netflix's Sweet Tooth, Netflix's Terminator Zero, Netflix's Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft, Netflix's Stranger Things 5, Netflix's Arcane, Paramount+'s Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Wheel of Fortune, Prime[...]

Okay, before we get to a preview for Michael Cusack and Zach Hadel's Smiling Friends S02E06: "Charlie, Pim, and Bill vs the Alien," we just need to say something about "Brother's Egg." If there was ever an episode that you can show to someone who's never seen the Adult Swim series before to demonstrate that special[...]

Martin's The Summer Machine, Paramount+'s Dungeons & Dragons, Trump Conviction, WWE/Vince McMahon, Adult Swim's Smiling Friends, Showtime's Yellowjackets, Disney/Nelson Peltz, Warner Bros Japan's, Batman Ninja vs Yakuza League, Crunchyroll's Macross Plus, Nacelle's Gates McFadden InvestiGates, BBC's Doctor Who, Warner Bros Discovery/NBA, TBS's AEW Dynamite, Attack on Titan, Crunchyroll's BLUE LOCK The Movie, Paramount's Star Trek: Discovery, Netflix's Minecraft, and more! Images/Screencaps:[...]

Yesterday, it was all about what a great month Michael Cusack and Zach Hadel's Smiling Friends has been having – with the second season underway, the Adult Swim animated series announced to have a major role during Warner Bros Discovery's presentation at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in June, and being the top-watched show on Max[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Netflix's The Umbrella Academy, Adult Swim's Smiling Friends, Star Wars/Lucasfilm CEO Kathleen Kennedy, TBS's AEW Dynamite, Max's Booster Gold, MeTV Toons, Prime Video's Young Sherlock, Prime Video's The Boys, Disney+'s Hawkeye, Paramount+'s Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Prime Video's The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Disney+'s X-Men '97, Disney+'s[...]

We think it's safe to say that Michael Cusack and Zach Hadel's Smiling Friends is been having a pretty good month With the second season underway, we learned that the Adult Swim animated series would have a major role during Warner Bros Discovery's upcoming presentation at this year's Annecy International Animation Film Festival in June[...]

Adult Swim is looking to impress in a big way during its network showcase at this year's Annecy International Animation Film Festival in June – and it's enlisted Genndy Tartakovsky (Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal, Unicorn: Warriors Eternal), Joe Bennett & Steve Hely (Common Side Effects), Michael Cusack & Zach Hadel (Smiling Friends), and more to help[...]

Smith, WWE/AEW, AMC's Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire, Paramount+'s Evil, Adult Swim's Smiling Friends, Vice TV's Who Killed WCW?, Crunchyroll's My Hero Academia, Prime Video's The Boys: Mexico, South Park/Lizzo, Star Trek/Seth MacFarlane, Adult Swim's Rick and Morty: The Anime, Paramount+'s Star Trek: Discovery, NBC's Saturday Night Live, Giancarlo Esposito/MCU, BBC's Doctor Who, Apple TV+'s Ted Lasso, and more! Images/Screencaps: AMC Networks,[...]

Based on what we've seen so far, this weekend's episode of Michael Cusack's (YOLO: Crystal Fantasy) and Zach Hadel's (Hellbenders) Smiling Friends has a whole lot going on Based on the overview, "Erm, the Boss Finds Love?" is "the scariest episode of any cartoon that's ever been created," so you can only imagine how everything is[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles OG Voice Cast, Adult Swim's Smiling Friends, Parks and Recreation/Patton Oswalt, BBC's Doctor Who, Max's Lanterns, WWE King and Queen of the Ring, HBO's The Righteous Gemstones, Prime Video's The Boys, Disney+'s X-Men '97, Apple TV+'s Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, NBC's Saturday Night Live, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and[...]

We've got something a little different than just a preview for the next episode of Michael Cusack's (YOLO: Crystal Fantasy) and Zach Hadel's (Hellbenders) Smiling Friends, and it comes courtesy of Episode Director, Board Artist, and Animator Paul Ter Voorde Over the course of two tweets/xs, Ter Voorde offered a side-by-side comparison of two scenes from[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Paramount+'s Star Trek: Discovery, ABC's The Rookie, CW's Walker, Prime Video's The Boys, Netflix's 3 Body Problem, AEW/WWE, Adult Swim's My Adventures With Superman, Disney+'s X-Men '97, Adult Swim's Smiling Friends, Paramount+'s Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, Jon Moxley, Netflix's Sweet Tooth, Disney+'s The Acolyte, Scarlett Johansson/OpenAI, Crunchyroll's Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction, BBC's Doctor Who, and more! Images/Screencaps:[...]

We're only three episodes into the second season of Michael Cusack's (YOLO: Crystal Fantasy) & Zach Hadel's (Hellbenders) Smiling Friends, and our heroes helped Gwimbly get his groove back, saw Mr Frog successfully pull off a major power grab, and gave Allan the spotlight to retrieve some paperclips – and save the world[...]